Hey everyone! I installed Linux Mint recently, but now I can't access my Windows 10 system. Here's what happened:
I started by using Clonezilla to prepare for the installation and created a USB with Mint through Ventoy on Windows 10. I have four drives: a 1TB SSD with all my Windows data, a 512GB SSD that was empty, and two additional hard drives for backup files.
My plan was to back up my Windows drive to the smaller SSD, then partition the 1TB drive to install Linux Mint and set up dual-boot. Unfortunately, Clonezilla wouldn't let me clone because the 1TB partition was too big, so I decided to do it manually. I booted into the Mint installer but got confused about partitioning, so I thought I'd boot back into Windows to use the familiar partition manager instead. I didn't make any changes in Mint; I might have unmounted it by mistake, but I'm not sure how that affected things.
Now, whenever I restart, I see the message "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key." I thought I could just install Mint on my 512GB SSD to troubleshoot, but even then, it doesn't show my Windows drive in the grub menu. I've tried changing the boot order, but it always boots into Mint instead.
I also tried using OS_PROBER in grub to find Windows, but all I get is an entry for UEFI Firmware Settings. I'm really stuck and could use some help to get back into Windows!
2 Answers
Have you checked whether you removed the USB drive after installing Mint? Sometimes, the BIOS prioritizes booting from USB over hard drives, which can cause issues like this. Just a thought! If you haven’t done that yet, give it a shot and see if it helps.
It might be worth refreshing your grub settings. You can boot into Linux Mint and run the command `sudo update-grub`, then see if that picks up your Windows installation. Sometimes just updating the bootloader can resolve these sorts of problems.
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