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Dual boot menu: problem with Windows update

Anonymous
2019-01-08T16:19:29+00:00

I use two operating system on my laptop: Windows 10 and Ubuntu. So when I turn on the device it offers the dual boot menu to choose the OS. However after every update the boot menu ceases being visible and the system bypasses the boot menu directly to load Windows 10. This aspect makes me go through a tiresome process to bring back the menu.

What can you recommend? Right now I intend to disable Windows updates at all.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-01-08T16:21:33+00:00

    HI Katie, the operating systems installed on the computer have EFI files to boot in EFI mode. You don’t see the dual boot menu (the list of installed operating systems) so this issue might be caused by the fact that the Ubuntu UEFI EFI file is behind Windows in the priority list.

    Which operating systems was installed on the computer first? I suppose Windows, so let’s try to invoke the Ubuntu Grub to allow us to make the operating system selection on boot up:

    Boot into Windows 10, then go to the Command Prompt to open it (in Administrator Mode). Do as follows:

    • Go to Start

    Command Prompt

    Right Click and "Run as Administrator".

    • Type in the following command and hit Enter:

    bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi

    • Restart your system

    Now, the GRUB menu should be loaded. Choose the OS you want to boot into.

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