Hi! I installed linux mint in dual boot with windows 10. I booted into linux, checked it out---all good. I booted into windows, and the clock was 4 hours off and the display was 1024 x 768---greyed out. I right clicked the desktop and a message appeared saying no amd driver was installed. My computer is an AMD a10-5800k with built-in graphics radeon hd 7660d. The motherboard is an asus f2a55-m lk. I tried driver booster and it installed a driver---or so it seemed. Same message about no driver installed. I tried to update the driver through device manager---no go. I uninstalled the driver through device manger, and installed the amd catalyst control center. Same. What the hell happened? More important, how do I fix this? The only restore point I have is from driver booster's install. Any and all responses will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
You can fix Windows. Did it work final when you installed first ? If yes, insert the Windows 10 DVD and do an sfc /scannow command through CMD. It should fix broken files. Take a backup + create a restore point before you try.
There is an option to Reset Windows using Windows DVD. I hope you are aware that it will make your Windows as if it is just installed ( removes all existing software as well ). If you are interested, give it a try.
Thanks for the response. 2 days before this,there was a power outage for 3 seconds during a storm. It restarted with no problems, but now I'm wondering if my surge protector didn't work properly, and a surge got through. No problems appeared until I set up the dual boot. I think this because I've noticed the light blinking now and then on the protector. If that's the problem, I guess I need a new computer. It's working, but now somethings wrong. Any ideas on this? I've tried every way I can think of to install the display driver. Thanks.
Personally, I don't like the typical dual boot scenario.
Too many things to go wrong and if not an expert with Windows, well, often a reinstall the cure.
IMO, a better scenario is to run Linux virtually.
A plus is that if your hardware is sufficient, a virtual Linux can be accessed at the same time Windows is open, running both at the same time.
I did this years ago on lesser hardware, but today I prefer to boot Puppy Linux from a USB flash drive (with Win 10 installed on my SSD).
Thanks for the response. I'm going to try the reset, and if that doesn't work I'm going to wipe the drive and start over. I figure I'll try this before I buy a new computer so I'll know if it's the computer itself. Thanks.
Finally back. I tried the reset and the same. I wiped the drive, reinstalled---and no problems. I'm going to wait until next weekend to try the dual boot again. Then I'll know windows 10 does something when the grub boot is installed.
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