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Hi @ll,
I've a running Win10 installation with an old HDD. To speed up the PC I decided to by a new SSD.
I build in the new SSD along with the old HDD. Then I prepared a USB Windows10 installation device for a fresh installation of Windows10 on the new SSD. On the old HDD a Windows7 was ported to Windows10 and hence I wanted to clean install Win10 on the SSD.
All worked well and I configured the new Windows10 to my desires. But now, when i boot the PC immediately after the BIOS tests I get a prompt to choose between the 2 available Windows10 installations.
It seems, that the new installation did not create a boot sector on the SSD but updated the information on the old HDD. Due to the fact, that the old HDD not only is slow compared to the brand new SSD, I also fear, that the old HDD will stop from working anytime soon.
If this happens I will not be able to boot, because it seems the boot record lies on the old HDD. If i switch off the old HDD in the BIOS the PC is not booting due to not having a bootable disk.
I also checked the ordering of the boot sequence which first tries to boot from SSD and then HDD and then USB followed by DVD.
My question now is, how can I write a boot sector on the new SSD so that the PC does not need the old HDD to boot up?
Somebody able to help me with this?
Thanks in advance.
René
Unless you wanted a dual boot the simplest solution is to remove the old disk, then reinstall windows.
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Oh i forgot to mention, that I of course would not like to reinstall Windows10 again.
I think there must be a possibility to adopt the partitions on the new SSD and write a boot sector to it without reinstalling Windows10.
Sounds good, you can follow along here.
https://www.diskpart.com/articles/move-system-reserved-partition-4348.html
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Hello DSPatrick,
this sounds great. I'll give it a try and report back here. This could take a few weeks, because the mentioned PC is the one of my mom.
I'm not with her every day, so my reply will take some time.
Thanks in advance.
René
Sounds good, in the meantime please don't forget to close up the thread here by 
But if I close it now, you'll never know whether it worked or not.
Or am I able to reopen this post?
I able to reopen this post?
Sure, or just open a new one. Tracking a thread over weeks is just not possible here. Please don't forget to close up the thread here by
Just checking if there's any progress or updates?
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Please post an image or share link of disk management.
(by default columns and rows are compressed and characters are cutoff)
a) Widen these rows: disk 0, disk 1, disk 2, etc. > make sure that characters are not cutoff
b) Widen these columns: Status and Volume > make sure that characters are not cutoff
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2503-how-post-screenshot-disk-management.html
Open administrative command prompt and copy and paste: (all at one time)
bcdedit
reagentc /info
diskpart
lis dis
lis vol
sel dis 0
det dis
lis par
sel par 1
det par
sel par 2
det par
sel par 3
det par
sel par 4
det par
sel par 5
det par
sel par 6
det par
sel dis 1
det dis
lis par
sel par 1
det par
sel par 2
det par
sel par 3
det par
sel par 4
det par
sel par 5
det par
sel par 6
Type:
ctrl + a
ctrl + c
Paste the commands with results into this thread typing:
ctrl + v
A new boot sector can be created on either the HD or SSD.
One of the best methods to move from one disk drive to another is to restore an image.
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Hi, here are the requested data
And here are the output from the commands from the command prompt. I adopted the commands to the installed drives and partitions. So I didn't go through numbers 4 5 6 and so on for partitions which are not present.
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.2364]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
Windows-Start-Manager
---------------------
Bezeichner {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
description Windows Boot Manager
locale de-DE
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {e2a73a1f-b6f8-11e9-9ce1-d1d76491d3c4}
displayorder {current}
{e2a73a1b-b6f8-11e9-9ce1-d1d76491d3c4}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
{bdbdbd00-6057-11e0-a7f3-ce9adfd72002}
timeout 3
Windows-Startladeprogramm
-------------------------
Bezeichner {current}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 10
locale de-DE
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {e2a73a21-b6f8-11e9-9ce1-d1d76491d3c4}
displaymessageoverride StartupRepair
recoveryenabled Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {e2a73a1f-b6f8-11e9-9ce1-d1d76491d3c4}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
Windows-Startladeprogramm
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Bezeichner {e2a73a1b-b6f8-11e9-9ce1-d1d76491d3c4}
device partition=D:
path \WINDOWS\system32\winload.exe
description Windows 10
locale de-DE
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {e2a73a1d-b6f8-11e9-9ce1-d1d76491d3c4}
displaymessageoverride Recovery
recoveryenabled Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice partition=D:
systemroot \WINDOWS
resumeobject {e2a73a1a-b6f8-11e9-9ce1-d1d76491d3c4}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /info
Konfigurationsinformationen zur Windows-Wiederherstellungsumgebung (WinRE) und
zur Systemwiederherstellung:
WinRE-Status: Enabled
WinRE-Ort: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition1\Recovery\WindowsRE
Startkonfigurationsdaten-ID: e2a73a21-b6f8-11e9-9ce1-d1d76491d3c4
Ort des Wiederherstellungsimages:
Index des Wiederherstellungsimages: 0
Ort des benutzerdefinierten Images:
Index des benutzerdefinierten Images: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Vorgang erfolgreich.
C:\Windows\system32>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart-Version 10.0.19041.964
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
Auf Computer: DESKTOP-UU4KOTC
DISKPART> lis dis
Datenträger ### Status Größe Frei Dyn GPT
--------------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Datenträger 0 Online 931 GB 0 B
Datenträger 1 Online 931 GB 1024 KB
Datenträger 3 Kein Medium 0 B 0 B
Datenträger 4 Kein Medium 0 B 0 B
Datenträger 5 Kein Medium 0 B 0 B
DISKPART> lis vol
Volume ### Bst Bezeichnung DS Typ Größe Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 H DVD-ROM 0 B Kein Medi
Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 931 GB Fehlerfre Startpar
Volume 2 System-rese NTFS Partition 500 MB Fehlerfre System
Volume 3 D NTFS Partition 930 GB Fehlerfre
Volume 4 NTFS Partition 865 MB Fehlerfre Versteck
Volume 5 F Wechselmed 0 B Kein Medi
Volume 6 G Wechselmed 0 B Kein Medi
Volume 7 I Wechselmed 0 B Kein Medi
DISKPART> sel dis 0
Datenträger 0 ist jetzt der gewählte Datenträger.
DISKPART> det dis
Samsung SSD 870 QVO 1TB
Datenträger-ID: "42573548"
Typ : "SATA"
Status : "Online"
Pfad : "0"
Ziel : "0"
LUN-ID : "0"
Speicherortpfad : "PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1F02)#ATA(C00T00L00)"
Aktueller schreibgeschützter Zustand: Nein
Schreibgeschützt : Nein
Startdatenträger : Ja
Auslagerungsdatei-Datenträger : Ja
Ruhezustandsdatei-Datenträger : Nein
Absturzabbild-Datenträger : Ja
Clusterdatenträger : Nein
Volume ### Bst Bezeichnung DS Typ Größe Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 931 GB Fehlerfre Startpar
DISKPART> lis par
Partition ### Typ Größe Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primär 931 GB 1024 KB
DISKPART> sel par 1
Partition 1 ist jetzt die gewählte Partition.
DISKPART> det par
Partition 1
Typ : 07
Versteckt: Nein
Aktiv : Nein
Offset in Byte: 1048576
Volume ### Bst Bezeichnung DS Typ Größe Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 931 GB Fehlerfre Startpar
DISKPART> sel dis 1
Datenträger 1 ist jetzt der gewählte Datenträger.
DISKPART> det dis
WDC WD10EZEX-00WN4A0
Datenträger-ID: "67DA8BEE"
Typ : "SATA"
Status : "Online"
Pfad : "5"
Ziel : "0"
LUN-ID : "0"
Speicherortpfad : "PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1F02)#ATA(C05T00L00)"
Aktueller schreibgeschützter Zustand: Nein
Schreibgeschützt : Nein
Startdatenträger : Nein
Auslagerungsdatei-Datenträger : Nein
Ruhezustandsdatei-Datenträger : Nein
Absturzabbild-Datenträger : Nein
Clusterdatenträger : Nein
Volume ### Bst Bezeichnung DS Typ Größe Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 2 System-rese NTFS Partition 500 MB Fehlerfre System
Volume 3 D NTFS Partition 930 GB Fehlerfre
Volume 4 NTFS Partition 865 MB Fehlerfre Versteck
DISKPART> lis par
Partition ### Typ Größe Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primär 500 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Primär 930 GB 501 MB
Partition 3 Wiederherstellun 865 MB 930 GB
DISKPART> sel par 1
Partition 1 ist jetzt die gewählte Partition.
DISKPART> det par
Partition 1
Typ : 07
Versteckt: Nein
Aktiv : Ja
Offset in Byte: 1048576
Volume ### Bst Bezeichnung DS Typ Größe Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 2 System-rese NTFS Partition 500 MB Fehlerfre System
DISKPART> sel par 2
Partition 2 ist jetzt die gewählte Partition.
DISKPART> det par
Partition 2
Typ : 07
Versteckt: Nein
Aktiv : Nein
Offset in Byte: 525336576
Volume ### Bst Bezeichnung DS Typ Größe Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 3 D NTFS Partition 930 GB Fehlerfre
DISKPART> sel par 3
Partition 3 ist jetzt die gewählte Partition.
DISKPART> det par
Partition 3
Typ : 27
Versteckt: Nein
Aktiv : Nein
Offset in Byte: 999295025152
Volume ### Bst Bezeichnung DS Typ Größe Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 4 NTFS Partition 865 MB Fehlerfre Versteck
DISKPART>