I installed Ubuntu on an external drive following a tutorial and the tutorial said that I had to install the bootloader into the external drive. After the installation finished I could boot to Ubuntu when I had the external drive connected. Whenever I don't have the disk connected I get a grub menu where it tells me to write a command. How can I get the Windows bootloader back?
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Usually it isn't hard to get the windwos bootloader back. Have you tried that?
- Get a windows CD/ DVD and boot it on your Computer using the BIOS-Bootmanager
- Go to option "Repair the Computer" and restore the Computer using System Restore
- Alternatively you could use "Startup Repair"
- The best way is the manual way. Use the Command Prompt and type:
bootrec /rebuildbcd
and enter "Y" to add it
- Restart to finish!
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I downloaded the windows 10 iso from microsofts site and put it in a bootable USB. My intention was to use some repair function but when I had this USB in I actually got to my windows 10 installation, the thing is that if I restart and take the usb out I get the same problem. So how can I fix the boot record from inside windows?– captainDec 29, 2015 at 20:40
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