Need help getting back to Windows! Trying to remove Linux Mint

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  1. Posts : 14,024
    Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint
       #41

    I use the disk writer or image writer in Linux Mint [either installed or LiveDVD] to create the bootable Live USB but there has to be a Source available on the computer or another USB drive, the downloaded .iso file.
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  2. Posts : 7,607
    Windows 10 Home 20H2
       #42

    My Live Linux Mint is on a bootable SD card.
    An ISO file, either Windows or Linux, can be downloaded freely.
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  3. Posts : 18,433
    Windows 11 Pro
       #43

    How hard would it be to make an entry in GRUB to boot from the USB flash drive?
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  4. Posts : 7,607
    Windows 10 Home 20H2
       #44

    Very hard for an idiot like me.
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  5. Posts : 115
    Windows 10 64bit
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       #45

    @NavyLCDR
    That is a very good idea, just wish I knew how to tell Grub to do that. That may be the solution to all this.

    I read in Dell's forum a guy was having the exact same problem.
    Someone in the forum said they needed him to boot into "legacy" mode. They said then the computer will "see" the thumb drive. This one is not seeing the thumb drive.

    Here are some pics of my boot loader screen.

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  6. Posts : 7,607
    Windows 10 Home 20H2
       #46

    What happens if you select "Add Boot Option"?
    Have you tried disabling Secure Boot?
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  7. Posts : 18,433
    Windows 11 Pro
       #47

    Matthew Wai said:
    What happens if you select "Add Boot Option"?
    Have you tried disabling Secure Boot?
    I've got the same BIOS in my Dell Laptop. Select Add Boot Option then takes you to a screen with a list of physical boot devices. You would select the USB flash drive. Then it wants to know the file on that device to boot from. The file on the USB flash drive would be \efi\microsoft\boot\cdboot.efi
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  8. Posts : 115
    Windows 10 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #48

    Let me get a screen shot of when I click on add boot option, I'll be back in a few. I think I've tried to disable secure boot, I've tried so many things.

    When i try to add a boot option:

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    Last edited by Probe; 26 Dec 2020 at 13:22.
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  9. Posts : 7,607
    Windows 10 Home 20H2
       #49

    https://i.ibb.co/25f4cT4/IMG-20201226-065309390-1.jpg
    One of your photos shows "Secure Boot ON". You have to turn it off.
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  10. Posts : 331
    windows 10
       #50

    Here is a page from MS to get rid of linux
    How to Remove Linux and Install Windows on Your Computer (microsoft.com)

    Try that
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