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Dual boot Pop_OS alongside Windows 10

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Hi, am having trouble setting up dual boot between Windows 10 and Pop OS. I installed Pop alongside my existing windows install. I can swap between each OS fine if i change the boot order in BIOS, so both OS's are installed fine, but when in the boot manager Pop OS is not listed. I have each OS installed on different drives (so not partitioned on a single drive).

What i think i need from researching is to install GRUB as a boot manager as i think the windows boot manager only detects windows, is that right??? but honestly im not sure and cant seem to find a GRUB download or a clearer explanation of what exactly i need to do.

 

Anyone able to help?

Thanks in advance.

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Yes, the windows boot manager only detects different installations of Windows 7, 8, 10, 11, and its other variants such as server or professional, etc. 

 

GRUB is likely your what you need. I am not a linux user at all, but maybe this video will help?

This guy is using windows 7 and Ubuntu instead (Pop! OS is based on Ubuntu, I have no clue if this will work though), and this is purely a suggestion that you need to look into yourself.

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If you’re on UEFI machine I suggest give rEFInd a try, it will auto detect kernel from your drive. 

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