![]() Swarfendor437 wrote:I duly stand corrected - as you had posted about your ethernet problems elsewhere I had interpreted that this post was about the same machine Sincere apologies to MBMz10 and snydley100. This is my first computer with a GPT system and I don't know anything about GPT, and since everything works with GRUB handling the dual boot now, I'm leery of doing anything until I know the exact procedure of removing GRUB completely from the GPT. If I can get help on doing that I can reinstall Zorin 15, and GRUB to sda3, instead if sda, where it is now, and add Zorin to the Windows 10 boot manager using EZBCD Edit and dual boot using the Windows 10 bootloader, which is what I'd like to do. I need to get rid of Grub from there and go back to just Windows 10. That was with an MBR system, this new computer has a GPT system. That got rid of GRUB from the MBR and brought things back to stock. I've deleted GRUB and Zorin before and went back to the stock Windows 7 by deleting the Zorin 12 partition, restoring the stock single Windows 7 OS from the command line using fixmbr ,(I don't remember the exact command), and that worked fine. I'm just gonna "bite the bullet" someday soon and delete and reinstall Zorin and add Zorin to the Windows bootloader using EZBCD Edit and dual boot that way. Nope, it's 1 hard drive, different partitions. ![]() Swarfendor437 wrote:Hi MBMz10, snydley100 is using a Notebook so not possible (unless it has SSD for Win10 and Zorin on separate HDD). I installed Windows first on its own drive, then disconnected that drive while installing Linux on the other drive so I would guess each drive only has its own boot loader and removing either drive should still allow me to boot the other.īeing a UEFI system I don't mess with it beyond what I have done with Grub Customizer, the system is now 3 plus years old and never had any issues!Īs my set up is on separate drives and yours appears to be on the same drive your mileage may vary and Grub likely over writes the Windows boot loader when you install Linux unless you chose not to install grub at all. ![]() My systems are on separate drives so this might work differently in your case! That said Windows and Linux should still have there own boot loader intact on there respective drives should either drive fail, I should be able to boot the other system. You can set your Windows or Linux as default first boot choice, as well as a timeout if no choice is made, or as I do, "Boot last started system first" which is good for when Windows updates and restarts its self, it will automatically go back to Windows and finish updating rather than ending up half updated and booted into Linux if you happen to be away from the machine.Īs I use Linux as my daily driver it always boots to it first due to the setting of 'last booted system' I just need to select Windows if I want to use it. I installed Grub Customizer in Linux and now use that with Grub to control boot process, which offers the boot menu at start up, much faster. This resulted in the machine booting half way into Windows before getting the EZBCD menu to choose Linux at which point it restarted and booted into Linux, a rather slow process. I used EZBCD from Windows to control the boot process, menu time out, boot order etc. If my memory serves me correctly I installed Windows 10 and then Linux with the Windows drive removed. Not an answer to your question but some points worth consideration as I went through a similar situation, with one major difference, being that Windows and Linux are on there own separate drives! Of course I have no idea what you wish to achieve but can only guess it is control which system is the default to boot and how long to choose (timeout) as was the case for myself Can this be done after Zorin has already been installed with GRUB in the MBR without reinstalling the OSs? My question is, since I've installed it the "conventional way" having GRUB handle the dual boot menu in the MBR, is there a way I can change this and boot Zorin by adding it to the Windows boot loader using the EZBCD program and let Windows handle the dual boot menu, WITHOUT installing Windows 10 or Zorin 15 again, adding GRtB to sda3,(where Zorin 15 is), removing it from the MBR in sda, where it is now, without reinstalling everything again? What it seems like I need to do is remove GRUB from the MBR,on sda, reinstall GRUB to sda3 where Zorin 15 is, and then adding an entry in the Windows bootloader for Zorin 15 with EZBCD edit. I have since found out that Zorin can be installed without installing GRUB in the MBR in the conventional way, by adding it to the Windows bootloader as outlined here: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14667&p=65279#p65279 ![]() Hi, I installed Zorin 15, dual boot, along side of Windows 10 in the conventional way. ![]()
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