Window$ & Edubuntu sharing the same sda

[Mariana Curado Malta]

Last week i sent you a messagem saying that I could not install Edubuntu. It
was a problem of the onboard Intel graphics card that i could overcome
switching from VGA to 800x600 resolution or higher.

But another problem ocurred and I have been trying to solve it with no
success the whole week.

I am installing UBUNTU (EDUbuntu) in a partition of a drive of 250G (sda2 /
and sda5 swap (2G)).

In sda1 there is Window$ wich was installed first with success. To install
Window$ XP I did a partition of 100G (oddly the windows partition tool only
sees a disc of 130G)

To install Edubuntu i did a parttion of 143 G to root and 2G to swap (linux
sees all the 250 G of the disk).

Edubutu works perfectly soomthly and nicely (it is indeed a beautiful
environment) but when I try to boot from Window$ frm GRUB it gives me a
fatal error on that caractheristic blue screen "a la Window$" and doesn't
boot. I did the same procedure twice (i.e. i installed the machine
completely from the zero - both OSystems - twice) and always the same
problem. I did a boot from the Window$ CD and did a repair of the MBR. But
it doesn't work. Window$ is destroyed in some way.

But my question here is not about Window$ but Edubuntu, because the problem
is when i install it:

Why does this happens? I have installed allready many debian machines
sharing disks and GRUB works perfectly and debian installation doesn't
destroy the other OS. When I boot this machine grub runs and I get the menu
with the right options. But when I choose Window$ i get the fatal error
saying that I should reboot the machine.

I supose that edubutntu destroyes something on Window$ that doesn't have
anything to do with the MBR. It is a guess, i do not know.

Anyone having (has) the same problem?

Ideas? I really need that Window$, it is a requirement for the machine. If I
could choose...it would be a 100% Ubuntu/Edubuntu machine.

Thank you, Mariana
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