Recover Dual Boot XP, Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)
Issue: I needed to reinstall Windows XP on a dual-boot machine. No new partitions were needed, there were 2 O/S partitions - one with XP and the other with Ubuntu. After reinstalling Windows - the machine would simply boot into Windows XP (no dual-boot menu) Solution: Boot from Ubuntu LiveCD - choose to demo. Then open terminal. rohit@rs-dimension:~$ sudo -i [sudo] password for rohit: root@rs-dimension:~# grub [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,4) grub> root (hd0,4) grub> setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are embedded. succeeded ...