Fixboot

Question

Have PC running Windows 11. Dual SSD's; "Windows 11 Home" (C:) and "Windows 11 Home Image (E:).

Boots up no problem on Home (C:) but not using image (E:)

Suspect boot partition corrupted and decided to run admin CMD's for fixboot, fixbcd and restoreBCD

Having changed to E: under admin CMD prompt and input bootrec /fixmbr I get the message "bootrec' is not recognised as an internal nor external command, operable program or batch file' (!?!)

How do I easily fix the boot operation on my image drive ?? Grateful for any help

Answer 1

Go to msconfig.exe and delete the broken entry.

Rename the working entry in bcdedit:

bcdedit /set {default} description "Windows 11 Image"

Answer 2

Many thanks for your feedback. Done as you suggested - bcdboot E:\Windows

On reboot instead of 2 named options on screen for start-up:-

1. Windows 11
2. Windows 11 Image

I now have 3 options:-

1. Windows 11
2. Windows 11
3. Windows 11 Image

To test I created a blank document called "BOOT CHECK" and saved to desktop when choice 1) - "!Windows 11" started up

On restart, selecting option 1) - "Windows 11", desktop showed this document on desktop.

On restart, selecting option 2) - "Windows 11", desktop didn't show this document.

On restart, selecting option 3) provides original error 0xC000225

I've therefore concluded, rightly or wrongly. that option 3 - "Windows 11 Image" has had boot function corrected but is shown as a new "Windows 11". Am I correct in this assumption ???

File explorer shows C:\ named as "Windows 11" and E:\ as "Windows 11 Image"

If assumption is correct, how do I correct start choice screen to just show:-

1. Windows 11
2. Windows 11 Image

Answer 3

Exactly. Needs to be run as an administrator.

Answer 4

Silly question; I trust I put this in on home (c:) command line ?

Answer 5

Try

bcdboot E:\Windows