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Date:      Mon, 06 Sep 2004 01:51:30 -0400
From:      jason <jason@ec.rr.com>
To:        Pedro n/a <napalmblood@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MBR problem with FreeBSD 5.3 beta
Message-ID:  <413BFAE2.1000506@ec.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <BAY18-F2qw3JPIEPIcA000a3024@hotmail.com>
References:  <BAY18-F2qw3JPIEPIcA000a3024@hotmail.com>

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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
>
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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.



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