Windows 10: Windows dual boot loads OS before selector

Discus and support Windows dual boot loads OS before selector in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I installed in dual boot two different Windows 10 OSs: Enterprise and Pro. The default OS is ENT. I turned off 'Fast startup' on both OSs. When I boot... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Cosmin D, Dec 27, 2019.

  1. Cosmin D Win User

    Windows dual boot loads OS before selector


    I installed in dual boot two different Windows 10 OSs: Enterprise and Pro. The default OS is ENT. I turned off 'Fast startup' on both OSs.

    When I boot my machine, the default OS seems to be loading before the OS selector shows up. That's not a problem if I continue with ENT, but I select the second OS, I have to wait for the first OS to shut down and the second one to boot up.


    Is there any way of showing the OS selector before any loading happens, to prevent unnecessary loading?

    :)
     
    Cosmin D, Dec 27, 2019
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  2. Acronis OS Selector causing boot problems

    Well, first off, let me say that if this is the wrong spot, I'm sorry.

    Now, to the problem.

    As you could probably guess by the title, Acronis OS Selector has messed up the booting of my computer. I installed a demo of Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 and it also installed the OS Selector. I uninstalled the OS Selector and rebooted my computer as prompted and it never booted back up...

    Windows dual boot loads OS before selector [​IMG]

    This is what I got upon rebooting. Sorry for it being blurry, I was and still am very upset by this. For those that can't read it, it says:
    Starting Acronis Loader . . .
    No Commands for booting operating system. Press <Enter> to reboot . . .

    If anyone has any idea on how to fix it, please post. I'll try anything.
     
    Misery In Death, Dec 27, 2019
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  3. Windows 10 Boot Selector, how do I get ride of it?


    Hello,

    When I boot up my computer, I get the boot selector and I had a Windows 10 and 8.1 dual boot, the catch is I removed the hard drive that I installed Windows 8.1 on and the boot selector still comes up before the OS loads. I would like to remove this since I have removed the hard drive and because it is getting annoying. *Mad Any help is appreciated.

    Thanks. Windows dual boot loads OS before selector :)
     
    Computer Chicken, Dec 27, 2019
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  4. topgundcp Win User

    Windows dual boot loads OS before selector

    Dual Booting with Windows 8.1


    The procedure below will allow you to boot Windows separately or in dual boot configuration.
    Here's what I recommend to do:
    1. Disconnect the drive containing Windows 8.1
    2. Install Windows 10 with one drive connected.
    3. After step 2, reconnect the drive containing Windows 8.1
    4. Boot up Windows 8.1. Open disk management and take a note of the drive letter of Windows 10 OS.
      NOTE: if you boot up Windows 10, then take a note of Windows 8.1 drive letter
    5. Open Admin command prompt and type: bcdboot X:\windows where X: is the drive letter of Windows 10 (Windows 8.1 if you boot from Windows 10 in step 4)
    6. Reboot the PC. You should have a dual boot screen.

    NOTE: To break off the dual boot setting, Win+R->msconfig->boot and delete the none default entry on the list.
     
    topgundcp, Dec 27, 2019
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