[ubuntu-za] WINDOWS BOOT PROBLEM

[Hannes Coetzee]

On 13/04/2010 09:08, vincent wrote:
> I recently loaded 10.04 beta on my system alongside 8.04 and XP. All
> went great for a while and I think its the best version to date.
>
> However, being beta, its become extremely buggy and constant downloads
> are necessary.
>
> This is not a problem, but somehow I've now lost the ability to boot XP
> and believe me, this is a problem.
>
> The error I get after selecting XP at the grub menu is "no module name
> found" Aborting.
>
> This is a new development as I was able to boot into XP with no problem
> until now.
>
> I've done re-installs of 10.04 as well as 8.04 a number of time's, all to no avail.
>
> The partition containing XP is there and all the data is in it, so it hasn't been
> deleted. I just can't access it.
>
> I'm trying to avoid a re-install of XP, as this would really be starting from the beginning again with windows formatting the hard drive totally.
>
> Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Vincent
>
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The problems seems to be with GRUB. I don't thing reinstalling or 
repairing Windows will fix the problem. Try repairing GRUB or use 
another boot loader. Take a look at this link - 
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1343851