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Windows 8.1 fixing boot issue after Mint Linux update

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  • roytom2 said:
    many thanks for all the excellent advice.
    I fear updating to Windows 10 will soon be my only option - I did this in the distant past and had to do a reinstall of Windows 8 (as supplied originally with it in 2016) as Windows 10 got stuck in a startup repair loop when an obscure driver couldn’t be located. 
    Therefore due to my earlier attempt at installing Windows 10 on this laptop am I entitled to install it again?
    kind regards

    I have no idea as to why people steadfastly refuse to put details of the device in the original posts. It's such a obvious thing to do.
    Use the opportunity to swap over to a solid state drive and the run your clean install to Windows 10 to the SSD.
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