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Post subject: [SOLVED] Dual boot with WinXP - WinXP doesn't boot
 Posted: May 13, 2008 - 10:21 PM
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Hi,
on desktop PC there's installed WinXP. I resized it with Puppy Linux/GParted and then installed Parsix (newest version with all updates) some weeks ago. Today I tried to boot to WinXP, and after selecting it from GRUB menu, it doesn't start booting, there just reads following and nothing happens:
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"Booting 'Windows 2K/XP/2003 (sda1)'
chainloader (hd0,0)+1
How can I fix it?
I could try WinXP CD in recovery mode, or reinstall now that I have slipstreamed newest SP3 into installation CD, it would be working faster with fresh install.
How can I get GRUB menu back, if it disappears after recovery/reinstall? That PC has floppy drive and CD drive. |
Last edited by xet7 on May 29, 2008 - 10:41 PM; edited 1 time in total
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alan
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Post subject: RE: Dual boot with WinXP - WinXP doesn
Posted: May 14, 2008 - 05:43 AM
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| You may try to fix WinXP boot using Window$ CD and then restore GRUB boot loader or do an update installation of Parsix. |
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bkashaf
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Post subject: RE: Dual boot with WinXP - WinXP doesn
Posted: May 14, 2008 - 08:15 AM
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xet7
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Post subject: RE: Dual boot with WinXP - WinXP doesn
Posted: May 14, 2008 - 09:39 AM
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| How do I then restore GRUB bootloader? |
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alan
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Post subject: RE: Dual boot with WinXP - WinXP doesn
Posted: May 15, 2008 - 05:44 AM
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Boot up using the live-CD. Then open a terminal and type the following commands:
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$ su
# chroot /media/sdXX
# grub-install /dev/sdXX
# exit
where sdXX is your hard drive name.  |
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xet7
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Post subject: RE: Dual boot with WinXP - WinXP doesn
Posted: May 29, 2008 - 10:41 PM
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| Actually chroot commands didn't work then on Parsix TEST-1, gave some errors, so I just did update installation, so now it works ok. |
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