Solved Dual Boot W10/W11 system - Boot Menu issues


Hairy Scot

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I have a dual boot W10/W11 (W11 Pro 24H2 Build 26100.1742) system with EaseUS and Macrium Reflect Emergency PE entries included in the boot menu.
The boot menu screen was the basic blue version.
Everything was fine until a few days ago when my system started bypassing the menu and going straight info W11.
I ran "bcdedit /set bootmgr displaybootmenu Yes" which reestablished the display of the menu, but on a black screen, not the nice blue one.

How can I get the blue menu back?
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 24H2 Build 26100.2605
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 @ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B560 HD3 (U3E1)
    Memory
    16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel UHD Graphics 750
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio XSplit Stream Audio Renderer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DELL U2718Q, DELL U2913WM, SAMSUNG TV
    Screen Resolution
    3840x2160, 1920x1080, 1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    INTEL SSDSC2BW240A4 (SSD)
    ST31000528AS
    ST6000DM003-2CY186
    ST2000DM001-9YN164
    ST4000DM005-2DP166
    Seagate Expansion SCSI Disk Device (SSD)
Run msconfig (System Configuration). On the Boot tab, which OS is set as the default? Windows 10 or Windows 11? Try setting your Windows 10 as the default.

24H2 has a few rare issues with certain displays, for one of mine it has a pink boot menu only half the width of the screen. On a multi-boot system like this one of mine I only get a normal boot menu if I set the default OS to anything other that 24H2. It is the default OS that is responsible for displaying the boot menu, With Win10 or 23H2 as default there are no problems displaying the boot menu.

If you have this issue, and need 24H2 as the default, then there is another workaround.

cereberus said:
A partial workaround is to run MSCONFIG, select boot tab and check option Base Video and option to Make all boot settings permanent.
This tells the bios to display the graphics screen in a slightly lower resolution (1024x768 on my tablet).
So you get a normal looking screen on bootup albeit it does not fill entire screen but it looks much better than the screen display only using left half.
I cannot say how well this works on very high resolution screens.
My ASUS laptops do not suffer this issue.
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Latest Macrium Reflect 8 updates - post #1,025
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD
    Internet Speed
    50 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge, Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October 2021 it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update, and 24H2 on 3rd October 2024 through Windows Update by setting the Target Release Version for 24H2.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Dev, Beta, and RP 24H2 as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, Canary, and Release Preview builds as a native boot .vhdx.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Latitude E4310
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround. Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package. In-place upgrade to 24H2 using hybrid 23H2/24H2 install media. Also running Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 8GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Dev, Beta, and RP 24H2 as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 8GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, Canary, and Release Preview builds as a native boot .vhdx.
Tried with W10 as default. Made no difference.
I had this happen once before and it seemed to "self correct" after a few days, so since it's not a big deal I'll just live with it asis.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 24H2 Build 26100.2605
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 @ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B560 HD3 (U3E1)
    Memory
    16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel UHD Graphics 750
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio XSplit Stream Audio Renderer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DELL U2718Q, DELL U2913WM, SAMSUNG TV
    Screen Resolution
    3840x2160, 1920x1080, 1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    INTEL SSDSC2BW240A4 (SSD)
    ST31000528AS
    ST6000DM003-2CY186
    ST2000DM001-9YN164
    ST4000DM005-2DP166
    Seagate Expansion SCSI Disk Device (SSD)
See if EasyBCD has a favorable impact:

neosmart.net

EasyBCD

EasyBCD is a software utility for Windows that lets you control and configure the BCD/BOOTMGR bootloader for Windows 7, Windows 10, and Windows 11 for dual-boots.
neosmart.net neosmart.net
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Product : 190A Version : KBC Version 94.56
    Memory
    16 GB Total: Manufacturer : Samsung MemoryType : DDR3 FormFactor : SODIMM Capacity : 8GB Speed : 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Quadro K3100M; Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio CODEC; PNP Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76E0
    Hard Drives
    Model Hitachi HTS727575A9E364
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender
    Other Info
    Mobile Workstation
zbook said:
See if EasyBCD has a favorable impact:

neosmart.net

EasyBCD

EasyBCD is a software utility for Windows that lets you control and configure the BCD/BOOTMGR bootloader for Windows 7, Windows 10, and Windows 11 for dual-boots.
neosmart.net neosmart.net
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Tried fiddling around with that, couldn't find anything relevant.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 24H2 Build 26100.2605
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 @ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B560 HD3 (U3E1)
    Memory
    16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel UHD Graphics 750
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio XSplit Stream Audio Renderer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DELL U2718Q, DELL U2913WM, SAMSUNG TV
    Screen Resolution
    3840x2160, 1920x1080, 1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    INTEL SSDSC2BW240A4 (SSD)
    ST31000528AS
    ST6000DM003-2CY186
    ST2000DM001-9YN164
    ST4000DM005-2DP166
    Seagate Expansion SCSI Disk Device (SSD)

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Product : 190A Version : KBC Version 94.56
    Memory
    16 GB Total: Manufacturer : Samsung MemoryType : DDR3 FormFactor : SODIMM Capacity : 8GB Speed : 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Quadro K3100M; Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio CODEC; PNP Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76E0
    Hard Drives
    Model Hitachi HTS727575A9E364
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender
    Other Info
    Mobile Workstation
Fixed it by using Macrium Reflect boot rescue to recreate BCD then added my EaseUS and Macrium emergency stuff on W10.
Moral of the story seems to be "Don't use W11 24H2 on BCD".

My thanks to all who responded.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 24H2 Build 26100.2605
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 @ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B560 HD3 (U3E1)
    Memory
    16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel UHD Graphics 750
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio XSplit Stream Audio Renderer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DELL U2718Q, DELL U2913WM, SAMSUNG TV
    Screen Resolution
    3840x2160, 1920x1080, 1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    INTEL SSDSC2BW240A4 (SSD)
    ST31000528AS
    ST6000DM003-2CY186
    ST2000DM001-9YN164
    ST4000DM005-2DP166
    Seagate Expansion SCSI Disk Device (SSD)
You can also issue BCDEDIT /EXPORT ....... to save and BCDEDIT /IMPORT ...... to restore the BCD.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex 3070
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9500T CPU @ 2.20GHz, 220
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 Pro 512GB Disk drive
    Keyboard
    HID Keyboard Device
    Mouse
    HID-compliant mouse
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Defender
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