How should I get my bootloader working for my ubuntu, win7 and win8 on vhd?

Question

I have a dual-boot system - 2 partitions - 1 windows 7 and 1 ubuntu 11.04 - using the windows 7 boot-loader, with the ubuntu boot option added via EasyBCD.

I also installed the Windows 8 preview on a VHD (as of Hanselman's instructions here.)

The Windows 8 boot-loader has overwritten the Win7 booter. Now I can't boot into my Ubuntu partition.

Any idea how to fix this?

Answer 1

Found a nice answer:

In the (excellent) new windows-8-preview boot manager, there is an advanced option to: "start from another operating system". (I probably have that text slightly wrong - I didn't note it down when I did it and I can't get back to it now.)

I selected this, then chose Windows 7. It then rebooted and gave me back my original Win7 boot manager (with my Ubuntu choice).

And the cherry on the icing was that the windows 8 choice had been added in automatically for me!

Now I just get 1 boot screen with the 3 choices: Windows Developer Preview Windows 7 Ubuntu

Nice!