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Date:      Mon, 13 May 2002 16:52:35 -0400
From:      "Jud" <jud@myrealbox.com>
To:        jogegabsd@intelnet.net.gt
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ntfs/mbr[removing BSD boot manager]
Message-ID:  <1021323155.65f4cffcjud@myrealbox.com>

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-----Original Message-----
From: "jogegabsd" <jogegabsd@intelnet.net.gt>
To: <questions@freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 09:37:06 -0500
Subject: ntfs/mbr[removing BSD boot manager]

Hello All. Discussing ntfs/mbr thread a question came by.

How do I remove the BSD boot manager if I want to use the windows XP one.

thanks in advance

Gerardo

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There's likely something else you can do in XP, but I've never used XP - th=
ese are the ways I know.

Boot to DOS using a Win98 boot floppy.  (If you don't have one, format a:/s=
 may work in a command window if WinXP has one available, or "copy system=
 files" may be an available option in Win XP's format dialog.)  Then boot=
 from the floppy and either:

(1) at the DOS prompt, type fdisk /mbr, or

(2) you may be able to achieve the same effect by typing fdisk, then going =
through the fdisk options to mark your Win partition active.

Don't just remove the FreeBSD boot manager.  Without a boot loader/manager,=
 your computer won't boot.  (Just call me Master of the Obvious.:)

Jud

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