Dual boot with Windows XP and Ubuntu 12.04

[mummasboy]

Hi, I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 along side my Windows XP. But I am unable to boot from Windows XP, only Ubuntu is working. Every time I choose the option Windows XP from the first boot window; a blank screen appears and I get returned to boot window showing the options. My partition specs are as,-

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
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6c5b6c5b

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 81915434 40957686 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 81915496 312560639 115322572 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 81915498 140393327 29238915 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda6 163830933 245746304 40957686 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda7 245746368 312560639 33407136 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda8 140394496 161753087 10679296 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 161755136 163829759 1037312 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order.
Please tell me what is wrong.
Thanks.

[oldfred]

If grub has the menu entry that is good as then most of XP's boot files are there and it can mount & read partition.

Post this to see if there are any XP issues we can see, but usually it then is just a Windows issue that may need chkdsk and/or fixBoot from a Windows installCD's repair console.

Post link from BootInfo:
Boot Repair -Also handles LVM, GPT, separate /boot and UEFI dual boot.:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
You can repair many boot issues with this or 'Create BootInfo' report (Other Options) & post the link it creates, so we can see your exact configuration an diagnose advanced problems.

[mummasboy]

If grub has the menu entry that is good as then most of XP's boot files are there and it can mount & read partition.

Post this to see if there are any XP issues we can see, but usually it then is just a Windows issue that may need chkdsk and/or fixBoot from a Windows installCD's repair console.

Post link from BootInfo:
Boot Repair -Also handles LVM, GPT, separate /boot and UEFI dual boot.:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
You can repair many boot issues with this or 'Create BootInfo' report (Other Options) & post the link it creates, so we can see your exact configuration an diagnose advanced problems.

Thank you for the info. I will look out for it.