Grub does not display Windows XP

[Icha]

Hi, i am a Windows XP user. recently i dual booted one of my computer with Windows Xp and Ubuntu both on the same hard drive. Installation goes fine, no problem. But now i found that Grub is just not displaying Windows XP.

It was shown while the installation process but not now. Could you guys please help me out here ? Help appreciated.

[Faint]

Well, i think you need to upgrade your grub. However am not a linux user but i think upgrading can sort out the issue. The latest is Grub2. Is a computer program to load an operating system. It can start by himself systems compatible with POSIX (Linux, * BSD, Mac OS, etc..). GRUB 2 is a complete rewrite and aims to be a boot loader more modular and portable than its predecessor.

[Anand D.]

Did you tried to edit the mano / boot / grub / menu.lst to add the entry into the dispenser ? If not do it. Its like:

title Windows XP
Root ($ hd, $)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
rootnoverify (hd $)

Also update the Grub with this command 'update-grub'.

[Steinbach]

Chang the configuration file for GRUB. To do so:
Open a Terminal Application than Accessories than Terminal and add:

  sudo gedit / etc / default / grub

Configuration file opens in text editor, start by removing the VGA modes:

search for "VGA = xxx" in the text 
or delete the occurrences

Remember to save and exit the editor. Back in the terminal, it remains to put grub update:

sudo update-grub

[Sydney_7]

Thanks for sharing this useful tips, friends. I am also having some similar problem and i think this could help me out as well. While searching solution for the same i also came through the following posts:
How Do i add windows entry in Grub?
Windows XP and Linux dual boot

Hope anyone of these tips well fix my problem