Help! Can't get back into WinXP-- Error 13: Invalid...

[Ken McLennan]

G'day there John,

> After following the exact instructions from
> http://www.easy-ubuntu-linux.com/grub-menu-default.html,
>
> I edited the menu with:
>
> title Windows XP
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> and when I restart, Ubuntu defaults to that title, but when I press enter,
> I get Error 13: INVALID or UNSUPPORTED EXECUTABLE FORMAT.
>
> Please!, can someone help me get back into WinXP?  Thank you!!!
>
>
    Your menu's Windows Stanza seems OK to me.

    Can you tell us what device/partition you have Windows on (e.g. 
/dev/sda1) so we can see if the grub nomenclature is pointing to the 
right place (although it probably is).

    I think the most likely scenario is that you don't have support for 
your windows filesystem in your kernel. Is your XP using Fat32 or NTFS? 
See what type it is (fdisk /dev/sda should show you) then from a 
terminal run:

    lsmod | grep [either vfat or ntfs or whatever your XP is]

    If you don't get anything listed then that's the problem.

See ya
Ken McLennan
Qld, Australia
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