Courstesy:dinakaran
How to install GRUB LOADER after you formatted XP dual boot with UBUNTU
Originally Posted by pietro_spina from ubuntuforums.org
1. Boot from a Live CD, like Ubuntu Live CD or similar.
2. Open a Terminal. Go SuperUser (that is, type "su"). Enter root
passwords as necessary. (in kanotix you need to set the passwd for
root yourself. Use:
$ passwd root
3. Type "grub" which makes a GRUB prompt appear.
4. Type "find /boot/grub/stage1". You'll get a response like "(hd0)"
or in my case "(hd0,3)". Use whatever your computer spits out for the
following lines.
5. Type "root (hd0,3)".
6. Type "setup (hd0,3)". This is key. Other instructions say to use
"(hd0)", and that's fine if you want to write GRUB to the MBR. If you
want to write it to your linux root partition, then you want the
number after the comma, such as "(hd0,3)".
7. Type "quit".
8. Restart the system. Remove the bootable CD.
If the Step 3 doesn't work, then instead of typing "su" and then
"grub" type "sudo grub". Then continue with Step 4.
Also if GRUB was your main boot loader then use (hd0) in Step 6,
otherwise (hd0,x), where 'x' is your Linux Boot Partition (in case you
are using some other boot loader, like Vista's Boot Loader for e.g.)
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