[SOLVED] Installed Windows XP on another partition, Ubuntu doesn't boot

[wiseguyxp]

I just installed XP on my 2nd partition on my laptop. Windows overwrote my MBR and I can't boot into Ubuntu anymore. I used the Super Grub Disk and tried to restore my grub files to the mbr, but it didn't work. I couldn't even use SGD to boot the Ubuntu partition without restoring the MBR. I know my filesystem and grub are still intact on the first Ubuntu partition, since I used Ext2IFS to view the Ubuntu partition from Windows XP. Is there something else I can try so Ubuntu will be bootable and intact?

[damis648]

You are going to need this guide:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351

[wiseguyxp]

Thanks a lot, I'll try it out. Seems like exactly what I was looking for.

[Sef]

Or check out Super GRUB Disk.

[wiseguyxp]

I used the Super Grub Disk and tried to restore my grub files to the mbr, but it didn't work. I couldn't even use SGD to boot the Ubuntu partition without restoring the MBR.

I used what damis648 posted, and it worked perfectly.