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[Tom <question76769@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #76769 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/76769

Tom proposed the following answer:
You might want to try booting up the machine from the Xp cd.  Simply put the Xp cd in the cd/dvd-drive and shutdown your machine.  When you switch your machine on again it should 'boot into the cd'.  This guide might help although it's written for Ubuntu rather than Xp.  
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD
Note that as ActionParsnip says you will need to create some unpartitioned space on your drive, or at least a partition formatted to ntfs/fat32.  I would use "gparted" to help create that space for Xp
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowtoPartition

Windows tends to have a nasty habit of wiping out anything else on your drive when you try to install it so take care! This guide might help
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

Assuming everything goes well then Windows will have only "fixed" your mbr making it impossible to boot into Ubuntu.  At this point this guide might help
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot#Recovering%20GRUB%20after%20reinstalling%20Windows

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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