Choose an operating system screen missing on Windows 10

When you have a dual boot Windows, the menu appears as soon as you start the computer. One of them is the default option, and you can use arrow keys to choose between them. That said, if you are not able to find the screen which displays the dual-boot Windows 10 computer, then this post will help you bring it back.

Choose an operating system screen missing on dual boot Windows 10 computer.

Boot menus can be removed from within Windows 10:

• Using BCDEdit Command
• Using Advanced System Settings

Since you will be using the advanced recovery and running system commands, make sure you know what you are doing.

1] BCDEdit Command

BCDEdit is a command-line tool for managing Boot Configuration Data (BCD). It can add remove, add options to the boot menu.

Open Command Prompt with elevated privileges

Type and execute the command —

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} displaybootmenu yes

The boot menu will appear if you reboot the computer.

In case it still doesn’t appear, then you will have to manually add the boot path so it will enable the boot menu as well.

First, make a note of the drive on which you have installed the second copy. Next, boot into Advanced Recovery, and choose the command-line option. Add boot options for the missing Windows OS by executing the following command.

Bcdboot D:Windows

Assuming D is the drive on which the missing Windows. Reboot the PC. Now, the boot menu will show them both.

2] Advanced System Settings

• Type Advanced System Settings in the Start menu
• View advanced system settings option will appear; click to open it.
• Once System Properties is open, switch to the Advanced tab
• Click on Settings under Start and Recovery.
• It will display a list of OS installed on the computer.
• Select one of them from the dropdown, and set it as default

It will re-enable the boot selection menu in case it was removed for a reason.

I hope the post helped you get back to the boot menu, and you can boot into the one you need.

Related reads:

1. How to change the default operating system
2. Advanced Visual BCD Editor & Boot Repair Tool
3. How to disable the Choose an operating system screen.