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Grub/Dual boot - Windows partition restored via dd won't boot
I am running Ubuntu 5.1 on a dell optiplex GX270. Recently I upgraded the harddrive from the standard 40GB to a 200GB and did the following:
1. Began the Windows XP install process to create a 40 GB partition and completed the first stage of setup so linux would know there is a windows installation 2. Installed Ubuntu on the remainder of the drive 3. Put the old 40GB drive into an external USB drive case and used dd (dd if=/dev/sda2 of=/dev/hda1) to copy it from the USB device to the windows partition (/dev/hda1) When I reboot and select the windows partion I get the following error: boot (hd0,0) Filesystem type unknown partition type 0x7 makeactive chainloader +1 boot Since my job requires my PC to be infected with Windows I need to get this up and running. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Here is my fstab: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>grub egrub e proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda1 /media/hda1 ntfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 -- Here is my menu from grub: title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.12-10-386 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-10-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-10-386 savedefault boot title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.12-10-386 (recovery mode) root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-10-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-10-386 boot title Ubuntu, memtest86+ root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin boot title Microsoft WindowsXP rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 boot |
Try to switch the addressing method of your drive from 'AUTO' to 'LBA' within your BIOS (if this was set to 'AUTO') Maybe this could help.
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