So here’s what I know:
I’m new to linux and not very savvy (so please be gentle) and I hate using forums to ask for help 
I’m using an Alienware M18x R2 with 3 HDD in RAID 0 & InsydeH20 BIOS
I have a 16gb thumb drive with grub2 that I can use to boot OpenSUSE 13.2 (and it’s working really well for me) however…
I now also have an laptop that will not boot to my original OS(windows10) OR opensuse…
I tried using the bootloader(after booting my OpenSUSE USB) to install grub2 and hopefully boot to windows but no luck.
I’m getting a little lost here and coming to my wits end.
If I could at least recover my files/media from my windows 10 I would be happy to continue trying to fix on my own.
Hoping this post isn’t lost and that someone has any helpful advice 
thanks for checking my post!
You can’t really just install grub
If the openSUSE Live USB image boots to the first screen but no further ( I guess that is what you are saying) it may be a problem with the graphics. If you boot the USB in legacy mode you should see option at the bottom set nokms option (F3 I think it has been a while) That may allow boot to the live desktop. From there you may be able to mount the Windows partitions and recover data. But that assumes a working drive and a properly shut down Windows file system.
To boot to legacy mode (assuming a EFI BIOS) you may need to consult the machines docs (maybe F10 or F12 at the boot to get to the boot menu)
If you can only boot to EFI mode there are no options at the bottom so press e to get to edit mode find the line starting linux go to full end (it wraps) put a space and nomodeset press F10 to continue
Hi thanks for your response!
I was able to load the installer through the legacy mode and disable graphics and install that way. However I now have a working OpenSUSE with grub on my thumb drive and I used that OS to try and install grub to my PC so I could dual boot without the thumb drive but it seems as though I messed up along the way and my PC will not boot without the thumb drive
I can’t seem to find my original windows partition now either…
I managed to gain access to my windows RECOVERY partition but it’s useless(all options error, including the bootrec utility)
If I could at least make my computer boot without usb I would be happy…
(I hope I’m using this forum properly, I’ve always been terrible at this sort of thing)
OK here is the thing it is BAD to mix boot modes. If the original OS was install EFI installing another OS in legacy can mess it all up.
It is unclear if you are booting the USB or booting via the USB to the installed . it truly confuses things to mix boot modes and the Installer may not make the default choices you want. However openSUSE’s installer is very good and allows YOU complete control but you actually may need to take control if the defaults are not what you would expect. My guess is the the original OS was EFI boot and you installed in legacy thus the installer did not recognize things thinking things were all legacy and marked the Windows partition for deletion to supply room to install. You accepted this recommendation and thus deleted Windows. You couldhave/shouldhave stopped and told the installer how you wanted it not blindly accepted a bad proposal. In Linux you have the power but that also means you have the responsibility.
It is unclear what is on the thumb ie is it a live ISO or the full installer or did you install a copy of the OS to it. What I would do is wipe the drive and reinstall doing thing right.If you don’t know what is right ask. No one is born know all about computers.
If you can boot to Linux show use fdisk -l (that is lower case L not a one)
Please us code tags for all computer output here (# in the editor bar) That stops the editor from reformatting the text
thank you again for taking the time to help
this is the output of the fdisk -l command
linux-4yzc:/home/th3junk13 # fdisk -l
Failed to read extended partition table (offset=2684543232): Invalid argument
Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x57c3f638
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 63 80324 80262 39.2M de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 81920 29663231 29581312 14.1G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 * 29663232 2684542975 2654879744 1.2T 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 2684543232 2930304767 245761536 117.2G f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Disk /dev/sdb: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/sdc: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/sdd: 14.9 GiB, 16022241280 bytes, 31293440 sectors
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: 0x10ce3e4f
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1 * 2048 20981759 20979712 10G 83 Linux
/dev/sdd2 20981760 31293439 10311680 4.9G 83 Linux
Disk /dev/md126: 1.4 TiB, 1500316172288 bytes, 2930305024 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 131072 bytes / 393216 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x57c3f638
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/md126p1 63 80324 80262 39.2M de Dell Utility
/dev/md126p2 81920 29663231 29581312 14.1G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/md126p3 * 29663232 2684542975 2654879744 1.2T 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/md126p4 2684543232 2930304767 245761536 117.2G f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/md126p5 2684544000 2688767231 4223232 2G 82 Linux swap / Solari
/dev/md126p6 2688768000 2772658175 83890176 40G 83 Linux
/dev/md126p7 2772658944 2930287871 157628928 75.2G 83 Linux
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
linux-4yzc:/home/th3junk13 #
(I hope I did that properly as you asked, and that you can see what a mess I’ve created lol)
What “now” means? It worked in the past? When it stopped working - what did you do before? What are exact errors you get when booting?
If I could at least recover my files/media from my windows 10 I would be happy to continue trying to fix on my own.
When you boot from live media, can you mount /dev/md126p2 or /dev/md126p3? If not, what errors you get?
I’d like to note that RAID 0 is an accident waiting to happen. Yes it is fast but also the least little thing goes wrong and all data is lost without any hope.