Dual boot menu missing or not showing
Choose an operating system screen missing on dual boot Windows computer.
If Dual boot menu or Choose an operating system screen is missing or not showing on a dual-boot Windows 11/10, then restore it & set a default OS by following these suggestions. Boot menus can be restored from within Windows 11/10: Since you will be using the advanced recovery and running system commands, make sure you know what you are doing.
1] BCDEdit Command
BCDEdit is a command-line tool for managing Boot Configuration Data (BCD). It can add remove, add options to the boot menu. Open Command Prompt with elevated privileges Type and execute the command — The boot menu will appear if you reboot the computer. In case it still doesn’t appear, then you will have to manually add the boot path so it will enable the boot menu as well. First, make a note of the drive on which you have installed the second copy. Next, boot into Advanced Recovery, and choose the command-line option. Add boot options for the missing Windows OS by executing the following command. Assuming D is the drive on which the missing Windows. Reboot the PC. Now, the boot menu will show them both.
2] Advanced System Settings
Type Advanced System Settings in the Start menuView advanced system settings option will appear; click to open it.Once System Properties is open, switch to the Advanced tabClick on Settings under Start and Recovery.It will display a list of OS installed on the computer.Select one of them from the dropdown, and set it as default
It will re-enable the boot selection menu in case it was removed for a reason. I hope the post helped you get back to the boot menu, and you can boot into the one you need. Related reads:
