After doing some updates, the Windows XP selection from the boot menu is gone! I opened the menu.lst from the grub folder and i saw that it was obviously gone from there to. How can i get it back?
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Re: Lost Windows XP selection from boot menu
Look in the backup copy, one should have been created. Provided that no other changes were made since, that entry should be there and you can "copy and paste" that entry into the new menu.lst. -
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No it's the one with no Windows XP option...Comment
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Re: Lost Windows XP selection from boot menu
I could post what I have and you could paste it in, but you will need to know your HD information to fix that portion.
See Below. Where I have X and Y are the points you need to mod to fit your system.
Code:title Other operating systems: root title MS Windows root (hdX,Y) chainloader +1 savedefault makeactive
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Re: Lost Windows XP selection from boot menu
In /boot/grub you should have at least 2 files of the "menu.lst" type, as follows:Originally posted by dimmutal
menu.lst
menu.lst~
The one with the tilde after its name is the one that was replaced by the latest when you updated, so it should show the stanza where Windows was booted correctly.Comment
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Re: Lost Windows XP selection from boot menu
I can't recall my HD configuration. How can i get that?Originally posted by MoonRiseComment
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Re: Lost Windows XP selection from boot menu
See these here:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081671.0
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3092111.0Comment
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Re: Lost Windows XP selection from boot menu
Ok guys please help me out cause i've really set up a nice system suitable for me and i don't want to format again my disks. I've set the following commands to the menu.lst, but i'm not quite sure if my HD with Windows is hd(1,0). Anyway i THINK i'm correct so i set:
. I restart, i select from boot menu the Windows and i get the message:Code:title MS Windows Pro root (hd1,0) makeactive chainloader +1
NTLDR is missing... Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart. Any ideas?Comment
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Re: Lost Windows XP selection from boot menu
Boot into Kubuntu. Open a console and type:
Paste for review.Code:sudo fdisk -lu
Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock HolmesComment
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Re: Lost Windows XP selection from boot menu
when NTLDR is missing it may well be a windows problem;
or perhaps you have pointed grub to the wrong hdd/partition
what is your hdd/partition structure? is windows installed on a second hard drive?Comment
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Check the results of sudo fdisl -lu. In sda1 i've installed kubuntu. sdb1 is for windows and sdc1 contains only mp3's. sdd1 is an external usb disk.
Code:Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x463e286f Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 35037828 156296384 60629278+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 16065 35037764 17510850 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 16128 4209029 2096451 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 4209093 35037764 15414336 83 Linux Partition table entries are not in disk order Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80000000000 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9726 cylinders, total 156250000 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x99b1d911 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 63 156248189 78124063+ 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/sdc: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xfcaffcaf Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 63 156296384 78148161 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/sdd: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x6e1a83a2 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 * 63 156296384 78148161 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
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Re: Lost Windows XP selection from boot menu
If XP is on sdb1, and if sdb1 = (hd1,0), and if the XP bootloader in the boot sector of sdb1 is in good shape, then the following should boot XP:
title MS Windows Pro
root (hd1,0)
map (hd1) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd1)
chainloader +1
An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles BukowskiComment
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Re: Lost Windows XP selection from boot menu
if still you can't boot into xp it may well be a corrupt ntldr
the fix for a corrupted ntldr is to boot from the xp install cd, select repair installation, log in and copy the following files from the cd
however i am not sure this method won't require restoring grub afterwardsCode:copy x:\i386\ntldr c:\ copy x:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\ where x is the cd drive letter
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Re: Lost Windows XP selection from boot menu
It worked!!! Many many thanks!!!Originally posted by Qqmike
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Re: Lost Windows XP selection from boot menu
Wonders never cease!
Just kidding.
Glad it worked -- Good job there on your end, dimmutal, implementing the proposed solution.An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles BukowskiComment
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