xp not booting in grub
 

i had windows xp installed then i installed fedora when i select windows to boot it just restarts and goes back to grub it will not let me get back into windows this is my fdisk

Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 11473 92156841 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 11474 18732 58307917+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 18733 27851 73248367+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 27852 30401 20482875 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 27852 30273 19454683+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 30274 30401 1028128+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 120.0 GB, 120060444672 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14596 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 14595 117234306 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 507 MB, 507379712 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 983 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 983 495313+ 6 FAT16

Check your grub.conf file and make sure it points to the correct disk and partition for windows.

this is my grub config

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
# root (hd0,4)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda5
# initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.21-1.3194.fc7)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img
title windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

Try this:

If you install Fedora, Grub automatically appoints the Fedora partition but you have to manually appoint other ones like XP. If I am not mistaken :)

uhm..
 

Then You could try:

1)run gparted to see if partttion numbers are correct

2)do a mbr backup

3)re-install win bootloader by fixmbr

4)re-install mbr and grub

if the partitions are correct now it should work

P.s::i think win partition should be set to actve and bootable in gparted

Good luck !

i tried what kojot said but that didnt work :(

i installed gparted all the partitions are right

how can i do these


2)do a mbr backup

3)re-install win bootloader by fixmbr

4)re-install mbr and grub

Can you insert

makeactive

just underneath the hd line for xp?

Here it comes the possible solution...
 

Take a look at aus9's grub troubleshooter and grub tutorial

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=237511

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...postid=1413211

they're more complete than i could explain and let me know how it goes

Good luck

How to re-install win xp bootloader
 

How it's gone ?

Can you boot Win now ?