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I stupidly decided to update the BIOS on my homebrew dual boot (Windows 10 / Ubuntu 17.04) system.

Specs:

  • mobo: ASUS Z170-P D3
  • RAM: 8GB
  • SSD: 250GB containing Windows and Ubuntu partitions
  • HDD: data only drive, NTFS
  • booting in legacy BIOS mode (I think)

All was OK before the BIOS update (which was a problematic process. I experienced a known looping issue with internet BIOS updates), but it completed successfully the first time.

Once I resolved the BIOS boot loop, the system booted straight into Windows, no GRUB stage. I checked the HDD boot order, the Windows Boot Manager partition was 1st on the list, so I changed it to the SSD drive that contains GRUB. Now, it boots to GRUB, but the option to select Windows has disappeared. The only option is Ubuntu, which boots correctly when selected.

I presume the BIOS update has somehow reset the BIOS settings, but I don't know what. Fast Boot is disabled, as it was before. Secure Boot was enabled after the BIOS update, where I don't think wasn't before, but I've changed to disabled and I still don't see a Windows option at GRUB. I've tried grub-update to no effect, and I'm now at a loss as to how to restore Windows to GRUB.

Boot Info output

I've tried changing a few settings in BIOS, but nothing seems to bring Windows back, though I admit my understanding is flaky. If I change BIOS CSM to UEFI mode, Windows boots directly (no GRUB / Ubuntu). I guess I installed Ubuntu in BIOS mode, but I've no idea how to either change things so it boots in UEFI mode, or change the BIOS settings so that GRUB sees Windows again.

karel
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Pablo Pablo
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If you read the output (it is long) at the bottom is suggests repairs and tells you the problem

I bolded the relevant information.

=================== Suggested repair

The default repair of the Boot-Repair utility would purge (in order to fix packages sign-grub fix customized files) and reinstall the grub-efi-amd64-signed of sda5, using the following options: sda2/boot/efi, Additional repair would be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s fix-windows-boot use-standard-efi-file

=================== Blockers in case of suggested repair

The current session is in Legacy mode. Please reboot the computer, and use this software in an EFI session. This will enable this feature. For example, use a live-USB of Boot-Repair-Disk-64bit (www.sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair-cd), after making sure your BIOS is set up to boot USB in EFI mode.

So boot to BIOS, enable EFI, and run boot-repair again.

I hope Ubuntu is installed with UEFI enabled ;)

Panther
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