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Re: Help! I can't boot my Windows partition any more!



On 1 October 2015 at 08:43, Robert Elz <kre%munnari.oz.au@localhost> wrote:
> Ottavio: Use the (NetBSD) fdisk, have it update the mbr boot, and install the
> boot selector, you'll know you're doing the right one when it asks for a label
> for each partition (a boot name).   Don't change geometries, or partition
> layout info or types - just the mbr boot code.   For the labels use "Windows"
> and "NetBSD" (or whatever else you like - I tend to use somewhat more
> derogatory names instead of "Windows" when I have to do this occasionally...)
> for those two partitions (no labels at all for any mbr partition you don't
> want to be able to boot).

Thanks Robert,

and apologies to everybody. I had not received any emails from the
list, now the problem is fixed.

But this is not what I'm looking for.

I don't want to install a boot selector.

I just want to mark the Windows partition active.


-- 
Ottavio


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