Hi, This is well known problem, have a look the release notes Karmic Alpha 3
If you install Karmic Alpha 3 alongside Windows, the grub boot menu may not offer to start Windows. (bug #402795) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicKoala/TechnicalOverview#Known%20issues Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati | IT Consultant |http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com --- On Sat, 25/7/09, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mgr. Janusz Chmiel <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: problems after installing karmic > To: "Rakesh arky Ambati" <[email protected]>, "ubuntu" > <[email protected]>, "mike" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, 25 July, 2009, 1:46 PM > Dear users, > > I have tried The procedure, which can > guarantee You, that YOu will be able to boot to Windows Xp > if YOu will remove Linux operating system according to my > directions. > > If You will not be able to boot to > Windows XP, You are having two possibility. > 1. Remove partitions, which are used by Ubuntu Karmic, I Am > strongly recommending You to rather use stable live CD for > removing and modifiing The partitions, because kernel of > development releases can be unstable. Use gparted only in > Live CD mode while YOu will boot from this live CD. > > Or You would try to manually edit Grub configuration file > and specifi to boot WIndows XP. try to please a sighted > person, if there is item for starting Windows XP. If no, > installation program for Karmic did not add The Grub > configuration for starting Windows XP. Try to look at The > partitions, if You did not removed NTFS partition. > > > So how to remove Linux safely and how to recover Windows > SXP to be bootable again? > > Boot from a stable Ubuntu live CD, I Am strongly > recommending You to boot from Ubuntu Jaunty official > release. > > Use gparted to remove Linux based partitions. Before > removing Linux svap, disable it by using F10 function key > and right arrow key to get to The partition sub menu. And > press down arrow key until YOu will hear svap off. > > This will disable svap file. Because Linux kernel will > probably use Your svap file eventhough You will boot from A > live CD. Linux kernel is loving The svap file very much, and > if it will see this partition, kernel will start to use it. > > When You will have svap file off, You can remove Linux > svap, and extended partition. You can also remove EXT4 > partition if You will experiment with Ubuntu Karmic, EXT3 > file system will be used while using older Ubuntu releases. > > When you will have removed all Linux partitions, restart > Your computer with Ubuntu live CD on YOur CD boot drive. > Start gparted again and when cursor will be on a NTFS > partition, explore The Gparted menus to find The flags sub > menu. Enable The boot flag in The dialog box. Your NTFS > partition must be bootable, so The boot flag must be turned > on. > > Apply the changes and restart Your computer without Ubuntu > live CD. I found out, that by using boot flag, The boot > sector will be working fine and Your WIndows XP will very > probably start fine without problems. > > There is also other procedure, so user have to use The > console and before triing to install other operating system, > user can backup several sectors of his hard drive to The > floppy drive or to The USB disk. I can explain both > procedures for this. I Am not author of those procedures. > One professional from GRML E-mail conference described this > procedure for backing up sectors to USE or to A floppy > drive. I will try to send A direct link to his article, > eventhough The whole article is focused on installing GRML, > The procedure for backing up and restoring from this backup > is included. > > I tried The procedure for recovering Windows XP to The boot > state after removing Linux distro. I tried this procedure > for Opensuse, but i think, that boot flags will be working > fine, because i used Gparted from Ubuntu to set The NTFS > boot flag TO The on state. > > > Yahoo! recommends that you upgrade to the new and safer Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
