Windows 10: Issues with dual boot gone awry

Discus and support Issues with dual boot gone awry in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Howdy I had a dual-boot situation where I had windows 10 on one hard drive and ubuntu linux on another. I think the grub resided on the windows HD.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by mazate, Oct 11, 2017.

  1. MAZATE
    mazate Win User

    Issues with dual boot gone awry


    Howdy

    I had a dual-boot situation where I had windows 10 on one hard drive and ubuntu linux on another. I think the grub resided on the windows HD. The windows HD was the master and would boot first. I would then choose which OS I wanted to load. I believe the grub was placed there by ubuntu when I installed it on the 2nd hard drive.

    Fast forward to today. I went to install a different version of linux on my hard drive. When I did so, the grub on the windows HD failed to load correctly. Now when I try to load the windows HD all I get is:

    That's all I get and I have no idea how to get past this screen or the grub rescue prompt so that windows will load. Unfortunately I don't have any sort of windows cd or other recovery tool. Any help is appreciated.

    :)
     
    mazate, Oct 11, 2017
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  2. WILLANDERSONJR
    WillAndersonJR Win User

    Encryption gone awry

    Found the old encryption cert and did an import. I was able to then see the older files that were encrypted by the older machine. Thank you for your response.
     
    WillAndersonJR, Oct 11, 2017
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  3. PAOLA GAR
    Paola Gar Win User
    Encryption gone awry

    Hi Will,

    To better assist you with your concern, we'd like to know the application you used to encrypt your files.

    Looking forward to your response.
     
    Paola Gar, Oct 11, 2017
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  4. FREEBOOTER
    FreeBooter Win User

    Issues with dual boot gone awry

    If you have working Windows OS computer use Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to create a bootable Windows 10 media.
    You can boot your computer into Windows 10.

    Please boot your computer with Windows Setup Media and from Windows Recovery Environment start the Command Prompt.

    Please type below commands into Command Prompt and press Enter key.

    Following commands will repair Master Boot Record (MBR), Boot Sector and BCD Store.


    Code: Bootrec /FixMbr Bootrec /FixBoot Bootrec /RebuildBcd[/quote]
     
    FreeBooter, Oct 11, 2017
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  5. DEACONFROST
    DeaconFrost Win User
    Once you get it working, virtualize Ubuntu. Much easier and won't affect your main OS.
     
    DeaconFrost, Oct 11, 2017
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  6. MAZATE
    mazate Win User
    I've always had trouble with virtualizing because I can never figure out how to install an OS with a usb drive instead of a cd/dvd.
     
    mazate, Oct 13, 2017
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  7. SAMURIA
    Samuria Win User
    Within Virtual box you can boot from a file iso or usb/dvd setting for the o/s your installing
     
    Samuria, Oct 13, 2017
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  8. DEACONFROST
    DeaconFrost Win User

    Issues with dual boot gone awry

    You install using the .iso file. It's quicker and in some ways, easier than installing on a physical system.
     
    DeaconFrost, Oct 15, 2017
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  9. THRASHZONE
    ThrashZone Win User
    ThrashZone, Oct 15, 2017
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  10. MAZATE
    mazate Win User
    FreeBooter, THANK YOU!! Those steps worked like a charm.
     
    mazate, Oct 18, 2017
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  11. JOSEY WALES
    Josey Wales Win User
    I have one just like that..
     
    Josey Wales, Oct 18, 2017
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  12. FREEBOOTER
    FreeBooter Win User
    You are very welcome!
     
    FreeBooter, Apr 4, 2018
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