• OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Windows might have changed the boot order in your bios, so just go into your bios and check if the mint partition is set to boot first

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      Yeah with EFI the days of Windows completely overwriting your Linux bootloader are mostly over.

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      4 months ago

      I have no idea how to do this, but I’ll keep looking for a tutorial. Luckily I only use my Linux for storing my music. I wish I could have got my art software to work on Linux, they just don’t seem to want to cooperate. My WiFi adaptor also only wants to work about half the time, too.

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        Just spam del or f2 keys when you are turning your PC on (or check your motherboards/laptops manual for which key it is) that should put you into your bios and there check the boot options/order.

        Tho you can also enter the bios through windows, can just search windows 10 enter bios and that should give you the answers

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          spam del or f2 keys

          Also, sometimes it’s ins, F1, or F10.

          If you find yourself doing this a lot, and are okay with attending every reboot, some BIOS’ can be configured to just always boot to the BIOS menu. Also, there’s sometimes a configurable time-frame for when it listens for keystrokes.

          Disclaimer: I have 30 years of doing battle with PC’s that I’m sifting through here, so some of that’s bound to be old advice.

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          I found an old picture of what my boot screen used to look like. If I wanted to do it via bcedit, what would my command line be? Sorry for being so clueless, I’m just really scared I’ll brick my PC completely.

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            Before you mess with commands I suggest you to do what I mentioned before. The picture you sent has the grub bootloader and assuming windows didn’t nuke it, when you choose your Linux drive to boot first it should come back.

            Also changing the boot order will not break your pc