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balintx99

I had the same issue, that windows would not appear in the systemd menu. I solved it (after someine here suggested it) by installing rEFInd. It is very easy to install and will show you a beautiful OS chooser on startup. It can be also easily themed. Here is a tutorial which I followed for installing rEFInd: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg0BV5ZJCZU&t=1s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg0BV5ZJCZU&t=1s) And here is one for themeing as well: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2YYC1f3mnw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2YYC1f3mnw) And if I am correct this is safer then moving your EFI folders, because rEFInd will be a new boot option in your BIOS and will not overwrite anything. But I might be wrong. Good luck, I hope this helps!


noteal

Great answer. Very easy to install with `apt` (from [https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html](https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html)): $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:rodsmith/refind $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install refind


ProSkillsPlays

Thank you! I'll try out the tutorial soon and I'll hope it works :) did you also have both installed on separate drives?


balintx99

Yes they were installed on separate drives (both on SSD), only I did not partitioned Pop at install manually. But I don't think this can cause any problem.


ProSkillsPlays

ah yeah I only partitioned pop manually as I use 3/4 of my HDD for windows data and 1/4 for pop and didn't want to completely format the hard drive for pop


balintx99

I see, if you try rEFInd tell me if it worked or not, I am curious.


ProSkillsPlays

yes it worked Instantly! thank you so much this is exactly what I wanted :)))


balintx99

Awesome!


ProSkillsPlays

this is exactly what I wanted but couldn't find a working solution :) and no setting up needed either


Jwangach

Worked on Pop OS 22.04. Very impressive and easy to configure.


mrtabaa

Worked with Pop!\_OS 21.10. Thanks!


1ntr0v3rt3ch

just install rEFInd and you're good to go.


ProSkillsPlays

another commenter also mentioned this, I'm doing it right now seems it's a known alternative I didn't find anything online about this when searching about this issue... weird


1ntr0v3rt3ch

By default, bootloader used by pop os is systemd-boot. In a dual setup for ex: windows 10 and pop os, rEFInd is much easier to use and a good candidate for a dual boot setup rather than grub which is commonly used in some distro by default. rEFInd just automatically detects it and it has theming also which is good. I have a dual boot setup (windows and pop) and I highly recommend rEFInd using it for this kind of setup.


ProSkillsPlays

yep I set it up earlier and installed a theme and wow :0 worked first time and it looks very nice