http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Help in dual-booting Windows XP and Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:48:05 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/help-in-dual-booting-windows-xp-and-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-31027 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:21:32 +0000 bcmummy 31027@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Okay... well, the boot menu certainly looks a lot better, thanks, but unfortunately, it still will not boot into Windows XP.</p> <p>When I attempt to boot into it, it shows "Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format. Press any key to continue."</p> <p>Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention: soon after booting up, it shows:</p> <p>Drive 1 not found: Serial ATA, SATA-2<br /> Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility</p> <p>I have a Dell Dimension 4700 from 2004 if that should make a lick of difference.</p> <p>Another difference between the screenshot and my computer is that XP is listed under memtest like it's another Ubuntu branch. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/help-in-dual-booting-windows-xp-and-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-31026 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:05:09 +0000 The Geek 31026@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Read this comment for an explanation of how to get rid of those (the correct way)</p> <p><a href='http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/clean-up-ubuntu-grub-boot-menu-after-upgrades/#comment-44354'>http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/clean-up-ubuntu-grub-boot-menu-after-upgrades/#comment-44354</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/help-in-dual-booting-windows-xp-and-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-31025 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:03:13 +0000 The Geek 31025@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Actually if you load a bunch of kernel patches on Ubuntu that always ends up happening. There's a command, I forget what it is right now, that will clean that up. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/help-in-dual-booting-windows-xp-and-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-31024 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:00:42 +0000 bcmummy 31024@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I have already installed Windows. Ah; give me a second, I'll write down exactly what it says when I try to boot.</p> <p>The bootloader looks much like this: <a href='http://static.flickr.com/61/158560702_d11b6e3889_o.jpg'>http://static.flickr.com/61/158560702_d11b6e3889_o.jpg</a> except that there are three different Ubuntu main loads and there are three recovery modes. (I'm sure this isn't normal.) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/help-in-dual-booting-windows-xp-and-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-31023 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:57:25 +0000 The Geek 31023@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Did you already install Windows, or are you trying to do so now?</p> <p>Typically installing Windows after linux is simple... it just usually wipes out the boot loader. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/help-in-dual-booting-windows-xp-and-ubuntu-804-hardy#post-31016 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:56:47 +0000 bcmummy 31016@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Okay, so I followed instructions to a T on a very thorough guide of how to partition and dual-boot Ubuntu Hardy and Windows XP (Except for the partitioning part; I had an existing large partition made for the purpose). I am getting Windows XP on the GRUB Bootloader, but it has an Error 13: Cannot read or execute format.<br /> <code><br /> <pre><code></code></pre> </code> <code><br /> <pre><code></code></pre> </code><br /> I can find plenty of guides on the internet about how to install a Linux distro AFTER Windows, but not how to install Windows after Linux.<br /> <code><br /> <pre><code></code></pre> </code><code><br /> <pre><code></code></pre> </code></p> <p>Any help here? </p>