got ubuntu, lost xp

kane wilkinson kane_sk8er at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 23 20:18:29 UTC 2007


no i didnt i lost access because ubuntu froze and i think its overwritten the xp installation> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:57:52 -0400> From: matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Re: got ubuntu, lost xp> > 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> > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
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