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WinXP Dual Boot failure

Asked by srikumar

I have been using a Ub 9.10 / WinXP dual boot and have upgraded to Ub 10.04 this morning. I now find that I am not able to boot into WinXP since the upgrade.

The hard disk is partitioned into two with the 1st partition containing WinXP and the other with Ub 10.04.

The relevant potion of grub.cfg is as follows:-

menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sdb1)" {
 insmod ntfs
 set root='(hd1,1)'
 search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 14b06c3ab06c2488
 drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
 chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

I need to use WinXP and will be grateful for any assistance.
Thank you
srikumar

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srikumar (ssrikumar) said : 		#1

The results of sudo fdisk -l are as follows:-

srikumar@srikumar-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 20.4 GB, 20416757760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2482 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x64276427

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 2481 19928601 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x84cd84cd

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 9837 79015671 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 9838 19457 77272650 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 9838 19060 74083716 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 19061 19457 3188871 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdc: 1027 MB, 1027604480 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3920 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2b2a1661

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 1 3920 1003504 e W95 FAT16 (LBA)
srikumar@srikumar-desktop:~$

kind regards
srikumar

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jpmieville@gmail.com (jpmieville) said : 		#2

The same problem with Vista.

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WhiteRabbit (whiterabbit) said : 		#3

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/570765

Try
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo update-grub

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Jon Flowers (jon-flowers) said : 		#4

I am experiencing the same issue after upgrading to 10.04. I need to get back to Windows 7 but though it appears in the grub list I am unable to boot back into it. Help!

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jpmieville@gmail.com (jpmieville) said : 		#5

I run the cmd but still the same:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo update-grub

My install was uptodate.

On the start-up, my vista partition appear on the list as well the recovery partition, but then when I select on those the boot freeze.

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srikumar (ssrikumar) said : 		#6

Have installed dual boot on 2 other computers but did not have any problem. Both WinXP and Ub 10.04 work perfectly on these two computers.

any suggestions?
thanks
srikumar

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srikumar (ssrikumar) said : 		#7

Could not find any solution to this, other than re-installation. This option was OK for me since all data was always backed up onto anther hard disk.

So WinXP was re-installed followed by Ubuntu 10.04 and everything works OK.

The question will therefore be treated as solved.

kind regards to all
srikumar

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GaryLKerr (glk-order) said : 		#8

Upon reading that others have experienced the same dual-boot problem, I tried one of the suggested actions:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo update-grub ; but
NO difference was observed. The WinXP boot freezes. Please offer another solution to the lack of a dual-boot ability. As others have indicated, the choice appears in the menu, but upon selection, the WinXP choice freezes.