Windows 10: Attempting to uninstall linux dual boot, but when I try to restore Win10 bootloader, it...

Hey, so I had a linux distro on my computer for a while, but I decided to get rid of it this morning because it was a shared computer and everyone else who used it having to select Windows from a menu every time it booted up was getting to them. The online guide I used said to create a system recovery drive (which I did) and then go to command prompt from the options given to you by booting from there. However, when I open the command prompt, it immediately throws an error saying "Not enough memory resources are available to process this command", and then proceeds to not run any commands.


Do you guys have any idea what's going on here? (My thoughts are that the system is only accessing the usb drive memory, but I probably don't know what I'm talking about)


Hope to hear from you guys soon,


Jack

:)

 

How do I restore w10 bootloader? dual boot with ubuntu on separate hdd


@whatitdo6
By default most Linux distros install its Linux Boot Loader (GRUB) and Basically replacing the Boot loader for Windows, so GRUB handles boot loading for both Windows and Linux.The whole EFI System partition was modified, You cannot just create a new BCD and expect it to work, you'd need to rebuild the whole EFI System partition.

You don't need to re-install Windows. Here's what I suggest you to do:

1. Download my copy of EFI System Partition, use 7-zip to unzip and save it some where , the file name is: EFI_System-00-00.mrimg
   EFI_System.7z - Google Drive
2. Boot up the ISO file downloaded from post #11 and run Macrium, click on restore tab and browse to select the file in step 1 as the source (EFI_System-00-00.mrimg)
3. Select your current Windows SSD as destination disk, (1)click on the 100MB EFI System partition, (2)click "Delete Existing Partition" (3)Drag and drop the "EFI System partition"(3) as shown in the screen shot. Click Finish to restore the new "EFI System Partition"
   
   
   
4. IMPORTANT: From top left corner, click on "Fix the Windows Boot Problems"
5. Reboot

 

How do I restore w10 bootloader? dual boot with ubuntu on separate hdd

diskpart
list volume (note the volume letter where the Windows 10 is installed)
exit

bcdboot x:\windows (replace "x" with the volume letter of the Windows 10 partition)

For example, bcdboot c:\windows or bcdboot d:\windows

If the volume letter is incorrect, you will receive the following error message: Failure when attempting to copy boot files.

-OR-

You need to boot from the Windows installation media in UEFI mode (marked UEFI in the boot menu), if Windows is installed in UEFI mode. If you using the wrong mode, you will receive the following error message: Failure when attempting to copy boot files. (see screenshot below)

diskpart
list volume (note the volume letter where the Windows 10 is installed)
exit

bcdboot x:\windows (replace "x" with the volume letter of the Windows 10 partition)





EDIT: Look at post #24

 

Dual Boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint

Remember that for any more than four Primary Partitions, you'll need to convert one to Logical which can then have as many Logical sub-partitions as you want. Do not force more than four Primary or the disk will convert to Dynamic which becomes a serious
problem.

As to the optimal way to Dual Boot with Linux I would ensure that you use the advanced options and load grub to the Actual Linux Partition, rather than the active partition, and use EasyBCD to add the grub loader to the Windows Bootloader.

EasyBCD (click Download - no Name or Email required)

With an MBR disk this excellent tutorial would apply even though it's for
Dual Boot - Windows 7 and Linux