[SOLVED] Dual boot Windows has three Windows OS choices on OS selection screen during startup for some reason ?

[dagobert]

TL;DR
Dual boot Windows has three Windows OS choices on OS selection screen during startup for some reason. I need help getting rid of one of them.


I wanted to do a dual boot set up, so here's a little context. I initially had Windows 10 installed on a m.2 NVMe SSD drive and then installed Windows 11 on a SATA SSD. Ran into an issue with bitlocker so I had to reinstall them both but decided to get a newer NVMe drive for my main. While I was waiting for that to arrive, I installed Windows 11 on my SATA SSD.

I installed Windows 10 on my new NVMe drive, and then I ran into some issues, tried re-installing it again and it kept giving me issues. Turned out I had to unplug all my other drives and it finally installed. However, now when I boot normally, I'm taken to a blue Windows OS selection screen. I see three options as you can see in the image attached. Windows 11 works, and Windows 10 On Volume 2. The Windows 10 option without the volume label does not work. I don't know how that appeared, and is there a way to get rid of it?

https://ibb.co/vQdW5RJ

The other question I got here, which I'm not sure if it's related or not is about the boot menu. Maybe my understanding of this is incorrect so I'd appreciate it if someone can explain it to me.

https://ibb.co/LgyJLbs

It lists two devices, first one is where my windows 11 is installed and the 2nd one is my Linux install. If I select thr first one, that brings up the blue Windows OS choice selection screen. Why is that being shown for that specific ssd? Why is my windows 10 on the nvme not listed? I went into bios and I couldn't find anything that would let me pick my. Nvme as a boot device. I was under the assumption that it would list the drives and then I could pick which OS to boot based on the device selection above. Is the Windows boot manager on that Sata drive because I installed Windows 11 on it first instead of having my windows 10 installed on tue nvme first? Does it even matter or impact anything at this point?

Because so far I can reinstall everything since I don't have much on there anyways.

 

[zinkles]

To remove a dual boot entry, you can follow the step below;

1. Press Win + R and type in msconfig and then press enter.
2. In the msconfig window, select the Boot section.
3. Select the boot entry you want to delete from the list.
4. Press Delete button.
5. Apply the changes and then Restart.

Make sure you select the correct entry in Step 3.

I've attached a screenshot below for your ease.

https://imgur.com/a/r7x9Orl

View: https://imgur.com/a/r7x9Orl

 

[dagobert]

To remove a dual boot entry, you can follow the step below;

1. Press Win + R and type in msconfig and then press enter.
2. In the msconfig window, select the Boot section.
3. Select the boot entry you want to delete from the list.
4. Press Delete button.
5. Apply the changes and then Restart.

Make sure you select the correct entry in Step 3.

I've attached a screenshot below for your ease.

https://imgur.com/a/r7x9Orl

View: https://imgur.com/a/r7x9Orl

Wow! I've always seen that in the past when I had a single OS installed but never paid any attention to the choices in the boot section. Thanks!

 

[zinkles]

Wow! I've always seen that in the past when I had a single OS installed but never paid any attention to the choices in the boot section. Thanks!

sure, my pleasure.