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Can Some one help me please ?

Asked by Nirmal Balaji

When i try to install Ubuntu 8.10 ( Demo and Full installation ) alongside windows i maked one major mistake ... it was occured at the partition setup ... when the resize and partition starts to load i suddenly interupted the operation .

Then i shutdowned and opened micrisoft windows xp professional --- my computer --- i was shocked by seeing that my HD space was reduced to half ... i don't know how it happened ...

After i restarted my PC it shows that there is no boot ...

Yes , i was losted my Windows XP professional TOO...

Can any one help me --- how to get back my Windows XP without losing my old files and with Full hard disk space which i had before installing Ubuntu 8.10

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Best Bernhard (b.a.koenig) said : 		#1

Can you open a Terminal ("Applications" "Accessoires" "Terminal") and paste the output when you type

sudo fdisk -l

and then the command

mount

Thanks!

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Nirmal Balaji (nirmalbalaji) said : 		#2

i never installed any os on my pc , what i have to do ,,, but i have ubunyu 8.10 cd

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Bernhard (b.a.koenig) said : 		#3

You cannot boot anything from your hard disk at the moment? Only from CD? Is that what you are saying?

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Nirmal Balaji (nirmalbalaji) said : 		#4

how can do it ? pls explain ...

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#5

First, install Windows. And then install Ubuntu. Use the following link: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/dualboot.

Hope it helps.
Peter

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Cruncher (ubuntu-wkresse) said : 		#6

He doesn't want to reinstall Windows, because he'll lose all his Windows data this way.
As far as I understand, he can no longer boot WIndows. So the best solution would probably to just install GRUB, which defaults to the Windows boot. The next step would then be to resize the Windows partition again to occupy the whole space, or at least create a second NTFS partition he can use.
I'm no expert in gparted/grub, so could somebody tell him what to do exactly?

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Bernhard (b.a.koenig) said : 		#7

Well, first of all he does not provide info when asked. And secondly, that guy also asked the Tennis question, so I'm not sure if he's serious.