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Re: Problem with Grub



On Sat, 19 Jun 2021 10:19:57 -0600
William Lee Valentine <vsc@lobo.net> wrote:


> 
> I later installed Debian 10.2 in a partition on a 64-bit computer that
> was otherwise running Windows 10.
> 
> When I had finished installing Linux, Grub wanted to know whether I
> wanted it installed on the master boot record. It reported seeing
> "Windows Vista" in another bootable partition. I agreed. This time,
> however, Grub modified the master boot record to allow only Linux to
> be booted. I had to pay to have Windows 10 reinstalled.
> 
Apart from other answers to this, anything with Win10 originally
installed (and you don't say this, it might be an upgrade, perhaps from
Vista) will have a recovery partition which can be triggered from a key
during boot. OK, it completely nukes the original installation,
returning the computer to factory-issued, but it costs nothing.

Another point: buster will install dual-boot to a UEFI Win10, but on my
netbook, will not dual-boot afterwards. It may still be possible to
dual-boot using the startup boot menu key, not GRUB, though it isn't on
my machine.

-- 
Joe


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