I have created this page http://martin.hinner.info/fs/truecrypt/ couple
of months ago.

Grub-install destroyed my Win system-encrypted windows (it's
bootloader). I have recovered it, however I wasn't able to boot to Linux
using GRUB then. Problem was with overwritten track0 of my boot disk
(where grub likely placed stage1.5).

I think it would enormously help if grub is not installed only in MBR,
but also in boot sectors of / and /boot. Plus it should automatically
save a copy of MBR and track0 (both separately!) to /boot/backup/mbr-
date.bin and track0-date.bin. Having a backup is always a very good
option!

Then you  can put grub.bin (=boot from / partition) to BOOT.INI in
Windows and boot it from there. Or install grub properly and switch
between truecrypt and grub.

So solution for skilled people is to have grub not only in MBR and have
install-time backup of mbr and track0.

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[Jaunty] installer doesn't ask where to install GRUB and overwrites MBR which 
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337957
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