Since Windows still does not offer means to skip rewriting the MBR, what can I do before reinstalling Windows to get Grub2 back into the MBR as easy as possible? (I'll also appreciate it if the answer then describes how to restore Grub)
What preparations should I make before reinstalling windows?
windows;grub2;reinstall
Some people have been able to get NTLDR to chain to grub:http://stringofthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/booting-linux-from-ntloader-windows-bootloader/Although in practice it's easier to use a live CD. I usually do something like:mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/somewhere # mount the linux partitionchroot /mnt/somewhere bashmount /procgrub-install /dev/sda2