xp and ubuntu, XP not booting

The right method to follow for dual boot : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

As per Partition magic error : Try running the recovery option from the XP CD and then do fixboot and fixmbr.

i tried the recovery option but told me there were no valid windows xp install on that hard drive.. it seems after i used the partition magic or the ubuntu setup one of them changed my main Drive letter from C: to E:.

Partition Magic has a warning when you run it, and it's in the manual.
Did you forget to 'Backup Your Data !!'{avoid using such software} , you could have gone for gparted rather.

Ok no problem now , mount the partition in which windows in installed from your ubuntu backup your data , by moving it to a different drive , reinstall windows and recover your ubuntu .
{save your /boot/grub/menu.lst }

try to format the windows partition and reinstall windows. but make ur
machine a dual boot machine orelse xp will destroy the grub file of ubuntu.

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Deekay <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> New question #68873 on Ubuntu:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/68873
>
> Hello there, first of all i'm new to ubuntu(and linux)... after i installed
> Ubuntu 9.04 on my machine it seems i can't boot windows xp anymore, after i
> pass the windows xp logo i get a screen that it couldn't find some
> files(probably partition magic files) and then pc restarts.. i tried to boot
> with safe mode but it didn't work also tried to recovery xp from the windows
> xp cd but it said there was no windows install on that partition, but i can
> still see my files and access them so i would like to know if there's a fix
> for my problem.. Thanks in advance
>
> P.S. english is not my native language.
>
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