Missing Windows XP boot info in grub

English Install/Boot/Login
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How do I add Windows XP back into grub. It accidentally got removed. It is a duel drive system with XP on two partitions on C and openSUSE 11.1 on the second drive.

The grub Menu.lst is :
/home/joe/Desktop/openSUSE-11.1-Addon-Lang-i586.iso# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Wed Jun 3 02:20:43 CDT 2009
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,1)/boot/message

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title SUSE LINUX
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3160023A_3JS0XE2S-part2 repair=1 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3160023A_3JS0XE2S-part1 splash=silent showopts vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd

###Don’t change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe – SUSE LINUX
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3160023A_3JS0XE2S-part2 showopts ide=nodma apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd

and the fdisk -l is :

Disk /dev/sda: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x094d523e

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 10198 81915403+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 10199 14946 38138310 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0ae2d408

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 262 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb2 263 2873 20972857+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 2874 19457 133210980 83 Linux

If anyone can help or point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it.

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Hey joetravis – welcome to the forums

add this code into the list:

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows  is old rusty bolts###
title Windows is still old bolts  
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1
3

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Thanks this should do it for me.

Joe

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