I use a USB HDD to boot into an installed Linux distro. When I do not want to use Win 7, I shutdown and lug in the USB HDD. Not problems until yesterday when I was logged in and checked for updates. Some of the updates had the word Grub in them which I know is the boot loader.
If I did not have the USB HDD plugged in my PC would boot into Win 7. Ever since this update, I now have to have the USB HDD plugged in and select the partition that has Win 7 on it in order to get to Windows. If I do not have the USB HDD plugged, I get a blank screen with a cursor in the upper left and have to shut down and insert the USB HDD.
This update also hosed my Linux install, but I can get into it by booting into advanced options and choosing a different version to boot into.
I would like to get Windows boot issue fixed before I do anything with the Linux boot issue.
Do I need to do a boot sector repair? Never done this.
Thanks