So I was able to get a copy of a vista bootloader, easybcd doesnt work with xp, copied it into my c drive and now win xp starts. Ubuntu doesnt even start when using easy bcd and making a bootloader entry. It looks like grub is gone.

I can use the live cd to get access to the new drive and reinstall grub. The mobo lets me change the first disk checked by hitting f10 so I would prefer just to use that rather than have a boot menu come up each time. When ubuntu formatted the new hard drive it looks like it made 5 partitions 2 @112gig and 3 @ 2gig which partition would grub go on?

Edit: do I even need grub? Can I just make that hard drive bootable?