Here is the sequence
Running MS XP
Tried custom install of Mandriva Spring
Shrunk 1 large Windows partition to make room then made a /, swap and /home partition and installed Mandriva
Chose Ice desktop thinking this was the a good choice for my K7S5A and unchecked KDE and Genome
Everything loaded fine but on boot up did not work, Mandriva would not fully load
Went back reinstalled Mandriva a second time by first deleting my 3 Linux partition then re-creating them. This time I chose KDE
On boot up Grub appeared to work I could choose Mandriva, Mandriva safe mode and Windows ,etc
Problem was Mandriva starts but does not load fully, Windows starts but switches back to Mandriva
Om Mandriva I get a text display saying something like local host ,etc. I enter my username and password but nothing graphical happens
now when I try to reboot all I get is Grub error 15.
By the day before installing Mandriva I did run defrag and checkdisk
Can I salvage this install or get back to Windows?
Thanks