Hi Steve, sorry to hear about health and energy - all the best for improvements in that regard!
(U)EFI dual boot can become tricky with some combinations. Which Windows version do you have? And can you still boot the Linux system? Why does the error message read "Failed to load image \EFI\ubunti\grubx64.efi: Volume Corrupt"? More specifically, is it really meant to be "ubunti", as opposed to "ubuntu"? I am not a Ubuntu expert by any measure, but doesn't this look odd? I am afraid I don't have a straight and proven solution to this issue, but maybe some pointers, and you may already be aware of these points, but just to cover some work-arounds: * If you can still boot the Linux system you should be able to mount the Windows partition to get your data. * If you can't boot your Linux system directly from the HD you may still be able to boot from external storage (e.g., USB pen drive) and start the Linux system on your HD from there. Or at least you could get access to both Linux and Windows data via booting from USB storage. * How much work would it be to re-install both systems? I appreciate you are not keen on that. When I had a stuck system that I could not get back to booting Windows after three attempts of running different flavours of Windows repair, I have copied off all data via USB boot, and then reinstalled both systems. If the systems include a lot of customisation and installed software, that may end up taking much time, though... Besides these generic points, I have noticed some problems with UEFI dual-booting Linux/Windows a few months ago, and I have since been unable to boot the Windows 7 system. I ended up re-installing both OpenSUSE Linux Leap 15.2 and Windows 7, however I still haven't been able to get the Windows 7 part of the affair to boot. But the symptoms here are different from yours - my Windows goes BSOD when booting; Windows Safe Mode does not help either in my case. Kind regards, Helmut. On 13/02/2021 13:58, Steve Brorens wrote: > Hi, > > Had a very sweet dual boot system on my T490 working for the last year or > more. Today, did a > "reboot" on the windows side and up came up: > > Unexpected return from initial read: Volume Corrupt, buffersize 1000. > > Failed to load image \EFI\ubunti\grubx64.efi: Volume Corrupt > > start_image() returned Volume Corrupt > > My health and energy is currently quite bad, I simply can't face the hassle > of chasing this myself. > > If you or one you know can help out - or if you know of a commercial service > that could do this > please get back to me. > > I care about OS and data on both L and W, so just reformatting and > reinstalling is not something > I'll be doing. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
