Add Windows into grub menu after install Ubuntu

If you have installed Windows in your computer first,commonly windows will be in grub menu after you install ubuntu.But there’s always someone can’t boot windows after install ubuntu.In this tutorial I’ll tell how to figure out it.

First,boot up your ubuntu and open up a terminal window,edit menu.lis file by following command

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Add following section in the screen

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

Here root (hd0,0), means my windows was installed in the first partition of first hard disk.

Click here,if you want to make windows boot up as default OS.

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