Unable to boot XP after installing Ubuntu

**Shining KoW210** · October 3rd, 2010

Okay I have a netbook, I had Windows XP installed it. I created a USB bootable memory stick for the latest version of the netbook version of Ubuntu, everything installed correctly, but when I turn on my netbook to the boot screen and select Windows XP it just goes to a blank screen with a line, and it does nothing. I installed Windows XP via a USB memory stick aswell. Can anyone help me? If you need more information just ask and tell me how I can get it, I'm new to Ubuntu. I've read around and does the fix for this have to do with GRUB?

**spiky001** · October 3rd, 2010

Hi did you want to install dual boot? on insterlation did you install ubuntu side by side with xp can you boot the live cd. can you give the output of

Code:

sudo fdisk -l

from live cd

**Shining KoW210** · October 3rd, 2010

Originally Posted by spiky001

Hi did you want to install dual boot? on insterlation did you install ubuntu side by side with xp can you boot the live cd. can you give the output of

Code:

sudo fdisk -l

from live cd

Yes I installed it "side by side with XP" It allowed 420GB for XP and 80GB for Ubuntu.

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xaf68ff81

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 51072 410235480+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 51073 60802 78150657 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 51073 60400 74921984 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 60400 60802 3227648 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Ubuntu runs fine, and yes I do want to dual boot.

**andrewthomas** · October 3rd, 2010

I would boot from windows CD/USB and select r for recovery, then fixmbr.

Boot into XP to make sure it works.

Then reinstall grub2 using https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gr...0from%20LiveCD

**Shining KoW210** · October 4th, 2010

Originally Posted by andrewthomas

I would boot from windows CD/USB and select r for recovery, then fixmbr.

Boot into XP to make sure it works.

Then reinstall grub2 using https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gr...0from%20LiveCD

When I tried booting Windows XP from USB it just loads up Windows XP on my computer. When I tried booting Windows 7 from USB and tried to repair the MBR it says that it couldn't find any Windows Installations.

**wilee-nilee** · October 4th, 2010

Boot a live cd of ubuntu and run the script in my signature and post the text in code tags. Code tags can be made by clicking on the # in the reply and putting the text in between.