Linux installed on wrong drive, broke windows

[suchamoneypit]

I have an SSD and HDD, I installed linux (Ubuntu latest version) off a USB. When I went to install to get a dual boot it detected my windows 10 and I did install alongside. Windows 10 was on my SSD, with a partition on the HDD for other data. Linux installed itself on the HDD for some reason (which has no install of windows) and it added all of it's partitions to a 500GB unallocated chunk I had on the HDD. This set the HDD to MBR and now when I select windows boot manager from grub, it gives  me a blue screen saying winload.efi is missing and now I have two separate OS on two separate drives.

 

Is there an easy way to fix this? Im not literate with Linux, please include thorough directions for advice/instructions. For example on windows you can simply say "Oh just open disk managaement and delete your partition" because I know all those tools, whereas on Ubuntu I have no idea.

[suchamoneypit]

Worth noting if I unplug the HDD windows boots fine other than me having to desktop and some files that were set to store on the HDD.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

1 minute ago, suchamoneypit said:

Worth noting if I unplug the HDD windows boots fine other than me having to desktop and some files that were set to store on the HDD.

You've still got the USB right?

 

Boot off the USB

Just use the ubuntu disk utility (gparted) to delete your bad partitions.

 

If for some reason it's not installed default on your ubuntu (it should be): https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/natty/gparted/

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

This might help:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

[piemadd]

3 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

Worth noting if I unplug the HDD windows boots fine other than me having to desktop and some files that were set to store on the HDD.

Boot up the pc w/o the he'd, then plug it in while running (LOOK THIS UP TO SEE IF IT IS SAFE TO DO)

 

then backup ur files off of it, wipe the drive, and install Linux w/o the had plugged in. U should have no problemo

[carzacc]

Unplug the Windows HDD, boot off USB selecting the right option in the boot menu (UEFI boot vs BIOS/legacy boot) and use gparted to create a partition table that is the same as the one on the HDD(GPT or MBR) and when installing,PLEASE! Use manual partitioning so you know what's happening, create a relatively small root partition(/) and a much bigger /home partition.

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Do you have backups? Use them

[NTDaws]

Plugging the drive in to your computer is fine while it is already on. Just check in your bios if you have the hot swap option enabled for drives. But you don't really need it.

[Technomancer__]

Linus installed on wrong drive and not working?

thats beacouse you need a PB to install him he wont fit on a peasant 500gb drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

says the guy that still has a 80 GB HDD

[suchamoneypit]

17 hours ago, Ethocreeper said:

Linus installed on wrong drive and not working?

thats beacouse you need a PB to install him he wont fit on a peasant 500gb drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

says the guy that still has a 80 GB HDD

I never said Linux wasn't working.

 

its a 2TB WD Black drive. Its a 500GB Partition.

[suchamoneypit]

I'll try out your suggestions soon, thanks everyone.

[Technomancer__]

6 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

I never said Linux wasn't working.

 

its a 2TB WD Black drive. Its a 500GB Partition.

its a joke read more carefully at the beggining