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Never mind that, Windows 10 did an update a couple of days ago, and now my dual boot screen has gone. I literally can’t start my Linux Mint anymore, it boots straight to Windows :(

There is a way to get it back with the command line, but my computer nerd days are over.

askubuntu.com/…/dual-boot-with-windows-10-broken-…

I’m assuming that command needs to be edited to whatever my setup is, I have no idea.

Dual boot with Windows 10 broken after update

Until a few days ago I had a fine working dual boot with Ubuntu 16.10 and Windows 10, using Grub2. Then Windows decided it needed to perform some updates. After the update, my system booted directl...

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Windows might have changed the boot order in your bios, so just go into your bios and check if the mint partition is set to boot first
I have no idea how to do this, but I’ll keep looking for a tutorial. Luckily I only use my Linux for storing my music. I wish I could have got my art software to work on Linux, they just don’t seem to want to cooperate.

Just spam del or f2 keys when you are turning your PC on (or check your motherboards/laptops manual for which key it is) that should put you into your bios and there check the boot options/order.

Tho you can also enter the bios through windows, can just search windows 10 enter bios and that should give you the answers

spam del or f2 keys

Also, sometimes it’s ins, F1, or ‘F10`.

If you find yourself doing this a lot, and are okay with attending every reboot, some BIOS’ can be configured to just always boot to the BIOS menu. Also, there’s sometimes a configurable time-frame for when it listens for keystrokes.

Disclaimer: I have 30 years of doing battle with PC’s that I’m sifting through here, so some of that’s bound to be old advice.