This really sounds like a simple enough problem caused by Ubuntu having re-written
the Master Boot Record (MBR). Windows will most likely still exist as it was on it's
own partition.

To try to rectify this, start your PC with the appropriate XP Installation cd-rom in
the drive, and when prompted to do so, press [R] to "Repair using Recovery Console"

When the recovery console starts, choose the Windows installation (usually by typing
"1") and press [ENTER]

It will then ask you for the Administrator password. Unless you have set this
differently yourself, it will not normally be set and you can just press [ENTER] to
proceed.

Once "in" Recovery Console, type the command : FIXMBR then [ENTER]

Then type EXIT then [ENTER] to reboot.

This should fix it.

If there is still a problem, repeat the above procedure to start Recovery Console
again, then type in the command : FIXBOOT C: then press [ENTER]

then again type EXIT then [ENTER] to reboot.

If the XP partition is still intact, then usually just following the first part of
this procedure should recover the MBR so that XP can be booted to again.

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Bob" wrote in message
...
Long, sad story made short.

I have a Samsung Netbook running Windows XP Home, SP3.

I set it up to dual boot with Ubuntu, just so I could play around with
Ubuntu.

Well, Ubuntu started giving me trouble: my internet connection went
south,
I was unable to adjust the brightness of the Netbook screen, etc., and
when
I looked for troubleshooting help on the internet, it was all Greek to
me as
it involved working with Terminal.

I did a search for removing a partition in Windows XP and found "How
to use
Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows XP" on the
Microsoft and
followed the instructions there.

Now, when I try to boot the Netbook, I get this:
GRUB loading.
error: no such partition
grub rescue

When I research what this means, the solutions, all on Linux sites are
baffling.

So...

I cloned my Netbook HD about a month ago to an external HD.

How would I go about erasing the HD of the Netbook and cloning back to
the Netbook HD the
operating system from the external HD? Is this possible?

Remember, Netbooks do not come with an optical drive.

Many thanks.