The non-rebooting saga continues

[Phil]

More an update than anything else.

I decided to install Windows and Linux on an old mechanical disk drive 
and all went well so I decided to do a complete reinstallation of 
Windows and Linux on my SSD. Unfortunately I'm in exactly the same 
position as I was before I started. Windows reboots but Linux won't. 
Both Windows and Linux on the mechanical drive will reboot and the 
installation process was exactly the same for both drives.

I've used pretty well all of my monthly Internet allocation on this 
exercise which adds to my frustration. One thing I have noticed is that 
the mechanical drive has a boot efi partition whereas the SSD doesn't. 
As I say I have followed the same installation procedure in both cases 
so there must be something about the SSD that makes the difference. The 
SSD was originally cloned from a working installation and it has never 
allowed a reboot from Linux.

Perhaps all SSDs aren't created equally? I don't remember the brand but 
I can pull it out yet again if anyone wants to know.

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Regards,
Phil