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stuart221
January 31st, 2010, 01:29 AM
I was defraging windows xp and the power want off now I can only boot into ubuntu from Grub.

dbowlin17
January 31st, 2010, 02:01 AM
I am having an issue where grub can only boot into ubuntu and windows 7, and not xp for me. if i find something that works for me, i will let you know, just hope that you didn't corrupt your os...

oldfred
January 31st, 2010, 08:37 PM
Windows will set some flags on partitions that need repairs, if that flag is present Ubuntu will not mount it.

You could try - change sda1 to your windows partition:
sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs
sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda1
ntfsfix is able to repair some minor errors and it will flag the volume as dirty. So the next time you try to boot Windows XP, XP should run "chkdsk".

If that does not work you may have to use the windows CD and run repairs.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1392524&page=2
See this thread on Vista (should work for repairs but not install of MBR) repairs & post #38
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1348768

stuart221
February 2nd, 2010, 12:43 PM
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