Switching Windows Boot Manager from HDD to SSD

Anonymous
2022-03-31T00:10:33+00:00

Hey all, I am Dizah.

I recently upgraded my computer with a V-GEN SSD, I installed it properly and it works. I cloned my HDD to my SSD. I changed the boot priority 1 as my SSD and disable the boot priority 2. The restart process happened, I successfully signed in to my computer. But then I checked the disk management, I found that the booting process still happens from the HDD, as this image shows.

I am unsure that I have successfully switched the booting process from HDD to SSD. If anyone could get back to me that would be great.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Install and upgrade

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Anonymous
2022-04-03T03:27:26+00:00

That indicates BIOS did indeed direct the boot to EFI of the SSD. Its BCD is in use & can't be renamed. So, let's do it from the Recovery Environment (RE). But drive letters may be different there. So...

(a) Click any Power icon, then hold Shift as you click Restart.

 That should reboot to the RE at the "**Choose an Option**" screen.

(b) Click "Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt"

 That reboots again to a Command Prompt.

(c) Enter the following commands...

DiskPart <<<Enter DiskPart

List Vol <<<List the volumes & their letters

=== Examine the listing to see what letter is on the partition of size 118 GB. That will ===

=== be the SSD's Windows partition. Use that letter instead of E: (if different) in the ===

===BCDBoot command below. And if Volume 5 has a letter, use it instead of S:. ===

Image

List Disk <<<See that Disk 1 is the SSD by its size

Select Disk 1 <<<Focus on the SSD

Select Partition 1 <<< EFI System partition of the SSD

Assign Letter=S <<<Give it letter S (if it doesn't already have a letter)

Exit <<<Exit DiskPart

DEL S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD.old <<<In case BCD.old exists, delete it

REN S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD BCD.old <<<Rename current BCD to BCD.old (not necessarily S:)

BCDBoot E:\Windows /s S: /f UEFI <<<Not necessarily letters E: or S:

DiskPart

Select Vol=S <<<Focus on EFI (not necessarily letter S:)

Remove Letter=S <<<Remove the letter S

Exit

(d) Close the Command Prompt with its "X" or type Exit.

(e) Click "Continue" to reboot to Windows

That should do it. Good luck. After booting, show me the BCD. You won't be able to copy/paste in the RE, so print this out first.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-04-06T03:10:55+00:00

    thank you so much for all your helps and Wolfboy and RottweilerX too.

    i'll do your suggestions.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-05T03:11:40+00:00

    Great! I'm so glad to see that. Good work on your part & mine -- & WolfBoy too. That's right, ReagentC shows the drive differently from BCDEdit, but those are the same drive. Now, I want to suggest...

    (a) It's no good to have two complete installations of Windows plugged in at once. It's especially the extra EFI partition that is the trouble. You should delete the EFI, MSR, Windows, & Recovery partitions that are on Disk 0 (the HDD). Keep only D: partition.

    (b) And I think, as RottweilerX suggested, it's probably best to plug that SSD into "the first SATA connector on the motherboard, which is typically referred to as SATA 0".

    Good luck, & keep us informed.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-04-05T02:54:01+00:00

    the info says it is enabled and the location also in harddisk 1. i was afraid of your previous reply (harddiskvol9). and it loads to the complete recovery environment. here are the pictures.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-04-05T02:29:17+00:00

    The BCD looks good. Now I recall, we may have to do ReagentC again....

    ReagentC /Info

    ReagentC /Enable

    ReagentC /Info

    Paste the result. Does the 2nd /Info say it's enabled & the location is "harddisk1\partition4"? Then, try the environment again.

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