Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 13:31:50 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jerry Tarwid <jtarwid@wi.rr.com> Subject: Re: How do I get rid of booteasy??? & re-install windows xp mbr using ntfs??? Message-ID: <42EE6A96.2020709@scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <42EE69E0.7040702@scls.lib.wi.us> References: <000601c59499$b7589470$6600a8c0@monster> <42EE69E0.7040702@scls.lib.wi.us>
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Sorry, I'm an idiot and didn't read your whole message. Nor even half. Must sleep more. Greg Barniskis wrote: > Jerry Tarwid wrote: > >> I am dual booting with Winblows XP and FreeBSD. I installed the >> FreeBSD Boot manager so I can dual boot. I now want to remove it! I >> have freaking scoured the $@!#$! net & still have NOT found an >> answer??? Anyone???? I'm using an NTFS volume so fdisk/mbr doesn't >> work and neither does booting to an xp cd recovery console and using >> fixboot or fixmbr. The $#!@#$ booteasy boot manager still leaves >> something in the mbr....nothing works! I cannot believe that I am the >> only human being on the planet that has encountered this problem! A >> LITTLE HELP??? > > > Hmmm... "scoured", eh? Googling "FreeBSD MBR uninstall" returns over > 5000 hits. That's probably too many to cope with, but luckily the > correct answer is listed at least twice in the top five pages. (Moral of > the story: if your search terms are leading you nowhere, try different > search terms ;). > > Use an XP boot floppy/CD with their fdisk program and "fdisk /MBR". If > you'd prefer to remove the MBR using FreeBSD, see: > > man fdisk > > You can also clobber the MBR the same way you installed it in the first > place: using sysinstall. This will simply invoke FreeBSD's fdisk on your > behalf, if I'm not mistaken. > -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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