Recently, I’ve installed QubesOS. Before installing it, I had a Windows 11 installation. I wanted to install QubesOS alongside Windows 11, so I shrunk the Windows 11 partition. I then proceeded to install QubesOS using this method:
Now that QubesOS is installed alongside Windows 11, the bootloader installed with QubesOS doesn’t give me the entry option to boot to Windows boot manager.
How can I fix this?
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Yes, I know the screenshot isn’t from QubesOS, it’s from the Fedora installer, however I just use this screenshot as an example, since it’s the most similar thing to the QubesOS installer.
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Do you use UEFI or Legacy BIOS boot mode?
Do you have the Windows boot entry in BIOS? Try to change boot order there so Windows will boot first.
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I’m using UEFI, with legacy disabled. I’ll see if I can boot to Windows boot manager using the BIOS menu.
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Windows belongs in a VM.
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It does, but so far I need graphics acceleration on Windows, therefore I require myself to use Windows 11 and QubesOS installed in the same laptop. My ThinkPad doesn’t have two GPUs, so therefore I cannot have a Windows VM for now and erase the existing Windows installation.
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If the UEFI SETUP doesn’t show the Windows Boot Manager partition, you should use a Windows Recovery Disk. It has an option to find that hidden partition and add the “Windows Boot Manager” option back to the UEFI boot menu.
If you don’t have such a disk, the Windows installation images from Microsoft should work, there’s a “repair” option
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