Problem with Ubuntu
Yesterday, I installed Ubuntu on my notebook computer which has Win XP on it. I installed Ubuntu in addition to XP so I could choose which system to use on boot up. I had done this same thing last w...
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I am not trying to fix Linux. My Ubuntu is running fine. The problem occurs when I try to boot into Windows. I am really not a computer expert and am a complete novice when it comes to Ubuntu.
I have tried to run Windows in safe mode and it still goes back to that same boot menue screen with Ubuntu at the top. Windows starts to boot but then stops and goes back to the initial opening boot menu screen.
How do I find and look at the Windows boot ini file from Ubuntu? Once I find it, how do I know what it should look like or if it has been changed?
Barney
Edit: I found the Windows boot ini file (I think). I am still booted into Ubuntu and found it by looking at the "Files" folder and then clicking on what looks like the number for my hard drive. Here is what it looks like.
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
I have tried to run Windows in safe mode and it still goes back to that same boot menue screen with Ubuntu at the top. Windows starts to boot but then stops and goes back to the initial opening boot menu screen.
How do I find and look at the Windows boot ini file from Ubuntu? Once I find it, how do I know what it should look like or if it has been changed?
Barney
Edit: I found the Windows boot ini file (I think). I am still booted into Ubuntu and found it by looking at the "Files" folder and then clicking on what looks like the number for my hard drive. Here is what it looks like.
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
