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Why doesn't Linux Manjaro start after installation?
Hello!
I decided to try out Linux on an old laptop, it has long been suggested. I stopped at Manjaro, smoked forums, what and how, downloaded the installer from offsite and made the flash bootable through rufus.
I launched the installer, acted step by step according to the instructions, and at the moment where you need to select the installation disk - I decided to settle next to Windows on C. - the installation ended successfully, it asks to restart the computer - I restart - Windows. No options.
I think, well, ok, maybe I missed it and installed it on a flash drive with a fright. I repeated the same thing, installed it on drive D - restart. Again, only Windows.
And what is most interesting, if you go to "This computer" - I have 76GB C and D disks there! (I have one 500GB screw divided into 2 virtuals). Those. The installer broke the disks, installed something somewhere, but does not want to start the OS.
There is no choice of system anywhere, neither before launch nor in the BIOS - there is one Windows, no options.
Actually, maybe someone has met with this before, or have thoughts on how to launch Manjaro? Or at least return the disks to their place without the full format?)
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Brrrrrr... Stop.
From the very beginning.
Any linux normally will never stand on NTFS. Before you install anything or in your case do something - Download Gparted and see how many logical disks you currently have on the screw. Most likely Linux did not manage to partition your disk due to the limit of 4 Main partitions on one physical medium.
Try to transfer what you can from Drive D to Drive C (expand drive C if necessary)
. And then during installation, select an empty partition for installation from which you transferred information.
And further . A couple of years ago, I encountered a situation that my Grab did not want to load a partition with linux from a logical disk. If you just play around, then 100 gigs is enough. Leave everything else on NTFS. Linukhs quietly work with NTFS lately.
Microsoft has a bad relationship with linux, it easily overwrites the bootloader for any reason. Linux can run windows but not vice versa.
The simplest and most correct solution is to place grub on another physical disk, even a flash drive, but linux root itself can be placed anywhere, even in a file on ntfs (there was also such a form of installation almost default for playing around, of course inefficient but working)
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