Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: Anthony D. Tribelli
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 17:11

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scottm (scottm@village.ios.com) wrote:
: Mike Focke (fockem@wangfed.com) wrote:
: : Pardon me but when I installed WIN 95 (or NT for that matter),
: : I had to do nothing which required me to know commands, how to navigate
: : the Internet, not even to have a computer.

: This reminds me of something I was wondering. Does Windows95 still 
: trounce the OS/2 boot manager when it installs? 

It marks the Win 95 partition as active, effectively disconnecting the
boot manager. A simple thing to undo using fdisk. The boot manager
partition is not damaged in any way. I believe it also warns you about
this during installation. 

Tony
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