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How to remove GRUB from dual boot (Debian and Windows XP)

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Windows Vista trashes MBR on dual-boot machine. Can it be stopped? What are the recommendations for recovery?

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After a recent run of apt-get dist-upgrade and subsequent reboot, I get just: GRUB loading. Welcome to GRUB! error: symbol not found: 'grub_env_export'. Entering rescue mode... grub rescue> ...