Getting Grub to work on a partition

Question

I just re-installed Windows XP to my NFTS partition, (Ubuntu is already on the other one) and now when the computer boots up, it just boots to Windows. I know there is a way to get it to work so that I can once again have the choice between each OS....but I can't remember how to do it. Can someone please give me step by step instructions?

kevinf311 · Answer

Windows overwrites the MBR, which is why it defaults to windows,

The second post of this thread should get you back up. There is a more in depth guide somewhere, but this is all I could find.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=489006&highlight=grub+gone+windows

kvalenza · Answer

Thanks. Ihad forgotten about using the live disk, but it worked.

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Getting Grub to work on a partition

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