BCDSTORE has wrong boot device.

x509 · 06 Nov 2020

So I have just re-installed Windows and I was setting up EasyBCD to boot from either my "production" partition C: or my "scratch around" partition K: I have no idea how

I ended up with this result, even after I did a Macrium Reflect restore of the C: partition from before I had this problem, plus the two extra partitions that Windows creates when it does an install to a GPT drive.

I also did a complete uninstall EasyBCD using Revo Uninstaller, but when I re-installed EasyBCD, I couldn't clear out this problem.

BCDSTORE has wrong boot device.-image.png

Thing is, once I get EasyBCD set up right, I want to change the drive letter from K: to NONE, but I don't dare do that until I fix this issue.

What did I do "stupid?" How do I fix this issue?

In advance, many, many thanks for a solution. Many, many thanks more.

zbook · 06 Nov 2020

With power on what do you see?

Open disk management > by default some columns are compressed > widen each Status and Volume > make sure the contents within the parenthesis are in full view and that none of the characters are cutoff > view disk 0 > widen this row as needed so that all of the characters are in full view > post an image into the thread
Disk Management - How to Post a Screenshot of

Download and install Minitool Partition Wizard > click launch > post an image of the results into this thread
MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download
MiniTool Portable Partition Magic Brings Easier Disk Management

Run: DiskParInfo.bat - Click here to go to the BSOD batch repository to download and run this batch file.

x509 · 06 Nov 2020

@zbook,

Thanks for the quick reply. To keep things simple, I opened my case and took out the two HDDs.

When I power up my system, I see a typical multi-boot menu, but at this time showing "APOLLO," which is my name for my Windows production system, drive C:, and "SELENE," which is the name of my non-production Windows 10 Pro partition. APOLLO is the default, and I can also boot to APOLLO by selecting it and pressing enter:

My system includes several drive bay USB memory card readers (Disks 1 - 5, Volumes 6 - 10) and a label printer which must have a drive letter assigned to execute the program built into the printer (Disk 6, Volume 11)

Code:

Disk 0 is an SSD. It has 6 partition(s). Model: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB 

    This computer has the above 1 fixed storage device(s) in total.
=======================================================================

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.19041.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: APOLLO

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          931 GB   451 GB        *
  Disk 1    No Media           0 B      0 B         
  Disk 2    No Media           0 B      0 B         
  Disk 3    No Media           0 B      0 B         
  Disk 4    No Media           0 B      0 B         
  Disk 5    No Media           0 B      0 B         
  Disk 6    Online         4095 KB      0 B         

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0     P                       DVD-ROM         0 B  No Media           
  Volume 1                      NTFS   Partition    498 MB  Healthy            
  Volume 2     C   PROGRAMS     NTFS   Partition    255 GB  Healthy    Boot    
  Volume 3     D   DATA         NTFS   Partition    144 GB  Healthy            
  Volume 4     K   SELENE       NTFS   Partition     79 GB  Healthy            
  Volume 5                      FAT32  Partition    100 MB  Healthy    System  
  Volume 6                             Removable       0 B  No Media           
  Volume 7     N                       Removable       0 B  No Media           
  Volume 8     M                       Removable       0 B  No Media           
  Volume 9                             Removable       0 B  No Media           
  Volume 10                            Removable       0 B  No Media           
  Volume 11    Z   DYMO PRINTE  FAT    Removable   4095 KB  Healthy            

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB
Disk ID: {776E22C0-3BA0-03AD-B088-DB1DE84EEB00}
Type   : NVMe
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(0101)#PCI(0000)#NVME(P00T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : Yes
Pagefile Disk  : Yes
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : Yes
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 1                      NTFS   Partition    498 MB  Healthy            
  Volume 2     C   PROGRAMS     NTFS   Partition    255 GB  Healthy    Boot    
  Volume 3     D   DATA         NTFS   Partition    144 GB  Healthy            
  Volume 4     K   SELENE       NTFS   Partition     79 GB  Healthy            
  Volume 5                      FAT32  Partition    100 MB  Healthy    System  

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    System             100 MB  1024 KB
  Partition 2    Reserved            16 MB   101 MB
  Partition 3    Recovery           498 MB   117 MB
  Partition 4    Primary            255 GB   615 MB
  Partition 5    Primary            144 GB   255 GB
  Partition 6    Primary             79 GB   399 GB

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

Partition 1
Type    : c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
Hidden  : Yes
Required: No
Attrib  : 0X8000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 1048576

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 5                      FAT32  Partition    100 MB  Healthy    System  

Partition 2 is now the selected partition.

Partition 2
Type    : e3c9e316-0b5c-4db8-817d-f92df00215ae
Hidden  : Yes
Required: No
Attrib  : 0X8000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 105906176

There is no volume associated with this partition.

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

Partition 3
Type    : de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
Hidden  : No
Required: Yes
Attrib  : 0X8000000000000001
Offset in Bytes: 122683392

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 12                     NTFS   Partition    498 MB  Healthy    Hidden  

Partition 4 is now the selected partition.

Partition 4
Type    : ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
Hidden  : No
Required: No
Attrib  : 0000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 644874240

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 2     C   PROGRAMS     NTFS   Partition    255 GB  Healthy    Boot    

Partition 5 is now the selected partition.

Partition 5
Type    : ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
Hidden  : No
Required: No
Attrib  : 0000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 274852741120

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 3     D   DATA         NTFS   Partition    144 GB  Healthy            

Partition 6 is now the selected partition.

Partition 6
Type    : ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
Hidden  : No
Required: No
Attrib  : 0000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 429471563776

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 4     K   SELENE       NTFS   Partition     79 GB  Healthy            

===============================================================================

Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:

    Windows RE status:         Enabled
    Windows RE location:       \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE
    Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 33c250d4-1ed5-11eb-8ac8-8c14c141ce11
    Recovery image location:   
    Recovery image index:      0
    Custom image location:     
    Custom image index:        0

REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
    
===============================================================================

Firmware Boot Manager
---------------------
identifier              {fwbootmgr}
displayorder            {bootmgr}
                        {a42c8714-1ed1-11eb-a877-806e6f6e6963}
                        {a42c8715-1ed1-11eb-a877-806e6f6e6963}
                        {a42c8716-1ed1-11eb-a877-806e6f6e6963}
                        {de970855-1ed3-11eb-8ac8-806e6f6e6963}
                        {de970859-1ed3-11eb-8ac8-806e6f6e6963}
                        {de97085d-1ed3-11eb-8ac8-806e6f6e6963}
                        {de970861-1ed3-11eb-8ac8-806e6f6e6963}
                        {de970862-1ed3-11eb-8ac8-806e6f6e6963}
                        {330d876c-1a34-11eb-aa56-bc206d737e2d}
                        {330d8774-1a34-11eb-aa56-bc206d737e2d}
                        {8cdf4e5c-1fe7-11eb-bde9-806e6f6e6963}
                        {8cdf4e5d-1fe7-11eb-bde9-806e6f6e6963}
                        {8cdf4e5e-1fe7-11eb-bde9-806e6f6e6963}
timeout                 1

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier              {bootmgr}
device                  partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path                    \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {33c250d2-1ed5-11eb-8ac8-8c14c141ce11}
displayorder            {current}
                        {330d8771-1a34-11eb-aa56-bc206d737e2d}
                        {330d8772-1a34-11eb-aa56-bc206d737e2d}
                        {330d8773-1a34-11eb-aa56-bc206d737e2d}
                        {330d876c-1a34-11eb-aa56-bc206d737e2d}
                        {330d8774-1a34-11eb-aa56-bc206d737e2d}
                        {8a4fffc6-1a2c-11eb-9244-806e6f6e6963}
                        {8a4fffc7-1a2c-11eb-9244-806e6f6e6963}
                        {8a4fffc8-1a2c-11eb-9244-806e6f6e6963}
                        {33c250d6-1ed5-11eb-8ac8-8c14c141ce11}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 20
displaybootmenu         Yes

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {330d876c-1a34-11eb-aa56-bc206d737e2d}
description             CD/DVD Drive
custom:250000c2         0

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {330d8774-1a34-11eb-aa56-bc206d737e2d}
description             Hard Drive
custom:250000c2         0

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {8cdf4e5c-1fe7-11eb-bde9-806e6f6e6963}
description             UEFI:CD/DVD Drive

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {8cdf4e5d-1fe7-11eb-bde9-806e6f6e6963}
description             UEFI:Removable Device

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {8cdf4e5e-1fe7-11eb-bde9-806e6f6e6963}
description             UEFI:Network Device

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {a42c8714-1ed1-11eb-a877-806e6f6e6963}
device                  unknown
path                    \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI
description             Windows Boot Manager

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {a42c8715-1ed1-11eb-a877-806e6f6e6963}
device                  unknown
path                    \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI
description             Windows Boot Manager

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {a42c8716-1ed1-11eb-a877-806e6f6e6963}
device                  unknown
path                    \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI
description             Windows Boot Manager

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {de970855-1ed3-11eb-8ac8-806e6f6e6963}
device                  partition=K:
path                    \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI
description             Windows Boot Manager

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {de970859-1ed3-11eb-8ac8-806e6f6e6963}
device                  unknown
path                    \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI
description             Windows Boot Manager

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {de97085d-1ed3-11eb-8ac8-806e6f6e6963}
device                  unknown
path                    \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI
description             Windows Boot Manager

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {de970861-1ed3-11eb-8ac8-806e6f6e6963}
device                  partition=Z:
description             UEFI: DYMO PnP 1.00, Partition 1

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {de970862-1ed3-11eb-8ac8-806e6f6e6963}
description             USB

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {330d8777-1a34-11eb-aa56-bc206d737e2d}
device                  ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume3]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{330d8778-1a34-11eb-aa56-bc206d737e2d}
path                    \windows\system32\winload.efi
description             Windows Recovery Environment
locale                  en-us
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
displaymessage          Recovery
osdevice                ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume3]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{330d8778-1a34-11eb-aa56-bc206d737e2d}
systemroot              \windows
nx                      OptIn
bootmenupolicy          Standard
winpe                   Yes

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {current}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description             APOLLO
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {33c250d4-1ed5-11eb-8ac8-8c14c141ce11}
displaymessageoverride  Recovery
recoveryenabled         Yes
isolatedcontext         Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice                partition=C:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {33c250d2-1ed5-11eb-8ac8-8c14c141ce11}
nx                      OptIn
bootmenupolicy          Standard

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {33c250d4-1ed5-11eb-8ac8-8c14c141ce11}
device                  ramdisk=[C:]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{33c250d5-1ed5-11eb-8ac8-8c14c141ce11}
path                    \windows\system32\winload.efi
description             Windows Recovery Environment
locale                  en-us
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
displaymessage          Recovery
osdevice                ramdisk=[C:]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{33c250d5-1ed5-11eb-8ac8-8c14c141ce11}
systemroot              \windows
nx                      OptIn
bootmenupolicy          Standard
winpe                   Yes

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {33c250d6-1ed5-11eb-8ac8-8c14c141ce11}
device                  partition=K:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description             SELENE
locale                  en-US
osdevice                partition=K:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {8cdf4e5f-1fe7-11eb-bde9-806e6f6e6963}

Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier              {33c250d2-1ed5-11eb-8ac8-8c14c141ce11}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \Windows\system32\winresume.efi
description             Windows Resume Application
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {resumeloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {33c250d4-1ed5-11eb-8ac8-8c14c141ce11}
recoveryenabled         Yes
isolatedcontext         Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
filedevice              partition=C:
filepath                \hiberfil.sys
bootmenupolicy          Standard
debugoptionenabled      No

Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier              {8cdf4e5f-1fe7-11eb-bde9-806e6f6e6963}
device                  partition=K:
path                    \Windows\system32\winresume.efi
description             SELENE
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {resumeloadersettings}
filedevice              partition=K:
filepath                \hiberfil.sys
debugoptionenabled      No

Windows Memory Tester
---------------------
identifier              {memdiag}
device                  partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path                    \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\memtest.efi
description             Windows Memory Diagnostic
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {globalsettings}
badmemoryaccess         Yes

EMS Settings
------------
identifier              {emssettings}
bootems                 No

Debugger Settings
-----------------
identifier              {dbgsettings}
debugtype               Local

RAM Defects
-----------
identifier              {badmemory}

Global Settings
---------------
identifier              {globalsettings}
inherit                 {dbgsettings}
                        {emssettings}
                        {badmemory}

Boot Loader Settings
--------------------
identifier              {bootloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}
                        {hypervisorsettings}

Hypervisor Settings
-------------------
identifier              {hypervisorsettings}
hypervisordebugtype     Serial
hypervisordebugport     1
hypervisorbaudrate      115200

Resume Loader Settings
----------------------
identifier              {resumeloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}

Device options
--------------
identifier              {330d8778-1a34-11eb-aa56-bc206d737e2d}
description             Windows Recovery
ramdisksdidevice        partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume3
ramdisksdipath          \Recovery\WindowsRE\boot.sdi

Device options
--------------
identifier              {33c250d5-1ed5-11eb-8ac8-8c14c141ce11}
description             Windows Recovery
ramdisksdidevice        partition=C:
ramdisksdipath          \Recovery\WindowsRE\boot.sdi

NavyLCDR · 06 Nov 2020

I'm confused as to exactly what the problem is?

x509 · 07 Nov 2020

NavyLCDR said:

I'm confused as to exactly what the problem is?

Navy,

Let me try to clarify. Here is the layout of my SSD that contains both my PRODUCTION (C:) and NON-PRODUCTION (K:) partitions. Both are Win 10 Pro 64.

Here is an EasyBCD screenshot that shows the problem.

Somehow the default boot device got switched to K: and I can't switch it back to C: using EasyBCD. I even did a restore using Macrium Reflect, but that did not fix the problem. So I need advice about a tool that can allow me to fix this issue. I hope I don't have to twiddle bits.

I use NON-PRODUCTION Windows when I want to test out software installs and configurations, or Windows or hardware configuration.

When I start to add partitions to the SSD drive, I might need to move K: to a different drive or delete it altogether and restore it only when I absolutely need it. Right now, I have no idea what would happen if I removed K: but I don't want my system to become non-bootable.

NavyLCDR · 07 Nov 2020

Two ways to change it. Either with the bcdedit /default command or on the boot tab of msconfig. I'm not at a computer right now to provide more detailed instructions.

NavyLCDR · 07 Nov 2020

The easy way to change the default OS to boot into is to press Win + R keys to open a run dialog box. Enter msconfig and click OK. Then in the system configuration window that opens, click on the boot tab. Highlight the entry you want to be the default and click "Set as default" button. Also you can set the timeout in seconds that you want. Then click OK.

BCDSTORE has wrong boot device.-capture.jpg

x509 · 08 Nov 2020

Navy,

I appreciate this help.

I have only limited experience with the bcdedit command, because if I get something wrong, I could brick my Windows install. So to simplify things, I took out SELENE from the boot options. With msconfig, I got the following (Windows 20H2), which is different from your screenshot.

The problem of K being the EasyBCD Boot Device still persists:

Here is the output of bcdedit. I don't see anything obvious to change, but then again, I don't really know anything about the bcdstore.

So would it be safe to just remove the drive letter K: and see what happens?

NavyLCDR · 08 Nov 2020

If you want to add K: to the boot menu the command is:
bcdboot K:\Windows /d /addlast

x509 · 11 Nov 2020

SUCCESS!

After thinking about the problem for a long time, it finally dawned on me that my issue was not with the BCDSTORE, but with the EasyBCD utility.

So I went over to the neosmart forum and posted a question there. A really helpful guy, Terry60, I think he is one of the mods there, suggested that I simply delete the K: partition. Which I did, and, shazam, I got the result I wanted, which is that C: is now the EasyBCD Boot Device.

Solved.