[solved] can't find XP after installing mint

[Fred]

mhh91,

You are describing your drives or partitions in Windows terms it seems. I am not really sure what you have. Use your Mint install cd and open a program called Gparted. It is in the menu. Post a screen shot of each of your drives, if you have more than one.

We can go from there.

Fred

[Fred]

mhh9,

Bad news my friend. You will never get Windows to boot from a non-first logical partition. At least I never have been able to do it. I have never seen it done either.

Windows wants to be on the first primary partition, and works best from there.

Sorry.

Fred

[Fred]

mhh91,

Since you are going to have to redo it anyway:

sda1 NTFS -- Windows system
sda2 swap --- Linux
sda3 ext3 ---- Linux /
sda5 NTFS -- Windows storage

Good luck my friend,

Fred

[XXX]

Vista can boot from other than C:\ cuz Vista is the greatest

[Fred]

XXX,

Oh Please, don't you have to start getting ready to go to grammar school or something.

Fred