Can't Boot Into default Windows Partition

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  1. Posts : 18,470
    Windows 11 Pro
       #11

    zebal said:
    After which OS should be recovery partition put then? do you need 2 RE for each like in screenshot from OP?
    I normally disable the recovery environment using "reagentc /disable". Then delete the recovery partition. Then re-enable the recovery environment with "reagentc /enable". This puts the recovery environment files in a hidden Recovery folder right on C: drive. My multi-OS disk will have an EFI System partition, MSR partition, followed by the partitions containing the OSes. No recovery partitions.
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  2. Posts : 6,951
    Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP - Lubuntu
       #12

    NavyLCDR said:
    I normally disable the recovery environment using "reagentc /disable". Then delete the recovery partition. Then re-enable the recovery environment with "reagentc /enable". This puts the recovery environment files in a hidden Recovery folder right on C: drive. My multi-OS disk will have an EFI System partition, MSR partition, followed by the partitions containing the OSes. No recovery partitions.
    NavyLCDR, on previous Windows versions (7 for sure) Recovery folder was under C:\Windows.
    Do you know why did M$ moved it to a dedicated partition on Win 10?
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  3. Posts : 18,470
    Windows 11 Pro
       #13

    Megahertz said:
    NavyLCDR, on previous Windows versions (7 for sure) Recovery folder was under C:\Windows.
    Do you know why did M$ moved it to a dedicated partition on Win 10?
    No clue. Although, maybe, it has something to do with more partitions being available with GPT disks than MBR disks. And it's even more confusing because when you disable the recovery environment, Windows 10 "stores" the files in C:\Windows\Recovery (I think). But then when you re-enable the recovery environment it moves it to C:\Recovery. Here's the transcript of deleting a Recovery partition:

    Code:
    Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.867]
    (c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
    
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /info
    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: f589e185-630f-11eb-9197-3413e83d466c
        Recovery image location:
        Recovery image index:      0
        Custom image location:
        Custom image index:        0
    
    REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
    
    
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>diskpart
    
    Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.19041.610
    
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
    On computer: JOHN-LAPTOP
    
    DISKPART> lis dis
    
      Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
      --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
      Disk 0    Online          476 GB  1024 KB        *
      Disk 1    Online          476 GB  2048 KB        *
    
    DISKPART> select dis 0
    
    Disk 0 is now the selected disk.
    
    DISKPART> lis par
    
      Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
      -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
      Partition 1    System             100 MB  1024 KB
      Partition 2    Reserved            16 MB   101 MB
      Partition 3    Primary            412 GB   117 MB
      Partition 4    Recovery           552 MB   412 GB
      Partition 5    Primary             64 GB   412 GB
    
    DISKPART> exit
    
    Leaving DiskPart...
    
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /disable
    REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
    
    
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>diskpart
    
    Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.19041.610
    
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
    On computer: JOHN-LAPTOP
    
    DISKPART> sel dis 0
    
    Disk 0 is now the selected disk.
    
    DISKPART> lis par
    
      Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
      -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
      Partition 1    System             100 MB  1024 KB
      Partition 2    Reserved            16 MB   101 MB
      Partition 3    Primary            412 GB   117 MB
      Partition 4    Recovery           552 MB   412 GB
      Partition 5    Primary             64 GB   412 GB
    
    DISKPART> sel par 4
    
    Partition 4 is now the selected partition.
    
    DISKPART> del par override
    
    DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.
    
    DISKPART> exit
    
    Leaving DiskPart...
    
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /enable
    REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
    
    
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /info
    Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
    Information:
    
        Windows RE status:         Enabled
        Windows RE location:       \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition3\Recovery\WindowsRE
        Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: f589e18b-630f-11eb-9197-3413e83d466c
        Recovery image location:
        Recovery image index:      0
        Custom image location:
        Custom image index:        0
    
    REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
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  4. Posts : 86
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #14

    FreeBooter said:
    Which partition is the second Windows OS installed on i only see one Boot partition.
    Volume = F

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    zebal said:
    I don't know if this is the problem but you seem to have 2 RE partitions, which one should Windows use?
    Can you boot into RE? (blue screen Recovery Environment)

    Btw. you can't have 2 Windows OS'es on same drive I think. (unless I'm wrong ofc, never tried with GPT)
    I have had 2 Windows OS'es on same drive for several months now. Now the default won't boot and the system boots directly to the RE environment where I choose the second OS and it opens and runs.

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    NavyLCDR said:
    @Brentg,

    We need to start with seeing the output of:

    Code:
    diskpart
    select disk 0
    list part
    DISKPART> select disk 0

    Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

    DISKPART> list part

    Partition ### Type Size Offset
    ------------- ---------------- ------- -------
    Partition 1 System 100 MB 1024 KB
    Partition 2 Reserved 16 MB 101 MB
    Partition 3 Primary 393 GB 117 MB
    Partition 4 Recovery 538 MB 393 GB
    Partition 5 Primary 390 GB 393 GB
    Partition 6 Recovery 1024 MB 930 GB
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  5. Posts : 42,200
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #15

    When available please update the progress with the steps in post #2.
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  6. Posts : 86
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #16

    zbook said:
    When available please update the progress with the steps in post #2.

    ###########################################################
    # The following commands will be run in sequence. #
    # They can take quite a while to run, be patient. #
    ###########################################################

    sfc /scannow
    dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
    dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
    sfc /scannow

    chkdsk /scan


    C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow

    Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

    Beginning verification phase of system scan.
    Verification 100% complete.

    Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth

    Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
    Version: 10.0.19041.746

    Image Version: 10.0.19042.746

    [==========================100.0%==========================] No component store corruption detected.
    The operation completed successfully.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

    Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
    Version: 10.0.19041.746

    Image Version: 10.0.19042.746

    [==========================100.0%==========================] The restore operation completed successfully.
    The operation completed successfully.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow

    Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

    Beginning verification phase of system scan.
    Verification 100% complete.

    Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk /scan
    The type of the file system is NTFS.
    Volume label is Acer.

    Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
    879376 file records processed.
    File verification completed.
    Phase duration (File record verification): 1.96 minutes.
    6785 large file records processed.
    Phase duration (Orphan file record recovery): 0.00 milliseconds.
    0 bad file records processed.
    Phase duration (Bad file record checking): 0.54 milliseconds.

    Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
    25520 reparse records processed.
    1036294 index entries processed.
    Index verification completed.
    Phase duration (Index verification): 3.47 minutes.
    0 unindexed files scanned.
    Phase duration (Orphan reconnection): 3.39 seconds.
    0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
    Phase duration (Orphan recovery to lost and found): 1.41 milliseconds.
    25520 reparse records processed.
    Phase duration (Reparse point and Object ID verification): 115.19 milliseconds.

    Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
    Security descriptor verification completed.
    Phase duration (Security descriptor verification): 248.42 milliseconds.
    78460 data files processed.
    Phase duration (Data attribute verification): 1.26 milliseconds.
    CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
    38945808 USN bytes processed.
    Usn Journal verification completed.
    Phase duration (USN journal verification): 889.16 milliseconds.

    Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
    No further action is required.

    412302446 KB total disk space.
    259360908 KB in 360209 files.
    304984 KB in 78461 indexes.
    0 KB in bad sectors.
    996582 KB in use by the system.
    65536 KB occupied by the log file.
    151639972 KB available on disk.

    4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
    103075611 total allocation units on disk.
    37909993 allocation units available on disk.
    Total duration: 5.51 minutes (330941 ms).

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>Echo off
    ###################################################################################
    # How to capture batch file data and post in your thread in the BSOD forum #
    # #
    # Batch files and instructions for use in BSOD debugging[Part Two-Four] #
    # #
    # Press [V] to visit the above web page for detailed instructions. #
    # Press [C] to close this window. #
    ###################################################################################
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  7. Posts : 42,200
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #17

    These are the links to run:
    https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...ing-tuneup.bat

    Please don't accidentally run:
    Tuneup1.bat
    Tuneup2.bat



    Make sure it is: Tuneup.bat Batch files for use in BSOD debugging


    Run:

    DiskParInfo.bat
    DiskParInfo.bat - Click here to go to the BSOD batch repository to download and run this batch file.
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  8. Posts : 18,470
    Windows 11 Pro
       #18

    Brentg said:
    DISKPART> select disk 0

    Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

    DISKPART> list part

    Partition ### Type Size Offset
    ------------- ---------------- ------- -------
    Partition 1 System 100 MB 1024 KB
    Partition 2 Reserved 16 MB 101 MB
    Partition 3 Primary 393 GB 117 MB
    Partition 4 Recovery 538 MB 393 GB
    Partition 5 Primary 390 GB 393 GB
    Partition 6 Recovery 1024 MB 930 GB
    The commands that you want to try first are:

    Code:
    diskpart
    select disk 0
    select part 1
    assign letter=w
    exit
    bcdboot C:\Windows /s W: /f UEFI
    exit
    Reboot the computer, see if that fixes anything. If it boots into C: then run the command:
    Code:
    bcdboot F:\Windows /d /addlast
    That will set up dual booting.

    In your BIOS, make sure that CSM (or legacy BIOS) booting is disabled. You have to boot in UEFI mode. Make sure your disk 0 is the first disk in the boot priority list. If you have an option called Network Stack or PXE, disable those - that is booting from a network location.
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  9. Posts : 86
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #19

    NavyLCDR said:
    The commands that you want to try first are:

    Code:
    diskpart
    select disk 0
    select part 1
    assign letter=w
    exit
    bcdboot C:\Windows /s W: /f UEFI
    exit
    Reboot the computer, see if that fixes anything. If it boots into C: then run the command:
    Code:
    bcdboot F:\Windows /d /addlast
    That will set up dual booting.

    In your BIOS, make sure that CSM (or legacy BIOS) booting is disabled. You have to boot in UEFI mode. Make sure your disk 0 is the first disk in the boot priority list. If you have an option called Network Stack or PXE, disable those - that is booting from a network location.
    The command assign letter=w worked, but when I ran bcdboot C:\Windows /s W: /f UEFI I got the message that the boot files could not be copied.
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  10. Posts : 42,200
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #20

    Please indicate any problems running the bat files in post #17.
    (manual commands can be posted)
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