Maybe some experts can help, maybe.  Sort of new to Linux.  I set up my computer as a dual boot with Windows 10 and Linux Mint.. Everything was fine until Windows crashed.. Tried to recover:  tried just about anything I found online, Ventoy,  created bootable disc, tried command li e instructions downloaded the win iso... after messing around with Bios setup, etc l now can no longer set the startup to boot from usb... tried the boot repair app..tried Dell support...I think I overcooked it... I would like to recover Windows if possible.  Do I  need to attend one of the meetings or is there some help I  can reference?
Thanks
Ted

Maybe some experts can help, maybe.  Sort of new to Linux.  I set up my computer as a dual boot with Windows 10 and Linux Mint.. Everything was fine until Windows crashed.. Tried to recover:  tried just about anything I found online, Ventoy,  created bootable disc, tried command li e instructions downloaded the win iso... after messing around with Bios setup, etc l now can no longer set the startup to boot from usb... tried the boot repair app..tried Dell support...I think I overcooked it... I would like to recover Windows if possible.  Do I  need to attend one of the meetings or is there some help I  can reference?

Thanks

Ted

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Is this for Windows 11 advice? Windows 10 & Ubuntu dual boot has never been a problem for me.
On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM Devi Garcia < dmarc-noreply@freelists.org > wrote:
We generally do not offer windows support or recommend installing it alongside Linux because of Windows updates breaking the bootloader and causing issues similar to what your experiencing.. best solution I can give is either use two different drives for each OS or just use different computers per OS.. or pick your new main OS and use other in a VM of still actually needed ... Otherwise pretty much need to know exactly what happened when comes to windows or Linux whichever broke.. to be able to fix it.. and with a dual boot setup this will happen often. 

Is this for Windows 11 advice? Windows 10 & Ubuntu dual boot has never been a problem for me.

On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM Devi Garcia <dmarc-noreply@freelists.org> wrote:

We generally do not offer windows support or recommend installing it alongside Linux because of Windows updates breaking the bootloader and causing issues similar to what your experiencing.. best solution I can give is either use two different drives for each OS or just use different computers per OS.. or pick your new main OS and use other in a VM of still actually needed ... Otherwise pretty much need to know exactly what happened when comes to windows or Linux whichever broke.. to be able to fix it.. and with a dual boot setup this will happen often. 

On Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 3:25 PM tedbag <dmarc-noreply@freelists.org> wrote:

Maybe some experts can help, maybe.  Sort of new to Linux.  I set up my computer as a dual boot with Windows 10 and Linux Mint.. Everything was fine until Windows crashed.. Tried to recover:  tried just about anything I found online, Ventoy,  created bootable disc, tried command li e instructions downloaded the win iso... after messing around with Bios setup, etc l now can no longer set the startup to boot from usb... tried the boot repair app..tried Dell support...I think I overcooked it... I would like to recover Windows if possible.  Do I  need to attend one of the meetings or is there some help I  can reference?

Thanks

Ted

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Is this for Windows 11 advice? Windows 10 & Ubuntu dual boot has never been a problem for me.
On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM Devi Garcia < dmarc-noreply@freelists.org > wrote:
We generally do not offer windows support or recommend installing it alongside Linux because of Windows updates breaking the bootloader and causing issues similar to what your experiencing.. best solution I can give is either use two different drives for each OS or just use different computers per OS.. or pick your new main OS and use other in a VM of still actually needed ... Otherwise pretty much need to know exactly what happened when comes to windows or Linux whichever broke.. to be able to fix it.. and with a dual boot setup this will happen often. 

Is this for Windows 11 advice? Windows 10 & Ubuntu dual boot has never been a problem for me.

On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM Devi Garcia <dmarc-noreply@freelists.org> wrote:

We generally do not offer windows support or recommend installing it alongside Linux because of Windows updates breaking the bootloader and causing issues similar to what your experiencing.. best solution I can give is either use two different drives for each OS or just use different computers per OS.. or pick your new main OS and use other in a VM of still actually needed ... Otherwise pretty much need to know exactly what happened when comes to windows or Linux whichever broke.. to be able to fix it.. and with a dual boot setup this will happen often. 

On Sun, Jul 12, 2026, 3:25 PM tedbag <dmarc-noreply@freelists.org> wrote:

Maybe some experts can help, maybe.  Sort of new to Linux.  I set up my computer as a dual boot with Windows 10 and Linux Mint.. Everything was fine until Windows crashed.. Tried to recover:  tried just about anything I found online, Ventoy,  created bootable disc, tried command li e instructions downloaded the win iso... after messing around with Bios setup, etc l now can no longer set the startup to boot from usb... tried the boot repair app..tried Dell support...I think I overcooked it... I would like to recover Windows if possible.  Do I  need to attend one of the meetings or is there some help I  can reference?

Thanks

Ted

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