From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 24 11:04:51 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 AC3B7106566B for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:04:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nec556@retena.com) Received: from resmaa14.ono.com (smtp14.ono.com [62.42.230.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4585E8FC12 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:04:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from GogPortatil.retena.com (188.76.3.184) by resmaa14.ono.com (8.5.113) (authenticated as nec556@retena.com) id 4D7F86D5012E084A; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:04:41 +0200 Message-ID: <4D7F86D5012E084A@> (added by postmaster@resmaa14.ono.com) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:04:45 +0200 To: Damien Fleuriot From: Eduardo Morras In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Antivirus: AVG for E-mail 10.0.1388 [1513/3723] Cc: doug@safeport.com, 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 11:04:51 -0000 At 09:08 24/06/2011, you wrote: >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 though I selected not to write a boot record. Using the repair > disk and/or bootrec does not work. > > > > The answer is found in > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105541-startup-repair-run-3-separate-times.html. > > > > 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 only option that worked for me. > >I can swear you chose to install a blank (empty) mbr as opposed to >leaving the current one untouched. No, i had the same problem on my laptop. It's a known issue in sysinstall since 6.x version that on some systems, no matter what you select, it always erase the mbr. For doug, you can use Hiren's Boot to start Windows. In fact, you can use it as a hidden partition system, without it, it won't startup. HTH