I want to do the following (believe I need to do in this order).
Move windows install drive letter from F to C
Fix it so bootloader is MBR / on the SSD
Afraid of just changing the letter in disk management as the system will look for system files in the f-drive. I do have AOMEI partition assistant installed if that is useful for this task.
I really appreciate any help in how to do it.
Technically it might be possible but it would take a really long time. It is better just to back up the data on the drive and reinstall Windows.
Thank you - I have some unique software installed (with custom settings) that makes me hesitant to re-install it. The system has been working since 2020, so it is more about cleaning and fixing in case I want to upgrade.
It can be done during installation between apply and the setup phase. I have been choosing my own preferred os letters for years.
There is one thing you could try :
make a backup image first then
1. use syprep to generalize the os
2. set the osletter
3. you will need to use bcdboot to reset the bcd store after generalising
then because it has been genralised it should setup again when booted. But there could be consequences for programs that have been installed for the previous user which might involve a bit of fiddling around afterwards.
It can be done during installation between apply and the setup phase. I have been choosing my own preferred os letters for years.
There is one thing you could try :
make a backup image first then
1. use syprep to generalize the os
2. set the os letter
3. you will need to use bcdboot to reset the bcd store after generalising
then because it has been generalised it should setup again when booted. But there could be consequences for programs that have been installed for the previous user which might involve a bit of fiddling around afterwards.
Yes, just tested, it works.
generalise, set the os letter and boot back in.
create a new user account at oobe , select to go into the old one at logon screen and then delete the new user.
Windows assign letter C: to the Windows partition it booted from.
- If you boot from Windows on partition 1, drive 1, Windows on partition 1 will be assigned a letter C:, drive 0 partition 1 can be any letter.
- If you boot from Windows on partition 1, drive 0, Windows on partition 1 will be assigned a letter C:, drive 1 partition 1 can be any letter.
On the disk image on post 1 it seems you booted from Windows on partition 1, drive 1
If Windows was also installed on partition 1, drive 0, (the SSD I suppose) all you have to do is:
- Open a CMD window as administrator and type:
diskpart
select volume f
active
exit
bcdboot F:\Windows /s F: /f BIOS
exit
- Select disk 0 as first boot option on BIOS. You will boot from drive 0 and F: will become C:
The Windows partition on drive 1 will have another letter than C:.
You will have to fix the Recovery environment (it is now on drive 1)
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(2) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for Data
(3) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for backup
(4) -1 BX500 SSD - 256G for Win 7 and Lubuntu Internet Speed: 500 Mb/s Browser: Firefox 64
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1T HDD for data Internet Speed: 500 Mb/s Browser: Firefox 64
Post a share link into this thread using one drive, drop box, or google drive.
With the plans to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 the upgrade can be performed in a supported or unsupported fashion.
If the plan is to make a supported upgrade then the BIOS needs to be UEFI and the drive partition GPT.
Consider the following approach:
Make a free backup image using Macrium.
Clean install Windows 11 on the applicable disk drive.
(It will have the four default partitions with the optimal partition architecture: Reserved/System/Data/Recovery)
Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: HP OS: windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz Memory: Memory: 32768MB RAM Graphics Card: Hybrid Graphics GPU:Integrated Nvidia Quadro Intel(R) HD Gra
Windows assign letter C: to the Windows partition it booted from.
- If you boot from Windows on partition 1, drive 1, Windows on partition 1 will be assigned a letter C:, drive 0 partition 1 can be any letter.
- If you boot from Windows on partition 1, drive 0, Windows on partition 1 will be assigned a letter C:, drive 1 partition 1 can be any letter.
On the disk image on post 1 it seems you booted from Windows on partition 1, drive 1
If Windows was also installed on partition 1, drive 0, (the SSD I suppose) all you have to do is:
- Open a CMD window as administrator and type:
diskpart
select volume f
active
exit
bcdboot F:\Windows /s F: /f BIOS
exit
- Select disk 0 as first boot option on BIOS. You will boot from drive 0 and F: will become C:
The Windows partition on drive 1 will have another letter than C:.
You will have to fix the Recovery environment (it is now on drive 1)
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