Windows 10: Windows Bootloader broken after improperly uninstalling linux

Discus and support Windows Bootloader broken after improperly uninstalling linux in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; So my windows bootloader is currently broken as far as I understand. Background Info:Windows is installed on my main C:\ driveLinux Mint was installed... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Iv7n, Jan 9, 2025.

  1. IV7N
    Iv7n Win User

    Windows Bootloader broken after improperly uninstalling linux


    So my windows bootloader is currently broken as far as I understand. Background Info:Windows is installed on my main C:\ driveLinux Mint was installed on a partition on my D:\ Drive. However, I gave up on trying to get it to work and so I went into disk manager, unallocated the partition that the Linux install was on, and reclaimed it back to my D:\ Drive. Since then, starting up my computer has made me boot into a "Grub Minimal Shell", and I have to manually select windows in BIOS startup to boot into it.sfc /scannow found no errors with my windowsckdsk did not eitherSMART scan for the D:\ dr

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    Iv7n, Jan 9, 2025
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  2. REXTER
    Rexter Win User

    Booting to Ubuntu with vista bootloader

    I have looked around the web for help, but that never really explained what i hopefully want to accomplish.
    I have a laptop with vista x64, where i made two additional partitions. One for windows 7 and one for linux which i can fiddle around with.
    And because im only gonna use linux on/off and propably uninstall it re-install it now and then, i dont want it to use linux's bootloader.
    So on the third partition i installed ubuntu without the linux bootloader and of course vista's bootloader wont recognize it. Only vista and win 7 appears.

    So how can i make vista's bootloader see ubuntu?
     
    Rexter, Jan 9, 2025
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  3. TOPGUNDCP
    topgundcp Win User
    Disk Space Vanishes by Uninstalling files improperly

    1. When using Windows Properties page. Windows is having problem dealing with the Hard Link files, the result normally will be larger than the actual storage space.
    2. When running WinDirStat. The program is having permission problem with folders that you don't have access such as "System Volume Information" etc.... You must run the program as Admin. The result will be larger than what you see now
    The screen shots show the differences between the 2's for Windows, Program Files, Program Files (86) etc...
    Run as regular user:

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    Run as Admin:

    Windows Bootloader broken after improperly uninstalling linux 180271d1520661686t-disk-space-vanishes-uninstalling-files-improperly-p2.jpg
     
    topgundcp, Jan 9, 2025
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  4. DIPPYSKOODLEZ
    Dippyskoodlez Win User

    Windows Bootloader broken after improperly uninstalling linux

    dual booting Windows and Linux

    Indeed you can. Just fix the bootloader for windows after installing Linux, add a line to the boot.ini and it will give you the choice via windows bootloader. Same way OS X would do it on a hackintosh.

    It will probably go windows bootloader->grub->Linux, though. Since it gives you boot options for linux, its a good idea to have anyways.
     
    Dippyskoodlez, Jan 9, 2025
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