daz wrote:I did find this too:
https://pw999.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/ ... d-of-grub/
Could give this a try? Would it help my situation?
Let's put it this way: That's the approach I was going to suggest to be able to boot Linux again - eventually, after the update problem itself is solved.
Unfortunately it wouldn't help with the issue at hand (GRUB being the primary boot loader). Furthermore, doing this requires the Windows boot loader to come first. OK, "required" might be a little exaggerated, but otherwise it wouldn't make any sense (boot GRUB, then load BCD from that to be able to boot to GRUB/Linux again is ... quite useless).
EDIT:Also what if I use BOOTICE to change the active partition to the windows partition? That way MBR may load BCD first?
That's one of the required steps I indicated above. My guess is that it wouldn't be enough because it's necessary that the MBR loads something from that partition: the PBR, or partition boot record, I call it a partition boot sector. Meaning that after changing the active partition you would have to install the boot sector to your Windows partition to be able to boot into Windows again. That's what the mentioned bootrec.exe (from a Windows Live-/Setup DVD) can help with (/fixboot and maybe /fixmbr switches in particular).
Regards
Dalai