Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 10:02:53 +0300 From: Abu Khaled <khaled.abu@gmail.com> To: "Edwin D. Vinas" <xmisoy@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no freebsd boot loader when re-installed another winXP Message-ID: <a64c109e050522000269ecee46@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <36f5bbba050521234957edd87e@mail.gmail.com> References: <36f5bbba050521234957edd87e@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/22/05, Edwin D. Vinas <xmisoy@gmail.com> wrote: > hello everyone! > i have a running dual-boot (FreeBSD and WinXP) before but when I got > hijacked by a SpyWare, i decided to re-install or repair my WinXP. what > WinXP installer did is it didnt format the current Windows but rather it > added a new bootable WinXP. so now, when the machine boots, it doesnt loa= d > the FreeBSD boot loader but instead two WinXP Professional is being shown= . > How do I recover the FreeBSD boot loader? I can't see any F1, F2 or F3 wh= ich > allows me to choose which OS to boot. It seems the newly installed WinXP = has > removed the FreeBSD boot manager? Pls help me :-( > thank you in advance! > -edwin Check the FreeBSD website under FAQ -> Chapter 9 Disks, Filesystems, and Boot Loaders -> How can I use the Windows NT loader to boot FreeBSD? This helped me once to restore FreeBSD 4.7 after reinstalling W2K. Good Luck --=20 Kind regards Abu Khaled
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