Windows 10: Unable to boot into rEFind

Hello, i installed rEFind on my laptop and i'm trying to boot into it, but whenever i press the boot key it boots up the old BIOS where you can check Legacy/Uefi stuff etc. but rEFind never comes up.



Is there any special key or something that i have to do so it boots up instead of the old BIOS/UEFI? I also set rEFind to the default boot option but it still doesn't load rEFind. If i just restart and wait, it loads windows. If i press F2 (Acer laptop) it loads BIOS and if i press any other F keys it still doesn't load rEFind.

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Windows 10 is not found after installing rEFInd (boot manager)






I am setting a dual boot with W10 and Linux Mint.
These are the steps I followed:
1. I had W10 installed in the HD.
2. I added a SSD, and unplugged the HD (with W10)
3. I installed LM in the SSD.
4. Plugged back the HD.
5. Booted up. W10 loaded.
6. I installed rEFInd in the S drive (where the EFI directory is located).
7. I get this error you see in the image.

In the BIOS, Windows Manager was setup to be the first boot. Ubuntu as the 2nd (Linux Mint shows as Ubuntu here).
After that error, I swapped them up. So now Ubuntu was the first boot.
This allowed me to load LM.
I just installed rEFInd via the PPA in LM as adviced in the rEFInd instructions. Hopefully this will do the trick.
I'll reboot now... wish me luck!

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It worked!
From now on, I'll just install rEFInd via the PPA in LM.

Hopefully this could help someone.

 

Unable to boot the computer.

Hi Samid,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

Before we proceed, we would require more information to assist you further.

• 
  What is the make and model of your computer?
  

I suggest you check if you are able to boot into Windows Recovery Environment using installation media. Follow the steps provided below and check.

• • Insert the installation USB and boot Windows 10 from it.
  • In the ‘Windows setup’ page select the ‘language to install’, ‘Time and currency format’ and the ‘keyboard or input method’ and click on ‘next’.
  • Click on ‘Repair your computer’ and select ‘Troubleshoot’.

Check if you are able to boot to this window. If you are unable to boot to this window, I suggest you to contact the manufacturer and check.

Hope this information is helpful. Reply us with this information to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Unable to boot into Windows 10 from rEFInd using graphics card

I recently installed Kubuntu 19.04 onto my main PC and decided to install rEFInd as a boot manager. Booting into Kubuntu and GRUB from rEFInd works fine, but I'm unable to boot into my Windows 10 installation through rEFInd. I can however boot into Windows, if I go into the motherboards boot menu and from there select either Windows Boot Manager or GRUB. My Windows 10 install is in UEFI and of course so is Kubuntu. Adding a manual entry for Windows didn't seem to help either.

EDIT: It turns out, that if I change my initial display output in the motherboard settings from my GPU to Integrated Graphics, then everything from POST screen until OS is on my secondary monitor, which I have hooked up to my motherboards display outputs. But more importantly, I can boot Windows from rEFInd this way! So this seems to be an issue with my GPU. What could cause Windows not to boot from rEFInd using my GPU but boot fine straight from the boot menu or GRUB? I tried changing rEFInd resolution but it didn't help. Maybe I need to add a special boot entry parameter? I don't want to use my secondary monitor as my POST display because it is old and has 5:4 aspect ratio. Also forgot to mention that the spinning dots do appear through rEFInd, and then the screen goes black.