[Klug-general] Dual Boot ... assistance please

[David Halliday]

Here is the Ubuntu link I wanted to send[Reinstalling GRUB 2]:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20GRUB%202

<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20GRUB%202>Sorry the
other was longer but I couldn't find this till after hitting send

On 19 January 2011 10:02, David Halliday <david.halliday at gmail.com> wrote:

> The easy option would be to bring the laptop along to Dover on the 29th:
> http://kentlug.org/content/technical-meeting-saturday-29th-january
>
> <http://kentlug.org/content/technical-meeting-saturday-29th-january>There
> will be many people there who can help.
>
> Both windows and Linux (Ubuntu) on instalation also install and configure a
> boot loader: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booting
>  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booting>It looks like the Linux one didn't
> update the menu for the boot loader properly, the windows boot loader when
> you restored it doesn't detect linux.
>
> You can add Linux to the windows boot loader:
> http://bkpavan.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/how-to-boot-linux-using-windows-bootloader-xp/
>
>
> <http://bkpavan.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/how-to-boot-linux-using-windows-bootloader-xp/>Some
> (very full) instructions on reinstalling grub2 are here:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1581099
>  <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1581099>You will learn more
> about the boot process than you ever thought you needed to know.
>
> If you are happy to blow away the Ubuntu partitions you can always
> reinstall Ubuntu and wipe out the existing partitions/installations and
> reinstall. As long as it doesn't have any work you want to keep (You can
> always backup using a live CD).
>
> Before making any further changes do make sure (If you haven't already) you
> make a backup of anything you want to keep.
>
> On 19 January 2011 09:28, Paul Lawrence <paul.z.lawrence at btinternet.com>wrote:
>
>> I have a Dell D400 laptop with Win XP that I use for demonstrations and I
>> used the Ubuntu 10.10 live CD to create a dual boot. All was fine. As far as
>> I can tell, after a Ubuntu update, I lost the XP option on startup. Couldn’t
>> see anything on Ubuntu forums to help so I used the live CD to try and
>> repair and ended up creating another Ubuntu partition! A bit fed up with the
>> whole thing I used the Win XP CD to repair Windows but now I can only see
>> the Windows partition. On a 60G drive, I can see 30G. I really don’t want to
>> spend a whole day from scratch reloading XP, patches and SPs if I don’t have
>> to. Aim is to get back to a stable dual boot machine. Back to basics I am
>> sure but would anyone be kind enough to point me on the right track and keep
>> me there?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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