boot loader

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i installed MINTand then i installed winXP on the same HDD but on a diff partition. the problem is that i can not get into mint reason i think is that boot loader is overwritten. what do i do?

i am new to linux so please guide step by step.
thank you.

Restoring GRUB is easy with a live disc like Ubuntu's.

Code:

1. Pop in the Live CD, boot from it until you reach the desktop.
2. Open a terminal window or switch to a tty.
3. Type "grub"
4. Type "root (hd0,6)", or whatever your harddisk + boot partition numbers are (my /boot is at /dev/sda7, which translates to hd0,6 for grub).
5. Type "setup (hd0)", ot whatever your harddisk nr is.
6. Quit grub by typing "quit".
7. Reboot.

Src

thank you for the tip i will try and get back to you,.

Why not you both try Super Grub Disk, its only a 3 MB download.
Write it to a CD, Boot with it and it can fix almost every problem related wih MBR, Dual Boot and Single Boot.