Booted to encrypted drive, now can't boot to unencrypted drive.

Question

I used my bitlocker key to try to recover deleted files from my 1TB SSD encrypted drive. But, now my unencrypted 2TB SSD drive won't boot. Both systems are Windows 10. I cloned the 1TB drive, two years ago. I tried turning off secure boot, no go. I just get a black screen and a white cursor. I tried manually removing the encrypted drive. Still, the unencrypted drive will not boot, same problem. The unencrypted drive worked fine for the last two years. I tried dual booting the two drives, still the unencrypted drive will not boot. I ran scan disk on the 2TB drive and it found errors and fixed them. I ran fix MBR, still no go. All my work, gaming, software and files for the last two years are on the 2TB drive. Unfortunately, I don't see a recovery or restore partition on the 2TB drive. How can I get my 2TB SSD drive working again? My Laptop is an ASUS TUFF Dash F15. Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello there,

Try accessing your computer's BIOS or UEFI settings to ensure that the unencrypted drive is set as the primary boot device. If that doesn't work, you might need to restore the boot loader or repair the boot configuration using appropriate tools or methods for your operating system.

If you look at the drive with Disk Management, is there another partition, maybe one without a drive letter, that's encrypted? Maybe an efi or boot partition?

Hope this resolves your Query !!

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