Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2017 11:53:13 +0000 From: Martin Smith <lists@rakupottery.org.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot find Windows drive Message-ID: <f0b449fe-143e-089d-4eff-17790af1c2ec@rakupottery.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <alpine.CYG.2.20.1703090334120.27356@Lars-PC> References: <alpine.CYG.2.20.1703090334120.27356@Lars-PC>
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On 09/03/2017 09:52, Lars Eighner wrote: > A lightning-related surge zapped the motherboard of my old SYX, but my > whole life was in its hard drives (which were mirrors of each other > except for fstab, so that either could be booted). So, I got something > called an HP 8000 dual core tower refurbished by Joy Systems. It was > supposed to come with Windows 7 biz on a 1 Tb drive -- and the drive > is in there. So I installed my 2 1-Tb drives in its internal stack, > having plenty of power and SATA plugs. I left the supposed Windows > drive alone. > > I was concerned about how I would get to the FreeBSD drives if it > booted in Windows, which is what I expected. But low and behold, it > booted into FreeBSD. The old drives had 10.x AMD kernels and worlds, > and they took off. I could boot to one or the other. But I cannot find > the Windows drive. It does not seem to show up in /dev. And when I go > to the BIOS set up, the BIOS does not seem to know of the existence of > the Windows drives either. I checked that all of the SATAs are not > hidden. > > bsdinstall only gives me a choice of the two known BSD drives -- I > thought I could adjust the MBR to include Windows, but bsdinstall > denies all knowledge of the third (original to the machine) drive. I > tried to get into the Intel BIOS Management, but it wants a password > -- I have no idea what. I suppose I should be happy to have my data > back. But the missing drive is preying on my mind. > > What happened? > will it boot into windows if you disconnect the BSD drives? if not the drive may be DOA, its not altogether unknown for that to happen -- Martin
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