changed hardware and windows 10 will not boot

[bba-tcg]

What worked?

 

[Markfw]

it worked to get to gpt, as list disk shows that. But the diskpart still shows no partitions, and if I select it was the boot disk, I get the win 10 logo for a split second, then pause, then the USB boot, and startup repair still does not work

 

[bba-tcg]

So, if you first select that disk, and then list partition, it doesn't show any partitions?

 

[Markfw]

So, if you first select that disk, and then list partition, it doesn't show any partitions?

how do I select that disk ? when I type diskpart, the prompt changes to diskpart and list disk works, but not the other command.

 

[bba-tcg]

After you list it, type select disk x.

 

[bba-tcg]

Even better, just type list volume and tell me what it says.

 

[Markfw]

What it says is ltr E is the windows partition, see the partition master pic above. This is from the command prompt in the win 10 usb boot. partition 2,3,4 (d,e,f) are the 2 TB boot drive.

 

[bba-tcg]

Is volume 2 on the same disk?

 

[Markfw]

Is volume 2 on the same disk?

Yes, thats the "hidden system" partition thats always first on a win disk.

 

[Markfw]

what it thinks is C is not xselected as the boot partition in bios, and its a 4tb ssd, physically different than the win disk. The samsung 980 is volume 2,3,4,5

 

[bba-tcg]

ok. Here are the steps to fix the problem, starting in diskpart:

1. list disk
2. select disk x  where x is the number for target disk
3. list partition
4. select partition x where x is the 100 MB hidden partition
5. delete partition override
6. create partition efi
7. format fs=fat32 quick
8. assign letter=d since that's the letter above
9. exit diskpart by typing exit
10. type bcdboot e:\windows /l en-us /s d: /f UEFI

if bcdboot says it copied the files successfully, reboot and go into BIOS and pick this as your boot drive. You should now be able to boot.

 

[Markfw]

will letter D change the windows boot letter ? it has to be CC or all the software will not run
I am up to that step and no errors so far

 

[bba-tcg]

will letter D change the windows boot letter ? it has to be CC or all the software will not run
I am up to that step and no errors so far

Your windows install will end up being c:

 

[Markfw]

Your windows install will end up being c:

First, I REALLY want to thank you, it worked ! Why could windows not do this ? tHE DRIVE LETTERS OTHER THAN c ARE ALL MESSED UP, BUT i AM SURE i CAN FIX THEM.\\

damn caps, sorry/

 

[bba-tcg]

First, I REALLY want to thank you, it worked ! Why could windows not do this ? tHE DRIVE LETTERS OTHER THAN c ARE ALL MESSED UP, BUT i AM SURE i CAN FIX THEM.\\

damn caps, sorry/

You're welcome. Windows startup repair does very little. I do this type of stuff daily.

 

[Markfw]

You're welcome. Windows startup repair does very little. I do this type of stuff daily.

Its doing windows updates right now. and I verified the 3070 video drivers,.

She is going from a 4930 with 16 gig ram (single channel), 1tb sata SSD a 1.5 TB spinner and a 2 tb usb backup drive.

to

a 5950x with 32 gig ram dual channel, a 2 tb nvme PCIE 4.0, and a 4 tb sata 3 SSD. Oh, and from a 1070 to a 3070 video card.

Think she will be happy with the speed upgrade ??

 

[bba-tcg]

Its doing windows updates right now. and I verified the 3070 video drivers,.

She is going from a 4930 with 16 gig ram (single channel), 1tb sata SSD a 1.5 TB spinner and a 2 tb usb backup drive.

to

a 5950x with 32 gig ram dual channel, a 2 tb nvme PCIE 4.0, and a 4 tb sata 3 SSD. Oh, and from a 1070 to a 3070 video card.

Think she will be happy with the speed upgrade ??

She should be - it's a nice upgrade. 🙂

 

[bba-tcg]

This should be a reminder that whenever installing Windows, or as in this case, needing to repair the boot setup due to a change in hardware, it's always best to only have the target drive connected so as to avoid confusion as well as the possibility of Windows putting things on other drives in the system.

Also, you might see if the advanced options are available from the Recovery Console. They're probably not. If you want to restore that capability, lmk and I can tell you how to do that.

 

[Markfw]

So, NEW COMPUTER. Old drive = 250 gig, new driver = 2 tb. object was to clone the disk, then expand the c drive to use the new space. The 2 drives are NVME and plugged into a NVME to USB and both plugged into my computer as seen below during the copy. Disk 2 is the new one and disk 3 is the old one. What this says is F drive I expanded to 2 TB (approx) I moved the 500 med ntfs drive to the end of the space, then expanded the partition.



Then when I boot I get nothing but errors, and then I do the shift-F10 like you said befor, and here are the results of diskpart and list disks.

Help !!!! I know the solution is a variant of when you told me before @bba-tcg And thankls in advance.

 

[Markfw]

Oh, I booted with a USB install disk on the new computer with only the 2 TB disk in it, and and then the shift-f210, and that's the picture you see. I don't know where the first 2 partitions disappeared to.

 

[Markfw]

Oh, and without the USB driver when you go into bios it says "windows boot manager" or

Western Digital WD_BLACK 2TB SN770 as boot choices. ​

trying windows boot manager says device not available.​

 

[Markfw]

Updated screen with more info

OK, is this what I need to do ????

1. list disk
2. select disk 0
3. list partition
4. select partition 1
5. delete partition override
6. create partition efi
7. format fs=fat32 quick
8. assign letter=d since that's the letter above
9. exit diskpart by typing exit
10. type bcdboot e:\windows /l en-us /s d: /f UEFI

 

[bba-tcg]

Disconnect all except the 2 TB and boot off a Windows install USB drive. It'll then be disk 0. Select it. Then list partition. Delete the 500 MB partition. You'll probably need to use "override". You can select the partition that's labelled EFI and then skip to step 8. After booting, expand the OS partition to use all BUT about 800 MB. lmk when you're at that point.

 

[Markfw]

Disconnect all except the 2 TB and boot off a Windows install USB drive. It'll then be disk 0. Select it. Then list partition. Delete the 500 MB partition. You'll probably need to use "override". You can select the partition that's labelled EFI and then skip to step 8. After booting, expand the OS partition to use all BUT about 800 MB. lmk when you're at that point.

the picture above is ONLY the 2 TB installed. So what you are asking is exactly what I have above ?? I need step 6,7 right ? I mean its exactly what I did before.

 

[bba-tcg]

the picture above is ONLY the 2 TB installed. So what you are asking is exactly what I have above ?? I need step 6,7 right ? I mean its exactly what I did before.

Yes, that's what you would see. You don't need steps 5, 6 or 7 because this time you already have an EFI partition. Last time we needed to create one.