Laptop doesn't boot because OS is on D: drive instead of C: drive

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  1. Posts : 42,735
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #11

    1. Let's confirm you have Win 10 on E (probably).

    Using your Win 10 Boot CD, go to a command prompt and view E:\Windows\SystemApps as I said above (the drive letter may be different when using the CD). Can you see Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy?

    2. You need a bootable USB with Minitool Partition Wizard on it. you may need to use RUFUS to do that.
    Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way
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  2. Posts : 550
    10 pro 64
       #12

    peter5223 said:
    Thanks for the reply

    Yes, sorry, I meant E:

    How do I use/get partition manager boot disk and EasyBCD?
    Have you just try to active the E drive ? Under Disk Management go to the E drive and right click on it and select Mark Partition as Active. See if that works
    Last edited by sn00ker; 18 Oct 2015 at 18:48.
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  3. Posts : 9
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #13

    I had to do a clean reinstall of the windows system using a the windows bootable media USB thing, but it is now fixed.
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  4. Posts : 19
    Windows 10
       #14

    Boot the windows install dvd/usb and get to a command prompt and run:
    bcdboot c:\windows - where "c:\windows" specifies the root of Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8/10
    In your case: bcdboot d:\windows.
    This worked for me on a recent SSD upgrade after Ghosting my drive.
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