Getting problems with windows 11
Getting problems with windows 11
Hi guys, I am using Windows 11 Pro. When I tried to put Linux on a thumb drive, the installer accidentally messed up my hard drive. Now it boots to Grub instead of Windows. If I just sit there without touching anything when starting up, it shows this list: ubuntu UEFI : Built-in EFI Shell Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB : PART 0 : Boot Drive Choosing the first option gets me back to Grub. Choosing the second option opens a shell. If I go to fs1:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot> and run bootmgfw.efi, it boots back to Windows. The third option says: "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media..." Can I fix this? I want my computer to start straight into Windows and get rid of that Linux stuff. Thanks!
Welcome to the forum! If you are new here, I want to help create a bootable USB disk with Windows 11 so we can start fresh with a clean install.
The easiest way is to switch your BIOS settings so that it uses the Windows Boot Manager instead of GRUB. Right now, in this article, we show you how to change GRUB to use the Windows Boot Manager. A small piece of software called Windows Boot Manager (BOOTMGR), which is www.compsmag.com
The Windows Boot Manager is not showing up in my UEFI boot list. But it's actually sitting there if I go into the UEFI Shell and look for it. It must have gotten messed up from whatever database the system checks when listing options. Oh no, I hope Ubuntu didn't mess with my drive while I was just trying to make a bootable Linux thumb drive. This is really annoying. I'm scared something will break even worse than this now.
I'm wondering if resetting the CMOS will bring things back to their usual settings. The EFI just makes a boot choice, but it's not the default one. It looks like Ubuntu uses this EFI Shell, so I think getting off of it would be nice since I haven't used it myself. That video explains all that clearly. You don't need to fix the BIOS; just resetting the CMOS should do the trick.
Why is that? Linux already works on USB right from the start, like when you download it. You just need to "burn" the USB drive. Try using Ubuntu before you try installing it on your computer.
Ubuntu is an open source software system that runs from your desktop all the way to the cloud and even to everything connected over the internet. Visit ubuntu.com to get a free version of easybcd, then go to the BCD deployment tab and write/install a new BCD file into your main disk drive. You could try repairing it manually, but since you only have a simple BCD, just writing in a new one will be much easier for you.