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Won't Boot Correctly

I have installed Ubuntu using Wubi correctly, and when I reboot my PC it does not go to the boot manager screen. It just boots up to Windows XP automatically. I am confuzled.
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Why does my computer only boot into Windows XP?

I installed Ubuntu from a usb, but when I rebooted my computer after the installer finished, my computer booted into Windows XP. I didn't see any menu for selecting the operating system during boot. ...
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Windows don't appear in boot menu any more?

I have a netbook with windows xp and ubuntu 9.04 installed. I know ubuntu 9.04 are not supported any more, but i achieved to make some updates today. Since that Windows don't appear as a choice in ...
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Trying to install on XP and doesn't come up in boot menu

I installed Ubuntu inside Windows XP using the Wubi installer. But when I reboot and try to select Ubuntu, I cannot do so; when I press F12, it doesn't come up on the boot menu as a choice.
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Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows XP [closed]

I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my son's PC. Then I bought a copy of Windows XP and tried to install it, replacing one OS for another. I have followed the advice given in many other similar questions ...
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When I boot I do not get asked which OS I want

I just installed Wubi on my computer which is running Windows XP. Everything went exactly like the official guide said it should, and I was told the installation was complete and to restart my ...
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Can't boot Windows Xp after intalling Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?) Here's the situation. I installed Ubuntu using the along side option. Everything went ok. When ...
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installed ubuntu 12.04 ( alongside xp ) cant boot into ubuntu

so i installed ubuntu 12.04 32bit alongside xp sp2 ... chose the "something else" option and gave ubuntu a whole partition of 48GB .. ext4 type partition .. DID NOT give a swap space the installation ...
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unable to locate package

i had windows xp installed on my pc,i downloaded ubuntu 12.04(LTS) and made a bootable pen drive using pendrivelinux software.........i had resized one of my existing partition using a software in ...
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Live USB doesnt recognize any bootable file on usb. Booting from usb gives disc error

Windows is screwed up and I cannot register it on my computer (product on HD doesn't match product previously on motherboard). So I decided to just run Ubuntu instead. I put the Ubuntu .iso file I ...
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After installing Windows XP I can't boot into Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I reinstall grub2? How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?) I know that this issue may have been happened to many people and ...
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Ubuntu wont' boot (Dual boot goes straight to Windows)

I have succesfully installed ubuntu alongside windows xp, but when i restarted after the installation was complete, It booted up windows, and gave me no option to boot Ubuntu. couldn't find anything ...
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Getting Ubuntu on Bootloader after formatting

I've been running Windows XP on a desktop machine (C:/) and installed Ubuntu 12.04 (D:/) and Windows bootloader was able to recognize Ubuntu when I turn on the computer. Months later, I've formatted ...
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Unable to boot from CD

I have just downloaded the Ubuntu file from the website and burned onto a cd. restarted my computer and got the computer to load from the CD drive but it sits on black screen for about 2 mins then ...
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Use Ubuntu graphical desktop without monitor at boot

I have two computers: one running Windows XP and one running Ubuntu 12.04. They are connected to my monitor via a VGA switchbox. What I would like to do is be able to boot Ubuntu without a monitor, ...
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How to boot Windows XP (no GRUB menu is shown)?

I installed ubuntu 12.04 alongwith with Windows XP. But the system directly boots Ubuntu without giving grub selection menu. I opened a terminal up (ctrl-alt-t) and typed in the following: sudo ...
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I have reinstalled 12.04 and there is no dual boot option

Tonight, I have reinstalled Ubuntu 12.4on Win XP pro machine for a 3rd time. (Uninstalled in between.) Oddly enough, this machine had a dual boot between xp pro & ubuntu for several months ...
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How do I use Unetbootin to make a bootable Windows USB installer?

it says missing bootmngr or something like that. I'm on ubuntu 12.04 or whatever, the newest one using the gparted to format to NTSC and then unetbootin to install the bootloader, and the iso, then ...
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I want to remove Ubuntu and reinstall Windows XP from CD

Ubuntu is working on the PC but I want to sell the PC with original Windows XP Professional Edition. I cannot boot the CD. Rebooting and selecting "Start from CD" always starts the installed Ubuntu. ...
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Triple boot vista xp ubuntu

My partition table is pretty messed up from install/uninstall os and what I want to do now is to clear that and have vista/xp/ubuntu 12.04 on the same hard drive. I have create a new partition for xp ...
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Cannot boot xp after installing ubuntu along with it [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can't boot XP after Ubuntu Installation, how to fix? I am sorry but i am a noob at this and am trying to figure it out. I get the boot screen and even the option for ...
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Unable to boot after installing 12.04 along with Windows XP

I ran Darik's Boot and Nuke, reinstalled windows XP pro, did all windows updates, installed Ubuntu 12.04 did all updates, when I tried to boot, I got a message that says can not display, ran ...
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Bootable Flash Drive Error [closed]

I use startup disk creator to make bootable flash drive but when i tried to make a startup disk from a windows XP cdrom to my flash drive it had an input/output error. Does anyone have a solution to ...
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My PC has both Windows XP and Windows 8 installed. If I use Wubi to install Ubuntu, where should I run the Wubi installer? XP or Win8?

I have decided to give Ubuntu a try using Wubi, but I don't know how this will work on my dual-booted PC. I currently have Windows XP and Windows 8 consumer preview installed. I went to the Ubuntu ...
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NO MBR options in “Boot Repair” [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can't boot XP after Ubuntu Installation, how to fix? I started trying to fix my XP boot (can't get' earlier ques' Can't boot XP after Ubuntu Installation, how ...
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How to create a USB bootable to install XP S3 in 11.10? [closed]

I need to create a bootable USB in Ubuntu. The system I want to put is XP S3. It is in an ISO format. How? What software with?
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How to get rid of Ubuntu's “no init found” error message using Windows?

I been using Ubuntu for a while and there are no problems but suddenly when I started (technically booted) my Ubuntu I get a error message like this : no init found Try passing init = bootarg ...
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How do I install Ubuntu 11.10 on an Acer travelmate 240

So far I have downloaded Ubuntu 11.10 and created both a stick and a dvd, but I cant get the system (acer travelmate 240) to boot from either. Of course I have changed the system bootmenu to do so. ...
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How to fix GRUB default booting Windows XP instead of Ubuntu?

I've been reading a lot the last 2 weeks, but never found a working solution for my dual boot system. Tried boot manager, this solves the automatic time setting. Tried editing grub cfg by hand, ...
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Ubuntu does not boot after install

I have installed Ubuntu form a CD on my laptop and on my desktop PC (both with Windows XP). After installation I can choose what system should be booted, Windows XP or Ubuntu, on my laptop and it ...
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Boot menu has a problem I can not boot Ubuntu or anything because the menu does not show [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Ubuntu not showing up on boot menu after Wubi installation Alright so I downloaded and installed Ubuntu to a Windows XP machine via wubi. When I rebooted the boot menu ...
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Missing Windows XP in boot selection

I'm actually having problems to boot back to my windows XP after setting the Ubuntu as default.I was using Ubuntu Startup Manager to change the default boot and also Windows XP setting on startup ...
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stuck in the busy box

i have been using windows xp and ubuntu natty using dual boot. it has run perfectly until one day when i tried to boot ubuntu i am getting the busy box shell. i dont know what that is :( when i try ...
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Unmountable disk error (blue screen) on booting to Win XP [closed]

After installation of Ubuntu 11.4 along with existing win XP as dual boot,I can't boot windows xp. On choosing Windows xp from the boot menu, the windows xp initial screen appears and then it turns in ...
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Grub loader problem

I recently updated my Wubi install form 10.10 to 11.04. This had problems, so I finally took the plunge and gave Ubuntu its own partition. It all seemed to go very well (I even got a purple bootscreen ...
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WUBI boot error [closed]

I installed wubi netbook edition a week back from win xp service pack 2 When I boot into Ubuntu the screen flickers and it reboots. Now I don't have Windows anymore on my notebook asus L3800. It ...
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Lost /boot partition

Recently I installed Windows XP on my machine where I had only Ubuntu. The problem is that I had my /boot on a separate, 200 Mb partition at beginning of the hard-disk (the leftmost). Installing ...