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Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows

#31 Post by LionelZaylan »

Did it give the option to boot into your MX linux on the hard disk ?
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Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows

#32 Post by LionelZaylan »

Anyway, to boot your Windows temporarily, you can go to the MX linux live USB boot menu -> Find EFI bootloaders -> Boot your windows if it is detected.

Similarly, to boot your MX linux on the hard disk,
MX linux live USB boot menu -> Find GRUB menus -> Boot your MX linux on hard disk if it is detected.

Navigation in the boot menu is done by arrow keys on the keyboard, not the mouse.

This is just a temporary workaround.

Dozing off now. Hoping to be back tomorrow morning.......
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Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows

#33 Post by fehlix »

@LionelZaylan, would you might calm down a bit of given "random" advices. We still have not seen the Quick System Info". We are not clear whether it is a UEFI or a BIOS system. It might be a simple issue to solve, but it requires to know the facts before suggesting fixes or random advices to a "novice" linux user.
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Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows

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System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 4.19.0-16-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splasht nosplash lang=en_US 
           tz=America/Phoenix fontsize=1.56 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-19.4_x64 patito feo March 31  2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteDesk 800 G1 USDT v: N/A 
           serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 18E5 serial: <filter> UEFI: Hewlett-Packard 
           v: L01 v02.53 date: 10/20/2014 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-4590S bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell 
           family: 6 model-id: 3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 1A L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 23945 
           Speed: 1415 MHz min/max: 800/3700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1348 2: 1106 3: 1198 
           4: 1193 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort 
           status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics 
           vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0412 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
           resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Desktop v: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.6 compat-v: 3.0 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio 
           vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 
           chip ID: 8086:0c0c 
           Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:8c20 
           Device-3: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 
           bus ID: 3-5:3 chip ID: 046d:082d serial: <filter> 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-16-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
           port: f080 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:153a 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter 
           vendor: Hewlett-Packard AR5BHB92-H 802.11abgn driver: ath9k v: kernel port: f040 
           bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 168c:002a 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 3.76 TiB used: 2.12 GiB (0.1%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: THNSNJ128GCSU size: 119.24 GiB block size: 
           physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 0101 temp: 28 C 
           scheme: MBR 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Expansion SW size: 3.64 TiB 
           block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: 1801 scheme: GPT 
           ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0 size: 7.27 GiB 
           block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: N/A size: 6.11 GiB used: 2.12 GiB (34.8%) fs: overlay 
           source: ERR-102 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 75.03 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap swappiness: 15 (default 60) 
           cache pressure: 100 (default) dev: /dev/sdb4 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 224 Uptime: 11m Memory: 7.70 GiB used: 1.60 GiB (20.7%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 alt: 8 Shell: quick-system-in 
           running in: quick-system-in inxi: 3.0.36
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Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows

#35 Post by fehlix »

Incogneeto wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 4:08 pm

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System:    Host: <filter> Kernel: 4.19.0-16-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splasht nosplash lang=en_US 
           tz=America/Phoenix fontsize=1.56 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-19.4_x64 patito feo March 31  2021 base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteDesk 800 G1 USDT v: N/A 
           serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 18E5 serial: <filter> UEFI: Hewlett-Packard 
           v: L01 v02.53 date: 10/20/2014 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 3.76 TiB used: 2.12 GiB (0.1%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: THNSNJ128GCSU size: 119.24 GiB block size: 
           physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 0101 temp: 28 C 
           scheme: MBR 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Expansion SW size: 3.64 TiB 
           block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: 1801 scheme: GPT 
           ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0 size: 7.27 GiB 
           block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
OK, you are booting in UEFI mode from LiveUSB. The system drive /dev/sda
is configuered as a MBR partition scheme, which means Windows have been instaled with
BIOS/MBR mode not UEFI mode.
To get an idea where you have installed what,
can you please show partition layout this way
Open terminal and run:

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sudo parted --list
and

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lsblk --fs
Do copy/paste the text-output between those code-tags [code]like this one[/code].
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Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows

#36 Post by Incogneeto »

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 demo@mx1:~/Desktop
$ sudo parted --list
[sudo] password for demo: 
Model: ATA TOSHIBA THNSNJ12 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 128GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      1049kB  53.5MB  52.4MB  primary  ntfs         boot
 2      53.5MB  127GB   127GB   primary  ntfs
 3      127GB   128GB   560MB   primary  ntfs         diag


Model: Seagate Expansion SW (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 4001GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End    Size    File system     Name                  Flags
 1      20.5kB  210MB  210MB   fat32           EFI System Partition  boot, esp
 2      211MB   568GB  568GB   ntfs                                  msftdata
 3      568GB   644GB  75.5GB  ext4            Home
 4      644GB   724GB  80.6GB  linux-swap(v1)  swap
 5      724GB   790GB  65.5GB  ext4            root


Model: Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 7803MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      4129kB  7803MB  7799MB  primary  fat32        boot, lba
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Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows

#37 Post by Incogneeto »

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NAME   FSTYPE   LABEL           UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINT
loop0  squashfs                                                                     /live/linux
sda                                                                                 
├─sda1 ntfs     System Reserved 84FAEC02FAEBEE7C                                    
├─sda2 ntfs                     FAE4EE8AE4EE4889                                    
└─sda3 ntfs                     2832217B32214EDE                                    
sdb                                                                                 
├─sdb1 vfat     EFI             67E3-17ED                                           
├─sdb2 ntfs     Expansion       7222F26922F23229                                    
├─sdb3 ext4     homeMX          22ad228a-bd9a-47f0-95e3-151a13e354cc                
├─sdb4 swap     swapMX          70354cf7-03b6-4a53-899a-065072a2c0b9                [SWAP]
└─sdb5 ext4     rootMX19        0b32a1d3-179e-45dc-9c45-cb36ce20dd35                
sdc                                                                                 
└─sdc1 vfat     KINGSTON        EA14-F594                                           /live/boot-dev
sr0  [lsblk --fs]
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Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows

#38 Post by Incogneeto »

should i make a windows live usb drive
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Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows

#39 Post by Eadwine Rose »

Incogneeto, can you hit the little pencil icon to edit that post with code and add those code tags around it like Fehlix explained?

You can also add comments to the post that way to avoid clutter. Thanks :)
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Re: Help Novice Here How do I log back into Windows

#40 Post by fehlix »

Incogneeto wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 5:57 pm should i make a windows live usb drive
What do want to do with a windows live usb?
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