From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 24 07:08:43 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B68F106566B for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:08:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB6A18FC17 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:08:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so2565548fxm.13 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:08:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.97.65 with SMTP id k1mr3980381fan.0.1308899321051; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:08:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.11] (did75-17-88-165-130-96.fbx.proxad.net [88.165.130.96]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p3sm832799fan.21.2011.06.24.00.08.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:08:39 -0700 (PDT) References: In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 8J2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (8J2) From: Damien Fleuriot Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:08:35 +0200 To: "doug@safeport.com" Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Dual Boot 8.2 and Windows 7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:08:43 -0000 On 24 Jun 2011, at 06:24, doug@safeport.com wrote: > I installed 8.2 from the DVD ISO. This install overwrote the MBR even thou= gh I selected not to write a boot record. Using the repair disk and/or bootr= ec does not work. >=20 > The answer is found in http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105541-startup= -repair-run-3-separate-times.html. >=20 > Basically you use diskpart to make sure that only the windows partition is= marked active and then run the Startup Repair process 3 times. This is the o= nly option that worked for me. >=20 >=20 >=20 > _____ > Douglas Denault > http://www.safeport.com > doug@safeport.com > Voice: 301-217-9220 > Fax: 301-217-9277 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" I can swear you chose to install a blank (empty) mbr as opposed to leaving t= he current one untouched. Happened to me once or twice ;)=