got ubuntu, lost xp

[Matthew Flaschen]

sdavmor wrote:
> 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.

I don't see why just running the LiveCD would mess up the MBR.  Somebody
else reported a similar error message, but I don't remember the
resolution (if any).  When you get the disk error, what happens if you
just restart (without putting the disk in)?  It may snap out of it.

Matthew Flaschen