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comment by tacocat
tacocat  ·  3329 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Users of Windows 10 please check in and vent, praise or say whatever you think of it.

I've been a Mac user since OS 9. Until I got this PoS Dell because I was afraid my Macbook was going to bite it after five years and I couldn't budget in a Mac.

I fucked up the trackpad software on Windows, because isn't Windows about the freedom to fuck up your OS, and was happily using Linux Mint until I got the 10 update. I installed it hoping it would fix my trackpad, it didn't, but it did render my Linux partition unbootable. I fixed the trackpad on my own. Linux is still borked and I had important files on there. The best thing I can say about Windows 10 is it isn't Windows 8.





deepflows  ·  3329 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Have a look at "system rescue cd".

Basically, it'll let you boot into your linux installation (using a rescue kernel). Once there, just install grub again - it'll detect that windows installation and allow you to choose your os at boot time.

http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage

Alternatively, "Boot repair disk" may be able to do it for you automatically. Just give it a try.

briandmyers  ·  3329 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've used this successfully to repair a boot partition after a Windows re-install borked it. Always good to have a boot repair disc around just-in-case, if you're using a Linux bootloader.