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    [–] WalJT@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Honestly can't remember the last time I had a bootoader issue. Don't get me wrong, I've broken plenty of other things.

    [–] themelm@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Windows 7 used to thunderfuck grub at random every few updates just to keep everyone on their toes.

    [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

    Nice new verb you got there. Thunderfuck, indeed!

    [–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Did it stop after W7? I feel like it still does this at every opportunity, be that W10 or W11

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

    UEFI boot is why this happens. In MBR, Windows doesn't check or update the MBR magic, thus GRUB is left alone.

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Installed in MBR mode 🤨? Cuz Win7 does support GPT, but not UEFI boot AFAIK.

    [–] themelm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

    Don't remember choosing. Feel like uefi was new fangled at the time.