windows wont boot post ubuntu install

[vikrant_me]

I just installed ubuntu 9.04 on my usb hdd and am trying to get windows to boot of my other drive. But even adding the necessary entry in the grub it freezes at "Starting up ....."

fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x25b4f467

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 121601 976760001 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xaeb9764b

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 26 208813+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 27 2900 23085405 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 27 288 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6 289 2900 20980858+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4e29bbab

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 5187 41664546 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc2 * 5188 10409 41945715 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc3 10410 10427 144585 83 Linux
/dev/sdc4 10428 13726 26499217+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 10428 13539 24997108+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdc6 13540 13726 1502046 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdd: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcf8fba00

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 1 18 144553+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdd2 19 1263 10000462+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdd5 19 267 2000061 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdd6 268 1263 8000338+ 83 Linux

* My windows resides on /dev/sdc1 and my ubuntu is on /dev/sdd

My menu.lst
title ubuntu 9.04 (maxtor),kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid fe76a749-efd7-402e-acc6-f522d3c3fa40
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=a19a23e9-0edc-4f77-a2af-f0812410da62 ro quiet splash
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet

title ubuntu 9.04 (maxtor),kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid fe76a749-efd7-402e-acc6-f522d3c3fa40
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=a19a23e9-0edc-4f77-a2af-f0812410da62 ro single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title ubuntu 9.04 (maxtor),memtest86+
uuid fe76a749-efd7-402e-acc6-f522d3c3fa40
kernel /memtest86+.bin
quiet

title windows

title windows xp
root (hd3,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

[caljohnsmith]

I think it would help to first get a clearer picture of your setup related to your Windows booting problem, so how about downloading the Boot Info Script to your Ubuntu desktop:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/

Then open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and do:

sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh
That will create a "RESULTS.txt" file in the same directory from where the script is run, namely your desktop; please copy/paste the contents of the RESULTS.txt file to your next post, highlight the copied text, and click the pound/hash sign "#" graphic button in the Ubuntu forum message box so that the text will get "code" tags put around it. The results of that script will help clarify your setup.

John