#Windows boot drive no longer visible after Linux installation

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warped heath
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Output of lslbk -f?

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Are you now in the installed system, right?

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What bootloader you use?

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Okay, did you uncomment the line about os-prober in the grub config?

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You don't want to dualboot?

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Yeah, take what i'm trying to fix for you.

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So you can have a boot menu that shows you two options: either boot Linux or Windows.

warped heath
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No, it's GRUB—you should be seeing the boot option there, not in os-prober.

wind pelican
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Hey sorry, I'm gonna chime in here. So I have had that issue many times with with Windows not being detected. Here's what I did to fix it:

  1. Change the os-prober setting
  2. Go into Linux and then mount your Windows drive
  3. Make a new config with the grub mkconfig command

Also, what do you mean by you want two different disks and OS but you don't want to dual boot? That is what dual booting is. Having two OS that you choose from when you start your PC.

warped heath
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Show the grub config cat /etc/default/grub?

wind pelican
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I have it setup like that

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That's still dual booting if I'm not mistaken

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Ohhhhh I think I get what you're saying

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Are you saying that like... You want to switch your OS via your BIOS when you start your PC?

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Gotcha

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I actually had that issue as well before

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Give me a few minutes, let me find something'

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Yeah on my end the EFI System is a 100M partition seperate from that 16M partition

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A win is a win🤷

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It shouldn't. I've reinstalled Windows before and it was easy and straight forward without breaking Linux

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I've reinstalled Arch like 4 times total so I know about the random issuesempty

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No problem, honestly just wish I could've provided more lol