Bootmanager for Win 10 and linux.

patman99

I have installed Mint Linux beside Windows 10.

Having had a few issues in which I lost access to Win 10 and had to reinstall it, I am now needing a good boot manager to allow me to boot the OS of my choice.

I tried EasyBCD but it wouldn't allow me to add the Linux install and ended up screwing up my Win 10 access.

Has anyone got any recommendations for an easy to install and set up program?.

ThemeOne

Mint should have installed Grub2 which should allow you to boot into either system. Maybe you could go back into Mint and re-install Grub2.

patman99

I might give that another go and see if it works.

prowla

You could boot into one and run the other in a VM; that means that you can flip between the two without rebooting.

ThemeOne

Grub2 should automatically detect Windows and present it as a boot option in addition to Linux.

The reason you will have to re-install Grub2 is that when you re-installed Windows it will have overwritten Grub2 with BCD.

esuhl

As above using GRUB is the way to go. Once you've got Linux booting, you can add a menu entry to chainload Windows. Or, if os-prober is installed, any Windows operating systems should be detected and added to GRUB automatically.

I know you're not using Arch, but they have a great wiki. It might help if you get stuck: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB

ThemeOne

esuhl wrote: »

I know you're not using Arch, but they have a great wiki. It might help if you get stuck: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB

The Arch wikis are indeed very good - have got me out of a jam on many occasions, even though I use Debian.

Fightsback

Always install Windows first if you are dual booting off the same drive. If this is a desktop PC and not a laptop consider getting a second drive as this makes for an easier life as Microsoft occasionally do updates that have a habit of breaking the bootloader.