Noob questions about rEFInd

[Jim Watson]

I have a dual boot Win10 Win11 system.
In my BCD I have the Windows systems with EaseUS and Macrium recovery PEs.
I decided to use rEFInd because of issues I was having with Windows Boot Manager but unfortunately rEFInd puts me back into Windows Boot Manager.
Is there a way I can have rEFInd allow me to drop the Windows Boot Manager and handle the four items I want to use?

Slàinte mhath
Jim
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[Roy Rodgers]

I solved a similar problem by always booting from a usb thumb drive (set
in UFEI boot san disk partition1 on motherboard configuration screen) -
I have win 10 on first partition of an old 1GB  hard disk 2nd partition
NTFS, windows 11 on an 120 gb ssd and opensuse tumbleweed on a 220gb ssd.

I have 3 fat 32 partitions 1 refind 2 rescuezilla 3 system rescue CD 
refind detects all and if I add another ssd/hd with another OS or plug
in a linux distro live cd on a usb it detects everything.

I can easily back up/restore any partition/drive to The NTFS partition
on the 1gb HD from refind boot menu

regards

roy

On 5/20/25 8:26 AM, Jim Watson wrote:

I have a dual boot Win10 Win11 system.
In my BCD I have the Windows systems with EaseUS and Macrium recovery PEs.
I decided to use rEFInd because of issues I was having with Windows
Boot Manager but unfortunately rEFInd puts me back into Windows Boot
Manager.
Is there a way I can have rEFInd allow me to drop the Windows Boot
Manager and handle the four items I want to use?

Slàinte mhath
Jim
[6758c711-5067-4b61-bfc6-83f11b60f0d1]

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[Jim Watson]

Thanks for the info Roy.
My minor issues with Windows Boot Manager really don't justify undertaking that type of solution.

Slàinte mhath
Jim

[dakanji]

When multiple instances of Windows are present on the same unit, there can be problems with using third party loaders such as rEFInd if disks holding existing instances were not disconnected before installing subsequent instances (such as when installed on the same disk).

A way to get around this is outlined below:
https://www.toptensoftware.com/blog/booting-multiple-windows-with-refind

If the link is broken, as it currently is for me, try the Wayback Machine :
https://51.159.194.213/web/20250113191514/https://www.toptensoftware.com/blog/booting-multiple-windows-with-refind/?__cpo=aHR0cHM6Ly93ZWIuYXJjaGl2ZS5vcmc

Link was found by @ qarachi :
https://github.com/RefindPlusRepo/RefindPlus/discussions/197