I have a Dell Laptop running windows 10 and boots via UEFI. I have installed Remix OS beta (64 bit version) several times on the HDD using the Remix program available when downloading from their website. Apart from one occasion only, Remix usually hung and I remained patient, waiting for a version that would work. That happened with the latest version (2.0.403) i.e Remix finally works and the OS boots up normally. However (as is usually the case with life in general) whilst Remix works, when selecting windows from the Grub loader it says that it cannot find the path to windows and I cannot boot into windows. I appreciate that this is a Android forum but this problem is specific to Remix I think and some entry in the grub loader and as such I turn to this forum in case anyone has any ideas so that I can fix the grub loader or whatever and be able to boot into windows - I am of course happy that I can boot into Remix but I also still need my windows!
Thanks a lot in advance
Andrew
did you installed them in 2 separate hard drive?
and your computer use bios or uefi.
if it is uefi you should check if the old windows boot loader is still here.
and if it is 2hdd you should boot directly to windows hard drive. by changing your boot settings.
tailslol said:
did you installed them in 2 separate hard drive?
and your computer use bios or uefi.
if it is uefi you should check if the old windows boot loader is still here.
and if it is 2hdd you should boot directly to windows hard drive. by changing your boot settings.
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Thanks. They are on 1 hdd and it is UEFI. I don't know how to check if old boot loader is there but I have tried the repair option on the windows CD/USB including repair MBR without any luck. So I think the old boot loader is gone and replaced by Grub.
Ajd34b said:
Thanks. They are on 1 hdd and it is UEFI. I don't know how to check if old boot loader is there but I have tried the repair option on the windows CD/USB including repair MBR without any luck. So I think the old boot loader is gone and replaced by Grub.
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to see if the bootloader is still here you should go to your uefi and boot option.
it is generaly holding del while booting to acces it.
you should see in boot windows boot loader and grub.
you should be able to switch them
if your windows installation is not gone.
tailslol said:
to see if the bootloader is still here you should go to your uefi and boot option.
it is generaly holding del while booting to acces it.
you should see in boot windows boot loader and grub.
you should be able to switch them
if your windows installation is not gone.
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Thanks. On the Dell laptop it is F12 and there is an option under UEFI BOOT to choose Windows Boot Manager but selecting this goes to the Grub Loader. I need somehow to edit the Grub loader to point it back to where windows is residing unless Remix has deleted the windows partition??
Ajd34b said:
Thanks. On the Dell laptop it is F12 and there is an option under UEFI BOOT to choose Windows Boot Manager but selecting this goes to the Grub Loader. I need somehow to edit the Grub loader to point it back to where windows is residing unless Remix has deleted the windows partition??
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yes if you used command lines to install remix ,it can format the boot loader partition...
i hope this will help you.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/33433/restore-the-windows-boot-loader-after-an-ubuntu-update/
edit; here win 10
https://blog.d0zingcat.xyz/2015/09/28/Windows/How to repair the EFI Bootloader in Windows 10/
tailslol said:
yes if you used command lines to install remix ,it can format the boot loader partition...
i hope this will help you.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/33433/restore-the-windows-boot-loader-after-an-ubuntu-update/
edit; here win 10
https://blog.d0zingcat.xyz/2015/09/28/Windows/How to repair the EFI Bootloader in Windows 10/
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Many thanks although this did not work. Clearly something went wrong when Remix was installed but I cannot understand what exactly. Anyway, I feel that I should not trouble this forum further since it seems like a problem now more to do with a corrupted Windows or Grub Boot loader issue than a Android issue. What I was hoping in particular was that someone had had the same issue after installing Remix and how therefore they dealt with it but it doesn't seem that this is the case. Looks like I am the only (un)lucky one!
Thanks again
Andrew
Ajd34b said:
Many thanks although this did not work. Clearly something went wrong when Remix was installed but I cannot understand what exactly. Anyway, I feel that I should not trouble this forum further since it seems like a problem now more to do with a corrupted Windows or Grub Boot loader issue than a Android issue. What I was hoping in particular was that someone had had the same issue after installing Remix and how therefore they dealt with it but it doesn't seem that this is the case. Looks like I am the only (un)lucky one!
Thanks again
Andrew
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UPDATE: I placed a Windows 7 installation disk in the laptop and turned it on (as I had read that trying to use the bootfix from a USB may not work). The laptop then started to boot windows 10 normally and by-passed the Grub loader! I cannot explain how this is possible but once Windows booted I uninstalled Remix. I rebooted and the Grub loader was gone. I then installed Remix 3 (as I am a sucker for punishment) and the new Grub loader works fine - the laptop now boots into Windows & Remix!
Thanks for those who replied
Regards
Andrew
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Hello there,
I was trying to boot up Remix OS but was facing some problems.
When I try to install Resident Mode or Guest Mode, it says -
Code:
Checking Data Partition....
ANDROID
And it gets stuck there.
I am running Windows 10 Pro 64-bit at the moment. Anyway I can install?
Check Your PC Legacy Or EFi, Choose ISO according to your PC.
Disable secure boot in bios setting.
If you boot via pendrive so format pendrive format 32
Also Check :-
check this link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYWY7NadNzU (Dual Boot Method )
Ash110 said:
Hello there,
I was trying to boot up Remix OS but was facing some problems.
When I try to install Resident Mode or Guest Mode, it says -
Code:
Checking Data Partition....
ANDROID
And it gets stuck there.
I am running Windows 10 Pro 64-bit at the moment. Anyway I can install?
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Can you boot in to guest mode? If successfull, when you boot in Resident mode, the Os have to create a data file which contains apps and setting. Please wait for 5 min, after that you will boot into Remix Os.
android os takes a lot of time in the first boot and this os some kind of big so you'll need to wait buddy
tamkien said:
Can you boot in to guest mode? If successfull, when you boot in Resident mode, the Os have to create a data file which contains apps and setting. Please wait for 5 min, after that you will boot into Remix Os.
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No, neither Resident nor Guest are working. Both get stuck there
Moonitta121 said:
android os takes a lot of time in the first boot and this os some kind of big so you'll need to wait buddy
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Oh, I've been waiting for 30 hrs xD
I have the same issue. I run a computer with intel i5 and a nvidia 970. I read somewhere that remix OS has hard time with nvidia graphic cards at the moment
Same here with a AMD E350 Netbook
Hey guys! Got it running by using this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3328350
I installed remix using the grub method with the /remix directory and it didn't boot, so then I decided to just remove it but ubuntu booted (completely, as in the boot logo and all) to a black screen. Is there a way I can fix this?
John
Jhnoth said:
I installed remix using the grub method with the /remix directory and it didn't boot, so then I decided to just remove it but ubuntu booted (completely, as in the boot logo and all) to a black screen. Is there a way I can fix this?
John
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Did you install grub in the installation process? and does the ubuntu logo still show up?
If you mean did I run grub update configuration, then yes. The logo shows up sometimes, like when I load generic 3.0.19 (not sure if correct).
If you mean did run grub update then yes, and the logo shows up sometime, like with generic 3.smth.19
I think it's 3.0.19
Sorry for double post, Android keyboard glitch....
Jhnoth said:
Sorry for double post, Android keyboard glitch....
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I guess may be you'll have to boot with a live cd(something like ubuntu live),then chroot into your hard disk's ubuntu installation and run 'update-grub'..
how will it help? I've ran it in root, in recovery mode
hello guys today i was getting this error while trying to boot into windows using remix os boot manager ..! i'm getting this error message "failed to load efi image/ remix x64/grubx64 invalid parameter" NOTE : THIS MESSAGE MIGHT NOT BE ACCURATE BECAUSE THAT WAS TOO FAST TO NOTICE it just pops and goes away BTW remix os boots fine
i tried setting boot priority to window boot manager from bios it worked for i.e " windows booted "after sometime i did my work and restarted my laptop then it just uses remix os boot manager and not the windows boot manager even after setting windows boot manager as the first priority
please help ..! video : https://youtu.be/omYoJEcdrFg
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Insert the Live dvd of Windows and boot into it, after finish loading and choose language click on "repair" > command prompt > and enter these two lines :
Bootrec /fixmbr (enter)
Bootrec /fixboot (enter)
And restart
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I have the same issue on my computer which is a surface pro 3 what do I do if I don't have a disk drive?
matthew.evans99 said:
I have the same issue on my computer which is a surface pro 3 what do I do if I don't have a disk drive?
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If you're running Windows 10 : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Download, make a USB stick of the Windows 10 installation
Put USB stick in your Surface Pro 3
Before powering on the Surface, hold down the Vol Down button, press power to turn it on, when the SURFACE logo pops up, let go of the Vol Down button to access your USB.
Follow the steps from Xkirnel99's post.
Didn't work
I tried booting with the USB and entering those entries into the command prompt twice but I'm still getting the same error when I try to boot into Windows
Same problem here, any new info?
Just a question that I have. Are you using GRUB Bootloader to choose between the OSes or are you using Windows GUI Bootloader? If you are using GRUB, press "c" when you enter the GRUB Menu and copy the code that you see here.
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matthew.evans99 said:
I tried booting with the USB and entering those entries into the command prompt twice but I'm still getting the same error when I try to boot into Windows
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Check if you are using Legacy or UEFI BIOS Mode. If you are using UEFI, try making a bootable USB using Rufus set to "GPT partition for UEFI" and FAT32. Now, try running the commands after booting from it.
Using the grub boot loader, I can acess both os through the bios, but not the grab.
Working
I couldn't figure out how to get into Windows that way but I put a Android x86 boot USB and selected windows from that and it worked. Then I reinstalled windows without loosing files and that got rid of grub and it boots normally now
please help me i have same problem!!
So, I done this again, I was trying to install remix os. Since my pen drive was full of documents and the spare one was not at home, I tried installing it on my hdd and now I'm ****ed. I did it the "unofficial" was using easybcd 2.3 .
The whole process is given below. 1 - made a 18 gb partition. 2 - copied content of the iso into the drive. 3 - made a new entry in easybcd. 4 - rebooted pc and the problem started,
The problem is that I don't get the option to choose between Windows or remix os. I can't boot from my windows disk because the keyboard is not recognized by the system. Can't choose between guest or resident mode. Since my keyboArd is not working, it boots into residence more after 20-30 seconds. It gets struck on the remix os logo. Been there since then.
Don't known what to do, maybe have to take my system to an engineer.
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks !
Hmm..
Thats wierd... I tried the easybcd options ones or twice..
If you add boot ISO.. then your first default boot should still be Windows
Perhaps a different Keyboard? its win8... So a mouse should work if you have the metro bootloader
Anyway... If you have Windows Install Disk... you can use Recovery console..
https://neosmart.net/wiki/recovering-windows-bootloader/
A better/quicker? solution.. Hirens Bootcd.. Mini WinXP... then edit BCEdit
But whats your hardware?
Can you access grub? When you get option quest/resisdend Try hitting keyboard : Tab (try adding DEBUG=1 to boot parameter)
Goodluck..
Thanks but
Thanks for the reply. But the problem is that I can't access grub. My keyboard doesn't work when I'm at choosing whether I want to use best mode or residence mode. I wait for 30 seconds and then it automatically boots into residence mode. When the remix os logo appears my keyboard starts working. I can turn on caps and num lock. But what's the use of it ? Also, I have a p/s 2 keyboard. I have asked my father to bring a usb keyboard. If that works , I would boot into guest mode that seems to be working for other people. I would also try changing the default boot system to Windows.