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I have installed XP on a partition of my hard drive (partitions are each half, 20gb) but now it wont let me decide to boot into linux or xp. how can i do this. when i GO to my computer it only shows 1 partiton, the one im in (e:/, the windows boot) i know i still have linux on my pc becaues e:/ is only 20gb of 40, and i know it just cant disseppear. how can i make a SCREEN that i choose: Ubuntu Linux or WIndows Xp. I have a bunch of crap that i need to access in ubuntu and i cant afford to not be able to get in it. which OS did you install first? Windows doesn't like to know about any other OSes and usually tries to wipe them out when installing. Remedy: install windows first, then linux.

Most linux distros come with a boot manager. If you don't get the boot manager when you restart the computer, then either your boot manager is corrupted, or you installed linux before windows and it got deleted. If you need to get files off your linux partition, boot with your ubuntu cd and try to access your files. From there, BURN them to cd or flash drive or COPY them to the other partition.

Also, you won't be able to see the linux partition from windows. Windows doesn't recognize foreign partition types.



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