This question intends to determine best how to avoid this problem in the future.
After Windows performed an update on 2/26/24 (after several months of not using Windows). Booting presented this error and launched into Windows 11:
Failed to load image: Not Found
start-image() returned Not Foundk falling back to default loader
Failed to open \EFI\ubuntu\grub64.efi - Not Found
Failed to load image: Not Found
Start_image () returned Not Found
After many false starts, I found a solution that worked for me. Dual boot: Windows/Ubuntu Grub is not found
This I the result of Ubuntu boot repair if it's helpful: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/xQH9V4Z7ct/
As I’m very inexperienced with much of this what I can do to prevent Windows from messing up my grub file in the future? In my ‘bios’ should I disable: Enable UEFI Capsule Firmware Updater (default is on)? It seems this might prevent the issue I had but it also seems like potential future trouble.
Running a Dell xps 9710 with a dual boot partitioned hard drive. Using Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS and Win 11.
Regards, Evan
mount -t efivarfs none /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
Windows & UEFI updates often reset boot order. You just have to redo and can use efibootmgr from live installer. – oldfred Mar 01 '24 at 17:52