How to dual-boot Windows XP & Ubuntu 12.04
- by user115554
When I install Ubuntu 12.04 along side Windows XP, I encountered a choice for "Device for boot loader installation". I selected "Windows XP Professional"
Now, when I select Windows XP from the grub, it appeares a black page and Windwos dosent boot.
I tried Boot-Repair from Ubuntu but it dosent solve this problem.
The only thing that helps me to boot Windwos XP is a Bootable CD of Windows. when I put this CD and boot from CD, it shows some options and when I select "Boot from Hard Drive" , my own Windows boots!
Here's is a snippet from the bootinfoscript report:
============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================
=> Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 1 of
the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
for (,msdos5)/boot/grub on this drive.
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Grub2 (v1.99-2.00)
Boot sector info: Grub2 (v1.99-2.00) is installed in the boot sector of
sda1 and looks at sector 525709174 of the same hard
drive for core.img, but core.img can not be found at
this location. No errors found in the Boot Parameter
Block.
Boot file info: Grub2 (v1.97-1.98) in the file /mbr_backup.log looks
at sector 1 of the same hard drive for core.img, but
core.img can not be found at this location.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM
