Pointsec protected partition lost after installed Linux

[Leo.Hou]

I used to have one Windos XP partition and it's protected by pointsec.
I created a new partition with help of partition magic and installed
Ubuntu in it. The usual way of modifying grub to add a (hd0,0) menu
item doesn't work. it seems grub overwrote whatever pointsec has in
MBR. I want to get back the 1st partition. Could any body help?

I did a lot of search over internet and somebody said I can boot with
a windows XP disc and use the rescue console to run fixmbr and
fixboot. First of all, I don't have a XP disc at the moment. Secondly,
I want to make sure I am not making things any worse before I purchase
an extra windows XP copy.

Can anyone give me any advice for that? Greatly appreciated.

(by the way, is there any way for me to get a XP rescue console
without buying a XP copy?)

 

[AJR]

Leo.Hou - cannot directly offer aid, however consider, in the future, using
a linix distribution that boots from the CD and does not require
installation on the HD - check www.konppix.com.

If you had accesss to a XP CD you can load the Recovery Console so that it
is an optional menu item at boot. You do not state if you can boot into
Linux - which would (should) provide accesss to the Windows files.