Can not boot windows xp

Asked by Thomas

Installed Ubuntu 7.10 , It works just fine. All OS are visible at grub, when trying to start windows xp the only thing happening is "Error 12: Invalid device request". I'm new on Linux and Ubuntu. Here are menu.lst and fdisk -l

fdisk -l, sorry for the Swedish.
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Disk /dev/sda: 500,1 GB, 500107862016 byte
255 huvuden, 63 sektorer/spår, 60801 cylindrar
Enheter = cylindrar av 16065 · 512 = 8225280 byte
Diskidentifierare: 0xc573c573

    Enhet Start Början Slut Block Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 50349 404428311 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 54253 60800 52596810 f W95 Utökad (LBA)
/dev/sda3 50350 54252 31350847+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda5 54427 60800 51199123+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 54253 54426 1397592 82 Linux växling / Solaris

menu.lst
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# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 10

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=e7a0fd16-f740-43d3-9b8c-cf4828b59828 ro

## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,2)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash locale=sv_SE

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=e7a0fd16-f740-43d3-9b8c-cf4828b59828 ro quiet splash locale=sv_SE
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=e7a0fd16-f740-43d3-9b8c-cf4828b59828 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic

title Ubuntu 7.10, memtest86+
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Windows NT/2000/XP (loader)
root (hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

Thanks in advance /Thomas

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Clóvis Fabrício (nosklo) said :
#1

Try changing in menu.lst the line hd0,1 to hd0,0 and see if it boots.

Where it is:
title Windows NT/2000/XP (loader)
root (hd0,1)

Change to
title Windows NT/2000/XP (loader)
root (hd0,0)

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Thomas (rebourn) said :
#2

Thanks for answering so fast! I changed hd(0,1) to hd(0,0). But it gave no effect, instead the following "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows roots>\system32\hal.dll. please reinstall a copy of the above file".

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Clóvis Fabrício (nosklo) said :
#3

Seems like a windows problem now?
Was windows booting before?

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Thomas (rebourn) said :
#4

Before installing ubuntu windows was fine.

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Clóvis Fabrício (nosklo) said :
#5

Sorry I can't help anymore. I've suggested the change 0,1 to 0,0 to boot what I think is your windows partition based on your fdisk listing.

As a side note, to provide fdisk -l information in english you can type:

LANG=C fdisk -l

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ANDREA (andrea54) said :
#6

try to inject hal.dll using your ubuntu system. it's probably not THE solution but just see if that helps. another problem I can think of is that for some weird reason resizing the windoze partition it got somehow messed up with the boot parameters WITHIN windows. try searching the web. in the very worst case scenario, back up all your data using ubuntu, reinstall windows and you'll still have all your files. NOTE: you'll need to restore grub afterwards (boot from live cd, do a simple "sudo find /boot/grub/stage1" followed by a

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Thomas (rebourn) said :
#7

Solved it! Booted from windows CD and entered in recovery console "bootcfg /rebuild" "fixboot" answered yes on the following questions and enter. Thanks you for helping!

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Clóvis Fabrício (nosklo) said :
#8

can you boot both systems now? That is nice.

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ANDREA (andrea54) said :
#9

please mark this question as solved if you find one of the answers satisfying; if you have further questions regarding this subject please do feel free to ask! should you have other questions (not related to this one) please open a new question :-)

thank you

ANDREA