Thanks very much On Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 22:45 Helmut Walle <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >
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