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Computer won't boot after deleting data partition
I have three drives.
Disk 0: Samsung 870 EVO 2.5" SATA SSD (1TB)
Disk 1: WD Blue 3.5" SATA HD (1TB)
Disk 2: WD Blue 3.5" SATA HD (1TB)
I have a dual-boot:
- Windows 10 Pro 20H2 on C:\ on Disk 0
- Windows 7 Home on K:\ on Disk 2
If I delete partition F:\ on Disk 0 I can no longer boot the computer. The boot aborts with an error message.
I did not write down the error description. I can't recreate the problem without making the computer unbootable again.
The SSD is a clone of a hard drive it replaced. I had to clone the hard drive again to fix the problem.
Note the original boot hard drive and the SSD were the only drives connected during the clone.
Here is the output from Bcdedit
Code:Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device partition=C: description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} default {current} resumeobject {19363769-d016-11ea-b5d8-d1b9305d2b11} displayorder {current} {96d29bee-2ed2-11ea-ac84-ce2c7f9f5214} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \WINDOWS\system32\winload.exe description Windows 10 locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} recoverysequence {51021239-cffd-11ea-acbb-85b8bb06dba4} displaymessageoverride Recovery recoveryenabled Yes testsigning No allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075 osdevice partition=C: systemroot \WINDOWS resumeobject {19363769-d016-11ea-b5d8-d1b9305d2b11} nx OptIn bootmenupolicy Standard useplatformclock Yes Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {96d29bee-2ed2-11ea-ac84-ce2c7f9f5214} device partition=K: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Windows 7 locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} recoverysequence {96d29bef-2ed2-11ea-ac84-ce2c7f9f5214} recoveryenabled Yes osdevice partition=K: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {96d29bed-2ed2-11ea-ac84-ce2c7f9f5214} nx OptIn