GRUB Recovery and Windows XP Recovery After Installing the BOSS

Issue 1:

We installed in the System having Preloaded Windows XP OS.

But it is not booted.

HCL EC2 PC Machine

Solution:

1.Boot the System With BOSS Live DVD.

2.Open the System -> GParted and check whether the active partition flags set.

3.If default Linux Installed partition is set.we have to set Windows XP installed partion as a active partition.then it will load the grub loader.

Issue 2:

After recovering the grub loader it shows multiple boot entries in the boot menu  and Windows XP entry is missing from it.

Solution:

1.Open the grub.cfg file in the directory path is: /boot/grub/grub.cfg with editing permission.

2.Keep one entry Delete all the remaining entries from the grub.cfg file.

3.Add the Windows XP entry in grub.cfg file.

Windows XP {

set root=(hd0,msdos1)

search --no-floppy --setuuid 00731573-1fc0-4e73-9a0f-5d4767c7da9e

chainloader +1

}

To generate uuid type following in the terminal

uuidgen /dev/sda1


output
00731573-1fc0-4e73-9a0f-5d4767c7da9e

4.Restart the System. Grub is loaded with optimal entries and select the windows xp entry then windows xp loaded successfully.