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Date:      Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:58:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Thomas Garcia <tegarcia@nettally.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960913175652.224A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19960913152902187.AAA284@dns45.nettally.com>

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On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, Thomas Garcia wrote:

> I want to remove FreeBSD from my WD1.2GB drive and use the entire disk for
> DOS/WIN95.
> I used FDISK to delete the partitions and create a new one.  Booted with DOS
> but it doesn't
> recognize the disk now.  Does it have something to do with the MBR?  FORMAT
> C: command
> just waits a while then returns to the A: prompt.  HELP!!! 

1)  Check FDISK again.  Make sure there is one large Primary DOS partition
on the disk.

2)  Reboot using a DOS floppy with format, etc. on it.  Then run "format
c:" -- it should start up.

If you want to get rid of the boot manager (if you installed it) then run:

fdisk /mbr

That will reset the mbr back to the default.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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