Upgrade to Win 10 v10586 from 10240 on GRUB-based system fails

bro67 said:

It is because Windows wants to always use its own boot loader. There are better ones out there.

You can also use a Pen Drive with the latest. UEFI is still a work in progress with Linux.

Hi there

UEFI works 100% perfectly on most decent Linux distros --no probs myself in using it on CENTOS 7.

As far as the boot loader is concerned I would tend to have Linux on a separate (even external) HDD / SSD - you can set the boot loader / grub2 so it boots totally from its own HDD -- whether internal or external.

Doing it that way you can keep Windows native boot mechanisms.

To reset the HDD for windows --if it's non UEFI a FIXMBR command will do -- otherwise for GPT you need to use Windows recovery disk to fix the boot.

Linux works surprisingly well but I'd keep the two OS'es on separate HDD's rather than partitions of the same drive.

Most Linux Distros run quite snappily even from a USB2 external HDD -- a really cheap way is to get a cheap 320GB 2,5 inch laptop HDD and connect to the computer via an USB-->SATA connector. A USB3 drive connected to a USB3 port will yield even better results and an SSD whether connected via USB2 or USB3 will yield a performance as good as Native windows running from an internal HDD / SSD.

Use the computers Boot menu (Bios / boot menu) to choose your boot system. A Linux UEFI system can run 100% from an external HDD. The latest Linux kernels have just as good plug 'n play as Windows and Networking is far simpler (and works !!).

An external Linux HDD is usually quite portable too --you can run it from a variety of different machines.

I have a Windows VM on one of these Linux systems --makes a great recovery disk too - as well as being able to run different versions of Ms Office etc in different languages depending on what client's site I'm working.

Cheers
jimbo