Boot partition deleted can i save the installation?


  1. Posts : 23
    W10
       #1

    Boot partition deleted can i save the installation?


    Hello

    I have bought a new ssd, because the old one was crashing badly
    When installing windows on the new drive the installation put the boot sector in the old drive
    I didnt realize this for weeks and then i finally decided to delete the partitions on the old drive and bin it
    So i went and deleted the boot sector. The new drive only has the two partitions for my data c,d and the recovery partition

    Can i make a new boot partition in diskpart?
    I have found a way to redo the boot partition but for gpt and my drive is mbr
    I am posting this from a new installation on the old drive but i would rather save the installation on the new drive
    Thank you very much
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  2. Posts : 8,116
    windows 10
       #2

    Was there a separate partition that it booted from or were all boot files on c? Never install Windows with another drive on the system
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  3. Posts : 23
    W10
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I didnt do anything special... i just partitioned the drive and installed... but windows does its little partition things... i dont touch those... and i guess it decided the boot partition was on the other drive
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  4. Posts : 76
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #4

    You could load up a Windows recovery USB drive and open Command Prompt. If you know your way around, you can copy your important files elsewhere.
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  5. Posts : 18,428
    Windows 11 Pro
       #5

    Yes. You can either set the C: partition as active and then run:
    bcdboot C:\Windows /s C:

    Or you can shrink the C: partition by 100 MB and make a system reserved partition.
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