[ale] error booting XP after dual boot install of Ubuntu 7.10

[Brian Pitts]

Robert Reese wrote:
> 
> Windows doesn't spontaneously write to the MBR.  What happens is that a system check is performed and damage is deemed to have occurred.  The Windows self-repair system is initiated and it attempts to fix the installation.  Part of that self-diagnostic analysis is to check the MBR, which is why it seems to happen without warning even if a system has been fine for days, weeks, or even months before.

Is this a part of CHKDSK or something else? I can't find anything in the 
documentation [0] that suggests it will adjust the MBR. Can you point me 
to any documentation about the "Windows self-repair system"?

[0] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314835/EN-US/#/

-Brian