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From: john@heights.demon.co.uk (John Shiali)
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Subject: Re: HELP! I need to kill BSD! - SUMMARY -
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In article <john.07lz@heights.demon.co.uk> john@heights.demon.co.uk (John Shiali) writes:
>
> I have a question for - how do I wipe the bootstrap from a PC that
> has had BSD unix partially installed? I have tried using fdisk, which
> doesn't work - it still tries to boot up even though the disk has been
> formatted in DOS - help!
Thanks to everyone who replied - (15 in under ten hours!) as a
summary, the answer seems to be to use FDISK /MBR to wipe the
bootblock - I can now go into work and not look like a complete idiot!
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