Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:26:55 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: silverskymusic2@gmail.com Cc: jhs@berklix.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com Subject: Re: Technical Support Question Message-ID: <4f3e7fcf.HAl2rACbehr3sfWu%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPohJ9_4uyu4S3RdGV%2BxgvsL2UGv_gMtanMcoF6ixYpQe-wUnA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201202160154.q1G1sMpc043081@mail.r-bonomi.com> <201202161753.q1GHr5wT011479@fire.js.berklix.net> <CAPohJ9_4uyu4S3RdGV%2BxgvsL2UGv_gMtanMcoF6ixYpQe-wUnA@mail.gmail.com>
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Chip Oakley <silverskymusic2@gmail.com> wrote: > Am tempted to remove the drive and insert a new one, not sure as > there is memory on the drive available and nothing really wrong > with it. If you don't mind losing everything currently on the drive, overwriting the MBR -- and the backup GPT at the end of the drive, if the BIOS supports GPT/UEFI -- would surely keep it from booting into Windows. You'd probably have to take the drive out, and connect it to a different machine (since this one's BIOS seems hardwired to boot only from the hard drive). Another possibility would be to clear the machine's CMOS, if there's a way to do that. Desktop mainboards usually have a jumper for the purpose; dunno about Samsung laptops but removing the CMOS battery and giving it a few minutes for the stray capacitance to discharge should suffice. (Getting to the CMOS battery may involve taking the case apart.)
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