Hello Alejandro, I would suggest the Demudi installtion did not write a correct grub configuration. Please post your current configuration, so we can see what's going wrong there. If you would like to rebuild your entire system I would suggest the following layout: hda1 - ntfs win xp hda2 - linux (which whatever filesystem you prefer) hda3 - linux swap hda4 - fat32 (if you need it, for example xp/linux shared disk) You should install windows first, let it repartition the entire disk and then continue with the linux installation. But if you're satisfied with your current layout, it should be managable with a correct grub configuration. -- ---> doj / cubic ----> http://cubic.org/~doj -----> http://llg.cubic.org