Grub - Windows doesn't want to boot.

Hello. I have a following problem. I've tried to set up grub to boot windows. I edited the entry in menu.lst to:
# (1) Windows
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1
My windows is on /dev/sda2
]Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 13054 104856223+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 13055 39167 209752672+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 39168 45392 50002312+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 45393 60801 123772792+ 83 Linux
Here comes the problem, When I select Windows from menu in grub I get:
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1
The "_" is flashing like it would be trying to load something, but nothing happens.
Please help, I really want to play FarCry 2 :<

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