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I had ubuntu 12.04 alongside windows XP and was working fine. Then I did following, 1. Reinstall windows XP and I lost grub 2. Booted using Ubuntu live CD and installed boot-repair 3. Did boot-repair with 'recommended repair'

Now the notebook boots with grub, but windows XP option is missing.

http://paste.ubuntu.com/6649686/

thanks, Aniket

ayk
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  • Possible duplicate of [Unable to boot into Windows after installing Ubuntu, how to fix?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/217904/unable-to-boot-into-windows-after-installing-ubuntu-how-to-fix) – karel Dec 05 '17 at 12:34

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You installed windows XP on /dev/sda5 which was a logical partition.Windows can't be able to boot if it was installed on a logical partition.

So try to reinstall Windows XP on a Primary partition.

Avinash Raj
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I always do the following -

  1. If you installed Windows XP and lost GRUB, then get EasyBCD and get your Ubuntu back.
  2. If you installed Ubuntu and lost Windows, use Windows XP boot-repair (from its CD/DVD) to get your Windows booting.

If you do not know how to use EasyBCD, follow the steps 2 and 3 mentioned here under the Adding Ubuntu to the Windows Bootloader heading.

nsane
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