I need help on EndevourOS, it's not recognizing the Windows boot and I don't understand how to solve it.

redimk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Linux@lemmy.ml – 41 points –

So, I made my bootable EndevourOS image. I installed it on my secondary SSD, while I have Win11 on my primary SSD (need it for my job).

When I installed it I booted it up and everything was ok. A bit confusing, but ok.

Wanted to get into Windows again because I needed to work on something for a design (Adobe programs), next thing I know: my computer isn't recognizing my Windows drive...

It's there. I can see it on the "disks" app on EndevourOS, I can mount the disk and even see my files in there. But it just won't boot.

Read the documentation and it mentions an "os-prober", that I needed to change GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false in the etc/default/drub file... I don't have that file anywhere in my system...

I installed os-prober, nothing. I searched any other folder with a similar name and checked files... The only file with a mention of os-prober is grub.d that says "if GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=xtrue then random warning", but that is a set of instructions (i think), not the actual file.

I don't think I should have tried EOS/Arch when I've been learning Linux for only 2 days, can anybody help me with this? Thank you for any answers in advance.

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So wait, what happens if you (obviously) turn off the computer, unplug the second ssd, then turn on the computer? Try that and report back.

Yes OP try this and report back. Might tell us if something in the windows install is broken

While I was trying to fix the issue all day, this comment is one of the things I tried, but when my laptop started, it just said "checking media........ fail", then getting reset into an endless loop. I said it in other comments but I think I erased an EFI partition that I shouldn't have, I think Windows took part of my secondary SSD somehow.