It does sound a bit mysterious.
I think the main issue is to decide if the problem is hardware or software.
Since the problem occurred right after a software update -- most people would lean towards a software problem.
However, I lean towards a hardware problem. Because :
1) You cannot even get into bios.
Many Dell computers have a built in hardware diagnostic to spot hardware problems. If you have a Dell, it may be useful to run this check,
Often a spare Dvd or CD rom can be obtained cheaply. . I can find an abundance of these surplus in Spokane., A quick swap of the DVD drive would eliminate a simple DVD problem, However, if you cannot get in bios- the DVD drive may not be the problem.,
It would be useful to know if your power supply is putting out the correct voltages, Often a power supply checkers can be obtained cheaply.
Another technique is to obtain a copy of Hirem's boot cd and boot into a pseudo version of Win XP. If you cannot do this, it is probably a hardware problem,
I hope this helps,
Justin
From: "Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies]" <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com>
To: "Linux Canuck linuxcanuck@yahoo.ca [LINUX_Newbies]" <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 5:06 AM
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Linux and Windows 10 problems
On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 11:41:55AM +0000, Linux Canuck linuxcanuck@yahoo.ca [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>
> A bit of history. I had windows 8.1 and Mint 17.2 installed side by side...everything worked fine. I got my upgrade to windows 10 and things work til this week. I lost my grub boot. That would not be so bad, but I also lost the boot menu where you pick what drive you want to use. So, I tried to run the Mint live disk and can't get it to run....can't get into the bios either. This has me stumped. I have to get access to the bios or I can't do anything. F2 and f12 don't work either. Some help please.
> Jim wa9arb
>
There is probably some way to get into the BIOS. You might try doing that
and seeing if secure boot is enabled. Or, perhaps Windows 10 has some new
thing or changed the partitioning enough to break things.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/665445/upgraded-to-windows-10-on-dual-boot-and-cant-boot-to-ubuntu-partition
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>
> A bit of history. I had windows 8.1 and Mint 17.2 installed side by side...everything worked fine. I got my upgrade to windows 10 and things work til this week. I lost my grub boot. That would not be so bad, but I also lost the boot menu where you pick what drive you want to use. So, I tried to run the Mint live disk and can't get it to run....can't get into the bios either. This has me stumped. I have to get access to the bios or I can't do anything. F2 and f12 don't work either. Some help please.
> Jim wa9arb
>
There is probably some way to get into the BIOS. You might try doing that
and seeing if secure boot is enabled. Or, perhaps Windows 10 has some new
thing or changed the partitioning enough to break things.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/665445/upgraded-to-windows-10-on-dual-boot-and-cant-boot-to-ubuntu-partition
--
Scott Robbins
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gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6
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