Installed Karmic beside windows now xp wont boot

[tfultz33]

I just installed Karmic 9.10 on a Compaq Presario on the same hard drive with XP. The 2nd hard drive may have a recovery partition on it. Im not sure right now, but it has in the past. The Same drive with Ubuntu and Windows on it has a recovery partition.

Well, the install went well. I booted into ubuntu fine. When i rebooted and selected Windows XP Media Center Edition from the Grub2 menu I get a blank black screen with a flashing curser. Thats it. NO errors.

I installed it before on this computer on the 2nd HD and had the same problem so i reformatted it (and accidentally put windows on it, hence the recovery partition. Not sure if i deleted that partition or not) and just use it for extra storage.

This time I put them both on the same drive. Still the same problem.

Thanks for any help.

[tfultz33]

I just ran a boot_info_script and this is the output:

=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #5 for /boot/grub.
=> HP/Gateway is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files/dirs: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: HP Recovery
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x079c3f6f

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 * 63 178,610,669 178,610,607 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 294,598,080 312,575,759 17,977,680 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda3 178,610,670 294,583,904 115,973,235 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 178,610,733 289,764,404 111,153,672 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 289,764,468 294,583,904 4,819,437 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcab10bee

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdb1 63 234,436,544 234,436,482 7 HPFS/NTFS


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/sda1 88306D49306D3EF6 ntfs PRESARIO
/dev/sda2 5438-79C7 vfat PRESARIO_RP
/dev/sda5 d0411299-5eae-44a1-8d60-5f54fc291641 ext4
/dev/sda6 8531f26f-03f3-473d-be2d-3add4647238a swap
/dev/sdb1 52A04F66A04F4FA1 ntfs Extra Store

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/sda5 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)


================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons


================================ sda2/boot.ini: ================================

[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
C:\wubildr.mbr = "Ubuntu"

=========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then
have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d0411299-5eae-44a1-8d60-5f54fc291641
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/white
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d0411299-5eae-44a1-8d60-5f54fc291641
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=d0411299-5eae-44a1-8d60-5f54fc291641 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,5)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set d0411299-5eae-44a1-8d60-5f54fc291641
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=d0411299-5eae-44a1-8d60-5f54fc291641 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows XP Media Center Edition (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 88306d49306d3ef6
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows NT/2000/XP (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod fat
set root=(hd0,2)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 5438-79c7
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

=============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=d0411299-5eae-44a1-8d60-5f54fc291641 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=8531f26f-03f3-473d-be2d-3add4647238a none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


102.8GB: boot/grub/core.img
102.8GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
92.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
91.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
92.0GB: initrd.img
91.9GB: vmlinuz

[oldfred]

I do not see anything wrong with your boot_info script results. It does show an old wubi in sda2's boot.ini.

You can try the windows fixes.
XP CD fixboot
http://www.ehow.com/how_4891476_reinstall-xp-bootloader.html
Can you boot into Ubuntu? If so you can mount your Windows drive and navigate to C:\windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder and copy
ntdetect.com and ntldr to root of C:\.

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console for advanced users
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/
To run the Recovery Console from the Windows XP startup disks or the Windows XP CD-ROM, follow these steps:
1. Insert the Windows XP startup disk into the floppy disk drive, or insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart the computer.

Click to select any options that are required to start the computer from the CD-ROM drive if you are prompted.
2. When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.
3. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you must access from the Recovery Console.
4. When you are prompted, type the Administrator password. If the administrator password is blank, just press ENTER.
5. At the command prompt, type this commands one at a time.

FIXMBR C:
FIXBOOT C:
COPY [CDDRIVE]:\I386\NTLDR C:\
COPY [CDDRIVE]:\I386\NTDETECT.COM C:\
or:
Can you boot into Ubuntu? If so you can mount your Windows drive and navigate to C:\windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder and copy
ntdetect.com and ntldr to root of C:\.

BOOTCFG /rebuild
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291980
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/repairbootini.htm

You may need to run checkdisk
To repair windows with mounting issues from your Windows XP CD - Do not run fixMBR unless you want windows boot loader in the MBR.
fixboot C:
XP CHKDSK
chkdsk drive /p /r
The chkdsk command checks the specified drive and repairs or recovers the drive if the drive requires it. The command also marks any bad sectors and it recovers readable information.
chkdsk c: /r
You can use the following options:
/p Does an exhaustive check of the drive and corrects any errors.
/r Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information.
Note If you specify the /r option, the /p option is implied. When you specify the chkdsk command without arguments, the command checks the current drive with no options in effect.

If you run fixMBR you can directly test booting XP but then have to reinstall grub2.
How to restore the Ubuntu/XP/Vista/7 bootloader (Updated for Ubuntu 9.10)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708

[tfultz33]

I assumed an easy fix like add a line of coade or change a line, since this seems to have been a very common problem. I dont want to mess with my windows boot files unless absolutely necessary. I am not reinstalling windows again.

Thank you for the reply.

[tfultz33]

I tried the fixboot and the chkdsk. Still the same. The blinking cursor in the upper left hand corner like it is going to start loading something but never does. Dead ends.

[tfultz33]

Hmm. Just found something interesting. When i did the chkdsk, it evidently checked D: instead of c:

I typed fixboot c:

It saved a log on my D: drive which is labeled Extra Store:

Checking file system on \DosDevices\C:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is Extra Store.
Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive.
Cleaning up 10 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 10 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 10 unused security descriptors.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
Usn Journal verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...
File data verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...
Free space verification is complete.

117218240 KB total disk space.
27848484 KB in 953 files.
288 KB in 69 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
75192 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
89294276 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
29304560 total allocation units on disk.
22323569 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:
20 04 00 00 0a 04 00 00 e7 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...............
87 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 19 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
de 39 1a 00 00 00 00 00 fc be 80 00 00 00 00 00 .9..............
92 fe 1e 00 00 00 00 00 c4 13 e5 96 01 00 00 00 ................
9e 92 15 9b 05 00 00 00 bc 62 5f 34 07 00 00 00 .........b_4....
99 9e 36 00 00 00 00 00 b9 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..6.............
00 90 bc a3 06 00 00 00 45 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........E.......

[tfultz33]

Any Takers?:popcorn:

[tfultz33]

The recovery partition boots up. I dont get it.

[oldfred]

Did you change windows in sda1.
the boot.ini in sda says one version and the recovery boot.ini says another.
Windo ws XP Media Center Edition
Micro soft Windows XP Professional

I would make sure you have run all the repairs on sda1 that you did to sda2.

[tfultz33]

This just in: I moved my extra files from D: (my extra store) and reformatted with FAT. then ran update-grub, rebooted, and nothing different. But, I booted back into recovery console and typed map at the prompt and it only listed 2 drives: C: (My newly blank Extra Store) and D:(Windows Recovery Console).

It is not even recognising the main drive with the xp partition. I have mounted the Xp partition and all files are safe and sound.

The main drive is a sata drive listed first in hd boot priority. The 2nd drive is an older eide WD drive plugged in through a ribbon cable.

Anyone know what's up?

Thanks.
Thomas

[tfultz33]

Thanks for your help Fred. The fixes were applied to the wrong drive . Windows recovery wont see the main drive.

[oldfred]

Are you sure c: is extra store? It should be seeing c: as sda1 not sdb1. All the repairs should see the partition with the boot flag which in windows is the active partition and that is sda1.

[tfultz33]

Yep Im sure It listed the space and wont list directories because there are none now. It s calling a blank drive c:

[tfultz33]

I should unplug the blank drive and reboot. Or is there a way around it?

[tfultz33]

That didnt help

[oldfred]

Because you repaired the sda2 partition it may have moved boot flag to sda2? If so move it back to sda1 and try repairs again.

You can use gparted or disk utility to set boot flag.

set boot flag on for sda1 (off for others)
sudo sfdisk -A1 /dev/sda

[tfultz33]

Ok got access to the main drive finally and did fixboot c: It wiped out the boot menu. Now all I get is NTlr or whatever is missing.

Im not worried about Windows anymore. How do I get my linux boot loader back? I dont want to reinstall linux.

I am using ubuntu off the cd.
Can i just run update grub?

[oldfred]

How to restore the Ubuntu/XP/Vista/7 bootloader (Updated for Ubuntu 9.10)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708

Install from LiveCD:
Find linux partition change sda5 if not correct or even sda if sdb wanted:
sudo fdisk -l
sudo mkdir /mnt/sda5
sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda
sudo grub-install --recheck --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda


XP CD fixboot
http://www.ehow.com/how_4891476_reinstall-xp-bootloader.html
Can you boot into Ubuntu? If so you can mount your Windows drive and navigate to C:\windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder and copy
ntdetect.com and ntldr to root of C:\.

[tfultz33]

when i type sudo fdisk -l i get:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x69737369

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 ? 116388 126889 84344761 69 Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 ? 105915 222310 934940732+ 73 Unknown
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 ? 1 1 0 74 Unknown
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda4 1 213826 1717556736 0 Empty
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order

[tfultz33]

Grub2 Will not boot WIndows XP. Run one or the other. SOLVED

[scradock]

Grub2 Will not boot WIndows XP. Run one or the other. SOLVED

Excuse me? Windows XP boots fine using Grub2 - HP Pavilion zv6000. I also have 3 Ubuntu flavors installed, two in primary, one in a logical partition.

There must be an error in your partition table - can you get into Ubuntu and run boot_info script again, then post the results.