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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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