Re-installing the GRUB menu in Xubuntu 12.04

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This is quite specific to Xubuntu 12.04 which uses GRUB2, not GRUB.

There is LOADS of conflicting advice on how to re-install the GRUB menu once it has been trashed. Typically it is trashed by trying to install Windows on a Linux system, assuming the Windows will play nicely and make it a multiple-boot machine. Windows doesn't do that.

Boot from a Xubuntu 12.04 Alternate CD (not an installation CD nor a Live CD)
Use the boot repair option.
In my case, since I want the Xubuntu on partition sda7 to be the default, I enter /dev/sda7 at the first prompt, then /dev/sda at the second.

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