Non-GUI MBR in Windows 10/11
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Non-GUI MBR in Windows 10/11
I've posted 11 here because the version I have is a literal skin of 10.
So, a while ago I decided to install and dualboot Windows 11 with Ubuntu, since it appeared to be way faster than my normal PC.
However, a bit after that I decided to remove Ubuntu from my PC completely, including grub itself.
I DID manage to remove grub, however I'm stuck in a non-graphical boot options menu. I need some help with this one, I've never encountered this situation before.
It is a BIOS/Legacy PC.
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Hi, Welcome to the forum,
Can you post a screenshot of the menu ?
If you have your Windows installation media, you can try to do a startup repair.
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To me the "non-GUI" boot menu means it's provided by the BIOS, Windows and other Operating Systems read the BIOS to determine what resources are available before starting the OS. It usually provides a list of bootable devices that are available so as to choose the one to use, mine usually stall at that point when it doesn't find such a device which means the boot process needs rebuilding. You'll need to use a camera to capture the screen as Windows isn't running yet at that point and the PrntScrn won't make it available.
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Run the command:
bcdboot C:\Windows
You will need admin privileges to run it.
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Hey all, for a bit of more explanation, think of the Windows 7/Vista MBR screen when you try to enter safe mode.
As for NavyLCDR, I'll try it when I have access to my computer.
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Run the command:
bcdboot C:\Windows
You will need admin privileges to run it.
Worked, for a miracle, now what do I do to add another OS to the boot menu?
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On a Legacy-MBR, BIOS transfer the boot sequence to a drive MBR that will transfer to a master boot manager. This master boot manager (like Linux Grub) can transfer the boot sequence to a partition (like Linux) or to another boot manager in another partition (like Windows). It is a serial chain mode.
On an UEFI-GPT, BIOS transfer the boot sequence to the BIOS priority boot manager on a Fat32 Partition and then to a OS on a partition (same drive or even to a different drive). On the FAT32 partition you may have one or many boot managers (Linux and Windows etc). It is not a serial chain mode. It is a parallel mode.
On BIOS you can set many boot able disks. It will have a priority drive (default) to boot from.
When you launch the boot menu during POST (F?) it will show all boot able devices
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Worked, for a miracle, now what do I do to add another OS to the boot menu?
If the other OS is on D: drive for example:
bcdbood D:\Windows /d /addlast
Just change D:\Windows to whatever drive letter the other OS actually has - assuming the other OS is Windows.
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