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Grub not showing after installing Elementary OS alongside Windows 10 [UEFI]

I've tried to install elementary OS alongside Windows 10 in a UEFI machine. I first did it with Secure Boot enabled, using the "something more" option. I configured the root and swap partitions as I ...
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grub2 chainload windows10 cdboot.efi failed

I have 3 partitions on the usb sticks. p1 is EFI partition, p2 is a grub boot partition, p3 is a fat32 partition contain content from windows10 installation dvd. I can boot from p1 and enter grub menu....
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Keyboard working in grub but not in Windows or Fedora 37

I have a Asus FX705DT laptop with dual boot, Fedora 37 and Windows 10, and the following issue: the keyboard works in grub, all keys, arrows, letters etc. after I boot in either Linux or Windows the ...
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Grub latching-entry / booting Windows directly with Grub

I have a rather complicated setup. On my PC I have a combination of 2 Linux Distros as well as 2 Windows Installs. I use this to split the different things I do to different versions of OS such that I ...
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Dual-Boot system with Ubuntu cannot access Windows 10 (grub update and boot-repair not working)

I've recently entered in possess of a desktop computer with Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10. Booting it, it will immediately start Ubuntu and I'm currently not able to log in into windows. I've already ...
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Dual boot - tried to mount Windows drive on Ubuntu 20, failed, now Windows won't boot

I installed Ubuntu on my laptop today in place of Mint. I was able to boot the Windows drive under Mint, but it failed in Ubuntu with the error described in this page. However, when I tried to start ...
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Windows 10 killing grub

I'm trying to run a dual boot system with w10 and Ubuntu. Both system works, secure boot is disabled and legacy support enabled, but every time i boot windows10 it just kills grub so the next time i ...
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Dual boot ubuntu 18.04 and windows 10

I have installed fresh windows 10 and installed ubuntu 18.04 in my HP pavilon laptop. now when I restart the computer , It automatically starts the windows 10. so If I want ubuntu I need to reboot ...
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Dual booting Windows 10 and Linux(Parrot Sec OS) UEFI GRUB NOT LOADING

I've partitioned my hard drive and installed Parrot Security OS to the new partition. It completed without errors. However, when i rebooted after installation, my laptop (ACER E5-575G- Laptop) booted ...
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Can you combine windows to go and linux on a stick?

Background On my vocational training school there are 2 turns, and the morning ones always break the computers, so I started to carry a virtual machine on an hdd, in order to avoid problems (I have a ...
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Removing the Ubuntu bootloader from Ubuntu/Windows 10 Dual Boot

I am removing Ubuntu (from the Ubuntu/Windows 10 dual-boot) because something happened to it and it just "broke". I could not reinstall since it did not give me the options to do so when I followed ...
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I think I broke my computer's boot loader

I've downloaded Linux OpenSUSE a while back (as another partition, I run dual boot), which was going great for me. But I had to change my computer's boot order on BIOS from Windows' advanced reboot. ...
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Showing Windows boot on Linux login screen

I want a dual boot Windows/Linux system, which will be handled by GRUB. I'm almost never in front of the PC when it's booting, so it's quite useless to leave a time-out selection screen. I also want ...
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How to remove multiple boot options from boot loader

I recently installed Ubuntu Linux 16.04 and right now I have multiple boot options in GRUB including some for Windows which I doubt I have much use for. I want to remove some of them. Currently on my ...
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How to restore grub boot on a /boot partition after windows 10 booting restoration

I just installed Debian testing but it didn't put Windows 10 into grub booting options so I restored Windows 10 boot with this tutorial http://www.qliktips.com/2012/11/fix-windows-8-boot-issue.html ...
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Windows entry missing in grub after MXLinux update (Dual-Boot)

I recently updated my MX21 to MX23 using this guide( https://mxlinux.org/wiki/system/upgrading-from-mx-21-to-mx-23-without-reinstalling/ ), but now the Windows entry is missing in the Grub start up ...
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Grub bootloader not loading when windows boot manager is first option in boot order

I have windows and linux mint dual boot on a single SSD. When I keep windows boot manager the first place in boot order, the GRUB bootloader doesn't appear at all. It directly boots me into windows. ...
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Fedora installed on M.2 sata ssd storage is not showing up

I installed an M.2 sata SSD (256GB) on my Dell vostro 5468 laptop. It detected fine in windows initially, and then I installed fedora on it. However after rebooting, I did not get a grub menu and also ...
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Dual boot on separate drives won't work

I've Windows 10 installed on my SSD (Disk 0 in image) and my goal was to install Linux on the HDD (disk 1) to boot the device with either of the OS via grub loader. I installed Linux on the HDD, ...
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removing grub and restoring w10 bootloader without access to administrative account in w10

I have a dual boot with W10 and debian. Grub is installed in MBR. I would like to remove grup altogether (and even debian) and restore to W10 bootloader. The restriction is that I cannot login to w10 ...
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GRUB stopped displaying correctly

I have a Kubuntu and Windows dual boot setup. Initially all was fine, but recently GRUB stopped rendering correctly, displaying only a black screen on boot. I can still press enter to boot to Kubuntu, ...
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How to reset Windows 10 installation without losing grub

Is there a way to reset windows 10 installation without affecting other oses? I have one windows 10, and two linuxes (Ubuntu 20.04 and 16.04). I was planning on using windows recovery option->...
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Grub prompt after installing AV Linux on old Ubuntu partition of dual boot (with Win 10) machine

I installed AV Linux on a prior Ubuntu partition on dual boot computer. My aim was/is to be able to dual boot AV Linux and Windows 10. I do not wish to lose the existing Windows installation. After ...
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Issue in booting Windows 10 after installing Linux on a USB drive

I have recently installed elementary OS on a USB drive from a system running Windows 10, but I booted live from elementary OS DVD for installation purposes. Now every time I boot my PC without the ...
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How to install Linux alongside Windows 10 with a corrupted Grub?

I had Windows 10 and Linux Mint in dual boot. I deleted from Windows 10, the partition related with Linux since it had some issues. Then after I reboot I see a grub window like below I want to ...
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Windows10 laptop completely blank screen after powering on but works with external monitor, linux grub boot works fine

Been having this problem for a while now but still none the wiser. So essentially I've run a dual boot system with ubuntu and windows for a while now, however in the last few weeks or so I've had ...
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Upgrading to an SSD and switching distro on a dualboot

I've just bought an SSD, and figured this would be a good time to change my OS configuration on my PC. Currently, I have one physical drive and two partitions, one on Windows 10 and the other on ...
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BitLocker automatic unlocking stopped working after updating grub from Linux

I bought a new laptop from Dell with Windows 10 Pro. It had a BitLocker encryption enabled by default, but it was suspended. I activated the protection and saved the recovery key. Then i installed ...
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Changing Boot Order - can only access Linux through 'Use a Device' option

I have installed Linux Mint on my Windows 10 laptop today. Linux works fine but the GRUB menu never shows when the computer is booted. System uses UEFI. The only way I'm able to access Linux is by ...
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Can't access linux / GRUB menu (dual-boot)

I have just installed linux mint on my Windows 10 laptop. Linux was working fine. After installation completes it recommends you restart, which I did. I thought (based on the videos I watched) the ...
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Windows boot error 0xc00000e & 0xc00000f

I was running Linux Mint 18.1 and Windows 10. The grub loader was on an hdd with Linux, and Windows 10 was installed on an SSD. When I went to boot I got a winload.exe 0xc00000e error. After running ...
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Dual boot not reaching windows, but grub detects it

I'm trying to get dual boot to work on my laptop in seperate hard drives. I've done this in the past successfully in my old laptop with only one hard drive. Since I have two, let's call them SSD1 and ...
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How to remove Linux installation and install a new flavour, while keeping Windows intact

I dual-boot Ubuntu with Windows 10. I wish to remove Ubuntu and install Manjaro while keeping Windows intact (thus not having to re-install it). Where do I start? Do I just wipe the Ubuntu partition ...
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Cannot find windows 10 in grub menu after installing Fedora 24 alongside windows

I have installed Windows 10 in UEFI mode and then I installed Fedora 24 by shrinking the last partition. But then there is no Windows 10 entry in grub boot menu. I tried adding boot entry in 40_custom ...
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GRUB not booting Windows 10 as expected

I seem to have a strange issue with GRUB: I have setup my computer to dual boot with Linux Mint and Windows 10, Mint works as expected and will boot every time, whereas Windows will not boot. If I ...
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doubleboot uuntu/win10: GRUB not recognising the correct win10 partition

I have a windows10 ubuntu doubleboot on lenovo t450s thinkpad, and when the GRUB menu appears, I only have an option to load from Windows recovery partition, which upon selection, comes up with error ...
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How to (safely) install Windows 10 on a Linux system

I have Linux (Arch) only system with a spare partition that I'd like to use for Windows 10. It's a notebook with UEFI. I remember I had some trouble back then when installing Arch because of UEFI. I ...
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UEFI dual boot messed up attempt

I was trying to for the first time dual boot my computer With Windows 8.1 Kali Linux I didn't Have an Idea About What UEFI means so naturally I made a partition, then I Went to the "BIOS" menu and ...
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Windows inaccessible after NVMe ssd upgrade, but grub and Linux partition work fine

I have an Asus ROG Scar II Strix that had the stock 512gb NVMe ssd, which I have upgraded to a Crucial 4TB PCIe 3.0 M.2 ssd. On the original ssd, I five partitions, which I have cloned onto the new ...
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GRUB boot error rescue

Recently created a Linux/windows 10 dual boot and something went wrong.... every time i boot up my PC it brings me straight to GRUB rescue and i am unable to type or access the BIOS menu (i have tried ...
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