Public bug reported:
I installed Ubuntu 9.10 RC in the Windows XP SP3 partition (dual boot with
Ubuntu 9.04) for testing purposes. Now that I have Ubuntu 9.10 Final Release in
hand, I executed the Wubi Uninstall program that I saw in the Ubuntu folder of
my Windows directory. After that finished and the system shut down, I started
through the Windows XP boot process to make sure that Windows XP was still
operational. I thus chose Windows XP in the first choice (as usual). But the
surprise was the second step to choose between Windows and Ubuntu. Just looking
for trouble after another reboot, I checked the Ubuntu branch and found:
Windows could not start because the following file was corrupt/missing:
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll
Please reinstall copy to above file.
Note that after rebooting again and properly choosing Windows at that
step, Windows XP appears to start properly.
Note also that I successfully installed Ubuntu 9.10 Final Release, again
using Wubi.exe from its respective Distribution CD-ROM and the three
step (because of my dual boot environment) boot process into Ubuntu 9.10
Final Release works very nicely.
What I am reporting just LOOKS VERY BAD but SO FAR doesn't appear to
affect subsequent functioning of my machine!
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Uninstall of Wubi.exe doesn't restore Windows XP SP3 boot sector
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464209
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