From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 31 17:27:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B951137B401 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 17:27:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (ny2.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CFF343FA3 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 17:27:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (server1.internal [10.202.2.132]) by server2.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56F86622E9; Sat, 31 May 2003 20:27:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=www.fastmail.fm) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Sat, 31 May 2003 20:27:00 -0400 X-Epoch: 1054427220 X-Sasl-enc: TmUT7ugtX92sfjwDWSHc4w Received: from dialup-67.74.65.198.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net (dialup-67.74.65.198.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [67.74.65.198]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43E0229F20; Sat, 31 May 2003 20:26:55 -0400 (EDT) To: lukek , FreeBSD References: <007501c3271d$26c5fbf0$080aa8c0@yujo> <001c01c327d2$70ad0af0$300aa8c0@yujo> Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed From: Jud MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 20:26:57 -0400 In-Reply-To: <001c01c327d2$70ad0af0$300aa8c0@yujo> User-Agent: Opera7.11/Win32 M2 build 2880 Subject: Re: Doh ! Installed FBSD5.0 and no more dual boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:27:36 -0000 On Sun, 1 Jun 2003 09:12:08 +0900, lukek wrote: > thanks for the advice but neither GAG, Grub or FreeBSD bootloaders work > for > me it would appear that NTLDR has either been damaged or cannot be found. > I > could not get to that installation at all. It is a bit problematic as I > usually only re-install once a year and don't (of course) have a recent > backup that will suffice. I think I will need to install Win2K onto a > different partition and see if I can mount the old Win2K partition to > recover the data before doing the proper full swipe and reload. Why a whole new installation? Why not just repair the currently installed Win2K? (Boot from your Win2K CD. You can automatically repair or manually "fix" the master boot record and boot sector, which will cause the computer to boot Win2K again. Then you can install GAG, the FreeBSD bootloader or use the Win2K bootloader. Or is it as simple as forgetting to change the BIOS cback to booting from your hard drive after booting from CD? If you're still flummoxed, provide more info about your setup and you'll get more help. Jud