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Reset boot for a P2V Windows 11 disk
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Copy disk (eg `disk2vhd` then `Vboxmanage clonemedium`) | |
- access VM commandline (eg. use a win11 installation disk and select "repair" | |
- in the VM use `diskpart` to list volumes, find system one and assign letter=Z | |
- format system volume (`format Z: /q`) | |
- use `bcdboot C:\Windows /s Z:` | |
- reboot VM | |
(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/bcdboot-command-line-options-techref-di?view=windows-11) | |
See also: | |
https://askubuntu.com/questions/429610/uninstall-grub-and-use-windows-bootloader | |
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This answer is for those with UEFI who have deleted the Ubuntu partitions before removing grub | |
You will be doing this from Windows 10. No bootable media required. | |
Where bootrec /fixmbr, bootsect /nt60 and the Ubuntu live with the boot-repair suggestions have failed, this has worked for me: | |
(This answer borrowed verbatim from here) | |
Run a cmd.exe process with administrator privileges | |
Run diskpart | |
Type: list disk then sel disk X where X is the drive your boot files reside on | |
Type list vol to see all partitions (volumes) on the disk (the EFI volume will be formatted in FAT, others will be NTFS) | |
Select the EFI volume by typing: sel vol Y where Y is the SYSTEM volume (this is almost always the EFI partition) | |
For convenience, assign a drive letter by typing: assign letter=Z: where Z is a free (unused) drive letter | |
Type exit to leave disk part | |
While still in the cmd prompt, type: Z: and hit enter, where Z was the drive letter you just created. | |
Type dir to list directories on this mounted EFI partition | |
If you are in the right place, you should see a directory called EFI | |
Type cd EFI and then dir to list the child directories inside EFI | |
Type rmdir /S ubuntu to delete the ubuntu boot directory | |
Assuming you only ever had two operating systems (Win 10 & Ubuntu) you should now be able to boot directly to Windows without hitting the black grub screen. | |
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