Restoring GRUB after install windows 8

I just upgraded my laptop from windows 7 to windows 8 so I lost my bootloader.
1) Can I get the windows8 bootloader to view my arch installation?
2) If not , how do I best recover my bootloader?

Probably. I remember several years ago, I did something like that. It implied something like dd'ing to a file the mbr with grub, and adding an entry on boot.ini with that file.
But I don't really remember and that was with grub-legacy. Not sure if it is possible now.
Also, while people here can help you with the second option, the first option is more in the windows area support.
Having said that, if you manage to do the first option, maybe it would be a good addition to the grub wiki article.

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