Too, if you wouldn't mind posting the Make/Model of the computer you are using for this dual-boot combo some of our other folks here might have a further suggestion. Hopefully, EasyBCD will fix your problem otherwise you'll likely have to apply one of my other fixes which of course involve reinstalling both OSes in the correct order with W10 being 1st.
It really became more of an issue with W7/W8x when Microsoft re-wrote their boot-sector code to not play nice with other OSes such as Linux! The EFI partition is where Windows stores the boot loader.
OS install order with dual-boot Linux is a big deal and has been going back to Win2k or so. Looking on Google and found that EasyBCD can move boot manager. If you don't have a netbook or a laptop then certainly this issue won't apply to you, but it's worth knowing about. I experimentally found that when I was running both wired and Wi-Fi connection to the router for the Internet, my Internet speed dropped from 16 Mbps to 2-4 Mbps! This was no-Bueno, so I stripped off the Ubuntu from the netbook and the Internet speed immediately went back to 16-18 Mbps! Since I didn't use the Ubuntu for much on that netbook anyway, I removed it and now only have W10 on it. The main thing you should be aware of, especially with netbooks using the old Intel ATOM processor chip they are underpowered! At least for the dual-boot W10-Ubuntu combo. And that DID WORK!īecause I have many computers to play with, I was finally able to get v16.04LTS dual-booting with W10 using the W10 built-in BCD menu on a nearly 10 year old Dell Dimension E520 Desktop PC. That combo NEVER worked! I had to revert to Ubuntu v14.04.1LTS, the previous version. With Ubuntu I tried for almost 2 years to W10 dual-booting with the newest Ubuntu version, v16.04LTS. If you have the latest and you have this dual-boot setup on a laptop or netbook, try reverting to the previous verison of Mint. One thing you should know is that if you are running a laptop or a netbook with that new version of Mint *is v18 the newest?*, that could be a problem. I can tell you that I personally have run into problems with several of my older non-UEFI BIOS PCs with Ubuntu, my favorite Linux version. I used it a few years ago with good result. Before your reinstall both your OSes (in case you installed your Mint BEFORE W10), download the free EasyBCD this works good for many of our members, but since I haven't tried it on a UEFI-based BIOS machine, you'll have to try it yourself. However, I am indebted to olfred as from his remark I guessed that I was wasting time with neogrub bootloader using grub4dos or Easybcd. Neither I updated the MBR of primary disk containing Windows 7 as it was the last thing I wanted to do.
This is true in Ubuntu, Mint, and Puppy Linux. So, it is not true what olfred remarked I believe the bcdedit only works with UEFI. Additionally, you can also hide partitions, create complex boot scenarios, and change active flags, all with one tool.Did you install your Mint AFTER your W10 or BEFORE? It makes a difference and there is contention in the boot sector between the 2 OSes. You can take control of your entries by renaming, removing, configuring, and reordering them as you’d like. Put the repair kit on a USB drive and take the benefits of EasyBCD with you on the go. Get backups and repairs for your bootloader, troubleshoot issues, and more. Disk conversion from GPT to MBR mode.AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional Edition.
With EasyBCD, occasional problems you may run into with Windows won’t be there for long. How to enable EasyBCD's disabled features. Problems won’t stand in your way with EasyBCD It’s similar in function to Rufus that lets you boot operating systems from a USB device, except that you’ll receive many more functions. There are also older Mac systems you can run. For example, you can boot Windows 9x, MS-DOS, Windows 2000, and Windows ME. Its primary function is to give you access to operating systems that are no longer supported. The program also allows protection from boot issues, and even offers recovery utilities in the event that you run into an error.
Booting from discs, drives, ISO images, and more is simple using EasyBCD. With this program, booting Windows, Linux, macOS, and BSD are all easy.