From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 08:57:31 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76620E88 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 08:57:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from mx1.bjare.net (mx1.bjare.net [212.31.160.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAE5D8FC08 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 08:57:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.bjare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F3325E405; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 09:57:23 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mx1.bjare.net X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.485 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.485 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.643, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_PBL=0.905, RDNS_DYNAMIC=0.1, SPF_SOFTFAIL=0.596, SUBJECT_FUZZY_TION=0.156] Received: from mx1.bjare.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx1.bjare.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id imtChS7G5H71; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 09:57:15 +0100 (CET) X-BN-MX1: ja X-BN-MailInfo: BjareNet Received: from [172.17.0.111] (c-195-216-043-059.ekt.thalamus.net [195.216.43.59]) by mx1.bjare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3FF65E3B9; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 09:57:14 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <50977F6B.7070501@eskk.nu> Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:57:15 +0100 From: Leslie Jensen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121026 Thunderbird/16.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Manish Jain Subject: Re: My freebsd partition changed by Windows chkdsk References: , <5093CF85.4080708@eskk.nu>, , <50961DA6.1000308@eskk.nu>, In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:57:31 -0000 Manish Jain skrev 2012-11-04 12:37: > > > > > >> Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 16:41:45 +0530 >> From: bourne.identity@hotmail.com >> To: leslie@eskk.nu >> CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: My freebsd partition changed by Windows chkdsk (Leslie Jensen) >> >> >> On 04-Nov-12 13:17, Leslie Jensen wrote: >>> >>> >>> Manish Jain 2012-11-02 19:18: >>> >>>> 1) Boot from your FreeBSD CD/DVD, enter the slice editor and >>>> change the type of your FreeBSD slice back to 165. Do not press Q. >>>> Press W instead. Conform with Yes to the warning, and then press >>>> Ctrl+Alt+Del to abort the installation. >>>> >>>> 2) Boot from your FreeBSD CD/DVD again, and run boot0cfg -B in an >>>> emergency shell. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I hope my message sounds less cryptic now. I personally don't have >>>> anything against running chkdsk or fixmbr, AS LONG AS I have backed >>>> up the important sectors. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Manish Jain >>>> bourne.identity@hotmail.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> > Just in case you are not aware how to change the filesystem type in the slice editor, > > highlight your FreeBSD slice and press T. Make sure you enter 165 as the filesystem > > type, and then press W and confirm the change. Then press Ctrl+Alt+Del and reboot. > > > > > > Regards > > > > Manish Jain > > bourne.idenity@hotmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Thank you for the advise you have provided. I did as suggested and it was no problem at all. Unfortunately it seems as if the partitions was destroyed as well. When I look at the slice with the label editor it's empty. So chkdsk did a thorough change unfortunately. Can you think of anything that would bring back the partitions? /Leslie