Bug#591416: This bug might be due to Windows programs overwriting grub

[Svante R Signell]

Hi,

As revealed lately booting to Windows can cause parts of grub
overwritten by Windows programs.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550702
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/441941

I think this happened to me after a Windows XP session. I didn't react
too much then, since grub booted into Linux and then grub-pc was
upgraded by a new version. Missing boot menu might be due to some
program overwriting the "embedding area". Now I'm reluctant to boot to
Windows until this problem is solved. The problems seen are similar as
the Ubuntu bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/601563 where no
boot menu is shown at all, but Linux boots automatically.

Pleas let me know if I can help in any way to find which program is
overwriting grub.