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Difference between bootmgr.efi and bootmgfw.efi?
So.. As you can probably guess from running bcdedit (in Windows) or efibootmgr (in Linux), bootmgfw.efi is the Windows UEFI bootloader, which will then load winload.efi and thus the remainder of the ...
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Computer not booting after installing Ubuntu next to Windows
and rewriting the GUID partition table
You don't have one; you only have a BIOS-style MBR partition table. (It's the only kind that has an 'extended' partition with more partitions inside – with GPT ...
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Accidentally deleted the contents of my boot manager's EFI folder. I don't have a repair disc, but computer is on. (Windows 10)
Run the bcdboot command to reinstall the bootloader.
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Cloned Windows 10 hangs in black screen with cursor
I found the workaround myself. There were the drive letters that caused the trouble. Booted the cloned Window from SSD via Troubleshooting and F6 as Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Typed CTRL + SHIFT + ...
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What are the implications of not installing a Linux boot loader and use UEFI instead?
with the introduction of UEFI, many UEFI firmwares come with a decent boot manager and boot loader
This is only half true. (Less than half, depending on your definition of "decent.") There are two ...
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"Ghost" blank UEFI entry in Gigabyte BIOS
These boot entries are stored in UEFI NVRAM. Even resetting it won’t clear them.
Instead, you can use Linux and efibootmgr to manage these entries. To be able to manage these entries, Linux needs to ...
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Broken boot manager bootmgr Windows 10 SSD bootrec
yes, could be bios issue, you should have tried to check / even now check and make sure your bios is up to date to prevent any further issues
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Difference between bootmgr.efi and bootmgfw.efi?
From this link
bootmgr - the Windows boot manager on systems with BIOS firmware. This file will be loaded as part of the BIOS boot process - typically the boot device is set in the BIOS. Assuming the ...
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"Ghost" blank UEFI entry in Gigabyte BIOS
I also experienced this very annoying issue. When opening the gigabyte bios boot options, it showed 3 options. The first one was blank, the second one was my boot ssd, and the third one was also blank....
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Which program runs first? Is it Boot Loader or Boot Manager?
The first lines of that web page that you cite are:
Bootloader
The bootloader program demonstrates how to jump from one program to the start of another.
From: The Designer's Guide to the Cortex-m ...
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How can I rename the boot menu entries of the Windows Boot Manager?
You can use bcdedit to rename the boot menu entries. Use just bcdedit first to list all entries:
bcdedit
The "description" line represents the text that is shown in the boot menu. To modify ...
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Which program runs first? Is it Boot Loader or Boot Manager?
For a stu... troll question a troll answer
I don't want to bear a bad news, but this question seems "tiny bit wrong", or completely nonsensical rather, at least without proper context.
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How to add a new boot option to Ubuntu boot manager
There are some steps to consider, please see below for my own re-search, and the steps I would have taken. BUT! Keep in mind that I haven't tried these steps myself and therefore I strongly recommend ...
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Can you dual boot without a boot manager
You're carefully avoiding revealing any details that would give us any idea what we're dealing with, but it's probably some kind of embedded ARM device.
These are not like PCs where you have plenty of ...
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Cloned Windows 10 hangs in black screen with cursor
+1 to the answer by osiris. To add, the registry of the cloned pc has to be edited. Since Windows is not loading, we can either use safe mode as given in his answer or if the original hdd is still ...
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Windows Boot Manager Screen comes up even though I have 1 OS
You can view complete contents of BCD using Visual BCD Editor.
{bootmgr} object in BCD holds all relevant boot menu settings(elements).
The main element for boot menu is "DisplayOrder" - a list of ...
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Windows Boot Manager Screen comes up even though I have 1 OS
Seems like your system boot option got changed. You can review them at Control Panel - System - Advanced System Settings (System Properties) - Startup and Recovery Settings.
FYI there is no "bootmgr....
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Laptop stuck at boot menu screen
It would seem to me that the boot process is unable to find a bootable partition. If you plug in a bootable USB disk (eg Linux rescue disk), does it boot off that?
If you are certain there is a ...
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Setting Up A Boot Manager For Multiple Operating Systems
Just repair GRUB with Boot Repair LiveCD or add Ubuntu to Windows boot loader following this answer.
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