got ubuntu, lost xp

[sdavmor]

kane wilkinson wrote:
> ill start from the beginning: i downloaded and tested the iso image
> and it was fine so i burned it to a disc and thought i would try it
> to see what it was like, i was going to back up my files before but
> my backup program wouldn't work so i just thought ill try it and
> then back up my files if i wanted to install it but it froze so i
> held the power button to turn it off (the cd is still in the drive)
> and i rebooted into ubuntu and turned it off and took out the disc.
> i then tried booting back into xp but it came up with the black
> screen and showing a message: disc read error occurred press
> ctrl+alt+delete to restart so now i can only boot with the disc in.

Sounds like the mbr got stepped on. As mentioned elsewhere in this
thread you should try a fixmbr from the windows recovery console
before anything more dramatic.
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