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Onedrive seems to have created its own drive G partition and moved my previous drive G partition to drive L

Anonymous
2021-10-01T22:00:28+00:00

One drive has messed up my partitions in that I had a drive G called WorkArea (G) that has the one drive folders to sync on it, along with all other files and folders on it. Somehow my G drive WorkArea (G) (partition) was reallocated to drive L WorkArea (L), and a separate partition G now called Local Disk (G). has appeared in the original drive G's place. (not talking about drive Mapping here).

In windows explorer I see the following screen shot

whereas in disk management, G does NOT show up at all and I cannot change WorkArea (L) back to G.

Drive L does show up in windows explorer, but is not in the screen shot. .

and trying to re-assign WorkArea to G I cannot, as it is unavailable.

how do I fix this?

I tried to uninstall OneDrive, and reboot but nothing changed.

Can someone please help me fix this as my backup plans are set for G as what is in WorkArea L and now backup of G only shows OneDrive files, that were not part of the backup plan to begin with.

Thanks for any help you can offer. Much appreciated.

Garry G

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-11-02T01:24:13+00:00

    That basically looks good. Let's make some adjustments...

    (1) Delete one more useless entry, & fix the Windows Memory Tester...

    Type "CMD" into Search, & click "Run as Administrator". Then, copy/paste the following into it one line at a time...

    BCDEdit /Delete {201ca33d-3744-11eb-ab08-a9da93046d68}

    BCDEdit /Set {becbfbbc-74c1-11e3-a193-d3e592cc6be4} Description "Windows Recovery"

    BCDEdit /Enum {memdiag} <<<Show old memory tester entry

    BCDEdit /Set {memdiag} Device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2

    BCDEdit /Set {memdiag} Path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\memtest.efi

    BCDEdit /Enum {memdiag} <<<Show new one

    Does the new one have the new Device & Path values? Then all is well.

    (2) We did remove H: from the Recovery partition before. We then put R: on it to do a ReagentC, but we removed the R: afterwards. Now, H: has come back -- at least it isn't G: -- remember that? But H: has gotten tangled into the BCD. Well, let's try...

    Type "CMD" into Search, & click "Run as Administrator".

    DiskPart <<<Enter DiskPart

    Select Vol=H <<<Select the Recovery volume

    Detail Part <<<Show partition details including the letter & Attrib

    Remove Letter=H <<<Remove its letter

    Detail Part <<<Show the letter is gone

    Exit <<<Exit DiskPart

    I'm expecting your second "Detail Part" to look like this...

    Partition 4

    Type : de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac

    Hidden : Yes

    Required: Yes

    Attrib : 0X8000000000000001

    Use Ctrl-A & Ctrl-C to copy, then past it all here. Then reboot & check in File Explorer to see H: is gone. Finally, let me see...

    BCDEdit /Enum {201ca33c-3744-11eb-ab08-a9da93046d68}

    BCDEdit /Enum {becbfbbc-74c1-11e3-a193-d3e592cc6be4}

    If they still mention the letter H, we can get it back it out.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-11-01T21:19:02+00:00

    Well, that sounds great. It boots properly to both Windows & to the recovery environment now. That's right, "Continue" is what gets back to Windows from the recovery environment. You might have traversed the various options first. For instance, "Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt". Then, exit the Command Prompt with its "X" or by typing "Exit", & click "Continue" to get back to Windows. But I suppose all is well. Here is the cleanup...

    Type "CMD" into Search, & click "Run as Administrator".

    BCDEdit /Export C:\BU\BCD_Backup <<<Overwrite old with new BCD backup

    BCDEdit /Delete {c4337ee6-11b0-11ec-ab4f-806e6f6e6963}

    BCDEdit /Delete {c4337ee8-11b0-11ec-ab4f-806e6f6e6963}

    BCDEdit /Delete {c4337ee7-11b0-11ec-ab4f-806e6f6e6963}

    BCDEdit /Delete {c4337ee3-11b0-11ec-ab4f-806e6f6e6963}

    That makes a fresh BCD_Backup, then deletes unused & unwanted entries from the BCD. Do a reboot to Windows for certainty all is well. Then...

    BCDEdit /Export C:\BU\BCD_Backup <<<One final save of the BCD

    BCDEdit /Enum All <<<Show it for a final look

    That should do it. Looks like all went well. Good going on your part & mine.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-11-01T01:37:59+00:00

    (1) Have you rebooted to Windows since 10/29 when we got {bootmgr} into your BCD? That's an important one. If it won't go to Windows, do the /Import to get back that old rotten BCD. The rest of this is to get Shift+Restart to work. That is a boot to the recovery environment (at the "Choose an Option" screen).

    (2) For the recovery environment, Just do the second one...

    BCDEdit /Set {201ca33c-3744-11eb-ab08-a9da93046d68} osdevice ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume4]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{becbfbbc-74c1-11e3-a193-d3e592cc6be4}

    All of the other BCDEdit commands went well. Then, try this again...

    ReagentC /Enable

    ReagentC /Info <<<Does this one say it's enabled?

    If it says it's enabled, try a Shift+Restart. Did it work?

    (3) If it won't enable or work, then try this...

    Type "CMD" into Search, & click "Run as Administrator".

    DiskPart <<<Enter DiskPart

    Select Disk 0 <<<Focus on Disk 0

    List Part <<<List the partitions

    Select Part 4 <<<Focus on Recovery partition

    Assign Letter=R <<<Give it letter R:

    Exit <<<Exit DiskPart

    ReagentC /SetREImage /Path R:\Recovery\WindowsRE /Target C:\Windows

    ReagentC /Enable

    ReagentC /Info <<<Does it say it's enabled now?

    DiskPart <<<Enter DiskPart

    Select Vol=R <<<Focus on Recovery partition

    Remove Letter=R <<<Remove the letter

    Exit <<<Exit DiskPart

    If it says it's enabled, try the Shift+Restart for the recovery environment. Did it get there, & did it have all its buttons, like Troubleshoot & Advanced Options? If so, we are done except maybe for a little cleanup.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-10-29T22:43:10+00:00

    Yippee, indeed! Well, do a reboot to test whether it works (if you haven't already). If it boots, do the following while in Windows. These are eight BCDEdit commands of one line each & three ReagentC. Copy/paste them into the Command Prompt...

    Type "CMD" into Search, & click "Run as Administrator"...

    BCDEdit /Enum {201ca33c-3744-11eb-ab08-a9da93046d68} <<<Show old Windows RE

    BCDEdit /Set {201ca33c-3744-11eb-ab08-a9da93046d68} Device ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume4]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{becbfbbc-74c1-11e3-a193-d3e592cc6be4}

    BCDEdit /Set {201ca33c-3744-11eb-ab08-a9da93046d68} osdevice ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume4]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{becbfbbc-74c1-11e3-a193-d3e592cc6be4}

    BCDEdit /Enum {201ca33c-3744-11eb-ab08-a9da93046d68} <<<Show new Windows RE

    BCDEdit /Enum {becbfbbc-74c1-11e3-a193-d3e592cc6be4} <<<Show old Ramdisk Options

    BCDEdit /Set {becbfbbc-74c1-11e3-a193-d3e592cc6be4} ramdisksdidevice partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume4

    BCDEdit /Set {becbfbbc-74c1-11e3-a193-d3e592cc6be4} ramdisksdipath \Recovery\WindowsRE\boot.sdi

    BCDEdit /Enum {becbfbbc-74c1-11e3-a193-d3e592cc6be4} <<<Show new Ramdisk Options

    ReagentC /Info <<<Is it enabled?

    ReagentC /Enable <<<Enable the Recovery Environment (if not already)

    ReagentC /Info <<<Is it enabled now? ****

    Let me see the output of that. If ReagentC won't enable, just post a new "BCDEdit /Enum All".

    But -- if it is enabled -- click a Power icon, then hold Shift as you click Restart. The computer should reboot to the internal recovery environment (the Recovery partition). Does it seem to have all of its tools? Click "Continue" to return to Windows, & post a final "BCDEdit /Enum All". That should be the end of it.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-10-02T01:45:14+00:00

    Hi BG. I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, specializing in Installation, Performance, Troubleshooting and Activation, here to help you.

    Please post a screenshot of Disk Management, which I read like a doctor reads X-rays. Follow the steps here so I can see everything needed to advise you: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/foru...

    The contents of G which I can see show that it's the Recovey partition containing the bootable WinRE tools which are used when Windows won't start, shown here:

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2294-advanc...

    A Recovery partition should not have a Drive letter so you can remove that.

    But before you try to move the OneDrive folder partition back I would unlink OneDrive because it could mess up it's linkages which have apparently somehow changed from where you originally assigned them.

    So the way to do this is go into OneDrive Settings > Backup tab to disable Backup Folder protection so the User folders syncing with OneDrive are set back to default location for the time being.

    Next go into OneDrive Settings > Accounts tab > to Unlink OneDrive as shown here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/36246-link-...

    Now go into Disk Management, remove the drive letter from G, move it to the partition where you want the OneDrive folder.

    Now go into Start Menu, open Microsoft OneDrive, go through the steps here to set it up: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-get-started-....

    At the step for where you want to move the OneDrive folder, choose Drive G and the existing OneDrive folder.

    If you still want Folder Protection Backup, enable it again on OneDrive Settings > Backup tab.

    Make sure Files On Demand is not checked on the Settings tab or the files will only stay in the cloud, not on the hard drive where they'll be replaced by links.

    I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions. Please report back results for all steps given so I know what else to suggest if necessary.

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