[ubuntu-za] WINDOWS BOOT PROBLEM

[frans]

On 10/04/13 11:42 AM, Sinjin Swanepoel wrote:
> Use the repair option on the windows cd. Once you're in the repair
> console. I think the command to type is: fixmbr
> This should replace Grub with the windows boot loader. I dont know how
> this will effect your other OS's, but im sure it is possible that the
> windows loader will pick them up.
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windows xp sertainly does not do  this... had no need with vista or 7 
yet so not sure what they'll do
> On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 09:08 +0200, vincent wrote:
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>> 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.
>>      

just thought of  something Grub's configuration file changed a bit since 
9.10...
it now is not in the menu.lst  file any more but in the /boot/grub/grub.cfg
in the same folder should be the ntfs.mod and ntfscomp.mod files, 
propably you short some of those files?


>> 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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