[ubuntu-uk] boot problem

[Alec Wright]

On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 12:39 +0000, norman wrote:
> I have recently installed windows 2K and Edubuntu to give a dual boot
> set up for my granddaughter. Edubuntu is great and she is really
> enjoying using it. However, I am unable to boot the windows system. When
> I select it from the starting menu the usual start bar appears followed
> by the dreaded blue screen and a message saying that it could not boot.
> 
> Please, could some kind person advise me on how to overcome this
> difficulty.
> 
> Norman
> 
As Sean said, it seems that the partition is corrupted. Do a chkdsk/fsck or something on it to fix it. If that only fixes it temporarily, do it again, capy all the files off of the windows partition , reformat it and put them back on. Or just reinstall =]