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@@bharathgowda3579 try using exit command and entering something I am a noob Soo that's the only thing I have in mind... Idk commands that can help you... Maybe try the grub rescue link in the comment you commented to.
You saved me! Google nowadays doesnt provide answers anymore... I had to rely on random TH-cam Videos before finding this alternative method to boot into my Linux OS
I wish you had posted this a day earlier. I had to reinstall grub yesterday when Windows nuked out my boot loader altogether. In BIOS, there was no Ubuntu or Windows Boot Manager option. Ended up fixing it with boot-repair but glad you made this video anyways
I am having the same issue that my laptop boots directly into windows. My question is that can I safely delete that linux partition now if I want to or will then not even win will boot up? pls help
Never put win and lin boot loaders in the same partition...big mistake, as you now know. Use two separate boot partitions, and for win and one for lin. interestingly, you can tell lin where you want it to put the boot loader.
When you dual boot Windows and Linux install Linux in a separate partition. I stall the grub in the linux partition, don't install grub in windows. Then install Easy BCD in windows, this way you will have two separate OS and one will not harm the other.
Really helpful info. I watched your video of fixing OEM/MBR partition as I might deleted one and then followed that video but I messed with either MBR or GRUB in my dual boot OS laptop. So, it was showing me ‘missing operating system’ error but then this video helped me fix it and now life is normal. I wish I could know this tool earlier to help lot of my friends in fixing issues with boot. Amazing video :)
Thanks Chris, I did fix my grub bootloader after a win10 update using super grub + grub-customiser with just one more action though, in grub-customiser saving the config wasn't enough I had to do "Install to MBR" to get the new config applied.
I triple boot my Mac with Windows, macOS, and Linux. My fix for the boatloader issue was to install each OS on its own drive, leaving the other two drives physically disconnected as I installed each OS. That way each OS physically can’t touch the other’s boatloader when installing.
I am having the same issue that my laptop boots directly into windows. My question is that can I safely delete that linux partition now if I want to or will then not even win will boot up? pls help
I don't know about other distros, but from Mint, making a bootable usb disk from any image file is just a right-click away. The USB Image Writer app was part of Mint back in 2019 as well. Super simple program, works awesomely. No need to go looking for device ids.
@@evagenesiz7802 dd stands for disk duplicate, it essentially duplicates the disk or disk image to a device or file making a perfect bit by bit copy, this includes the boot table if it was on the same device
Tech joke for the day: Using windows: Windows update break your computer (Oh my god!) Using Mac OSX: Oh just $19.99! Using GNU/Linux: Yay! New features!
Hey I want you to know that I was able to follow this and use Super Grub Disk to boot back into Ubuntu Linux and use Grub Customizer to reinstall Grub back to the MBR! I used Balena Etcher to flash Super Grub Disk 2 to two USB drives. This is a real lifesaver because it means my dial boot works again! If Windows overwrites Grub again I will be prepared.
Great video!! I've had SuperGrub2 on a live dvd for a couple of years. I once booted from it for a whole week, until I got things figured out. Another tool, which I keep on a live dvd is Gparted Live, if partitioning from the installer is confusing. Thumbs up,Chris!
Not the partition, just the bootloader. Bad enough though, it would be easy for MS to detect which other OS is on there and where it starts and neatly include it in their bootloader if they insist on the user using the Windows bootloader.
@@peterjansen4826 I am having the same issue that my laptop boots directly into windows. My question is that can I safely delete that linux partition now if I want to or will then not even win will boot up? pls help
I've given up on bootloaders working with Windows! I just install Windows by itself, then I make sure Linux disks is listed first in the BIOS . I just use the motherboards Boot options to select the windows boot disk (I hardly ever boot into it now) less hassle than having to repair grub every 3 or 4 times i boot into windows.
I don't have problems with either boot loader. Windows will typically only overwrite grub on Feature Updates, but I generally have these locked down to about every 18 months on a Windows PC as I delay them, because they are usually a dumpster fire on launch. Also, you can just add a Linux entry into the Windows Bootloader, as you don't have to use grub.
I did the same thing. I had 2 HDDs in the case, 1 for windows and 1 Linux. I just hit F12 and selected the HDD I wanted. This worked well for me as I had Dual Boot issues twice and gave up on that! Now days Windows is Gone (2 Years).. Now the Windows HDD is a storage drive.. Lol LLAP
@@ChrisTitusTech Think it's my motherboards BIOS/EFI that's the issue. it's an OLD Motherboard (got it around 2013) and it was never happy with Win 10 in EUFI mode.
@@s0litaire2k I have a modern motherboard (X570) but I am an old-school guy who doesn't understand how to use the UEFI. My previous motherboard was for an i5-750, I missed all of UEFI. :/
For a weird reason, I can clip/trim your videos and share the trimmed section of them. The "Clip" TH-cam button just appear here on your channel. A very specific A/B test, perhaps.
Hey Chris, I was wondering if you could do a dive into Free IPA and Active Directory integration. It's something that no one really talks about and needs more exposure.
Chris, Did I miss something because I didn't see anywhere in the vid where you showed how to repair a boot problem. You showed us some fancy software, but didn't make it obvious how to use the software to "fix" a boot issue.
The reason that archive was so small is probably because it contains a disk image with a lot of empty space. Same reason dd ran so fast. Would be nice to mention in the video for new players. Just my 2 cents.
My problem is normal but weird. I have a tri-boot with win 10, 11, and Linux. I did probably the bad thing which is lazily I used the installer to accomplish shrinking and creating the vacant space on a separate partition where Win 10 resided. Now, I can access all three systems. Success. But not exactly. It takes two tries to get into Win 10 from the grub menu. Win 11 no problem. It's annoying to boot twice, but it must be something easily fixed, or not. Help!?
i have a complicated situation. i have a nextbook nx16w1124 with windows 8 on it. it was really slow so tested bliss os in live and it ran really well. when i installed it it would not boot i messed with grub and everything to try to boot it. when i gave up on that i said lets just go back to windows.... it wont boot from the recovery, shell says it cant boot it. this device also has dnx fastboot on it. to my understanding it can run windows or android. at this point i just want it working. do you have any ideas?
I have never had windows "break" the bootloader, BUT.... Some Linux Distro's - don't behave well. In spite of not being a noobie - and being very very careful. Some distros, take over the whole disk, and I end up with only one choice at the boot menu. If I grab one of the "well behaving" distros - I can regain the dual boot option. Not to point fingers - But, Fedora - Centos - and Silverblue - all smash the dual boot feature ( Have to keep windows - because that's what we use at work )
My config: windows is on a separate SATA SSD drive, nothing else touches it ... ever. Linux is on another drive, which can see windows via grub, but windows can't ever see Linux, so I am save :D I run Fedora (primary) on a super fast nvme, Manjaro on another old spinning drive which can see Fedora and windows in turn, so I can boot windows from Linux grub either way from both Fedora and Manjaro. IMO, bottom line is to never mix windows linux bootloaders on the main windows drive, that means never let windows be in charge of booting another OS, then you'll live a happy trouble free life.
A nice config though I can't tolerate spinning rust anymore. :) Why Fedora and Manjaro? Given that you put Fedora on the NVMe and Manjaro on spining rust I am inclined to think that for you Manjaro is for experimenting and Fedora is your daily driver.
@@peterjansen4826 Yep , Manjaro is just for fun to try out, it was just an old spare drive and I wanted to see what it is like, Runs surprisingly well on that old hard disk. I've run various distros on that drive to try. Manjaro has impressed me most so far so will stick with that for now. I've run Fedora since ever it existed .. even Redhat linux had before that, literally kernel 1.0 and up ... I have another spinning drive for backup. Fedora is for serious work .. as is windows for games and music.
@@afborro There is good music-production software on Linux too. Gaming is hit or miss, I play the games on Linux when I can (without sacrificing performance in a relevant way, I don't tolerate the FPS going all over the places or stutter) and on Windows when I have to. Some games don't run because of DRM (ridiculous!) and of course you have the problem with anti-cheat engines. For me the hardware (5700 XT) still is not properly supported on Linux unless it changed with the updates of a few days ago, once I install SC2 on Linux I will find out.
I'm going to try this one to load my Linux system from an external drive. The thing is that I'm trying to boot a Linux kernel from a drive I previously used to boot Linux from my PC. Wish me luck, lol. Macs are a mess.
Make a usb thumbdrive with Ventoy. Put this iso and your OS iso/Windows iso and other iso's of Linux distros you want to try out on there. And leave e.g 10 Gigs for programs you need. Cannot go wrong with that.
@Chris Coming back to the video of yesterday and earlier videos, you don't need to enter "sudo su", just "su" will do. You like to type as little as possible, right? ;) By the way, I recommend to add a few simple hotkey-commands for rebooting, shutting down and suspending, it is easier than using the mouse for it. A topic-suggestion: updating a kernel manually.
Tks, was first looking for the command mode repair of dual boot via a live linux but this may just work as well. First few times I did this , suse fixed everything on install , just dualbooted itself with a menu choice. Now I have w 8.1 could be problem. Installing usb .... tks again.
I'd rather install Windows on a separate machine, then bury that machine under 50 feet of concrete in the footings of a new bridge. It's the only way to have a secure Windows system.
I wish that worked. It used to, for sure. Recently I’ve had a hard time getting Elementary/Ubuntu to install the bootloader stuff to where I tell it. Any sort of custom file system layout, no matter what I say about where to install things incl EFI/grub, it always writes the bootloader stuff to an EFI partition on the first logical drive. I point it at the EFI partition on disk3 but it doesn’t care. It installs the OS correctly to whatever drive I said. But the bootloader gets super confused because it was installed on and configured to look for the OS on the first logical drive. The only way around it I’ve found is to do a fully automatic file system layout. Then it’ll put everything on disk3 or whatever and leave disk0 alone. It should be as easy as you say, I agree. I dunno what Ubuntu/Elementary’s problem is.
@@rjhornsby Disconnect all existing disk drives from power and/or SATA first before installing Linux to a new disk drive. That way Linux will automatically install its bootloader onto the only available connected drive. How you turn off the other drives depends on your setup. Since I have my Windows SSD, media HDD, and eventually my Linux drive connected to the same ATX power connector cable, I would disconnect the SATA cables from my other two hard drives first, then fully connect my Linux drive. Then I would reconnect my remaining drives afterwards.
Hi Chris! If I only have one operating system installed like Mint or Parrot, Can I skip installing the grub in the Linux installation? Or is it still needed even for one operating system? Thanks for all the Linux videos! :D
You need a bootloader, but you can use Windows BootMGR or Linux GRUB it doesn't matter which. EasyBCD is windows software to use for boot modification or you can use GRUB like in this video.
Hey Chris, I have a dual boot system UEFI and new nvme disk. I can boot on ubuntu but not win10. No repair works and I cannot use a usb with win10 to repair. It does not work. I also used boot-repair from ubuntu but still not luck. How can I use supergrub to repair the windows boot loader? I cannot boot via usb to windows and cannot use the command line. Thanks
WARNING: be absolutely sure you pick the right destination drive for dd to write to. you will overwrite the destination disk and it will not be recoverable.
To sum alot of all this up your making a bootable usb with super grub2. If you are using mint just download the zip file in the video, extract, and right click the extracted file and select write bootable disk. Select the thumb drive and it will save you time typing this shit out.
I install Manjaro on my HDD and now the Windows 10 installed on a SSD in the same computer isn't showing on the GRUB, I tried the method used in the video but the auto-detect doesn't found the windows boot...
Never use the same boot partition for win & Lin....big mistake. Use two separate HDDs and two separate boot partitions, one on each HDD. This is for desktops only. Laptops, you can't do much with these days.
Hi I want to configure the dual booting, I have Windows 7 In two disks an installed Windows 10 In another disk, now doesn´t appear the options. What can I do?
First of all, nobody should be using bios anymore and everyone should strictly use uefi. Windows will NEVER override your boot partition if you install Linux properly. If you are dual booting, install windows first. After that, install Linux. When installing Linux, make sure you make a separate partition for uefi and make sure your Linux install uses that for its bootloader. After that, set the uefi settings to use that Linux uefi as it's first device drive. You will get into grub where you can boot into windows or Linux. Leave the beginning of your drive to windows and let it do its thing.
I am having the same issue that my laptop boots directly into windows. My question is that can I safely delete that linux partition now if I want to or will then not even win will boot up? pls help
LOL! I just downloaded this after searching in duck duck go for grub installer live linux distro. Rescatux and super grub2 disk are the 2 I needed? Why? I installed Antix 19 32bit in virtualbox and after rebooting, it failed with grub file not found, dropping to grub rescue mode.. A major bug in Antix19 32bit for SURE! Now I can try and fix that crap yes!!
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I followed your steps and now im stuck...in grub page only... not able to go back to the new installed os(linux mint). .... What shall i do😨
@@bharathgowda3579 try using exit command and entering something I am a noob Soo that's the only thing I have in mind... Idk commands that can help you... Maybe try the grub rescue link in the comment you commented to.
You saved me!
Google nowadays doesnt provide answers anymore...
I had to rely on random TH-cam Videos before finding this alternative method to boot into my Linux OS
I wish you had posted this a day earlier. I had to reinstall grub yesterday when Windows nuked out my boot loader altogether. In BIOS, there was no Ubuntu or Windows Boot Manager option. Ended up fixing it with boot-repair but glad you made this video anyways
I am having the same issue that my laptop boots directly into windows. My question is that can I safely delete that linux partition now if I want to or will then not even win will boot up? pls help
Never put win and lin boot loaders in the same partition...big mistake, as you now know. Use two separate boot partitions, and for win and one for lin. interestingly, you can tell lin where you want it to put the boot loader.
When you dual boot Windows and Linux install Linux in a separate partition. I stall the grub in the linux partition, don't install grub in windows. Then install Easy BCD in windows, this way you will have two separate OS and one will not harm the other.
How is that
and what about UEFI computers?
The free version of easybcd only works with MBR and have used it. But grub2win is fantastic and supports UEFI as well and works well on MBR too.
Really helpful info. I watched your video of fixing OEM/MBR partition as I might deleted one and then followed that video but I messed with either MBR or GRUB in my dual boot OS laptop. So, it was showing me ‘missing operating system’ error but then this video helped me fix it and now life is normal. I wish I could know this tool earlier to help lot of my friends in fixing issues with boot. Amazing video :)
Thanks Chris, I did fix my grub bootloader after a win10 update using super grub + grub-customiser with just one more action though, in grub-customiser saving the config wasn't enough I had to do "Install to MBR" to get the new config applied.
This is an excellent entry for a Ventoy thumb drive 👍
"it's just how windows work" loool the best quote describing how desperate becomes windows
I triple boot my Mac with Windows, macOS, and Linux. My fix for the boatloader issue was to install each OS on its own drive, leaving the other two drives physically disconnected as I installed each OS. That way each OS physically can’t touch the other’s boatloader when installing.
I am having the same issue that my laptop boots directly into windows. My question is that can I safely delete that linux partition now if I want to or will then not even win will boot up? pls help
I don't know about other distros, but from Mint, making a bootable usb disk from any image file is just a right-click away. The USB Image Writer app was part of Mint back in 2019 as well. Super simple program, works awesomely. No need to go looking for device ids.
i knew i am going to need this video some day in the future...
dd stands for Disk Duplicate
however it may as well stand for Disk Destroyer when you use it wrongly 😂
wait if I do this to a flash drive will it be unusable again
I think it's stand for Delete Disk
@@AldoTheBoss no, it does a full format and clears all visible partitions
does it need that boo table drive for linux ? i can't quite understand
@@evagenesiz7802 dd stands for disk duplicate, it essentially duplicates the disk or disk image to a device or file making a perfect bit by bit copy, this includes the boot table if it was on the same device
Tech joke for the day:
Using windows: Windows update break your computer (Oh my god!)
Using Mac OSX: Oh just $19.99!
Using GNU/Linux: Yay! New features!
Haha I have a shirt I made with this joke ;)
@@ChrisTitusTech That's why I brought it up lol
HewFreBie except Linux bricked my machine.
@DumbshitGaming it was being mean
Thank you Chris,
This information has really come in handy.
I will give it a try using your instructions.
Thanks
Chris, Windows is the septic tank of OSes....
thank you very much for this video, worked like a charm! I am not 2 deep in the linux lore, so this was a game changer!
THANK YOU! You are a fantastic TEACHER!
Chris I had seen the video in the past, but it saved my but today! Thank you thank you thank you!
emmm, I just realized this video was released at the same time I was downloading these 2 rescue linux disks! LOL! What a world :P
Chris is our Linux guardian angel
I have ceen dealing with this issue a lot lately... thank you .
Amazing video
uh god this is very usefull
I dont know how many time I re installed entire os but with this video it all ends
Fantastic vid - many, many thanks. I'm gonna join your patreon right now - when I find out how to - not immediately clear to me as I type.
This works like a charm. Thanks for the tutorial Chris.
This sounds too good to be true!!! Can someone detail me why reinstalling windows messes up grub?
Hey I want you to know that I was able to follow this and use Super Grub Disk to boot back into Ubuntu Linux and use Grub Customizer to reinstall Grub back to the MBR!
I used Balena Etcher to flash Super Grub Disk 2 to two USB drives. This is a real lifesaver because it means my dial boot works again! If Windows overwrites Grub again I will be prepared.
Great Job.... This help me out and fix my computer..
Many Thanks..
This was so freaking great you're awesome man. Saved me so much freaking time
Wish I had this video a month ago! Thanks for the awesome content!!
The built-in boot repair in mx linux and linux mint can be used to repair any type of Debian based distro, in case of dualboot with windows 10
This video will help all those noobies, who fucked up there system installation while installing Linux...
Great video!! I've had SuperGrub2 on a live dvd for a couple of years. I once booted from it for a whole week, until I got things figured out. Another tool, which I keep on a live dvd is Gparted Live, if partitioning from the installer is confusing. Thumbs up,Chris!
Thank you so much. Great video and so helpful 👍
Setting up a 8gb Thumbdrive of live linux console with a few tools
$4 solution to so many problems
Linux: Boot menu playing nice with Windows Booting for decades
Windows: *_Still 'ACCIDENTALLY' wiping out competitors partitions for decades_*
Not the partition, just the bootloader. Bad enough though, it would be easy for MS to detect which other OS is on there and where it starts and neatly include it in their bootloader if they insist on the user using the Windows bootloader.
@@peterjansen4826 I am having the same issue that my laptop boots directly into windows. My question is that can I safely delete that linux partition now if I want to or will then not even win will boot up? pls help
I've given up on bootloaders working with Windows!
I just install Windows by itself, then I make sure Linux disks is listed first in the BIOS . I just use the motherboards Boot options to select the windows boot disk (I hardly ever boot into it now) less hassle than having to repair grub every 3 or 4 times i boot into windows.
I don't have problems with either boot loader. Windows will typically only overwrite grub on Feature Updates, but I generally have these locked down to about every 18 months on a Windows PC as I delay them, because they are usually a dumpster fire on launch. Also, you can just add a Linux entry into the Windows Bootloader, as you don't have to use grub.
I did the same thing. I had 2 HDDs in the case, 1 for windows and 1 Linux. I just hit F12 and selected the HDD I wanted. This worked well for me as I had Dual Boot issues twice and gave up on that! Now days Windows is Gone (2 Years).. Now the Windows HDD is a storage drive.. Lol
LLAP
@@ChrisTitusTech Think it's my motherboards BIOS/EFI that's the issue. it's an OLD Motherboard (got it around 2013) and it was never happy with Win 10 in EUFI mode.
@@s0litaire2k
I have a modern motherboard (X570) but I am an old-school guy who doesn't understand how to use the UEFI. My previous motherboard was for an i5-750, I missed all of UEFI. :/
i think i'm going to do the same on my next system. 2 SSD, 1 for Linux and 1 for Windows (a smaller drive hahah)
so happy i have windows booting for rufus
however u are the only person that was able to help me fix his so im sorry about last comment
Thankyou sooooo much took me forever to fix my grub. Life saver! One more subscription 👆
Thanks a lot CHRIS ... it was really very helpful 🙂 😊
Great video. Solved my issue. Thanks.
Thank you, Chris. Gah. Just don't let the Evil Twin live in the basement. Sooner or later it'll come out and trash the place.
Hahaha, I'm going to steal this saying.
For a weird reason, I can clip/trim your videos and share the trimmed section of them. The "Clip" TH-cam button just appear here on your channel. A very specific A/B test, perhaps.
This helped me out soooo much thanks
Hey Chris, I was wondering if you could do a dive into Free IPA and Active Directory integration. It's something that no one really talks about and needs more exposure.
Yet another CTT saved video for the online “Brain Book”.
I reinstall the GRUB using a live USB and chmod...it is a bit annoying but more trusty.
Chris, Did I miss something because I didn't see anywhere in the vid where you showed how to repair a boot problem. You showed us some fancy software, but didn't make it obvious how to use the software to "fix" a boot issue.
Funny. I'm looking into grub to GET RID of grub customizer...
Thanks bro
You just made my day❤️!!!
I see that ASROCK logo every day.
blasphemy! you already had Arch in that pen drive, you could have rebuild grub from Arch iso! (jk...)
hey! you are near 100K subs!!
Hehehe, You aren't wrong! Heck yeah 100k subs here we come!
The reason that archive was so small is probably because it contains a disk image with a lot of empty space. Same reason dd ran so fast. Would be nice to mention in the video for new players. Just my 2 cents.
I subbed because this video was great and you use Vivaldi. I'm very interested to see how a much more expert Linux user works with Vivaldi
Looks like this beats removing grub and repairing the MBR
helpful software!! surprise you!
thank you for creating it.
thank you so much!! i thought i lost it.
My problem is normal but weird. I have a tri-boot with win 10, 11, and Linux. I did probably the bad thing which is lazily I used the installer to accomplish shrinking and creating the vacant space on a separate partition where Win 10 resided. Now, I can access all three systems. Success. But not exactly. It takes two tries to get into Win 10 from the grub menu. Win 11 no problem. It's annoying to boot twice, but it must be something easily fixed, or not. Help!?
i have a complicated situation. i have a nextbook nx16w1124 with windows 8 on it. it was really slow so tested bliss os in live and it ran really well. when i installed it it would not boot i messed with grub and everything to try to boot it. when i gave up on that i said lets just go back to windows.... it wont boot from the recovery, shell says it cant boot it. this device also has dnx fastboot on it. to my understanding it can run windows or android. at this point i just want it working. do you have any ideas?
I have never had windows "break" the bootloader, BUT.... Some Linux Distro's - don't behave well. In spite of not being a noobie - and being very very careful. Some distros, take over the whole disk, and I end up with only one choice at the boot menu. If I grab one of the "well behaving" distros - I can regain the dual boot option. Not to point fingers - But, Fedora - Centos - and Silverblue - all smash the dual boot feature ( Have to keep windows - because that's what we use at work )
Gr8 worked for me
Thanks alot
Thanks, it work for me
Thankyou really helped a lot... 🤟🏻
My config:
windows is on a separate SATA SSD drive, nothing else touches it ... ever. Linux is on another drive, which can see windows via grub, but windows can't ever see Linux, so I am save :D
I run Fedora (primary) on a super fast nvme, Manjaro on another old spinning drive which can see Fedora and windows in turn, so I can boot windows from Linux grub either way from both Fedora and Manjaro.
IMO, bottom line is to never mix windows linux bootloaders on the main windows drive, that means never let windows be in charge of booting another OS, then you'll live a happy trouble free life.
A nice config though I can't tolerate spinning rust anymore. :)
Why Fedora and Manjaro? Given that you put Fedora on the NVMe and Manjaro on spining rust I am inclined to think that for you Manjaro is for experimenting and Fedora is your daily driver.
@@peterjansen4826 Yep , Manjaro is just for fun to try out, it was just an old spare drive and I wanted to see what it is like, Runs surprisingly well on that old hard disk. I've run various distros on that drive to try. Manjaro has impressed me most so far so will stick with that for now. I've run Fedora since ever it existed .. even Redhat linux had before that, literally kernel 1.0 and up ...
I have another spinning drive for backup. Fedora is for serious work .. as is windows for games and music.
@@afborro
There is good music-production software on Linux too. Gaming is hit or miss, I play the games on Linux when I can (without sacrificing performance in a relevant way, I don't tolerate the FPS going all over the places or stutter) and on Windows when I have to. Some games don't run because of DRM (ridiculous!) and of course you have the problem with anti-cheat engines. For me the hardware (5700 XT) still is not properly supported on Linux unless it changed with the updates of a few days ago, once I install SC2 on Linux I will find out.
I'm going to try this one to load my Linux system from an external drive. The thing is that I'm trying to boot a Linux kernel from a drive I previously used to boot Linux from my PC. Wish me luck, lol. Macs are a mess.
Make a usb thumbdrive with Ventoy. Put this iso and your OS iso/Windows iso and other iso's of Linux distros you want to try out on there. And leave e.g 10 Gigs for programs you need. Cannot go wrong with that.
@Chris
Coming back to the video of yesterday and earlier videos, you don't need to enter "sudo su", just "su" will do. You like to type as little as possible, right? ;) By the way, I recommend to add a few simple hotkey-commands for rebooting, shutting down and suspending, it is easier than using the mouse for it. A topic-suggestion: updating a kernel manually.
I know it's a bad habit I have, but I'll eventually break myself of it.
@@ChrisTitusTech
All of us have bad habits like that.
Tks, was first looking for the command mode repair of dual boot via a live linux but this may just work as well. First few times I did this , suse fixed everything on install , just dualbooted itself with a menu choice. Now I have w 8.1 could be problem. Installing usb .... tks again.
Thanks a lot you are a Lifesaver
YOU ARE SUCH A LEGEND
My dual boot Grub got wiped when I reinstalled Fedora. So now I just rely on the BIOS boot menu option to switch between Linux and Windows 10.
Could you make a video on hardware troubleshooting / diagnostic?Ty
Thanks a lot man
that really helped thanks alot...
I'd rather install Windows and Linux on separate physical drives so that the bootloaders do not interfere with each other.
I'd rather install Windows on a separate machine, then bury that machine under 50 feet of concrete in the footings of a new bridge. It's the only way to have a secure Windows system.
I wish that worked. It used to, for sure. Recently I’ve had a hard time getting Elementary/Ubuntu to install the bootloader stuff to where I tell it. Any sort of custom file system layout, no matter what I say about where to install things incl EFI/grub, it always writes the bootloader stuff to an EFI partition on the first logical drive. I point it at the EFI partition on disk3 but it doesn’t care. It installs the OS correctly to whatever drive I said. But the bootloader gets super confused because it was installed on and configured to look for the OS on the first logical drive.
The only way around it I’ve found is to do a fully automatic file system layout. Then it’ll put everything on disk3 or whatever and leave disk0 alone. It should be as easy as you say, I agree. I dunno what Ubuntu/Elementary’s problem is.
@@rjhornsby Disconnect all existing disk drives from power and/or SATA first before installing Linux to a new disk drive. That way Linux will automatically install its bootloader onto the only available connected drive.
How you turn off the other drives depends on your setup. Since I have my Windows SSD, media HDD, and eventually my Linux drive connected to the same ATX power connector cable, I would disconnect the SATA cables from my other two hard drives first, then fully connect my Linux drive. Then I would reconnect my remaining drives afterwards.
Hi Chris! If I only have one operating system installed like Mint or Parrot, Can I skip installing the grub in the Linux installation? Or is it still needed even for one operating system? Thanks for all the Linux videos! :D
You need a bootloader, but you can use Windows BootMGR or Linux GRUB it doesn't matter which. EasyBCD is windows software to use for boot modification or you can use GRUB like in this video.
@@ChrisTitusTech Sweet, thanks! I was just curious. lol Good thing I didn't try.
Hey Chris, I have a dual boot system UEFI and new nvme disk. I can boot on ubuntu but not win10. No repair works and I cannot use a usb with win10 to repair. It does not work. I also used boot-repair from ubuntu but still not luck. How can I use supergrub to repair the windows boot loader? I cannot boot via usb to windows and cannot use the command line. Thanks
Thanks you saved me
WARNING: be absolutely sure you pick the right destination drive for dd to write to. you will overwrite the destination disk and it will not be recoverable.
Hello there! great video! my Linus Debian 11 does not support the blkid command .. what could be done... Thank you !
I need help: how do install grub on windows so I can determine which os I would run, without running into grub rescue menu.
it works, thank you
To sum alot of all this up your making a bootable usb with super grub2. If you are using mint just download the zip file in the video, extract, and right click the extracted file and select write bootable disk. Select the thumb drive and it will save you time typing this shit out.
Hey Titus, what is your DE? I'm curious
That's exactly what happens. Windows just assumes that it's the only OS that matters and will wipe out multiboot setups.
I hit save but windows still takes over when I reboot instead of giving me the option to pick between Linux Mint and Windows. Help?
Same is happening with me, and there is no way I can fix it
Linux Mint broke my boot loader and I can’t get into windows. 💩
same here
same
its linux mint fixed my boot loader and i can't boot into windows anymore
Same for me...i am having a black background and a white underscore flashing when I boot in windows... Please help me how to fix that.
Can thepartitions other than sda1 be used as efi system partition ?
Which OS you are using in this video. I see a Manjaro logo on the right upper corner. Also I saw an Ubuntu logo on the left upper. I'm confuse.
well is it the same procedure for legacy configuration of bios?
I install Manjaro on my HDD and now the Windows 10 installed on a SSD in the same computer isn't showing on the GRUB, I tried the method used in the video but the auto-detect doesn't found the windows boot...
if I am making the supergrub in windows with rufus then should it be gpt or mbr? and fat32 or ntfs? TIA
Never use the same boot partition for win & Lin....big mistake. Use two separate HDDs and two separate boot partitions, one on each HDD. This is for desktops only. Laptops, you can't do much with these days.
arch? I thought your daily driver is fedora now... what made you go back?
Hi I want to configure the dual booting, I have Windows 7 In two disks an installed Windows 10 In another disk, now doesn´t appear the options. What can I do?
What's the best version currently? Have lacked a pc for a year or two
First of all, nobody should be using bios anymore and everyone should strictly use uefi. Windows will NEVER override your boot partition if you install Linux properly. If you are dual booting, install windows first. After that, install Linux. When installing Linux, make sure you make a separate partition for uefi and make sure your Linux install uses that for its bootloader. After that, set the uefi settings to use that Linux uefi as it's first device drive. You will get into grub where you can boot into windows or Linux. Leave the beginning of your drive to windows and let it do its thing.
I am having the same issue that my laptop boots directly into windows. My question is that can I safely delete that linux partition now if I want to or will then not even win will boot up? pls help
@@yash8055 Did a windows update override the boot partition?
@@davidg4512 yes but it is back to normal now when I selected my linux installation from bootmenu once
Is there a Linux Distribution that I can keep RST turned on? Ubuntu wants me to turn RST (Rapid Storage Technology) off.
LOL! I just downloaded this after searching in duck duck go for grub installer live linux distro. Rescatux and super grub2 disk are the 2 I needed? Why? I installed Antix 19 32bit in virtualbox and after rebooting, it failed with grub file not found, dropping to grub rescue mode.. A major bug in Antix19 32bit for SURE! Now I can try and fix that crap yes!!
Please can you help, I can see windows10 in grub but it won't boot to windows. I just installed Ubuntu 20.04 along side windows?
this is an awesome tool