I have recently installed linux mint alongside windows and I am having troubles going back into windows after the installation. Whenever I do it goes into the recovery menu for windows.
I am very new to linux so I would much appreciate it if you could explain it in very simple terms.
Any help would be much appreciated!
#Windows won't boot properly anymore after installing Mint.
gentle grove
worldly lake
Could you explain the steps you took to install?
Perhaps you just need to change the boot order in your bios. Select your linux install, and hopefully, you'll boot into the grub bootloader
gentle grove
Could you explain the steps you took to install?
Perhaps you just need to chang...
I flashed the .iso file to a usb stick using balena etcher. Then I went into my bios and selected to boot on the usb stick. From there I set up linux using the install that's on the desktop.
I've tried switching around installations in the bios but that doesn't help
and also sometimes when I try to launch windows it's just stuck indefinitely on the loading screen
worldly lake
Did you install windows before linux, or linux before windows?
gentle grove
I've been using windows a long time before linux.
misty scroll
@gentle grove first take a screenshot of Mint’s Files app
Make sure to show that your Windows drive is in tact
gentle grove
Make sure to show that your Windows drive is in tact
where exactly in the app should I make the screenshot?
misty scroll
The left side where it says “Devices”
gentle grove
uhh how do you make a screenshot on linux
misty scroll
There should be a Screenshot app pre installed
gentle grove
is there a shortcut?
misty scroll
You should be able to press PrnScr to activate it
gentle grove
here
misty scroll
Uhhhhh
gentle grove
I also get this error message when trying to open it. (the blacked out part is my real name)
misty scroll
How big is your drive?
gentle grove
How big is your drive?
yeah that's also my second problem. I don't have enough allocated towards linux. I thought I allocated aorund 100gb to it but I don't think it worked.
My drives 1tb
misty scroll
yeah that's also my second problem. I don't have enough allocated towards linux....
Check the Disks app (preinstalled) to see if your Windows partition is in-tact
You should be able to find it in the Menu
gentle grove
how do I know if it's in tact?
gentle grove
this is how the app looks like
misty scroll
Seems like you have 23GB for Linux and 977 GB is still Windows
gentle grove
yeah I know...
misty scroll
Try clicking the "Play" button and see if anything happens
gentle grove
I wanted to allocate more to linux but it didn't work for some reason
same error message
gentle grove
oh, I somehow managed to fix it by changing around a couple of secure boot settings in bios
but thanks for the help! Do you maybe also by chance know how to change partitions after setting them?
misty scroll
but thanks for the help! Do you maybe also by chance know how to change partitio...
Unfortunately no easy way to do so
You can but doesn’t mean you should
The safest way is to disable disk encryption in Windows and shrink the drive there
It’s much lower risk
gentle grove
or I'll reinstall linux, I only changed a very few things anyways
ember apex
this is how the app looks like
run boot repair from the start menu and generate a boot summary, then share it here
gentle grove
run boot repair from the start menu and generate a boot summary, then share it h...
I managed to fix the issue
ember apex
I managed to fix the issue
how?
gentle grove
yeah my bad, I did now
tender python
yeah my bad, I did now
make sure Windows Fast Startup is definitely OFF in Windows now.
gentle grove
I don't think that's the setting I even changed
tender python
as for not being able to access the ntfs volume in Linux, open the Disks app, click the drive, and the main partition of it, then the gear icon, and then Repair filesystem.
tender python
I don't think that's the setting I even changed
definitely make sure it's off.
gentle grove
as for not being able to access the ntfs volume in Linux, open the Disks app, cl...
I did do that once but then didn't click confirm since it says that you could corrupt data.
gentle grove
definitely make sure it's off.
okay I will
tender python
tender python
I did do that once but then didn't click confirm since it says that you could co...
it's just a Mint 22 bug that after the first time shouldnt be an issue after
gentle grove
so it could corrupt my data the first time?
gentle grove
I saw smth like that when I googled it but I have no idea what a live usb is
tender python
did u install linux yourself?
gentle grove
yeah I did
tender python
what does?
gentle grove
the usb after the installation
tender python
resizing?
yes of course
it's essentially like u bought an installer in the mail.
gentle grove
okay thanks
at some point I most likely want to resize it that way but for now I just reinstalled linux
tender python
then fire up gparted from it, and use it to shrink the ntfs partition some more, then move and stretch the linux one
gentle grove
yeah gparted is the other thing I heard online and I also don't know what that is
gentle grove
does it come preinstalled?
tender python
on the live ISO, yes
gentle grove
okay
tender python
100 GB is plenty for linux anyway, unless you install so many huge (and yes they're huge) Flatpak applications (prefer to use system/native apps)
or u install massive big linux/steam games n such
gentle grove
wait but I tried to reinstall linux right now and I did have the usb plugged in and my bios wasn't allowing me to select it. I first had to delete linux to be able to reinstall it again
gentle grove
or u install massive big linux/steam games n such
I allocated 250 cause I wanna try out some games on it
tender python
wait but I tried to reinstall linux right now and I did have the usb plugged in ...
well of course.
gentle grove
ohh so every time I want to change the partition I'd need to reinstall linux?
gentle grove
yeah but if I'm only able to use that once I have deleted linux
sorry I'm a bit confused right now
gentle grove
yeah ik but to be able to boot on the usb in the first place I had to uninstall linux
tender python
that makes no sense unless u installed wrong.
if u have a uefi system, always boot in uefi mode
gentle grove
maybe. I might of also formatted the usb before I tried using it again I don't really remember all too well. Because I reflashed it at the same time as I uninstalled linux which might of made it work again.
tender python
well obviously if u cleard the USB it wont boot. Use Ventoy from Windows environment. it will make it bootable and u can copy the ISO onto it after and it will boot. (additionally u can use it like normal storage)
gentle grove
I used balena etcher
tender python
see ventoy.net , and "thiogjoe -ventoy" on youtube
tender python
yep
gentle grove
btw side question, when I was on windows I realised that my display was really buggy and sometimes flickered weirdly. So I installed the official drivers and that fixed the problem. How do I do that here since on driver manager I can only change the drivers of my gpu
tender python
is it flickering in linux?
tender python
in driver manager, the default is the opensource driver. if it gives recoomended nvidia offering, then choose that and restart.
gentle grove
I did use that driver and it still flickered
tender python
after reboot?
tender python
well u can try another one in the available list
make a new ticket if it still has issues.
gentle grove
there isn't a driver available for my display on the list
there's only one for my gpu
gentle grove
uhh but I did download one from the official website and that did fix the problem
tender python
u can adjust the refresh rate to something else in Displays setting.