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[SOLVED-See Comments] My "Windows" boot entry has disappeared from the EFI menu (pawb.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by VinesNFluff@pawb.social to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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Title. I dual-boot Windows and Linux. I always saw people making "WINDOWS DELETED MY LINUX BOOTLOADER OMGOMG" posts and it had never happened to me. Now, the opposite has happened. I switched from EndeavourOS to OpenSUSE and now my windows install is no longer selectable on boot.

I keep Windows in a separate drive entirely, so instead of using grub, I use the EFI's boot-select menu thingamafuck (look I don't know jargon okay?) to choose Windows when I need it.

Well today it's not there. Only the Linux entries show up. The Windows partition itself seems to be in good order, like, I can access it from within Linux no problem.

But yeah it doesn't show up on my EFI selector thingie. I imagine I could get the EFI Shell going, but I have no idea how to use THAT either.

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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

calling me dumb for dual booting at all

I keep saying this, but Linux users are probably the biggest obstacle standing in the way of Linux adoption.

[–] stevedidwhat_infosec 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

One day those Linux people will learn that you’ll catch more flies with honey than you will with vinegar

🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Based on my nearly 30 years experience of using Linux (started with veeery early versions of Slackware) and interacting with Linux users on USENET, forums etc., I doubt it.

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I've been at this since my dad first showed my 10 year old self Linux in the early aughts, and I don't think it's ever going to change.

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