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Reinstall GRUB after Windows install on Dual Boot System

I dual boot my laptop with Windows XP Pro and Ubuntu, recently I had installed Windows 7 to test out and lost my Ubuntu system at boot up, but after searching the Ubuntu Forums I realised I’d lost my GRUB settings and still had Ubuntu safety on my laptop. Here is what is did. 

Reinstall GRUB after Windows install:

Insert Ubuntu Live CD and restart system.

Open a terminal once in Ubuntu and do the following:-

sudo grub

find /boot/grub/stage1

Take not of whatever find states (hdx,x)

root (hdx,x)

setup (hdx)

quit

Now restart the system and remove the Live CD when instructed to. When the system restarts you’ll notice GRUB is back 🙂