Dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu: XP won't boot.

[Karl F. Larsen]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I have installed Ubuntu on a neighbour's computer in a dual-boot
> configuration with Windows XP, which was already installed on that
> system. Windows is on sda1 and Ubuntu is on sdb1, with Grub on sdb and
> the BIOS configured to boot from sdb. Before the install, BIOS was
> configured to boot from sda, which was the existing Windows install.
>
> Upon startup, the computer gets to the Grub screen just fine, and if
> the user selects Ubuntu then the computer boots as expected. However,
> if the user selects Windows then he gets a black screen with the text
> "Starting up...". This screen does not change, I have waited over an
> hour to see if it would continue. However, if I change the BIOS
> setting to boot from sda then Windows boots up fine. I tried changing
> the Grub boot configuration for windows from (0,0) to every other
> logical value, but Windows would not get past that "Starting up..."
> screen.
>
> Any ideas on what to fix? Thanks in advance.
>
>   
    I had that problem when I had 2 HD and one was a SATA which the BIOS 
had a hard time with. I went nuts because the number of the HD would 
change! I solved it by removing one HD.

    What blew my mind was looking at them with a LiveCD the SATA was 
drive 0. But when I was on the SATA HD it had changed to drive 1! I 
figured out why with a lot of tests but it was not a fix.

I suggest you look at your 2 HD from a LiveCD and see if you get the 
same sort of changes.


73 Karl