got ubuntu, lost xp

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Fri Mar 23 19:57:52 UTC 2007


kane wilkinson wrote:
> hi do you think partitioning the drive and installing ubuntu would solve the problem?

What problem?  Did you try to setup a dual-boot but lose access to the
Windows installation?  If so, it's possible you didn't write over your
XP partition, and just lost the boot record.  If so try:

fixmbr

from the Windows Recovery Console
(http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/bootcons_fixmbr.mspx)

Matt Flaschen





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