Windows 10: Switching from Manjaro/Linux to Windows

I posted this question on the Manjaro Linux forum, and someone directed me to here. Now, I switched from Windows 10 to Manjaro and I want to switch back, mainly because I can't play most of my games with Linux. I already have a 8GB USB with Windows 10 on it. However, it's not an ISO. Just an EXE. I can use Wine to launch it, and when click install on the Windows 10 pop-up, it gives an error message saying that Windows cannot find a location to store temporary files. I tried running BIOS and selecting the USB, but that told me to use Rufus. I installed and launched Rufus with Wine. I cannot select a device on Rufus though, as when I click on it, nothing happens. I'm stuck with Manjaro, not being able to play most of my games. Any way on how I can swithc my OS back to Windows 10?

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Dual Boot Linux Manjaro Issues in Windows 10

Ehh,

that sounds weird. Why would it want to start Windows if you selected Linux ? In EasyBCD, did you choose the partition where you installed Linux on ? I mean, if you choose to boot Linux, it should not come up with "Windows failed at start" at all...

Well, you are free to try it with a different OS. Its sad, that Manjaro does not work, since it is one of the most user-friendly Linux systems.

 

Switch to Linux ??

Find a suitable Linux forum and request comments from people who converted from Linux to Windows, in particular on

• Stability
• Ease of use
• Availability of external help in case of trouble
• Availability of applications, games
• Data exchange with the Windows world

 

Dual Boot Linux Manjaro Issues in Windows 10

I used the EasyBCD bootloader with both Grub legacy and Grub 2 and also tried out EasyBCD's automatic detect function. All of them gave me the same error:

Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. ...

Why is this giving an error with Windows when the boot specified is a Linux system?

I got to the Windows Bootloader though, and did see all the entries I had made, but it still gave me an error trying to start the computer from there.

I re-installed manjaro and repeated the process with EasyBCD but the same error keeps cropping up.

Maybe I'll try installing another OS to see if it is a problem with Manjaro or just my computer.