Windows 10 How can I add a new entry to the Windows boot manager

[ss1018]

I have dual boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint 18 in UEFI mode. I don't want to use GRUB (but I don't want to delete grub). I want to use Windows boot manager. I set Windows boot manager as first boot device in BIOS and I want to add new entry to windows 10 boot loader to boot into Linux.
EasyBCD can't do this because I am in UEFI mode. I installed GRUB in EFI partition.

How to do this?

 

[nmsuk]

Do a search for UEFIEdit or EasyUEFI They should do it.

 

[ss1018]

I tried with EasyUEFI but I didn't succeed.
Is there any method using BCDedit?

 

[Neemobeer]

bcdedit /create to create an entry
bcdedit /set {entry-GUID} to set options
Then you need to set the display order

 

[ss1018]

I add this, but it can't load grub. It says that grubx64.efi is missing.
/dev/sda4 is my windows partition and /dev/sda6 is my / partition.
/dev/sda2 is EFI partition

 

[BIGBEARJEDI]

Hi,
Did you install your Mint AFTER your W10 or BEFORE? It makes a difference and there is contention in the boot sector between the 2 OSes. This is true in Ubuntu, Mint, and Puppy Linux. Before your reinstall both your OSes (in case you installed your Mint BEFORE W10), download the free EasyBCD; this works good for many of our members, but since I haven't tried it on a UEFI-based BIOS machine, you'll have to try it yourself. I used it a few years ago with good result. (thanks MikeH!).

I can tell you that I personally have run into problems with several of my older non-UEFI BIOS PCs with Ubuntu, my favorite Linux version. One thing you should know is that if you are running a laptop or a netbook with that new version of Mint *is v18 the newest?*, that could be a problem. If you have the latest and you have this dual-boot setup on a laptop or netbook, try reverting to the previous verison of Mint. With Ubuntu I tried for almost 2 years to W10 dual-booting with the newest Ubuntu version, v16.04LTS. That combo NEVER worked! I had to revert to Ubuntu v14.04.1LTS, the previous version. And that DID WORK!

Because I have many computers to play with, I was finally able to get v16.04LTS dual-booting with W10 using the W10 built-in BCD menu; on a nearly 10 year old Dell Dimension E520 Desktop PC.

The main thing you should be aware of, especially with netbooks using the old Intel ATOM processor chip; they are underpowered! At least for the dual-boot W10-Ubuntu combo. I experimentally found that when I was running both wired and Wi-Fi connection to the router for the Internet, my Internet speed dropped from 16 Mbps to 2-4 Mbps! This was no-Bueno, so I stripped off the Ubuntu from the netbook and the Internet speed immediately went back to 16-18 Mbps! Since I didn't use the Ubuntu for much on that netbook anyway, I removed it and now only have W10 on it.

If you don't have a netbook or a laptop; then certainly this issue won't apply to you, but it's worth knowing about. OS install order with dual-boot Linux is a big deal and has been going back to Win2k or so. It really became more of an issue with W7/W8x when Microsoft re-wrote their boot-sector code to not play nice with other OSes such as Linux!

Hopefully, EasyBCD will fix your problem; otherwise you'll likely have to apply one of my other fixes which of course involve reinstalling both OSes in the correct order with W10 being 1st.

Let us know if this helps you.
Too, if you wouldn't mind posting the Make/Model of the computer you are using for this dual-boot combo some of our other folks here might have a further suggestion.

Best,
<<<<<BIGBEARJEDI>>>>>

 

[Neemobeer]

IF you're using grub as your primary boot loader, then I'd try just re-installing grub. sudo grub-install /dev/sda then update the grub config with sudo update-grub

 

[ss1018]

IF you're using grub as your primary boot loader, then I'd try just re-installing grub. sudo grub-install /dev/sda then update the grub config with sudo update-grub

I don't use GRUB. GRUB works perfect, but I do not want to use GRUB. I want to use Windows boot manager.

 

[ss1018]

Hi,
Did you install your Mint AFTER your W10 or BEFORE?

After Windows.
I first install windows and than Mint.

 

[Neemobeer]

You still have to use grub at some point to boot Linux, you can use the Windows boot manager to start grub. The easiest way is to use EasyBCD and add a Linux entry with it.

 

[ss1018]

You still have to use grub at some point to boot Linux, you can use the Windows boot manager to start grub. The easiest way is to use EasyBCD and add a Linux entry with it.

But EasyBCD can't add new entry in uefi mode. I get this message:
Link Removed

 

[Neemobeer]

I've never used easybcd, but it looks like they are limited to MBR disks. Which means you'd either have to come up with your own solution or simply use grub as your primary boot manager as I mentioned in reply # 7

 

[nmsuk]

Or use UEFI boot manager, Windows To Go Creator, All-in-One Microsoft Windows Setup software which I think I mentioned a few posts ago. It's what I use to add and remove uefi entries.

 

[ss1018]

Is there any tutorial for adding new entry using EasyUEFI?

 

[ss1018]

Did you mean this way to create a boot entry:
EasyUEFI - How to create a UEFI boot entry? ?
Because, this way will create new entry in bios, like this
https://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/wikiDE/images/c/c1/BIOS_Boot.jpg
I don't want this.
I want something like this:
http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sshot179.png

 

[BIGBEARJEDI]

Or use UEFI boot manager, Windows To Go Creator, All-in-One Microsoft Windows Setup software which I think I mentioned a few posts ago. It's what I use to add and remove uefi entries.

>>>Hi nmsuk; Thanks for posting this information. I've never seen this before and it looks rather helpful for folks with UEFI BIOS machines. I've now got 1 new Dell netbook that has it so I've not messed around with multi-boot configuration on it yet. My other 7 computers are all older non-UEFI machines, so I've used tools such as EasyBCD which MikeH originally introduced me to. I think it will help folks doing multi-boot configurations. At least the OP installed his Mint AFTER W10 and not BEFORE, as problems ensue.<<<
Cheers!
<<<<BBJ>>>>

 

[ss1018]

Is there any solution for my problem?

 

[MikeHawthorne]

Hi

You may have already looked at this but I watched this all the way through and learned something.
Based on this it would seem to me that your problem may revolve around the way that Mint was originally installed.

If you are willing to remove it and repeat the process this may help.
It appears to me that the crux of the matter it Changing to Legacy UEFI in the bios at the start of the process.

There are some cautions when doing the install I.E. Don't Select Erase Disk and install Linux Mint.
Select the Something Else option and tell it that you want to install it in the partition that you have prepared for it.

It appears that one of the commenters didn't pay attention at this point in the instructions.



This may not accomplish exactly what you want but, it's worth looking at.

Mike

 

[ss1018]

I saw this video. He used EasyBCD, but i can't. I got warning: Link Removed

And i don't have option legacy+uefi...

 

[BIGBEARJEDI]

Hi

You may have already looked at this but I watched this all the way through and learned something.
Based on this it would seem to me that your problem may revolve around the way that Mint was originally installed.

If you are willing to remove it and repeat the process this may help.
It appears to me that the crux of the matter it Changing to Legacy UEFI in the bios at the start of the process.

There are some cautions when doing the install I.E. Don't Select Erase Disk and install Linux Mint.
Select the Something Else option and tell it that you want to install it in the partition that you have prepared for it.

It appears that one of the commenters didn't pay attention at this point in the instructions.



This may not accomplish exactly what you want but, it's worth looking at.

Mike

>>>Hi Mike: Happy Monday bro'! Thanks for posting this, I will have to watch it, as I'm rebuilding one of my W10 test drives and based on this thread, I'm going to try and do the dual-boot of W10-Mint to try and better understand the process, and try to help our poor OP here. I've been procrastinating, but we seem to be getting more questions on Mint in general, dual-boot W10-Mint questions specifically. At least a few. I even asked Ross if we could put up a Dual-Boot OS sub-forum, but that didn't fly--maybe not enough interest?? Anyway, I'll watch it and build one up and see how it goes. Unfortunately, our OP is stuck with a much newer computer than I have, with UEFI BIOS, and the EasyBCD won't work for him. But, at least I could make get it to work on a Legacy BIOS machine, that might tell us something. And for other users who have older PCs wishing to do a W10-Mint config.
Cheers!<<<
<<<BBJ>>>