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I had a dual boot set up with Windows/Ubuntu, but the Windows boot manager never opened up Ubuntu. I always had to go into the UEFI startup menu to go into Ubuntu, so I tried setting it to load that on startup through Grub Customizer. But, instead, it continues to load the Windows boot manager.

Now, when starting my computer, I press F9 and it goes into the boot manager, select Ubuntu to start that up, but it loops back around to the UEFI startup menu.

I have no idea what to try nor do I want to try anything else in fear of doing something worse. I wish I could reset the Grub Customizer settings, but, without being able to load Ubuntu, I do not know how I could do that.

Is there any way to boot up into Ubuntu again instead of the UEFI startup menu or did I completely mess it up permanently?

Update: ran a report using "boot-repair" on a usb loaded copy of ubuntu. here os the link to the report Https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/dz8HJC82Nr/

Also, if i installed a permanent copy of ubuntu on a third partition, would i be able to download grub customizer again and change the settings that way back to booting normally? I tried downloading it on the usb copy of ubuntu but since its not an authorized user it wouldnt download nor would i be able to make changes to the computer settings

Any help is appreciated.

Nero grey
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I had the similar problem with my system. I installed Windows 10 first and left about 30% space on my 512GB SSD for Ubuntu. If you already created full partition when installing windows you can shrink it and create free space for Ubuntu.

Make sure to disable the secure boot in the UEFI BIOS when installing Ubuntu choose that free space.

Please Disable Fast Startup in Windows before installing Ubuntu.

Mian Imran
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  • Thanks. I think ive given up at this point and installed a new ubuntu with the old one in a different partition. Im just going to try and save my data and get rid of the entire thing now. – Nero grey Apr 09 '21 at 08:40