Windows 10: Windows boot drive showing as Ubuntu in BIOS.

Discus and support Windows boot drive showing as Ubuntu in BIOS. in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; My Windows boot drive isn't showing properly in BIOS after using Ubuntu. I have a 240GB SSD with Windows installed and an external 1TB HDD with Ubuntu... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Asedian, Oct 17, 2020.

  1. Windows boot drive showing as Ubuntu in BIOS.


    My Windows boot drive isn't showing properly in BIOS after using Ubuntu. I have a 240GB SSD with Windows installed and an external 1TB HDD with Ubuntu in it. So, i restarted my pc to log into Windows again, but the SSD was showing as being an Ubuntu boot drive. From there, it would just run from the Ubuntu HDD. By trying to run Windows from grub, i get the error message "bootmgfw.efi not found". My SSD is fine, so i'm guessing this might be related to some files being corrupted. I couldn't really find any useful information, so anything might help. Thanks in advance.

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    /u/Asedian, Oct 17, 2020
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  2. Hard Drive Not Showing Up In The Boot Order

    Hi,

    Since I tried to install VMware on one of my PC, the HDD is not showing up in the boot order but I can see it in the SATA device list. If I try to install Ubuntu Server or Linux Mint, the both OS can see the 500 GB drive and I can install the OS on it but when the installation is done, the OS, Linux Mint or Ubuntu Server, depending what is installed, won't boot because the 500 GB HDD is not showing up as a boot device.

    Why this happen? I do a Google search but all I get is not what I search for or non somes forums, they suggest to unplug the SATA cable and re-plug it on another SATA port because the SATA port can be dead. I do this but it won't fix the issue, by the way if the SATA port was dead, why I can see the 500 GB drive on the SATA device section of the BIOS? And also I got the HDD may be dead, not possible because he is detected on the Linux Mint setup or Ubuntu Server setup ansd like I saids I can install an OS on it and he is detected in the SATA devices section in the BIOS. As I found nothing reveland on Google, I need help please.

    This is possible VMware has scrapped the BIOS or the Hard Drive? I don't know…

    Thanks in advance for your help!

    Guillaume
     
    guillaumesoucy, Oct 17, 2020
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  3. Try Ubuntu?

    I can't help but agree with the disliking of the boot menu showing older versions of Ubuntu -I always hated seeing a bunch of Ubuntu OSes with the "other operating systems" (Windows for my triple boot) at the bottom of the list -I had to press the down key about 12 times to get to Windows!
     
    majestic12, Oct 17, 2020
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  4. Windows boot drive showing as Ubuntu in BIOS.

    Can't boot after dual-boot crash (Windows 10 and Ubuntu)

    I have a problem with my Lenovo h500. I replaced the hard drive with a 1 TB WDC drive and upped the RAM to 8 GB.

    The unit came with Windows 8, and I upgraded to Windows 10 and have installed every update up until May 2018.

    Then I installed ubuntu 18.04 in a dual-boot configuration, keeping my Windows 10. A few days ago, while ubuntu was updating to a new version, my mouse ran out of power, and the machine suddenly switched off.

    When I rebooted, I got a black screen with a message that lasted less than a second. By videoing the screen, I was able to get this:

    Failed to open \EFI\BOOT\grubx64.efi – Not Found

    Failed to load image \EFI\BOOT\grubx64.efi – Not Found

    Start_image() returned Not Found

    So, I can’t boot into windows or ubuntu, but I can get to a cmd prompt line using a Windows recovery DVD. My bios doesn’t help. It only gives me an option to start in UEFI or legacy mode. After failing with legacy, I’ve switched to UEFI permanently. But
    the BIOS won’t let me scrounge around and delete references to ubuntu. And I can’t get to it through the command line on the Rescue Disk either.

    So here are the things I’ve tried to fix this:

    1. Ran the ubuntu Boot_repair program. Didn’t fix it.
    2. Tried to replace the file in terminal. Didn’t fix it.
    3. Re-installed ubuntu. Didn’t fix it. Just added another copy.
    4. Removed the new installation of ubuntu. Didn’t fix it.
    5. Deleted the partitions on which ubuntu resided. Created a new partition in that space. Didn’t fix it.
    6. Tried to fix the FAT32 system partition through a number of different means, including:
      1. Using the bootrec /fixboot command. Response: Access is denied.
      2. Tried bootrec /rebuildbcd. Access denied.
      3. Tried to open the bcd with BCDedit. OS couldn’t find the “object.”
      4. Decided I needed full access to the System Disk. Assigned a drive letter to the system disk. Didn’t fix it. Access problem not fixed.
      5. Changed the gpt attributes of the file. Access problem not fixed..
      6. Tried the Set=id 07, and 17. Those commands, though suggested in many blogs, were not recognized by Recovery disk OS. Access problem not fixed.
      7. Using DISKPART, deleted the system partition. Created a new EFI partition. Didn’t fix it. SWith a brand new system drive, still can’t use the bootrec tools. Couldn’t unhide the partition I created. Still no access to bootrec tools.
    If the problem is that the BIOS is still being told to look for the ubuntu starter, then the problem appears not reside in the system disk, which although still hidden doesn't have any references to the ubuntu files. My questions are:

    Why can’t I use the bootrec tools?

    On which partition is this screen message stored?

    How can I access what the BIOS appears to accessing, namely, a file that is telling it to try to open ubuntu?

    Why is there no ubuntu uninstall program?



    Thanks
     
    Phaethon_PC, Oct 17, 2020
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