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After I switched to the KDE desktop and rebooted my pc, I wasn't able to boot at windows xp.
In the GRUB loader there is the "Other" option (which should be WIndows XP),
but when I select it it doesnt boot to windows. there is an error message.
the only thing i could do is remove my 2nd hdd(which has the FC os)
in able to boot to windows.

How can I solve this?

[marcells23]

check the menu.1st or grub.conf file in /boot/grub

title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

you should see the "other" option in that file and u need to modify it to point to the right hd/partition
the line with: root(hd0,0) will be different for your file and it also may be different if you have SATA drives.
hd0 = harddrive
0 = partition

if you still have problems post up the order of your harddrives /partition info.

[Nova Dragoon]

What is the error message?

[[email protected]!ST!C]

here's the error

Booting 'Other'
root noverify(hd1,0)
chainloader +1

well you see I installed the FC in a separate hdd.
My hdd setup is like this... I have a 320GB SATA with 2 partitions(windows xp)
and another 40GB IDE(FC 7)
The SATA hdd is set as SATA 0 and the IDE hdd is set as slave(cd-rom as its master)
Do you have an idea what's wrong?

Here's what's inside the grub.conf file

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#		  all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#		  root (hd0,0)
#		  kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
#		  initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.20-2925.9.fc7xen)
	root (hd0,0)
	kernel /xen.gz-2.6.20-2925.9.fc7 
	module /vmlinuz-2.6.20-2925.9.fc7xen ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
	module /initrd-2.6.20-2925.9.fc7xen.img
title Fedora-base (2.6.21-1.3194.fc7)
	root (hd0,0)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
	initrd /initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img
title Other
	rootnoverify (hd1,0)
	chainloader +1

[no2pencil]

Quote

My hdd setup is like this... I have a 320GB SATA with 2 partitions(windows xp)
and another 40GB IDE(FC 7)
The SATA hdd is set as SATA 0 and the IDE hdd is set as slave(cd-rom as its master)

If the Hard drive is slave, then it would be 1,1. A bit of advice, never use the cd-rom as master.

Primary Master 0,0
Primary Slave 0,1

Secondary Master 1,0
Secondary Slave 0,1

Hope this helps.