Questions tagged [bootmgr]
The Windows Boot Manager (BOOTMGR) is the bootloader launched by the BIOS or UEFI and is responsible for loading the rest of Windows.
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How to programmatically reboot into Windows 8+'s Advanced Startup Menu?
Although I am able to visit the Boot Manager at boot due to me having multiple Windows boot entries and a significant timeout enabled for the environment when booting:
...I would like to not have to ...
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reimaging win11 arm64 stuck at Starting Bootmgr
reimaging new arm64 hardware. Snapdragon X chip, surface laptop 7. I built a bootable with rufus4.5 (from exfat, NTFS is the only option in rufus), the win11 pro iso i need to use, booting with secure ...
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Booting of Win 10 not possible, how to fix UEFI and/or bcdedit bootmgr?
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During the boot of my Win-10-Pro-system I get a BSOD Kmode_Exception_Not_Handled without further information provided. This results in a reboot. The error occurred after I had tried to edit ...
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bootmgfw.efi not able to load further after being downloaded by network during PXE, but loads fine if loaded from disk
I am trying to load into winpe using bootmgfw.efi, it is being downlaoded by TFTP download looks fine, but after downloading, it is stuck at a blank screen and TFTP log says downloaded is the last ...
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Windows bcdedit stores config parameters in NVRAM? what does it mean?
In Win10 bcdedit /?, the help text says it will store boot configuration parameters in nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) entries.
Is that ridiculous? As far as I know, bcdedit stores configs in disk files.
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"bootmgr is missing" after connecting a second internal hdd to motherboard
I have my internal hdd with win10 installed, that is connected to motherboard. but as soon as i connect a second one then my pc says bootmgr is missing, even though my pc is set to boot from the first ...
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How do I fix my split Windows installation?
I'm in a bit of a pickle.
Before we continue, my computing literacy is poor to average at best. I recently purchased a new SSD M.2, and have installed it into my computer. I figured this was a good ...
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UEFI: Boot a specific installation of Windows via bootmgfw
I am tasked with upgrading a number of machines to Windows 11. However, some accounting software refuses to work on Windows 11. This is why I need to offer a Windows 10 installation as well. When ...
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Windows won't boot from bootloader; prefers GRUB instead
I was messing around with Ubuntu, installed it, decided to delete it. Now, I have a problem. I tried using bcdedit /set {bootmgr} to set the boot manager back to Windows, but it keeps booting from ...
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Can Windows Bootmgr load Ubuntu without needing a second reboot?
I have Windows 10 on an SSD in a DVD caddy (/dev/sdb) and Ubuntu mate on an HDD (/dev/sda). Both are Legacy BIOS/MBR on a Dell Laptop.
I made a dual boot set up and tested putting GRUB on the Linux ...
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My windows installation is not identified in bootrec /fixboot
I need to explain what exactly happened and what solutions I've tried
First of all my windows 10 build 1909 was working just fine and was fully updated. But windows update just constantly reminded me ...
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Bootmgr Menu set to display but does not run
I have two boot items in bootmgr. It is set to display with 30 second timeout.
From a cold reboot the menu does not display and the last config (Win 10 with HyperV on) is loaded.
Is there another ...
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Do bootloaders keep running?
In this question, I'm considering both Windows (BOOTMGR) and Linux (GRUB) bootloaders as well as BIOS and EFI modes. Once a bootloader has invoked a kernel, does the bootloader keep running in any ...
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BCDEdit - How to set device partition to a number (not c:)
I would like to add a new entry to my Windows bootmgr, which on another partition (5th one). What should I write after device partition=... to load the 5th partition?
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Accidentally removed boot partition for Windows. How can I recover?
While doing some operation on Ubuntu I accidentally removed boot partition for Windows and now I can’t run Windows again and was unable to run the recovery for Windows 10.
Here’s what I have tried:
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