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Start with a file system that doesn't suck, like ext4, bless the drive with a boot loader that doesn't suck, like Grub, and then get yourself a kernel that doesn't suck, like GNU/Linux, then get yourself a software stack that doesn't suck, like Arch.
I use Arch, BTW.
OP asked "how can I accomplish goal X?"
You responded "Goal X sucks, you should accomplish goal Y instead!"
That's not exactly useful.
They can avoid needing to repeatedly reinstall the OS by selecting a more stable OS.
Arch is not a more stable OS.
No, not Arch. But maybe Mint.
Yeah, I would second the Mint rec.
They don't need to reinstall the OS to resolve this issue though, unless they absolutely fucked their paritions.
Which is why Microsoft couldn't automate a fix. It's incredibly easy to fuck your partitions to hell and back, especially through Windows. Too many conditions to check for and try to handle automatically.
Fun fact: Windows won't allow you to delete any EFI partition (that is the only one I know of/tried) unless its through
diskpartwith a specific override/force option.But then again, I somehow nuked my recovery partition by accident at some point as well.
And if they're having trouble with their car they could just hire a taxi. But they're trying to fix their car so telling them to hire a taxi is useless advice.
They said OS, not Windows.
Ah yes, I need a whole separate OS just to boot my actual OS...
I would in no world call GRUB a bootloader that doesn't suck.