Recovery partition won’t stop assigning itself drive letter


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 11/10
       #1

    Recovery partition won’t stop assigning itself drive letter


    I recently cloned an ssd to my new one, but I couldn’t boot because my recovery drive has assigned itself to D: (I assume that’s why)

    I have tried changing the letter in diskpart, I have deleted the registry entry for the drive, I’ve changed the id and set the gpt attributes and used mountvol. I’m not sure what else to do


    In diskpart the volumes are displayed as:
    Volume 0___C______Windows
    Volume 1___*none*__ESP
    Volume 2___D______Recovery

    Underscores added to make it easier to read
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  2. Posts : 41,528
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #2

    Please perform the following steps:



    1) Run diskpar info > post a share link

    https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...iskparinfo.bat

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    2) Post images of disk management:

    How to Post a Screenshot of Disk Management



    3) If you're not able to boot the computer then find a flash drive that you can format (> or = 8 GB) and a working Windows computer
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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows 11/10
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Booted into recovery mode and here’s diskpart
    Imgur: The magic of the Internet
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  4. Posts : 41,528
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #4

    Type:

    Notepad
    Notepad

    bcdedit
    bcdedit | find "osdevice"



    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


    Save results to notepad > save to a flash drive > post results
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  5. Posts : 810
    WIN 10 19045.4412
       #5

    WestEast said:
    I recently cloned an ssd to my new one, but I couldn’t boot because my recovery drive has assigned itself to D: (I assume that’s why)
    Your assumption is completely wrong!

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    WestEast said:
    I have tried changing the letter in diskpart, I have deleted the registry entry for the drive, I’ve changed the id and set the gpt attributes and used mountvol. I’m not sure what else to do
    You shouldn't have done that!

    Without knowing anything at all I would have done/tried this:
    bcdedit /set {default} device partition=C:
    bcdedit /set {default} osevice partition=C:
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  6. Posts : 1,071
    windows 10
       #6

    I've had this problem before.
    Redo the partition from scratch, and at the end of the commands reassign the partition id one last time:

    Code:
    reagentc /disable
    
    diskpart
    
    sel disk 0
    
    list part (look at number)
    
    sel part x (replace x with the number of the recovery partition)
    
    delete partition override
    
    create partition primary id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
    
    gpt attributes =0x8000000000000001
    
    quick format fs=ntfs label=”Windows RE tools”
    
    set id=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
    
    gpt attributes =0x8000000000000001
    
    exit
    
    reagentc /enable
    
    reagentc /info (must be enabled)
    
    bcdboot /bcdclean
    Last edited by itsme1; 04 Feb 2024 at 09:28.
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  7. Posts : 525
    Windows 10
       #7

    In the code, there are two different ids for the partition.
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  8. Posts : 1,071
    windows 10
       #8

    corrected I forgot a letter
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  9. Posts : 6,392
    Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP - Lubuntu
       #9

    WestEast said:
    Booted into recovery mode and here’s diskpart
    Imgur: The magic of the Internet
    Please don't use external links
    How to Upload and Post Screenshots and Files at Ten Forums

    Never seen a partition assigning a letter.
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