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In the screen shot in your OP you show 400mb unused space at the beginning of the SSD. What I would try next is install MiniTool Partition Wizard and copy the 350mb system reserved partition to the 400mb unused space on the SSD. Then use MiniTool Partition Wizard to set the new partition that was copied as active.
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I m am installing now and will let you know, also, after trying all of these things, the 400mb partition you mention now says "raw" instead of unallocated. Does that need to be back to unallocated? If so, how?
Did you create a partition in the 400mb empty space at the beginning of the SSD since your opening post? If so, you will want to delete the partition you created there to make the space unallocated again.
How to use copy partition wizard of MiniTool Partition Wizard?
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How to Copy Partition | MiniTool Partition Wizard Tutorial
diskpart
list disk
select disk 1
list partition
post a pic of diskpart cmd window
because it appears you create a raw partition from the unallocated disk space
which means it now needs to be formatted, before appling the boot files...
BCDBoot is the utility to create the boot files on the system partition...
to many suggestions, to many hands in pot...
confusing results and poor feedback....
or you could do
From an Admin command prompt type> bcdboot D:\Windows
this will add the windows 10 OS on the D drive into your current BCD Boot Menu
and the cmd below will display the Dual-Boot menu option, upon reboot
From an Admin command prompt type> bcdedit /set {bootmgr} displaybootmenu True
Because the one thing we do not know is if even windows 10 is bootable.....
@Kyhito many suggestions, to many hands in pot...
confusing results and poor feedback....
Agreed. Too many cooks in the kitchen.
He's already re-installed Windows 8 so the 350MB system reserved is strickly from Windows 8 containing Boot Manager and Recovery tools for Windows 8.
What I'd have suggested is using Macrium to copy the 500MB System Reserved template for Windows 10:
BootMBR_Only-00-00.zip - Google Drive
Then copy the D: drive next to it, disconnect the HD. Use Macrium to fix boot problems then it should work.
As proven from this thread. It was for GPT disk but should work the same for MBR disk except in this case, we would use the MBR template:
Solved Old Recovery partition - Windows 10 Forums
Problem is, he is un-familiar with the Programs (Apps) mentioned..
EasyBCD, Macrium...
with Command Prompt (admin)Do I enter everything in command line exactly as you have it typed?
he can copy and paste the commands..