(SOLVED) Linux mint stuck at logo after installing Windows

[Abaw245]

Hello,as the title suggest I'm currently stuck at the Linux Mint logo whenever I boot into it.

For context, I have 3 separate drives, one for data,one for Linux mint and another one for windows 10.
I decided to wipe the windows 10 drive and install 11 on it and everything seemed to be working, I installed the updates and then set grub as the first boot option on the bios, but everytime I try to boot into Linux mint it just hangs at the logo for a few minutes and then goes into emergency mode.
I have tried recovery mode but it either gets stuck or glitches out and doesn't work in the end.
I know I could just reinstall Linux mint and solve my problem, but I really don't want to spend hours backing up everything and then reinstalling all my programs.
Any help is highly appreciated

Machine details:
Acer nitro 5 an515-56
16gb ram
Nvidia GTX 1650
Using Linux mint 21 cinnamon

[Dan-cer]

Are you familiar with the bios / uefi settings? If so, go in there. There is a specific button for your PC. In these settings go to "Boot" (or similar name) and select Linux Mint (probably: "ubuntu") for the top priority. Then press F10, confirm and reboot.

After that Linux should boot first. In Linux open the terminal and type:

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sudo update-grub

You should see in the output that Windows boot manager is listed. After the next reboot the grub menu should be there again.

Plan B

If you are not familiar with those settings, you also can unplug the windows harddrive. When you are in Linux afterwards, you can plug in that harddrive and do

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sudo update-grub

[Abaw245]

Are you familiar with the bios / uefi settings? If so, go in there. There is a specific button for your PC. In these settings go to "Boot" (or similar name) and select Linux Mint (probably: "ubuntu") for the top priority. Then press F10, confirm and reboot.

After that Linux should boot first. In Linux open the terminal and type:

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sudo update-grub

You should see in the output that Windows boot manager is listed. After the next reboot the grub menu should be there again.

Plan B

If you are not familiar with those settings, you also can unplug the windows harddrive. When you are in Linux afterwards, you can plug in that harddrive and do

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sudo update-grub

Maybe i haven't made my issue clear enough, but that's not the problem, i already said i set grub(ubuntu) as the first one in the boot order and it boots just fine, problem comes when i choose to boot into linux mint where it just hangs at the linux mint logo and goes into emergency mode, this happened after i installed windows in a separate drive.

[Dan-cer]

OK, thank you for clarification. And how does plan B is working?

[Abaw245]

OK, thank you for clarification. And how does plan B is working?

I have a laptop and taking out the SSD doesn't feel like it would be worth it considering I would have to unscrew everything and I already had bad experience with unscrewing this laptop specifically,so I'm sorry if I can't follow your suggestion

[Dan-cer]

Try to search for this problem. I found this topic about a similar issue:
viewtopic.php?t=308822

booting from USB and trying to run a Timeshift restore from there

[Abaw245]

Try to search for this problem. I found this topic about a similar issue:
viewtopic.php?t=308822

booting from USB and trying to run a Timeshift restore from there

Using timeshift solved the issue, I'll keep in mind to make a snapshot before doing stuff like this, thanks a lot for the help.

[Dan-cer]

Great!