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[SOLVED] Dual boot Win XP 12.04 Boot Repair partially successful

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Following a fresh install of 12.04 on a dual HDD dual boot system first boot brought up Grub Rescue. I installed Boot Repair in a live CD and ran the recommended repair. Boot Repair indicated a successful repair. Upon reboot there is no entry for Win XP. Gparted shows sda as full as it was before installing 12.04. Nautilus shows Win XP files intact. I don't think this is a hardware problem. This dual HDD, dual boot system has successfully booted grub under 10.10, 10.04 and 11.10. Boot Repair produced the URL http://paste.ubuntu.com/996608 (Hardware)

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Submitted by linuxfan on 05/19/2012 – Made popular on 05/19/2012

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