On Apr 16, 2:09*pm, "Tim Meddick" wrote:
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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Thank you, Tim.

Unfortunately, the Netbooks do not have an optical drive and I do not
have an external disk drive into which I can put the Windows
Installation Disk.

I do have a Mac running Windows XP using VMWare. Is there any way to
boot up in Windows on that Mac and share its optical drive with the
Netbook? Put the Windows CD in the Mac's drive and use it to boot the
Netbook???