Mint & XP dual boot problem

Hamster · 11 Dec 2008 at 16:57

Help please!!

Similar to a recent thread with a slight difference, i have xp and linux mint on different partitions of the same drive. After doing some windows updates, i've lost the boot menu and the pc just boots straight into xp.

Is there a quick and easy method to repair this?

Hamster · 11 Dec 2008 at 19:14

Great. Thanks :rolleyes:

I think it's safe to assume that i need to know the best method.

Hamster · 11 Dec 2008 at 19:28

Not savvy in the slightest so i was hoping for simple instructions! It's the grub bootloader that came with Mint that's gone awry.

Also it would be nice to be able to choose which OS loads up by default which i didn't seem to have the option to change when the bootloader was working.

Hamster · 11 Dec 2008 at 19:45

Thanks. I don't have time to do it today but will have tomorrow. I'll keep you posted.

Hamster · 12 Dec 2008 at 16:31

brummie said:
Download the "super Grub disk" and it will automagically sort it for you.

http://www.supergrubdisk.org/

Thanks for everyone's input. This 'automagic' solution looked appealing and worked well!!