Windows Boot Manager does not show Linux OS
I want to have a dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu 12 system. I have installed an external USB disk which I plan to use for the Ubuntu OS and leave the Win XP OS where it already resides on the internal IDE drive.
I have Windows XP installed on my IDE hard disk. Windows Disk Management console shows this drive as 'Disk 0' with 2 partitions: the 1st partition is the 'recovery' partition of 8GB NTFS format marked 'Healthy (System)', the 2nd partition is the 'Windows (C:)' partion of 67GB NTFS and is marked 'Healthy (Boot)'
I partitioned the external USB hard drive and Windows Disk Management console shows it as 'Disk 1' 49GB NTFS Healthy.
I used the Wubi installer and installation procedure found at: https:/
Everything seemed to go fine, but when I rebooted there was no option to select the Ubuntu OS ... like the Wubi instructions and illustrations said there would be. I've searched but cannot find either a question that fits my particular symptom or an answer(s) that indicate why Win XP doesn't show the Ubuntu OS as a boot choice.
My understanding is that Windows Boot Manager ignores other OS's, but the boot.ini file does allow you you to edit it to specify other OS's ... http://
If the boot.ini file specifies multiple OS's must they all be flavors of Windows (NT/XP/7/VISTA) or can foreign OS's like Ubuntu also be specified as choices in the Windows boot.ini file?
Can anyone advise how I get Windows XP Boot Manager to include other OS's ?
Many thanks !
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