Is it possible to native boot a vhdx after dual booting linux?

Hi sticker592. I have an MBR BIOS and I’m able to do this using EasyBCD. EasyBCD is free.

I had Linux installed on a separate disk from windows. I selected the OS by changing the boot order in the BIOS. Eventually that got old so I used Easy BCD to add Linux. I forget which boot loader you need to specify when you uses Easy BCD but you can try each one until it works. The only caution is that you need to move the Linux boot entry to the last place or it wonÂ’t book. EasyBCD make this easy too. Once you get everything the way you want it make a backup with EasyBCD.

You can add the vhdx any time you want but IÂ’d get Linux working first. FYI thereÂ’s a tutorial on the Forum by Kari for doing this if you need it. Just remember to keep the Linux entry as last.

jimbo45 said:

Hi there
Linux grub will boot Windows if required -- when you configure / install grub most linux distros ask if there are other OS'es on the computer and will be able to boot them.

You of course can't concurrently boot Windows and Linux (however as VM's you CAN concurrently run as many OS'es as your computer hardware will support).

To boot and mount viboot just boot in the usual way --grub should take care of boot options. Actually I'd disagree with the previous poster --you should install WINDOWS first and NOT LINUX !!!!! as Windows often will overwrite any existing boot record leaving you unable to boot into Linux again until you've repaired GRUB.

Cheers
jimbo

Yes, definitely install Windows first. I think that’s what the OP said in his initial post and definitely what I’ve always done.