Dual Boot Struggles
On a beautiful day, I was minding my own business, tinkering around on my computer and suddenly… Pitch black! Power outage. All electronics go dark, and I have to resort to pre-digital-era distractions until the power’s back. No big deal. Some time passes and the power is finally restored. Back in my comfy seat, ready to pick up my digital wandering where it got interrupted, I press the power button and eagerly wait. Few seconds later, I’m greeted with an unfamiliar boot menu. It definitely isn’t Grub, to my surprise. It’s the Windows bootloader1… How? Why? Where did my beloved Arch installation go? And just like that, down the rabbit hole I dove in pursuit of a plausible explanation for this mystery. But before I take you down with me through this tortuous investigation, I think I need to lay down some foundational context first. ...