And there you go, Navy has explained why.
And I was paying attention, and I told you the safest and fastest way to do it properly.
Navy believes it`s simpler to just do it in the Bios. Which is also true. I believe in telling a Noob the safest way to do it.
Mike told you in his 1st reply to unhook any and all other drives, why you chose to beat me up about it is anyone`s guess.
@SCANNERMAN I'm the easiest hohoho in Eezytown, babe. I just hate elitists who call themselves "Guru" but think they're too good for everyone else. And turns out he couldn't solve a thing.
The issue was a corrupted BCD, and it was solved in 3 seconds, via a SMART friend's recommendation to give Hiren's PE a shot. Within it, I was able to run Macrium and "Fix Windows boot problems", which only took 3 seconds.
No reinstalling anything, and my beautiful desktop is just how I left it.
The difference between my friend & the so-called guru's around here is that he took the time to explain the significance behind every command and every step he gave me to try beforehand, because he's aware of my novice status. And he likes to teach. And he clearly knows far more than all the "gurus" around here combined.
I think you and him would get along great because he also likes to function outside the box.
So I'll mark this train as Solved, but I'll keep the kudos to myself.
Hopefully you continue to find the help that you need somewhere else. Just realize that the "guru", @SCANNERMAN, that you conversed with here for most of this thread had just as few posts as you and is far from gaining a "guru" status on this forum.
Oh, dear me. I just joined this forum. I'm a long way from thousands of posts. In fact, my very first sentence in my very first post here was, "I am not an IT." Admittedly, I did hint at unorthodox measures but, after 22 years of fiddling with Windows o/s I find that often shortcuts can come around to snag one in the hinder parts down the road. And besides, what does one actually learn from these so-called "quick fixes"? To be honest, this is why I declined from suggesting Easy BCD Creator.. And I still suggest that if a boot issue can be fixed without having to resort to third party software it should be explored. This is also part of learning. GloriousPorpoise has stated numerous times that he was a "novice" but that he was also keen on learning. Admittedly, my approach to Windows issues is often unorthodox. Again, I'm not an IT. That said I am hardly a novice. But I have been exactly where our friend has been and I wouldn't exactly call it a joy ride.
@GloriousPurpose. Feel free to bask in your own glory if that is what pleases you the most. You solved your problem and it looks good on you. Again. When dealing with a novice installing an operating system I always advise them to disconnect all non-essential drives. Even a professional will make the same recommendation. It is a good safety measure, especially when dealing with corruption in boot sectors. There was a reason I asked you to give me a holler BEFORE you wiped your drive. I'm glad you didn't do this and I'm happy to learn that you fixed your problem. Congratulations. I have heard many good things about Macrium, but I already have other tools that can do the same.
Frankly, I wouldn't be so quick to snub the fellows here who made every effort to help you. By sharing information and working with you they did help you to narrow down the issue. They took time and energy to assist you and for that they should be granted due regard and recognition. I would recommend making a drive image of that o/s and keeping it in a dark , dry, cool corner some place. This is called cold storage. This can be very useful in the future should you have any need to resort to a backup. Tell your buddy Scannerman says hello and salutes him. Unorthodoxy has its own merits.
Agree as well - even if installing to external devices (USB Windows to Go type of things) Windows always prompts you as to drives it sees if doing a bog standard "setup.exe" install - and if you use vhdx files with dism /Apply-Image you have to create the vhdx files in the ist place so I don't see how Windows "runs rogue" however many disks are attached, and as @NavyLCDR says who'se messing inside a modern laptop with those internal NVME things anyway.
Cheers
jimbo
Wow, so my advice of having a friend look at it actually worked, Amazing.
And I don`t see 1 person in this thread proclaiming themselves to be a so called Guru.
Absolutely! @AddRAM You gave sound advice but our friend didn't seem to be listening at the time. NavyLDCR called me a "guru" but surely he was just being facetious. It was definitely worth a chuckle or two though. This old "guru" still strongly advises novices to disconnect all non-essential drives before installing an o/s though. Perhaps it's just an old school thang. Eliminating extraneous variables can't hurt. I foresee a time when I will likely be asking the Gurus here for help with RAID 0 on an AMD gaming rig via NVMe. No rush though. I have too many drives to disconnect. lol
Mike gave him the advice way before I said anything.
I still can`t believe the OP was going to do a completely fresh install, or was even thinking about doing a fresh install for such a simple fix.
And Kudos to Navy for putting him in his place.
Disconnecting SSD`s or HDD`s power cables is a simple thing, and I too advise doing it.
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