>try to install arch on my laptop with windows 10
>there's many tutorials for UEFI but none for MBR
>end up fucking it because I couldn't install GRUB to anywhere but the MBR, thus overwriting windows boot loader
>reboot and arch launches okay but obviously windows is screwed
>feel like I'll just cut my loses now, fix windows and use a VM
>Need a USB larger than 8GB for the windows repair utility/install
>Don't have one
>Make a 10GB partition on an external HDD
>Install repair utility onto it
>It erases everything in my HDD, which has been my backup for all my personal items and school work for years now
>all of this now gone
>Continue on to repair laptop
>run repair utility
>PC resets after running checks
>couldn't fix it
>have to reinstall a new windows OS now without a key
/FAG/ - Failed Abortion General
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We've all been there OP
>has windows 10 laptop
>wanted to dualboot with kubuntu
>booted up to live usb
>started install
>I didn't know how to partition shit
>selected guided
>installer says it would create 2 main partitions
>deletes my windows partition with all my important shit
>computer only booted up to kubuntu
>spent 5 hours to reinstall windows and my steam vidya
>had no backup
That was a long night
>trying to install arch on a laptop that came with anything after W7 preinstalled
you're in for a bad time
6 fucking years and people still complain about uefi/gpt booting ? It took me a few minutes to understand how it worked, bunch of retards
Uefis not really the problem, it's other stuff that manufacturers starting putting in after the W7 era that complicates shit
Wats so complicated about it?
If it's mbr you manage the bootloader with grub and add an entry for windows, same for uefi but on a gpt disk, learn to edit the boot entries manually
>try installing Manjaro
>put live USB stick in
>do what the installer says
>20 minutes later I have a fully functioning Arch-based OS that doesn't break everytime you pacman -Syu
I sure hope all you guys are joking.
yeah we're joking
>Windows shits itself after an update
>Somehow manages to corrupt its boot manager
>Usually takes 10 or more attempts to boot
>Leave it for almost 6 months only rebooting once uptime hits 20 days
>Finally give up and burn Fedora to USB
>Boot off USB, start live session
>Grub has artefacts everywhere
>Purple lines and green dots
>Boot almost takes an entire hour
>Get into the OS, system stutters for 10 seconds before displaying a single frame
>After a little while I notice I can literally see a line going down the middle my screen
>Said line is the OS trying to refresh my monitor, once it hits the bottom a single frame is displayed
>Go through the installation hoping an update will fix this
>Typing is impossible as tapping once results in hundreds of characters being input
>Spend over 30 minutes filling out the installer
>Reboot
>Same shit
>Send almost 6 hours trying to get the system updated even though all I had to type was sudo dnf update
>Everything is updated including the kernel
>Reboot
>Purple stripes and green boxes all over grub
After about 20 minutes of the system attempting to boot I just pulled the plug and reinstalled Windows. Linux in a VM is good enough for me
my experience pretty much like this.
too late now i guess but this might have helped
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Thanks, I'll bookmark that just incase it ever happens again
You have my sympathy but fuck, I had a good laugh reading this.
i hope you made this up because you can't be that retarded
>my HDD, which has been my backup
what did he mean by this
should've stayed with Arch and maybe run windows through vm
So you install grub normally to the drive which places it in the 512MB partitioned space for windows boot loader and it doesn't damage it and you can edit files to acknowledge windows boot loader?
>arch
>with windows 10
found the problems. Next time use debian or a derivative and nuke windows.
My Asus laptop came with windows 8, UEFI makes it even easier to to stuff and I could get an arch/windows dual boot without a problem
>installing a Linux distribution alongside a Windows 10 laptop
>not completely retarded so I first live boot and use gparted to shrink windows
>install Linux no problem
>can't boot into Windows
And that's when I learned to always use disk management to shrink Windows. Now wangblows complains about not having enough HDD space. Not my problem, figure it out windows.
This.
Anybody who doesn't use Linux in a VM is retarted
so the thing that confused me is that I'm supposed to install GRUB into a particular partition as to not overwrite the windows boot loader... But I tried that and it didn't work. I had to install GRUB onto the entire drive which (I believe) overwrote the windows MBR since when booting I only had arch as an option, no windows...
Does GRUB overwrite it or is there something I have to do manually to enable GRUB to recognise it?
:(((
>he fell for the linux meme
hahahahaha
>But I tried that and it didn't work.
Well that’s because you did something wrong. You should be able to install it to 512mb partition
use rescatux
>We've all been there OP
Nope.
>tech illiterate tries to dualboot with arch instead of noobuntu
You deserve everything what happened to you.
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