Cannot run one of two OS

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Published on 2012-11-19T14:30:18Z Indexed on 2012/11/19 17:22 UTC
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first i am happy cuz i updated to ubuntu 12.10! yeah

The grub had an error, but using this guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair i fixed it. yeah again

I show you the page that gives me the program http://paste.ubuntu.com/1370085/

I have the system selection screen in violet, but i cannot run Windows XP. Only Ubuntu. When i press enter to start windows, the screen turns black and it returns automatically to the system selection screen.

Is just that little problem, i need to use twos OS for job's reason. Thanks in advance and sorry for my little english!

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