Problem with dual boot ubunto/windows

[Leonard Bussey]

On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 00:06 +0200, Felipe DOMINGUEZ wrote:

> Initially I had windows on the laptop, and after installing ubuntu
> everything was fine. After playing a bit with ubuntu i decided to
> uninstall it and install it again. I use a tool called Boot Manager
> and a procedure I found in this list. I use it a few times and it was
> fine,  but there were an error once... 

It sounds like the XP master boot record is corrupted.  If that is the
case follow these steps:

Boot the Windows XP CD 
When the setup menu comes up press "R" to go to the recovery console
Select your Windows XP installation from the list
When prompted enter your administrator password
At the command prompt enter the following command without the 
	quotation marks "FIXMBR"
It will ask if you want to continue.  Press Y to continue
Enter exit to reboot the computer

This should restore the master boot record and let you boot into XP.

After XP is restored, the following link will show you the procedures to
dual boot XP and Linux.

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_windows_xp_and_linux_xp_installed_first.htm

Hope this helps.