Need help moving bootloader/windows boot manager from HDD to SSD

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    Need help moving bootloader/windows boot manager from HDD to SSD


    Hello. I need help moving the bootloader/windows boot manager to my SSD.

    My HDD got corrupt but I cannot remove it or I cannot boot Windows without it.

    I have tried following this thread but it doesn't work. I have a problem assigning a letter to the EFI System Partition as the option is grayed out.
    I want to move windows boot manager from HDD to SSD

    I have tried everything and I need some help regarding this. Thank you!
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    There are two types of disks: Legacy - MBR or UEFI - GPT.
    They have different types of boot loaders. We need to know what type of disk you have.

    Did you cloned the HDD into the SSD or did you do a clean install on the SSD?

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    Megahertz said:
    There are two types of disks: Legacy - MBR or UEFI - GPT.
    They have different types of boot loaders. We need to know what type of disk you have.

    Did you cloned the HDD into the SSD or did you do a clean install on the SSD?
    I am pretty sure my HDD and SSD are both GPT.

    I did a fresh install on the SSD. I tried cloning but it did not work.
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    Did you detached the HDD when doing the clean install?
    I guess not.
    Post a Disk Manager image so we can see what you have.
    Expand the Disk Manager window, expand the columns so we can read them and with the snipping toll take a snapshot of the whole window and save it to your disk.
    On the Quick Reply window - Go advanced - and on the top you find a paper clip - Add File - Browse to the saved file - upload
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    Megahertz said:
    Did you detached the HDD when doing the clean install?
    I guess not.
    Post a Disk Manager image so we can see what you have.
    I did not detach the HDD when I was installing on the SSD.

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    Please don't use external links. Use the paper clip on the Quick Reply window - Go advanced - and on the top you find a paper clip - Add File - Browse to the saved file - upload.

    Try this.
    Shut down, detach the HDD (Power or SATA cable) and boot from the Win 10 installation disk. On the fist screen hit Shift+F10.
    Do a Startup repair.
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    Megahertz said:
    Please don't use external links. Use the paper clip on the Quick Reply window - Go advanced - and on the top you find a paper clip - Add File - Browse to the saved file - upload.

    Try this.
    Shut down, detach the HDD (Power or SATA cable) and boot from the Win 10 installation disk. On the fist screen hit Shift+F10.
    Do a Startup repair.
    Sorry, will do that next time.

    I do not have an installation disk. I suppose a USB with Windows 10 will work fine. Will try this tomorrow and get back to you. Thanks!
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  8. Posts : 6,362
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    You already have a UEFI partition. But it doesn't have a letter assigned to it.
    I want to move windows boot manager from HDD to SSD
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    Megahertz said:
    You already have a UEFI partition. But it doesn't have a letter assigned to it.
    I want to move windows boot manager from HDD to SSD
    Yes. I said in my OP that I was trying out the things said from that mentioned thread. Unfortunately, the option to assign a letter to it is grayed out. I also tried assigning it through *diskpart* and while it lets me assign a letter to it, it doesn't show in Disk Management.
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  10. Posts : 6,362
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    Download and install partitionwizard
    With it you can assign a letter to the UEFI partition.
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