eilif :
IS this grub cfg stuff potentially dangerous if i do anything wrong? i didnt quite understand what srikantgundaz meant
As long as you're careful it will be fine. If you screw up, it won't boot, but you will still be able to fix it by other means.
I'll do my best to re-explain what
srikantgundaz said in a slightly more understandable manner.
Open a terminal.
Enter the following:
[cpp]sudo gedit /boot/grub/grub.cfg[/cpp]
This will allow you to edit the grub configuration file in the /boot/grub/ directory.
Scroll down until you see the following (or similar) text:
[cpp]### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows Professional XP2 (on /dev/sdb1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fe3cfb353cfae813
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1[/cpp]
Copy the above lines below the following lines in the grub.cfg file.
[cpp]### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###[/cpp]
This should place Windows in the first location on the boot menu.