From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 6 05:51:29 2004 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 E513916A4CE for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 05:51:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-04-eri0.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-04-lbl.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.103]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84DEA43D49 for ; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 05:51:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jason@ec.rr.com) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (cpe-065-184-172-100.ec.rr.com [65.184.172.100])i865pOSG029290; Mon, 6 Sep 2004 01:51:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <413BFAE2.1000506@ec.rr.com> Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 01:51:30 -0400 From: jason User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040808) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pedro n/a References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta 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: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 05:51:30 -0000 Pedro n/a wrote: > In the first time I rebooted my computer, after I've finished the > installation of this version, my motherboard started to beep and I > didn't know what to do. > After reseting the computer I realized that I could no longer "boot" > my Windows. I did selected it from BootMng and it gave no response. > Even though I tried to use FDISK /MBR to rewrite the MBR, all my > effords were in vain and I couldn't start windows again. > Recently I've reinstalled an old release version (trustworthy) but > windows still unable to boot. > Does anyone know anything that could be helpful? > > Thanks in advance, > Pedro > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Messenger: converse com os seus amigos online. > http://messenger.msn.com.br > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Can you boot freebsd? What was the beep code, you mb manual will tell what it means. Sounds like a hardware problem with the beeping. Try looking for a boot disk image online and boot windows from that. I have 5.3beta3 from yesterday, no problems.