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Windows Now Not Booting

Asked by Will Shank

I have been using Hardy in a dual-boot with Windows XP since April with no problems. I have two hard drives, one for Windows and the other for Ubuntu. Unfortunately, I still need Windows because my scanner which is only a year old will not run in Linux. Recently, Windows refused to shut down properly and now it will not start up. Hardy Heron starts and runs just fine.
My question is: if I start messing around with Windows Recovery Console, could that change something that would then prevent Unbuntu from booting up? Maybe I should simply reinstall everything?

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Martin Kaufmann (martin.kaufmann) said : 		#1

Just try it, when it overwrite the Bootloaders just reinstall Grub.

Here is an excellent HowTo:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/reinstall-ubuntu-grub-bootloader-after-windows-wipes-it-out/

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#2

Hi,
you can try Super Grub Disk
http://www.supergrubdisk.org/index.php
Or take the Windows install CD and repair from recovery console.
fixmbr
fixboot
exit
Or try to recover the boot.ini in a Windows console: bootcfg /rebuild
Or boot with Knoppix to work on the boot.ini

Usually Windows starts from the first hd, if not, when it uses the second hd, the numbers can be changed in the BIOS to make Windows believe it starts from the first.
Then the lines in /boot/grub/menu.lst look like this
title windows
   root (hd1,0)
   makeactive
   chainloader +1
   map (hd0) (hd1)
   map (hd1) (hd0)
if it stops on Grub then
root (hd1,0)
has to be changed to
rootnoverify (hd1,0)

And finally how to install Windows after Ubuntu
http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/22/how-to-install-windows-after-ubuntu-with-gparted/

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