Does anyone else have this problem?

On my desktop computer I have three hard drives. Drive A is for files, drive B is for Linux (Mint 17.3), and drive C is for Windows 10. In the Linux mode, I connect drives A & B, C is disconnected. In Windows mode, only drive C is connected (I don't trust Windows anywhere near my permanent files).

On my Windows drive, I was using Win 7. After upgrading to 10, My boot process for Linux is very complicated. Windows 10 altered my boot process so that it starts very quickly. When I switch over to Linux, I have to physically go to the boot menu to choose Linux, if I don't I get a blank screen.

I have an MSI Z97S SLI Krait edition motherboard. Any ideas how I can get Linux to boot properly?

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