Here’s the situation. I installed BackTrack linux (Based on ubuntu i think, linux newbie) then once that was installed on partition A of my hard drive, I installed windows XP. Might have been in reverse order. Basically it was set up with Grub to choose between the two and grub was automatically set up. Well now that I had to reinstall windows on its partition, it doesnt go to the GRUB menu anymore. Its still windows XP. How can I change this so it goes back to GRUB menu and not straight to windows. I know that the Linux partition is still there I just cant boot into it. If I need to edit anything on the linux part I can always just use a live CD to get to it but I dont know what im suppose to do exactly. Any Ideas?
You need to update or reinstall grub. I have not used backtrack but the link below might work.
If it does not if you can boot to a live cd to mount all the partitions that you want grub to use and open a terminal to run the command
update-grub
The various linux distros have a slightly different way of updating and reinstalling grub. You could google for update (or reinstall) grub + the name of the distro livecd you are using.
http://forums.remote-exploit.org/backtrack-4-general-support/30447-grub-restore-live-usb-bt4.html
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=La0&rls=com.ubuntu%3Aen-US%3Aunofficial&q=update+grub+&aq=f&aqi=g1g-s1g8&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
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