--- "Ramnarayan.K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi > > I recently installed Ubuntu Breezy on a Gateway > MX6121 Laptop. Originally > loaded with Win XP. > > right now I cannot access the computer to give exact > details so am typing ti > from memory: > > The partitioning for the windows section is as such > C: 10 GB - Primary NTFS > D: 4 GB - Primary VFAT - The recovery section > F: 5 GB - Logical (I think) - Data section made so > that it could be accessed > from both Linux and Windows > > Linux Section (all the partitions were logical) > Swap 1.5 GB > /boot 106 MB > /root 8.5 GB > /home 30 GB > > *** > Problem > > The install etc of Ubuntu Breezy all goes well - it > boots into Ubuntu > normally, I reboot to check if everything is working > and am able to log into > Ubuntu again > > at the Grub options it shows > apart from the normal Ubuntu options > in the others section the following > Win NT/XP > Win Xp Home > Depends on what you did during install but from this description most likely this is what happened - C: 10 GB - Primary NTFS = Win NT/XP D: 4 GB - Primary VFAT = Win Xp Home You booted with the label "Win Xp Home" (the recovery section) and it tried to recover your laptop to factory default settings and rewrote the MBR. Apparently it seems like the rewriting didn't go very well as it should have just booted into Windows without giving you any prompt for Grub. Now I wonder if the Windows partition is still intact and available to you. Regards, --Naresh __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
