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Installed 6.06. Now can't start Windows

Today I installed  6.06 on my desktop.  I had Windows Vista installed on my primary hd and installed  on my secondary drive (sdb)  Now there's no dual boot option for me to run Windows Vista.

I double checked to make sure  was installed on the correct hd, and it is.

Any suggestions on how I can also run Windows on this machine?  Keep in mind I'm a Linux newbie.  I installed ubuntu on my laptop a little over a week ago (and it's working great!)

Thanks for your help.

Steve

When in , if you go to the terminal and typeCode:
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst(you'll need to enter your account password)

you should see some writing about .

Underneath all of that, if you addCode:
# Windows Vista
title Microsoft Windows Vista
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader  +1
(hd0,0) changes depending on where Vista is installed. the first number is the hard disk number (starting at zero) and the second the partition number (again, starting at zero.) On any normal system with Vista pre-installed, (hd0,0) will work.

That did the trick!

Thanks for your help!
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