Dual Boot Install Problem with Windows 8.1 Open SUSE 15.1 Leap (GRUB Stuck on USB!)

I made the mistake of allowing Open SUSE 15.1 Leap use the default settings when I was installing it from USB key today. It selected the 109 GB unallocated space I have highlighted below which is exactly where I did want to install in.
I installed it with Pen Drive Linux utility that allows you to install / test drive multiple OS's. I was reading a guide from 2015 that mentioned using expert partition mode to make sure to edit the GRUB. It also used the BTRFS file system.

I took a screen shot of my partitions before installing this and I can see them if I use boot-repair tools gparted that I have on USB key. Also, boot-repair tools does not work. I tried multiple times and it will just hang in the middle of scanning partitions. But, I can still see all the partitions for the drive in gparted under sda as showing in picture.

Partitions before install:
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gparted screen shot

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The boot loader configuration that's built into OpenSUSE (wondering if I should delete /dev/sdb? I need to tell it to load GRUB to /dev/sda like it should have in the first place! I don't know why the installer thought it was a good Idea to set the USB as the GRUB boot device!

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I cloned the Disk to an external Hard drive prior to starting this but I can't figure out how to boot off USB so I might have to just end up putting the original mechanical drive where I cloned Windows 8.1 to prior to attempting this install. So, if worse comes to worse I'm going to try re-installing the original drive that I used to clone my Windows 8.1 to before starting this whole mess!

From what I read it said that GRUB2 did the following so I figured it would put grub2 on my sda drive and add Windows 8 correctly.
This is what I read up on about GRUB2 > "Automatically searches for and generates boot entries for other kernels and operating systems, such as Windows."
This is where I installed GRUB2
Installing GRUB2 to>
Status Location: /dev/sda (MBR)

After I booted it it defaulted to booting off the USB key again and would not boot without the USB drive that had Pen Drive linux with the Open SUSE installation I used. It appears that GRUB was written to sdb where the USB driver for the Pendrivelinux utility! The reason I say this is because that's the only way I can get to the GRUB menu where it shows an option to boot SUSE or Windows. If I attempt to boot Windows 8 or the Windows Recovery I just get a blinking cursor and nothing happens and I have to reset. So, I can't get to Windows at all right now.

I still see my 540 GB Samsung EVO SSD in BIOS but I don't see any of the original partitions or disk anywhere!

I also created a Windows 8.1 recovery USB boot disk and that didn't help recover. I've never been stuck in such a nasty BIOS boot loop where I can't see any of my original partitions from with the BIOs anywhere.

I have listed my grub.cfg output and my fdisk -l output that shows grub is set to boot on >
/dev/sdb1 which is a partition it the defaul installation for SUSE created on my USB Key/LinuxPendrive utility that I originally used to install this from which might of been a mistake but I've had success in the past using this utility to install OS's.

I'm hoping to be able to repair this so I can get GRUB2 on the correct boot record to allow me to boot into Windows 8.1 or OpenSUSE 15.1 Leap.

I would love to get this corrected so I can actually boot my laptop without having to have the original USB key I used to install this.

I also confirmed the installation did go to the correct 108 GB partition I have highlighted above.

fdisk -l output (notice where grub is set to boot from) > /dev/sdb1 * 8192 60604415 60596224 28.9G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

Quote:

linux-1fn2:/boot/grub2 # fdisk -lDisk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors Disk model: Samsung SSD 860 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: EBF7F462-1D85-11EA-BEDD-9DAB636FD0BA Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/sda1 2048 1845255 1843208 900M Windows recovery environment /dev/sda2 1845256 2459663 614408 300M EFI System /dev/sda3 2459664 2721815 262152 128M Microsoft reserved /dev/sda4 2721816 354340327 351618512 167.7G Microsoft basic data /dev/sda5 504841704 749918151 245076448 116.9G Microsoft basic data /dev/sda6 354340864 354357247 16384 8M BIOS boot /dev/sda7 354357248 358551551 4194304 2G Linux swap /dev/sda8 749918208 976773134 226854927 108.2G Linux filesystem Partition table entries are not in disk order. Disk /dev/sdb: 28.9 GiB, 31029460992 bytes, 60604416 sectors Disk model: USB DISK 3.0 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sdb1 * 8192 60604415 60596224 28.9G c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sdb4 29385024 37308735 7923712 3.8G 0 Empty Disk /dev/sdc: 59.9 MiB, 62783488 bytes, 122624 sectors Disk model: SD Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sdc1 39 122623 122585 59.9M 1 FAT12 linux-1fn2:/boot/grub2 #

grub.cfg (note > OMMITED some TEXT since it was TOO LONG FOR THREAD.

Code:linux-1fn2:/boot/grub2 # cat grub.cfg#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set btrfs_relative_path="y"
export btrfs_relative_path
if [ -f ${config_directory}/grubenv ]; then
load_env -f ${config_directory}/grubenv
elif [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi

if [ "${env_block}" ] ; then
set env_block="(${root})${env_block}"
export env_block
load_env -f "${env_block}"
fi

if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
if [ "${env_block}" ] ; then
save_env -f "${env_block}" next_entry
fi
set boot_once=true
else
set default="${saved_entry}"
fi

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
if [ "${env_block}" ] ; then
save_env -f "${env_block}" saved_entry
else
save_env saved_entry
fi

fi
}

function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod btrfs
set root='hd0,gpt8'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt8 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt8 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt8 --hint='hd0,gpt8' ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8
fi
font="/usr/share/grub2/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_gpt
insmod btrfs
set root='hd0,gpt8'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt8 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt8 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt8 --hint='hd0,gpt8' ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8
fi
insmod gfxmenu
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/DejaVuSans-Bold14.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/DejaVuSans10.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/DejaVuSans12.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/ascii.pf2
insmod png
set theme=($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/theme.txt
export theme
if [ x${boot_once} = xtrue ]; then
set timeout=0
elif [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=8
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
set timeout=8
fi
if [ -n "$extra_cmdline" ]; then
menuentry "Help on bootable snapshot #$snapshot_num" {
echo "Select the default entry of the snapshot boot menu."
echo "Examine the snapshot, and if it's OK,"
echo " run 'snapper rollback' and reboot."
echo "See 'System Rollback by Booting from Snapshots'"
echo " in the manual for more information."
echo " ** Hit Any Key to return to boot menu ** "
read
}
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_tuned ###
set tuned_params=""
set tuned_initrd=""
### END /etc/grub.d/00_tuned ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'openSUSE Leap 15.1' --class opensuse --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod btrfs
set root='hd0,gpt8'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt8 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt8 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt8 --hint='hd0,gpt8' ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default root=UUID=ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8 ${extra_cmdline} splash=silent resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Samsung_SSD_860_EVO_500GB_S598NE0M929477H-part7 mitigations=auto quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd-4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default
}
submenu 'Advanced options for openSUSE Leap 15.1' --hotkey=1 $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8' {
menuentry 'openSUSE Leap 15.1, with Linux 4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default' --hotkey=2 --class opensuse --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default-advanced-ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod btrfs
set root='hd0,gpt8'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt8 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt8 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt8 --hint='hd0,gpt8' ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default root=UUID=ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8 ${extra_cmdline} splash=silent resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Samsung_SSD_860_EVO_500GB_S598NE0M929477H-part7 mitigations=auto quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd-4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default
}
menuentry 'openSUSE Leap 15.1, with Linux 4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default (recovery mode)' --hotkey=3 --class opensuse --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default-recovery-ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod btrfs
set root='hd0,gpt8'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt8 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt8 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt8 --hint='hd0,gpt8' ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default root=UUID=ee287876-03bb-4048-a37c-544b5e6d5fb8 ${extra_cmdline}
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd-4.12.14-lp151.28.48-default
}
}

### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry 'Windows Recovery Environment (on /dev/sda1)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-0428443F284431CA' {
insmod part_gpt
insmod ntfs
set root='hd0,gpt1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt1 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt1 --hint='hd0,gpt1' 0428443F284431CA
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0428443F284431CA
fi
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
menuentry 'Windows 8 (on /dev/sda4)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-E4CE1801CE17CB26' {
insmod part_gpt
insmod ntfs
set root='hd0,gpt4'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt4 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt4 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt4 --hint='hd0,gpt4' E4CE1801CE17CB26
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root E4CE1801CE17CB26
fi
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
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