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dual boot xp ubuntu xp no signal

Asked by hamish maconachie

hello i have a problem,

i have a new

gigabyte dq6
asus 1950 pro
500gb seagate hdd
intel 6700 dual core
2gb 800mhz ocz ram
700w ocz power supply

i had this system all up and running fine for 2 weeks using xp,

i then partitioned the drive on install of ubuntu fiesty 7.04 that all ran fine was happy with ubutu. until i went back to xp, on bootup i found no signal found and monitor shut off on boot into windows.

i have restored all old default settings in bios to no avail
i have reboot into safe mode and check all settings everything seems fine
i then uninstalled ubuntu and did full format and fresh intall of xp was fine until i put on the drivers for my graphics card. then same problem card no siganl on boot into xp.

can someome help me please how has ubuntu changed my system and how can i fix? i would like to have ubuntu running at some point but i need xp as dual boot system.

ps i can uninstall the drivers in safe mode to use but same problem

please help me it's driving me crazy

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Benoit Malet (benoit-malet) said : 		#1

Hello !

In fact, if Ubuntu is not installed anymore on your computer and if you did a fresh install of WinXP on top of that, it is really unlikely that the problem comes from Ubuntu ... Did you check your hardware for failures ? Are you sure you installed the proper drivers for your card ? Did you install Windows on the right partition (first partition on first disk) ? Can you check that this partition is flagged as "boot" ? (you can do this using the Ubuntu liveCD and issuing 'fdisk -l' in a terminal)

Ubuntu did no changes to your hardware and the only interaction it could have with Windows was the MBR (Master Boot Record, where GRUB is installed), but if you did a fresh install of Windows, MBR has been reset by Windows ...

Hope this helps ... Don't hesitate to post again if problem persists ...

Regards,
Benoît

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