On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:10:33 +0100 Rafał Lichwała <ra...@siliconet.pl> wrote:
> Even if Windows is finally lost, I accept that. No user data is lost > (everything is already in the cloud), but at most some wasted time on > configuration of Windows is lost ;-) > > It can be recovered, it may take a little work. First, does the laptop have a UEFI menu available on a hotkey during startup? You may need to do a bit of Net searching to find it. If so, there will be a Windows entry, try it. The UEFI firmware, what we used to call the BIOS, may have options for enabling and disabling drives and setting the start priority. See if any fiddling with these options will help. Windows will not boot normally now, but it may be possible to boot it into Safe Mode with a hotkey. If so, there ought to be a way of restoring booting. If Windows can be started, it will have a boot fixing option, again search for details on the Net. Once you have Windows booting reliably, it should be possible to get grub working again. In the worst case, you can download the (huge) Windows installation image for your version, and use its rescue facilities to fix booting. I'd be more specific, but I haven't needed to deal with Windows fixing for a while. and never on 11. -- Joe
