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    Restarted and no boot options in BIOS anymore....

    Hi everyone,

    Im not 100% sure this is the correct location to post this, but Im at my wits end. Ive been running a dual boot Ubuntu/Windows 11 machine (they are installed on separate dedicated hard drives) for about a year with no problems whatsoever (windows is SOLELY for my SOLID works). Today, my libre office crashed and I couldn't get it to reopen. So I of course restarted the machine. HUGE mistake. When it booted again, my computer booted straight to my UEFI BIOS utility where there are now NO options in the boot priority. BOTH Ubuntu and Windows have vanished.

    So I grabbed my Ubuntu install stick so that I could use the try Ubuntu option to run boot-repair. The prints out is posted below.


    Ive of course searched the terms there but have yet to come to a comprehensible answer...

    What the heck is my path forward? Is there anyway I can get back to booting properly with my two options without wiping my data?

    Thank you!

    Edit:
    I've tried following https://www.linuxbabe.com/desktop-li...perblock-error instructions, and tried an REISUB reboot. The REISUB reboot sent me to a different boot screen, NOT directly into the BIOS
    https://imgur.com/a/txMRKuO

    Code:
    boot-repair readout.
    boot-repair-4ppa2062                                              [20231215_1752]
    
    ============================= Boot Repair Summary ==============================
    
    
    
    
    
    /dev/sda (sda) has unknown type. Please report this message to boot.repair@gmail.com
    df: sda: No such file or directory
    lsblk: sda: not a block device
    /dev/sdb (sda) has unknown type. Please report this message to boot.repair@gmail.com
    df: sda: No such file or directory
    lsblk: sda: not a block device
    stat: cannot stat 'sda': No such file or directory
    sfdisk: cannot open sda: No such file or directory
    
    Recommended repair: ____________________________________________________________
    
    The default repair of the Boot-Repair utility will not act on the MBR.
    Additional repair will be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s win-legacy-basic-fix
    
    
    Quantity of real Windows: 1
    
    Boot successfully repaired.
    
    You can now reboot your computer.
    
    
    ============================ Boot Info After Repair ============================
    
     => No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/nvme0n1.
     => Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/nvme1n1.
    
    nvme0n1p1: _____________________________________________________________________
    
        File system:       vfat
        Boot sector type:  FAT32
        Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
        Operating System:  
        Boot files:        /efi/BOOT/fbx64.efi /efi/BOOT/mmx64.efi 
                           /efi/ubuntu/grubx64.efi /efi/ubuntu/mmx64.efi 
                           /efi/ubuntu/shimx64.efi /efi/ubuntu/grub.cfg 
                           /efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi 
                           /efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgr.efi
    
    nvme0n1p2: _____________________________________________________________________
    
        File system:       ext4
        Boot sector type:  -
        Boot sector info: 
        Mounting failed:   mount: /mnt/BootInfo/nvme0n1p2: can't read superblock on /dev/nvme0n1p2.
    
    nvme1n1p1: _____________________________________________________________________
    
        File system:       vfat
        Boot sector type:  FAT32
        Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
        Operating System:  
        Boot files:        
    
    nvme1n1p2: _____________________________________________________________________
    
        File system:       
        Boot sector type:  -
        Boot sector info: 
    
    nvme1n1p3: _____________________________________________________________________
    
        File system:       ntfs
        Boot sector type:  NTFS
        Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
        Operating System:  Windows 10 or 11
        Boot files:        /Windows/System32/winload.exe
    
    sda: ___________________________________________________________________________
    
        File system:       ext4
        Boot sector type:  -
        Boot sector info: 
        Operating System:  
        Boot files:        
    
    sdb: ___________________________________________________________________________
    
        File system:       ext4
        Boot sector type:  -
        Boot sector info: 
        Operating System:  
        Boot files:        
    
    sdc: ___________________________________________________________________________
    
        File system:       iso9660
        Boot sector type:  Unknown
        Boot sector info: 
        Mounting failed:   mount: /mnt/BootInfo/FD/sdc: /dev/sdc already mounted or mount point busy.
    
    
    ================================ 2 OS detected =================================
    
    OS#1:   Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS on nvme0n1p2
    OS#2:   Windows 10 or 11 on nvme1n1p3
    
    ================================ Host/Hardware =================================
    
    CPU architecture: 64-bit
    Video: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
    Live-session OS is Ubuntu 64-bit (Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, focal, x86_64)
    
    ===================================== UEFI =====================================
    
    BIOS/UEFI firmware: 1410(14.10) from American Megatrends Inc.
    The firmware is EFI-compatible, and is set in EFI-mode for this live-session.
    SecureBoot disabled (confirmed by mokutil).
    BootCurrent: 0001
    Timeout: 1 seconds
    BootOrder: 0001,0002
    Boot0001* UEFI: Generic Flash Disk 8.07	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(9,0)/CDROM(1,0x506fcc,0x7d00)..BO
    Boot0002* UEFI: Generic Flash Disk 8.07, Partition 2	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(9,0)/HD(2,MBR,0x2cf4ba3a,0x506fcc,0x1f40)..BO
    
    a5e9b71b5ba86166bee504e1b254b7cf   nvme0n1p1/BOOT/fbx64.efi
    f75c300397e73f3fc7bfe46d49819bb2   nvme0n1p1/BOOT/mmx64.efi
    d4646b0af24b169d62bc44cff8967793   nvme0n1p1/ubuntu/grubx64.efi
    f75c300397e73f3fc7bfe46d49819bb2   nvme0n1p1/ubuntu/mmx64.efi
    64349b3622c65f495a99dbf6102496e3   nvme0n1p1/ubuntu/shimx64.efi
    a84ccbe331b4a57c408ef9b4d34bea97   nvme0n1p1/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
    364c30b1bfed886aeda2947c02ee9072   nvme0n1p1/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgr.efi
    64349b3622c65f495a99dbf6102496e3   nvme0n1p1/BOOT/BOOTX64.efi
    
    ============================= Drive/Partition Info =============================
    
    Disks info: ____________________________________________________________________
    
    nvme0n1	: is-GPT,	no-BIOSboot,	has---ESP, 	not-usb,	not-mmc, has-os,	no-wind,	2048 sectors * 512 bytes
    nvme1n1	: is-GPT,	no-BIOSboot,	has-noESP, 	not-usb,	not-mmc, has-os,	has-win,	2048 sectors * 512 bytes
    sda	: notGPT,	no-BIOSboot,	has-noESP, 	not-usb,	not-mmc, no-os,	no-wind,	2048 sectors * 512 bytes
    
    Partitions info (1/3): _________________________________________________________
    
    nvme0n1p1	: no-os,	64, nopakmgr,	no-docgrub,	nogrub,	nogrubinstall,	no-grubenv,	noupdategrub,	not-far
    nvme0n1p2	: is-os,	64, nopakmgr,	no-docgrub,	nogrub,	nogrubinstall,	no-grubenv,	noupdategrub,	end-after-100GB
    nvme1n1p1	: no-os,	64, nopakmgr,	no-docgrub,	nogrub,	nogrubinstall,	no-grubenv,	noupdategrub,	not-far
    nvme1n1p3	: is-os,	64, nopakmgr,	no-docgrub,	nogrub,	nogrubinstall,	no-grubenv,	noupdategrub,	end-after-100GB
    sda	: no-os,	64, nopakmgr,	no-docgrub,	nogrub,	nogrubinstall,	no-grubenv,	noupdategrub,	not-far
    sdb	: no-os,	64, nopakmgr,	no-docgrub,	nogrub,	nogrubinstall,	no-grubenv,	noupdategrub,	not-far
    
    Partitions info (2/3): _________________________________________________________
    
    nvme0n1p1	: is---ESP,	part-has-no-fstab,	no-nt,	no-winload,	no-recov-nor-hid,	no-bmgr,	notwinboot
    nvme0n1p2	: isnotESP,	part-has-no-fstab,	no-nt,	no-winload,	no-recov-nor-hid,	no-bmgr,	notwinboot
    nvme1n1p1	: isnotESP,	part-has-no-fstab,	no-nt,	no-winload,	no-recov-nor-hid,	no-bmgr,	notwinboot
    nvme1n1p3	: isnotESP,	part-has-no-fstab,	no-nt,	haswinload,	no-recov-nor-hid,	no-bmgr,	notwinboot
    sda	: isnotESP,	part-has-no-fstab,	no-nt,	no-winload,	no-recov-nor-hid,	no-bmgr,	notwinboot
    sdb	: isnotESP,	part-has-no-fstab,	no-nt,	no-winload,	no-recov-nor-hid,	no-bmgr,	notwinboot
    
    Partitions info (3/3): _________________________________________________________
    
    nvme0n1p1	: not--sepboot,	no---boot,	part-has-no-fstab,	not-sep-usr,	no---usr,	part-has-no-fstab,	no--grub.d,	nvme0n1
    nvme0n1p2	: not--sepboot,	no---boot,	part-has-no-fstab,	not-sep-usr,	no---usr,	part-has-no-fstab,	no--grub.d,	nvme0n1
    nvme1n1p1	: not--sepboot,	no---boot,	part-has-no-fstab,	not-sep-usr,	no---usr,	part-has-no-fstab,	no--grub.d,	nvme1n1
    nvme1n1p3	: not--sepboot,	no---boot,	part-has-no-fstab,	not-sep-usr,	no---usr,	part-has-no-fstab,	no--grub.d,	nvme1n1
    sda	: maybesepboot,	no---boot,	part-has-no-fstab,	not-sep-usr,	no---usr,	part-has-no-fstab,	no--grub.d,	sda
    sdb	: maybesepboot,	no---boot,	part-has-no-fstab,	not-sep-usr,	no---usr,	part-has-no-fstab,	no--grub.d,	sda
    
    fdisk -l (filtered): ___________________________________________________________
    
    Disk nvme0n1: 1.84 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
    Disk identifier: F5B79781-25B6-462A-8A79-2E8D3799F4F2
               Start        End    Sectors  Size Type
    nvme0n1p1    2048    1050623    1048576  512M EFI System
    nvme0n1p2 1050624 3907028991 3905978368  1.8T Linux filesystem
    Disk nvme1n1: 931.53 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
    Disk identifier: 78477881-71C3-414F-B60A-AFF33F95E9EE
              Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
    nvme1n1p1   2048     206847     204800   100M Microsoft basic data
    nvme1n1p2 206848     239615      32768    16M Microsoft reserved
    nvme1n1p3 239616 1953523711 1953284096 931.4G Microsoft basic data
    Disk sdb: 7.28 TiB, 8001563222016 bytes, 15628053168 sectors
    Disk sda: 12.75 TiB, 14000519643136 bytes, 27344764928 sectors
    Disk sdc: 3.78 GiB, 4037017600 bytes, 7884800 sectors
    Disk identifier: 0x2cf4ba3a
         Boot   Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
    sdc1  *          0 5999871 5999872  2.9G  0 Empty
    sdc2       5271500 5279499    8000  3.9M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
    sdc3       6000640 7884799 1884160  920M 83 Linux
    
    parted -lm (filtered): _________________________________________________________
    
    sda:14.0TB:scsi:512:4096:loop:ATA ST14000VN0008-2K:;
    1:0.00B:14.0TB:14.0TB:ext4::;
    sdb:8002GB:scsi:512:4096:loop:ATA ST8000NE001-2M71:;
    1:0.00B:8002GB:8002GB:ext4::;
    sdc:4037MB:scsi:512:512:unknown:Generic Flash Disk:;
    nvme0n1:2000GB:nvme:512:512:gpt:Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB:;
    1:1049kB:538MB:537MB:fat32:EFI System Partition:boot, esp;
    2:538MB:2000GB:2000GB:ext4::;
    nvme1n1:1000GB:nvme:512:512:gpt:Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB:;
    1:1049kB:106MB:105MB:fat32:windows:msftdata;
    2:106MB:123MB:16.8MB::Microsoft reserved partition:msftres;
    3:123MB:1000GB:1000GB:ntfs::msftdata;
    
    blkid (filtered): ______________________________________________________________
    
    NAME        FSTYPE   UUID                                 PARTUUID                             LABEL                    PARTLABEL
    sda         ext4     2668806f-fa2d-49d8-8173-806a7b081448                                      large storage            
    sdb         ext4     de1c347b-268b-49bd-a563-669c90d85be8                                      small storage            
    sdc         iso9660  2021-08-19-11-03-38-00                                                    Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS amd64 
    ├─sdc1      iso9660  2021-08-19-11-03-38-00               2cf4ba3a-01                          Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS amd64 
    ├─sdc2      vfat     54C5-9C6C                            2cf4ba3a-02                                                   
    └─sdc3      ext4     4bb46aa8-addf-480a-bc9a-d1e2c22b246f 2cf4ba3a-03                          writable                 
    nvme0n1                                                                                                                 
    ├─nvme0n1p1 vfat     F614-F04D                            b517a78c-f8dd-4111-b573-b4b9f236c814                          EFI System Partition
    └─nvme0n1p2 ext4     f5606045-31ad-4a46-b342-0d4bb17726db 9010c450-1417-4879-8b26-c30f61eb8c33                          
    nvme1n1                                                                                                                 
    ├─nvme1n1p1 vfat     661F-D998                            97611acc-3d07-44aa-9af9-41fa657df20f                          windows
    ├─nvme1n1p2                                               3429e0b3-5599-4b12-9e4c-23c4f8a24089                          Microsoft reserved partition
    └─nvme1n1p3 ntfs     A40821760821489E                     554ffc3d-3663-4df8-aabe-293cf3769d3b                          Basic data partition
    
    Mount points (filtered): _______________________________________________________
    
                                                                   Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/nvme0n1p1                                                478.3M   6% /mnt/boot-sav/nvme0n1p1
    /dev/nvme1n1p1                                                   96M   0% /mnt/boot-sav/nvme1n1p1
    /dev/nvme1n1p3                                                834.5G  10% /mnt/boot-sav/nvme1n1p3
    /dev/sda                                                        5.3T  53% /mnt/boot-sav/sda
    /dev/sdb                                                        127G  93% /mnt/boot-sav/sdb
    /dev/sdc1                                                          0 100% /cdrom
    
    Mount options (filtered): ______________________________________________________
    
    /dev/nvme0n1p1                                                vfat            rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro
    /dev/nvme1n1p1                                                vfat            rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro
    /dev/nvme1n1p3                                                fuseblk         ro,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096
    /dev/sda                                                      ext4            rw,relatime
    /dev/sdb                                                      ext4            rw,relatime
    /dev/sdc1                                                     iso9660         ro,noatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048
    
    =================== nvme0n1p1/efi/ubuntu/grub.cfg (filtered) ===================
    
    search.fs_uuid f5606045-31ad-4a46-b342-0d4bb17726db root 
    set prefix=($root)'/boot/grub'
    configfile $prefix/grub.cfg
    
    ======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =========================
    
    Unknown BootLoader on sdc
    https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/rBCcV8TVXr/
    https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/SMfj3Cncrq/
    Last edited by deadflowr; December 16th, 2023 at 08:44 AM. Reason: code tags

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    Re: Restarted and no boot options in BIOS anymore....

    Are sda & sdb internal or external drives. One is not showing as gpt?
    Report is not showing /etc/fstab in / on your install? Is that file really there or is report missing it?

    Your nvme0n1p1 is showing as FAT32 but not ESP. It looks like it should have Windows boot files, but none shown?
    You show no UEFI boot entries, neither Ubuntu nor Windows??
    sudo efibootmgr -v

    Either from Boot-Repair's advanced mode & its chroot to reinstall grub or chroot check for fstab and other issues:
    UEFI chroot, must include ESP - efi system partition
    http://askubuntu.com/questions/53578...er/57380#57380
    chroot with UEFI, LVM, encryption on NVMe drive
    https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....8#post13602088
    To chroot, you need the same 32bit or 64 bit kernel. Best to use same version.
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BasicChroot
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    https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2147295
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    Re: Restarted and no boot options in BIOS anymore....

    Thank you for taking the time to respond with a helpful comment!

    To answer your questions:
    sda&sdb are internal HDDs. The sdc is the CD-ROM (DVD?, unsure the difference in the modern age).

    "Your nvme0n1p1 is showing as FAT32 but not ESP. It looks like it should have Windows boot files, but none shown?
    You show no UEFI boot entries, neither Ubuntu nor Windows??"
    Indeed and that was the biggest shock to me when BOTH boot options disappeared from my BIOS simultaneously despite being on physically distinct SDDs.

    I tried running sudo efibootmgr -v and it showed the generic flash disk. and that is it. No windows, and no Ubuntu.

    That said after running it I randomly tried repairing the superblock again and this time it worked! so the drive is "mountable" and I can see the data; however, the GUI gnome filesystem shows some files and folders with giant red X's on them....Ill investigate that tomorrow, but efibootmgr made the superblock repairable!

    I am going to look into the final three links you sent tomorrow (well later today), and will reply with more details.




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    Re: Restarted and no boot options in BIOS anymore....

    The REISUB reboot sent me to a different boot screen, NOT directly into the BIOS
    That method as well as other reboot methods will not send the machine directly into the BIOS firmware as most machines will require a user to hit a specific key before accessing the BIOS. Is that what you did?

    Having some program like LibreOffice 'crash' should not have any effect on booting but the reason it crashed may. Your EFI boot files are all on the Ubuntu drive, nvme0n1p1 . The second partition on that drive shows an ext4 filesystem which would be Ubuntu. That is unusual unless you installed windows after Ubuntu?

    The UEFI output as indicated in the post above, shows only entries for USB flash drives and no entries for Ubuntu or windows which it should show. It does detect both operating systems. The lack of an /etc/fstab file is a major problem and I don't see how a crash of LibreOffice would cause that unless you were editing that file with Libre Office. I'd start by trying the suggestions in the post above.

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    Re: Restarted and no boot options in BIOS anymore....

    As indicated by yancek, I, also, cannot reconcile that a LibreOffice crash would damage your UEFI boot menu.

    Anyway, your screenshot https://imgur.com/a/txMRKuO shows 4 disk drives recognised.
    Samsung SSD 980 Pro 2TB
    ST14000VN0008-2KU103
    ST8000NE001-2M7101
    Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB

    More importantly, there is a warning about the Samsung SSD 980 Pro 2TB (your Ubuntu disk)
    A failure may be imminent - Backup and replace etc.

    Now that you have repaired the superblock on this disk, can you see if you still have the warning?
    This disk also contains your ESP, which has both Ubuntu and Microsoft boot files.
    Last edited by tea for one; December 16th, 2023 at 01:45 PM.

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    Re: Restarted and no boot options in BIOS anymore....

    I'm either confused or that is in some very bad shape...

    Do others see the same as I see there? I must just be tired.

    I see the NVMe with problems in the ext4 filesystem in nvme0n1p2, where it says 20.04.5 is installed, but cannot mount it because it has a bad superblock. It says nvme0n1p1 is the ESP, with vfat, but can't read the EFI files there. It looks like that disk is Ubuntu (isolated install).

    I see in nvme1n1p1 as vfat, but does not say it is ESP... But that NVMe drive looks like that NVMe is possibly Windows 10 (isolated install). But then still doesn't look completely right. Windows does not install without an ESP. An I looking at that wrong?

    Then /dev/sda and /dev/sdb say they have ext4 filesystems, but no partitions(?). /dev/sda says it is not GPT, but doesn't say it is MS_DOS either... and is report as 14 TB. /dev/sdb is reported as 8TB... and I don't see a partition table on it(?)

    No back ups right?

    That can't be right. I must be confused. I must need to go back to sleep and relook at this when I wake up. Will think clearer in the morning.
    Last edited by MAFoElffen; December 16th, 2023 at 01:51 PM.

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    Re: Restarted and no boot options in BIOS anymore....

    Quote Originally Posted by yancek View Post
    That method as well as other reboot methods will not send the machine directly into the BIOS firmware as most machines will require a user to hit a specific key before accessing the BIOS. Is that what you did?

    Having some program like LibreOffice 'crash' should not have any effect on booting but the reason it crashed may. Your EFI boot files are all on the Ubuntu drive, nvme0n1p1 . The second partition on that drive shows an ext4 filesystem which would be Ubuntu. That is unusual unless you installed windows after Ubuntu?

    The UEFI output as indicated in the post above, shows only entries for USB flash drives and no entries for Ubuntu or windows which it should show. It does detect both operating systems. The lack of an /etc/fstab file is a major problem and I don't see how a crash of LibreOffice would cause that unless you were editing that file with Libre Office. I'd start by trying the suggestions in the post above.
    With the REISUB reboot, it sends me to the screen telling me my hardrive may be dying backup immediately screen and I either have to push F1 as shown on the screen or simply reboot again and it will go straight to the BIOS.

    So the specific sequence that happened is I was using LibreOffice to open a small csv file from a usb drive. Libre crashed, and nothing I could do could get it to restart. So on the advice on a different linux forum, I removed the usb stick and rebooted. Big mistake apparently, but the root cause is still a mystery to me.

    Yes, I installed Ubuntu first and was running quite happily for 6 months and even installed a play on linux virtual machine for running a few games I grew up playing and everything was just peachy until my windows only machine died. Unfortunately SolidWorks NEEDS windows to operate so I then installed a copy of windows onto my machine. As for why the names are shifted around I am not sure. Honestly Ive never delved this deeply into file systems before...

    Im trying the suggested steps and well, I'm encountering problems:

    1) So the superblock fix works for ONE mount. After the unmounting, I get the same cannot read superblock error. And I get a whole host of errors when I am running the e2fsck:
    Free block counts wrong
    Free inodes count wrong
    Directory counts wrong
    Padding at the end of inode bitmap is not set.
    Block bitmap differences: Group 0 block bitmap does not match checksum.
    FIXED
    Error writing file system infor: No data available

    /dev/nvme0n1p2: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****

    2) The mounted SSD is read only, and it appears I cannot actually move the files anywhere.... Im testing with a fresh external HDD tomorrow and Ill report back!

    3) When I try to follow the instructions https://askubuntu.com/questions/5357...er/57380#57380 It works fine up to [COLOR=var(--black-600)]sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi where I get a sda1 does not exist error. I try to proceed onwards and the grub install gives me the error "error: cannot find EFI directory"

    4) I try to proceed to the second link:
    [/COLOR]https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2349833&page=8&p=13602088#post136 02088 and I get to the open step where I recieve an error "Device /dev/nvme0n1p2 is not a valid LUKS device"

    5) I try to run fsck and I get
    /dev/nvme0n1p2: recovering journal
    fsck.ext4: Input/output error while recovering journal of /dev/nvme0n1p2
    fsck.ext4: Unable to set superblock flags on /dev/nvme0n1p2

    /dev/nvme0n1p2: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors **********

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    Re: Restarted and no boot options in BIOS anymore....

    Quote Originally Posted by tea for one View Post
    As indicated by yancek, I, also, cannot reconcile that a LibreOffice crash would damage your UEFI boot menu.

    Anyway, your screenshot https://imgur.com/a/txMRKuO shows 4 disk drives recognised.
    Samsung SSD 980 Pro 2TB
    ST14000VN0008-2KU103
    ST8000NE001-2M7101
    Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB

    More importantly, there is a warning about the Samsung SSD 980 Pro 2TB (your Ubuntu disk)
    A failure may be imminent - Backup and replace etc.

    Now that you have repaired the superblock on this disk, can you see if you still have the warning?
    This disk also contains your ESP, which has both Ubuntu and Microsoft boot files.
    Well the specific sequence was Use LibreOffice to open a small csv file from a USB drive. Program hangs. Cannot get it to open. Remove the USB drive and reboot (as another linux forum suggested for LibreOffice problems opening csv files). What cause this I have zero idea. it was most definitely NOT a power surge or physical damage in any way. This is a software based issue, but I have no clue what it could be!

    As for fixing the superblock, it lasts for exactly one mount and thus I will get the error screen as previously linked exactly once, thereafter it just goes straight to BIOS and the drive is totally unrecognized. It appears that the e2fsck did NOT actually fix the issue with the superblock, merely slightly ameliorate it....


    Quote Originally Posted by MAFoElffen View Post
    I'm either confused or that is in some very bad shape...

    Do others see the same as I see there? I must just be tired.

    I see the NVMe with problems in the ext4 filesystem in nvme0n1p2, where it says 20.04.5 is installed, but cannot mount it because it has a bad superblock. It says nvme0n1p1 is the ESP, with vfat, but can't read the EFI files there. It looks like that disk is Ubuntu (isolated install).

    I see in nvme1n1p1 as vfat, but does not say it is ESP... But that NVMe drive looks like that NVMe is possibly Windows 10 (isolated install). But then still doesn't look completely right. Windows does not install without an ESP. An I looking at that wrong?

    Then /dev/sda and /dev/sdb say they have ext4 filesystems, but no partitions(?). /dev/sda says it is not GPT, but doesn't say it is MS_DOS either... and is report as 14 TB. /dev/sdb is reported as 8TB... and I don't see a partition table on it(?)

    No back ups right?

    That can't be right. I must be confused. I must need to go back to sleep and relook at this when I wake up. Will think clearer in the morning.
    I see the exact same thing as ou and it makes even less sense to me! I was under the impression Ubuntu was on my 2TB SSD(nvme0) and Windows on my 1TB SSD (nvme1) and they didnt overlap at all, but since I installed Windows after installing ubuntu, I am not sure of anything. The 14TB and 8TB sda and sdb are HDDs for larger file storage, where the data is selectively pulled to the SSD for processing, and the processed data file is returned to the HDD for storage.

    No backups, but Im quickly approaching the point of just saying "screw it" buying a new SSD to replace nvme0 and reinstalling Ubuntu. Hopefully ill be able to recover whats on sda and sdb....

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    Re: Restarted and no boot options in BIOS anymore....

    Quote Originally Posted by neptuneffs View Post
    I was under the impression Ubuntu was on my 2TB SSD(nvme0) and Windows on my 1TB SSD (nvme1) and they didnt overlap at all, but since I installed Windows after installing ubuntu, I am not sure of anything.
    The "overlap" is the Efi System Partition on your Ubuntu disk.
    When you installed Windows after Ubuntu, the Windows installer (correctly) found the existing ESP (nvme0n1p1) and put the Windows boot files there.
    You have a partition nvme1n1p1 on your Windows disk and you may be able to copy the Windows boot files to this partition.
    Worth a shot to see if Windows boots.

    Each OS on a separate disk is ideal provided that each disk has its own ESP for independent operation.
    Only have the target disk visible when installing (UEFI mode with GPT)

    Quote Originally Posted by neptuneffs View Post
    Hopefully ill be able to recover whats on sda and sdb....
    These storage disks may be OK according to the boot report info (although the partition info is missing)
    Code:
                                                                   Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda                                                        5.3T  53% /mnt/boot-sav/sda
    /dev/sdb                                                        127G  93% /mnt/boot-sav/sdb
    Last edited by tea for one; December 18th, 2023 at 11:03 AM.

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    Re: Restarted and no boot options in BIOS anymore....

    More info about superblock repair https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/recove...ted-partition/

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