Lol yeah, I’ve heard dual booting can be frustrating (mostly just because of Windows). I’ve built a second PC out of old parts to run Linux on for a while until I’m comfortable switching my main PC over, that way I don’t have to screw with dual booting.
diecastbeatdown
I don’t get it, you formatted your windows partition or drive instead of booting it?
SilentStrikerTH
I’ve recently run across this, unable to get into my windows installation or rebuild the boot entry. While in Linux, you can mount your windows partition and move files off of it. If your installation has bitlocker on it, you may be able to get the key from your account page at Microsoft .com
y53rw
Dual booting is just a terrible computing experience in general, even if you can get it working. If you need to use two operating systems on the same computer for some reason, use virtual machines.
KernelPanic-42
I’ve never had any trouble with it 🤷♂️. And grub should have no trouble booting windows.
darkVidrio
I used to be able to do it with no problems but I haven’t tried since Windows XP.
THE_DARWIZZLER
brutal i am sorry my man
HunterBearWolf
i had something like this
i even had two drives for Windows and Linux
went onto Windows and it forced an update and for some reason it changed my boot to Windows and i couldn’t log onto Linux
going to make a small computer for games i can’t play on Linux and some remote stuff
VP_Keith_David
Not enough info. It could be a UEFI / BIOS setting or you just haven’t setup GRUB to find other bootable partitions… or you initialized your Windows partition. No way to help you to see if it is recoverable unless you provide more information about what you see and don’t see and your order of operations. This is not a difficult process and it works like 99% of the time if you read up before you do it, so if you provide a bit more details about your environment, we can tell you if you are screwed or not.
testc2n14
Let me give you some wise done
I am assuming your using something Debian based. If you’re using something red hat based switch apt with dnf and if arch pacman
“`
!#bin/bash
Sudo apt install testdisk
#to recover partion
Sudo testdisk
#figure the rest out
#to recover files
Sudo photorec
#figure the rest out
“`
Learned this the hard way with 12 tb hdd twice
kilsta
Why not just run a Linux VM on your Windows machine?
medussy_medussy
Dude…what? How? It warns you like 5 times if you’re going to delete your windows partition. You just create a new partition for linux (in windows), then click “install alongside windows” and it does everything for you. I genuinely cannot fathom how you deleted the entire drive if you were reading what any guides and/or the installer said.
Top-Ad3527
You deleted the bootloader not the entire Windows installation lol.
DaLoneGuy
get an old Tinkpad like everyone else
Dry-Bet-3523
My Windows install is still here, unlike Dad.
abstractism
Lol, I know that feel, OP.
Coolengineer7
It’s easier if you just get a second drive, then they can easily co-exist.
testuserpk
New Linux bros need to learn grub. It’s not that difficult, refind is also a less bothering alternative.
ThisDumbApp
This is why when I want to fuck with Linux I just use a VM so I have no risk of breaking things
the_maestrC
Well
Low_Amplitude_Worlds
skill issue
Danteynero9
What distro? Because that matters. If it was PopOS, you either install a program like refind or choose what os to boot at in the bios boot menu. If it was another common distro like Ubuntu, grub should have a Windows entry.
If even then, you can’t boot into Windows, you either watched the wrong tutorial or made a mistake following it.
drklunk
Had my desktop on Windows for about 6months. Everything else I use, aside from my work laptop, is Linux. Daily driver is Pop OS, so I decided to wipe my windows install to give Pop a go on the desktop
Best decision ever, everything runs better, no idea why I even bothered with Windows
Tiranus58
Its usually the other way around
These-Maintenance-51
I have a friend trying to get me to dual boot Linux and I just refuse. I’ve gotten it to work once or twice but it’s definitely gone wrong more than was successful. I’ll just run Linux as a VM.
adrianp23
Make your life easy and use two separate drives guys.
Physically unplug any other drives when installing an OS.
Datuser14
9/10 times its windows deleting the linux bootloader, not Linux messing up Windows.
MGsubbie
And this is why I have a separate boot drive that I don’t put any games on.
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Lol yeah, I’ve heard dual booting can be frustrating (mostly just because of Windows). I’ve built a second PC out of old parts to run Linux on for a while until I’m comfortable switching my main PC over, that way I don’t have to screw with dual booting.
I don’t get it, you formatted your windows partition or drive instead of booting it?
I’ve recently run across this, unable to get into my windows installation or rebuild the boot entry. While in Linux, you can mount your windows partition and move files off of it. If your installation has bitlocker on it, you may be able to get the key from your account page at Microsoft .com
Dual booting is just a terrible computing experience in general, even if you can get it working. If you need to use two operating systems on the same computer for some reason, use virtual machines.
I’ve never had any trouble with it 🤷♂️. And grub should have no trouble booting windows.
I used to be able to do it with no problems but I haven’t tried since Windows XP.
brutal i am sorry my man
i had something like this
i even had two drives for Windows and Linux
went onto Windows and it forced an update and for some reason it changed my boot to Windows and i couldn’t log onto Linux
going to make a small computer for games i can’t play on Linux and some remote stuff
Not enough info. It could be a UEFI / BIOS setting or you just haven’t setup GRUB to find other bootable partitions… or you initialized your Windows partition. No way to help you to see if it is recoverable unless you provide more information about what you see and don’t see and your order of operations. This is not a difficult process and it works like 99% of the time if you read up before you do it, so if you provide a bit more details about your environment, we can tell you if you are screwed or not.
Let me give you some wise done
I am assuming your using something Debian based. If you’re using something red hat based switch apt with dnf and if arch pacman
“`
!#bin/bash
Sudo apt install testdisk
#to recover partion
Sudo testdisk
#figure the rest out
#to recover files
Sudo photorec
#figure the rest out
“`
Learned this the hard way with 12 tb hdd twice
Why not just run a Linux VM on your Windows machine?
Dude…what? How? It warns you like 5 times if you’re going to delete your windows partition. You just create a new partition for linux (in windows), then click “install alongside windows” and it does everything for you. I genuinely cannot fathom how you deleted the entire drive if you were reading what any guides and/or the installer said.
You deleted the bootloader not the entire Windows installation lol.
get an old Tinkpad like everyone else
My Windows install is still here, unlike Dad.
Lol, I know that feel, OP.
It’s easier if you just get a second drive, then they can easily co-exist.
New Linux bros need to learn grub. It’s not that difficult, refind is also a less bothering alternative.
This is why when I want to fuck with Linux I just use a VM so I have no risk of breaking things
Well
skill issue
What distro? Because that matters. If it was PopOS, you either install a program like refind or choose what os to boot at in the bios boot menu. If it was another common distro like Ubuntu, grub should have a Windows entry.
If even then, you can’t boot into Windows, you either watched the wrong tutorial or made a mistake following it.
Had my desktop on Windows for about 6months. Everything else I use, aside from my work laptop, is Linux. Daily driver is Pop OS, so I decided to wipe my windows install to give Pop a go on the desktop
Best decision ever, everything runs better, no idea why I even bothered with Windows
Its usually the other way around
I have a friend trying to get me to dual boot Linux and I just refuse. I’ve gotten it to work once or twice but it’s definitely gone wrong more than was successful. I’ll just run Linux as a VM.
Make your life easy and use two separate drives guys.
Physically unplug any other drives when installing an OS.
9/10 times its windows deleting the linux bootloader, not Linux messing up Windows.
And this is why I have a separate boot drive that I don’t put any games on.