Partition mess

I have an Acer A715-71G laptop that came with a 1TB HDD and a linux installation. I have this laptop for two years. On the same day I installed a Samsung 256GB 960 EVO Nvme drive and installed win 10. I might have messed though with the partitions. On subsequent upgrades of win 10 versions I got the “We couldn’t update system reserved partition” error that circumnavigated by deleting system fonts. Is there any way to salvage the installation without doing a clean install? I think the partitions are a mess.

What is the current Windows version/build (winver)?
Was the prior font deletion successful resulting in an upgrade?
Is the current problem a recurrent failure to upgrade or just a possible partition fix?



1) Open administrative command prompt and copy and paste (all at one time):

Code:

bcdedit /enum all
bcdedit | find "osdevice"
reagentc /info
diskpart
lis dis
lis vol
sel dis 0
det dis
lis par
sel par 1
det par
sel par 2
det par
sel par 3
det par
sel par 4
det par
sel par 5
det par
sel par 6
det par
sel par 7
det par
sel dis 1
det dis
lis par
sel par 1
det par
sel par 2
det par
sel par 3
det par
sel par 4
det par

2) When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread

3) Download and install Minitool Partition Wizard > post an image of the results into this thread
MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com

4) Open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:
5) sfc /scannow
6) dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
7) dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
8) sfc /scannow
9) chkdsk /scan
10) wmic recoveros set autoreboot = false
11) wmic recoveros set DebugInfoType = 7

12) When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread

One way to do this:

Shrink C partition from the left by about 500 mb.

Creat msr partition on the left of the unallocated space of , say 128mb.

Then create efi system partition (esp) of, say 300mb.

Give the esp a drive letter e.g. Z

Then open an elevated command prompt and type

bcdboot C:\windows /s Z: /f UEFI

Suggest you use a 3rd party partition manager - such as Aomei Pro, or the free version of diskgenius.

A neater way is to shrink C from the right, an create the partitions as below. That would have to be done from outside of the C installation - can be done from an Os installed on the other disk or from pe.

The advantage of this layout is when win10 creates a new partition for winre, it has plenty space at the end of the disk.




Disgenius is handy for this because it offers to create both at once and the defaults are fine.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.476]
(c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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: 10.0.18362.1

Image Version: 10.0.18363.476

[==========================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: 10.0.18362.1

Image Version: 10.0.18363.476

[==========================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 SSD.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
950784 file records processed.
File verification completed.
17834 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
6030 reparse records processed.
1208898 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
6030 reparse records processed.

Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
129058 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
34067080 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.

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

243555382 KB total disk space.
153223864 KB in 717622 files.
418052 KB in 129059 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
1076986 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
88836480 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
60888845 total allocation units on disk.
22209120 allocation units available on disk.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>wmic recoveros set autoreboot = false
Updating property(s) of '\\DESKTOP-30SJD9A\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_OSRecoveryConfiguration.Name="Microsoft Windows 10 Home|C:\\WINDOWS|\\Device\\Harddisk1\\Partition2"'
Property(s) update successful.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>wmic recoveros set DebugInfoType = 7
Updating property(s) of '\\DESKTOP-30SJD9A\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_OSRecoveryConfiguration.Name="Microsoft Windows 10 Home|C:\\WINDOWS|\\Device\\Harddisk1\\Partition2"'
Property(s) update successful.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

What is that for?

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.476]
(c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>bcdedit /enum all

Firmware Boot Manager
---------------------
identifier {fwbootmgr}
displayorder {bootmgr}
{0d160173-05e6-11e8-a1eb-806e6f6e6963}
{0d160170-05e6-11e8-a1eb-806e6f6e6963}
{0d160171-05e6-11e8-a1eb-806e6f6e6963}
{0d160172-05e6-11e8-a1eb-806e6f6e6963}
timeout 0

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-GB
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {15592716-1a78-11ea-a20c-a10ff1eb029e}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier {0d160170-05e6-11e8-a1eb-806e6f6e6963}
description EFI USB Device

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier {0d160171-05e6-11e8-a1eb-806e6f6e6963}
description EFI DVD/CDROM

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier {0d160172-05e6-11e8-a1eb-806e6f6e6963}
description EFI Network

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier {0d160173-05e6-11e8-a1eb-806e6f6e6963}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \EFI\endless\shim.efi
description Linux

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=C:
path \WINDOWS\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 10
locale en-GB
inherit {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence {15592718-1a78-11ea-a20c-a10ff1eb029e}
displaymessageoverride Recovery
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \WINDOWS
resumeobject {15592716-1a78-11ea-a20c-a10ff1eb029e}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {15592718-1a78-11ea-a20c-a10ff1eb029e}
device ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume8]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{15592719-1a78-11ea-a20c-a10ff1eb029e}
path \windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows Recovery Environment
locale en-GB
inherit {bootloadersettings}
displaymessage Recovery
osdevice ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume8]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{15592719-1a78-11ea-a20c-a10ff1eb029e}
systemroot \windows
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
winpe Yes

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {1b073254-c72f-11e8-941f-d2399a16cf4b}
device ramdisk=[unknown]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{1b073255-c72f-11e8-941f-d2399a16cf4b}
path \windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows Recovery Environment
locale en-GB
inherit {bootloadersettings}
displaymessage Recovery
osdevice ramdisk=[unknown]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{1b073255-c72f-11e8-941f-d2399a16cf4b}
systemroot \windows
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
winpe Yes

Windows Setup
-------------
identifier {7254a080-1510-4e85-ac0f-e7fb3d444736}
device ramdisk=[C:]\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\winre.wim,{1b073256-c72f-11e8-941f-d2399a16cf4b}
bootstatdevice partition=C:
custom:11000083 partition=C:
path \windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows Rollback
locale en-GB
bootstatfilepath \$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\bootstat.dat
inherit {bootloadersettings}
restartonfailure Yes
osdevice ramdisk=[C:]\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\winre.wim,{1b073256-c72f-11e8-941f-d2399a16cf4b}
custom:21000152 partition=C:
systemroot \windows
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard
winpe Yes

Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier {15592716-1a78-11ea-a20c-a10ff1eb029e}
device partition=C:
path \WINDOWS\system32\winresume.efi
description Windows Resume Application
locale en-GB
inherit {resumeloadersettings}
recoverysequence {15592718-1a78-11ea-a20c-a10ff1eb029e}
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
filedevice partition=C:
filepath \hiberfil.sys
bootmenupolicy Standard
debugoptionenabled No

Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier {1b073251-c72f-11e8-941f-d2399a16cf4b}
device partition=C:
path \WINDOWS\system32\winresume.efi
description Windows Resume Application
locale en-GB
inherit {resumeloadersettings}
recoverysequence {1b073254-c72f-11e8-941f-d2399a16cf4b}
recoveryenabled Yes
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
filedevice partition=C:
filepath \hiberfil.sys
bootmenupolicy Standard
debugoptionenabled No

Windows Memory Tester
---------------------
identifier {memdiag}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\memtest.efi
description Windows Memory Diagnostic
locale en-GB
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 {15592719-1a78-11ea-a20c-a10ff1eb029e}
description Windows Recovery
ramdisksdidevice partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume8
ramdisksdipath \Recovery\WindowsRE\boot.sdi

Device options
--------------
identifier {1b073256-c72f-11e8-941f-d2399a16cf4b}
description Windows Setup
ramdisksdidevice partition=C:
ramdisksdipath \$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\SafeOS\boot.sdi

C:\WINDOWS\system32>bcdedit | find "osdevice"
osdevice partition=C:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:

Windows RE status: Enabled
Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk1\partition3\Recovery\WindowsRE
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 15592718-1a78-11ea-a20c-a10ff1eb029e
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 10.0.18362.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: DESKTOP-30SJD9A

DISKPART> lis dis

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 931 GB 1024 KB *
Disk 1 Online 232 GB 1024 KB *

DISKPART> lis vol

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 E HDD NTFS Partition 922 GB Healthy
Volume 1 D WINDRIVER NTFS Partition 4666 MB Healthy
Volume 2 FAT Partition 62 MB Healthy System
Volume 3 C SSD NTFS Partition 232 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 4 NTFS Partition 609 MB Healthy

DISKPART> sel dis 0

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> det dis

WDC WD10SPZX-21Z10T0
Disk ID: {ECB16DAE-6336-420F-8890-DBE5804B6E4B}
Type : SATA
Status : Online
Path : 2
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1700)#ATA(C02T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only : No
Boot Disk : No
Pagefile Disk : No
Hibernation File Disk : No
Crashdump Disk : No
Clustered Disk : No

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 E HDD NTFS Partition 922 GB Healthy
Volume 1 D WINDRIVER NTFS Partition 4666 MB Healthy
Volume 2 FAT Partition 62 MB Healthy System

DISKPART> lis par

Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 System 62 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Unknown 1024 KB 63 MB
Partition 3 Primary 922 GB 64 MB
Partition 4 Unknown 4096 MB 922 GB
Partition 5 Primary 4666 MB 926 GB

DISKPART> sel par 1

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 1
Type : c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
Hidden : Yes
Required: No
Attrib : 0000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 1048576

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 2 FAT Partition 62 MB Healthy System

DISKPART> sel par 2

Partition 2 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 2
Type : 21686148-6449-6e6f-744e-656564454649
Hidden : Yes
Required: No
Attrib : 0000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 66060288

There is no volume associated with this partition.

DISKPART> sel par 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 3
Type : ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
Hidden : No
Required: No
Attrib : 0000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 67108864

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 0 E HDD NTFS Partition 922 GB Healthy

DISKPART> sel par 4

Partition 4 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 4
Type : 0657fd6d-a4ab-43c4-84e5-0933c84b4f4f
Hidden : Yes
Required: No
Attrib : 0000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 991016517632

There is no volume associated with this partition.

DISKPART> sel par 5

Partition 5 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 5
Type : ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
Hidden : No
Required: No
Attrib : 0000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 995311484928

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 1 D WINDRIVER NTFS Partition 4666 MB Healthy

DISKPART> sel par 6

The specified partition is not valid.
Please select a valid partition.

There is no partition selected.

DISKPART> det par

There is no partition selected.
Please select a partition and try again.

DISKPART> sel par 7

The specified partition is not valid.
Please select a valid partition.

There is no partition selected.

DISKPART> det par

There is no partition selected.
Please select a partition and try again.

DISKPART> sel dis 1

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> det dis

Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB
Disk ID: {D3BFCAD4-1543-432C-B04A-06CC3F740846}
Type : NVMe
Status : Online
Path : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(1D00)#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 3 C SSD NTFS Partition 232 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 4 NTFS Partition 609 MB Healthy

DISKPART> lis par

Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Reserved 16 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Primary 232 GB 17 MB
Partition 3 Recovery 609 MB 232 GB

DISKPART> sel par 1

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 1
Type : e3c9e316-0b5c-4db8-817d-f92df00215ae
Hidden : Yes
Required: No
Attrib : 0X8000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 1048576

There is no volume associated with this partition.

DISKPART> sel par 2

Partition 2 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 2
Type : ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
Hidden : No
Required: No
Attrib : 0000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 17825792

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 3 C SSD NTFS Partition 232 GB Healthy Boot

DISKPART> sel par 3

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> det par

Partition 3
Type : de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
Hidden : No
Required: Yes
Attrib : 0X8000000000000001
Offset in Bytes: 249419530240

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
* Volume 5 NTFS Partition 609 MB Healthy Hidden

DISKPART> sel par 4

The specified partition is not valid.
Please select a valid partition.

There is no partition selected.

DISKPART> det par