BOOT Problem

Tech Support Forum Linux, BSD and Other OS's
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Hello, this is urgent, so please respond quickly.
I have a computer with Windows XP and WUBI Ubuntu,
and my dad installed Windows 7 BETA, so the boot settings are screwed up.
I think Wubi screwed up the boot settings for Windows XP
so whenever I try to boot up on Windows XP
the monitor is just a black screen when I chose Windows XP.

So when I boot on Windows XP, I can pick either Windows XP or Ubuntu.
How can I get the Boot settings back to normal???

Please answer, this is URGENT. :slight_smile:

Any help appreciated. :smiley:

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Welcome to HWF :slight_smile:

Are you able to boot into Ubuntu? If so, do the following:

  1. Browse with a text editor to the file /boot/grub/menu.lst. Copy and paste the contents of that file here (put between [ code ] [ / code ] tags).
  2. Open GParted (install with Synaptic Package Manager if required). Write down the partition information of the Windows XP partition here.

[ot]Moved to ‘Linux and Other OSes’[/ot]

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Fair point - need to understand what was the original boot loader - Windows or Ubuntu?

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you mean [noparse]<text>[/noparse]

yes - if you want to fix Ubuntu / XP bootloader & include 7 with Ubuntu or which OS do you want to use the bootloader of ?

Edit: or boot Ubuntu & run grub-updateto quickly fix the problem automatically

Edit: this will actually scan your HDD for all OSs & recreate /boot/grub/menu.lst