11-18-2014, 11:58 PM
@goldfinger.
My take on this thread was that when Windows was selected. Grub would point to Windows grub bootloader and Windows bootloader would take over from there. But. Windows would stop booting. Due to a malformed boot loader situation inside of Windows.
That was what I ran into on 2 laptops. The repair live iso I recommended will put Windows Bootloader on the MBR of the hardrive.
Replacing grub. It won't touch /etc/default/grub or any other internals on Linux Lite.
Then reboot. It should boot into Windows only. That will fix the Windows Issue. Then a bootloader like was mentioned previously can be
tried again. Kinda like starting from scratch. I perceive The Windows install is what is priority here. Make sure it works.
Then move on from there. I did a FIXMBR in the recovery of Windows and ended up in the same situation with Windows not booting
afterwards. The live grub-repair iso fixed that.
At least that is my take in this thread. Now off to the off topic section to post about how I just played musical hard drives (swapping)
between my Linux Lite Compaq CQ57 Laptop and My newly arrived Dell E5500 laptop.
My take on this thread was that when Windows was selected. Grub would point to Windows grub bootloader and Windows bootloader would take over from there. But. Windows would stop booting. Due to a malformed boot loader situation inside of Windows.
That was what I ran into on 2 laptops. The repair live iso I recommended will put Windows Bootloader on the MBR of the hardrive.
Replacing grub. It won't touch /etc/default/grub or any other internals on Linux Lite.
Then reboot. It should boot into Windows only. That will fix the Windows Issue. Then a bootloader like was mentioned previously can be
tried again. Kinda like starting from scratch. I perceive The Windows install is what is priority here. Make sure it works.
Then move on from there. I did a FIXMBR in the recovery of Windows and ended up in the same situation with Windows not booting
afterwards. The live grub-repair iso fixed that.
At least that is my take in this thread. Now off to the off topic section to post about how I just played musical hard drives (swapping)
between my Linux Lite Compaq CQ57 Laptop and My newly arrived Dell E5500 laptop.
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Dell XT2 > Touchscreen Laptop
Dell 755 > Desktop
Acer 150 > Desktop
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Dell XT2 > Touchscreen Laptop
Dell 755 > Desktop
Acer 150 > Desktop
I am who I am. Your approval is not needed.