ubun2

I wish to keep the option of running Win XP available, should I need to run Windows software in the future that will not run under Wine.

ust installed ubun2 9.10 in asecond partition with xp after shrinking xp partition
goes from boot  linux os  or recovery to no such device with a long string matching the string  its looking for if you hit e and read the command its trying to implement. how do I  boot into ubun2

Well folks.. it is exactly as described.. Followed Ubuntu's installer.. Did it all good..Ubuntu runs great..BUT CHECKING WINDOWS>>>  I get a screen what Checkdisk is missing.. and then it FAILS.. Blue Screen ever time.. Anyone run into this?  HELP PLEASE!!!!