Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 23:24:18 +0100 From: Jean-Mark <jeanmark@dupx.freeserve.co.uk> To: jud@myrealbox.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntfs/mbr[removing BSD boot manager] Message-ID: <3CE03D12.CCE8F99E@dupx.freeserve.co.uk>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: "jogegabsd" <jogegabsd@intelnet.net.gt> > To: <questions@freebsd.org> > Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 09:37:06 -0500 > Subject: ntfs/mbr[removing BSD boot manager] > > Hello All. Discussing ntfs/mbr thread a question came by. > > How do I remove the BSD boot manager if I want to use the windows XP one. > > thanks in advance > > Gerardo > > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > There's likely something else you can do in XP, but I've never used XP - th= > ese are the ways I know. > > Boot to DOS using a Win98 boot floppy. (If you don't have one, format a:/s= > may work in a command window if WinXP has one available, or "copy system= > files" may be an available option in Win XP's format dialog.) Then boot= > from the floppy and either: > > (1) at the DOS prompt, type fdisk /mbr, or > > (2) you may be able to achieve the same effect by typing fdisk, then going = > through the fdisk options to mark your Win partition active. > > Don't just remove the FreeBSD boot manager. Without a boot loader/manager,= > your computer won't boot. (Just call me Master of the Obvious.:) > > Jud > > -- Sure there is a way to restore the WinXP boot manager, just read up your Windows online help and you would already know, but here it is 1. Load up the Windows Backup app, create an Emergency Repair Diskette 2. Start a WinXP reinstall operation on the PC, but select Repair from diskette 3. When the step-through menu-screens ask what to repair, just select boot-sector and nothing else jeanmark jeanmark_@_dupx.freeserve.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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