[ubuntu] Windows won't boot ... [Archive]

scho

January 11th, 2011, 07:46 PM

I have dual booting system which has Windows first installed.
And, installed Ubuntu 9.10 later, and upgraded to 10.04 again.

I am mostly using Ubuntu, and I don't exactly recall when
was the last time I was able to use Windows. Though, I am sure
I was able to use Windows before, but now, when I selected
Windows in the GRUB menu, nothing is happening, and just getting
back to GRUB window after the screen is flickering several times.

So, I am just wondering if there is anyway to fix this without
installing them again, or at least want to avoid ubuntu fresh
install since I have many other applications installed. But,
for Windows, I don't mind install it fresh since I have nothing
important in there.

Quackers

January 11th, 2011, 07:49 PM

Please boot from the Ubuntu Live cd/usb and select "try ubuntu" then when the desktop is loaded make sure you have an internet connection and go to the site below and download the boot script to your DESKTOP and then open up a terminal and run

sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh

This will produce a results.txt file on your desktop. Please copy the contents of that file and paste them in your next post between CODE tags. For CODE tags click on New Reply (not quick reply) and then click on the # symbol in the toolbar.
This will give a full overview of your current system.
Thanks.

http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/

scho

January 11th, 2011, 07:56 PM

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scho

January 11th, 2011, 07:57 PM

That's what I thought. The following is the file contents, and looks like,
there are some problems.

-

Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #2 for /boot/grub.
=> Grub 0.97 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on boot drive #2
in partition #5 for /grub/stage2 and /grub/menu.lst.
=> No known boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Grub 2
Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sda1 and
looks at sector 180647141 of the same hard drive for
core.img, but core.img can not be found at this
location. No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files/dirs: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdb5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sdb5 starts
at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdb2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19452 cylinders, total 312500000 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 * 63 144,536,804 144,536,742 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 144,536,805 253,907,324 109,370,520 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 253,907,325 312,496,379 58,589,055 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 253,907,388 312,496,379 58,588,992 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdb: 897.0 GB, 896998047744 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 109053 cylinders, total 1751949312 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdb1 16,065 113,547,419 113,531,355 f W95 Ext d (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 16,128 113,547,419 113,531,292 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 113,547,420 1,751,936,444 1,638,389,025 83 Linux

Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

Invalid MBR Signature found

blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/sda1 28CCFB38CCFAFF3E ntfs
/dev/sda2 e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea ext3
/dev/sda3: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 09eea583-a988-4e19-a81c-7ea1ce278cc2 swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb2 25b176b7-9951-4b6d-9846-16aa49af3b79 ext3
/dev/sdb5 AE4051C1405190C7 ntfs MicroPET
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc10 6409c68e-1ec3-4023-98d8-69b1c206dd1f ext3 ExtDrive

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

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/sda2 / ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sdb2 /home ext3 (rw)
/dev/sdc10 /media/ExtDrive ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)

================================ 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 Professional x64 Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

=========================== sda2/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 $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
saved_entry=${chosen}
save_env saved_entry
fi
}

function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
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/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-27-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-27-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-27-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic root=UUID=e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-26-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-26-generic root=UUID=e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-26-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-26-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-26-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-26-generic root=UUID=e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-26-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-25-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-25-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-24-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-23-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.31-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.31-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic root=UUID=e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 28ccfb38ccfaff3e
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 ###

=============================== sda2/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/sda2 during installation
UUID=e4c93c27-8126-47b9-900f-c0acf400acea / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sdb2 during installation
UUID=25b176b7-9951-4b6d-9846-16aa49af3b79 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=09eea583-a988-4e19-a81c-7ea1ce278cc2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

=================== sda2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================

92.4GB: boot/grub/core.img
92.4GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
92.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-22-generic
92.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
92.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
92.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-generic
92.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-26-generic
92.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-27-generic
92.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-22-generic
92.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic
92.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic
92.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic
92.4GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-26-generic
92.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-27-generic
92.4GB: initrd.img
92.4GB: initrd.img.old
92.3GB: vmlinuz
92.4GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown MBR on /dev/sdc

00000000 45 52 02 00 74 70 6d b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |ER..tpm.........|
00000010 00 04 00 00 00 40 00 17 00 01 00 00 00 78 00 24 |.....@.......x.$|
00000020 ff ff 00 00 00 b0 00 15 07 01 00 00 00 e8 00 22 |..............."|
00000030 f8 ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000070 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000080 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000090 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000100 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000130 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000140 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000150 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000160 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000170 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000190 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000200

Quackers

January 11th, 2011, 08:08 PM

I see you are having the same forum problems as others (me included). You can just highlight everything in your duplicate post and hit delete.

It seems that your Win XP boot files are complete, but as grub has been installed to that partition at some time, it may have affected them. This could be the reason why XP is not booting.
We can try re-installing grub to the mbr of sda and see if that clears the problem, but I wouldn't hold your breath :-)
We can also try restoring the Windows bootloader and then re-installing grub.
I take it you have a Windows XP repair or installation disc?

chris0108

January 11th, 2011, 08:49 PM

Dont know if this helps, but i had a similar problem with two linux distro's and found this thread on here

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1321149&highlight=grub+error+15

I followed the instructions and it sorted out the grub booting issue