Solved boot manager on wrong HDD

[ripbox]

As requested by theog

I have 3 HDD's as you will see below
The Issue i have is that boot manager is on the wrong drive E://
how if possible can i move it to the Main drive C://
I know i made the mistake of mixing up the SATA cables when i did a rebuild but
if i adjust boot priority or switch cables round i can not boot with boot manger missing
Its not the biggest issue in the world and i can live with it but i know im a little scuppered if i want to remove the E:// drive or format it but i would be nice if i can finaly move boomanager over to the C:// drive without having to reformat


discmngr.jpg

 

[Maguscreed]

Windows automatically places the bootmgr on drive 0
the letter is completely irrelevant to it.

I don't know of a reliable way to move it myself.

This is why I always unplug everything but the boot drive when installing.
It's a matter of much complaint from many users, myself included.

If you ever do a reinstall, you should move the drive you want to be the boot drive to the device 0 plug on the motherboard.

 

[theog]

As your HD set is about the same, have look at my post here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...-me-get-windows-7-boot-again.html#post1518114

 

[ripbox]

Thanx for your quick reply Maguscreed Ill see if anyone can come up with anything in the mean time but your explination actually make a fair bit of seance...
Like i say its not a major issue and i can live with it but ill know whats what for next time
I don't plan on formatting anytime soon so it will keep if there is no easy solution.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello mate.


Power down and disconnect all HDDs except the one Windows 7 is on and set that as the second boot device after the CD/DVD drive in the PC BIOS and do the 3 separate startup repairs to (re)create the Windows System boot files to the C: partition, when finished power down and reconnect the other HDDs.

Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times



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[ripbox]

theog if by following your tutorial that you linked would it affect any installations i have on D://

C:// is OS n installs
D:// is installs
E:// is storage

It wouldn't be too much of an issue to fix the installs or completely reinstall everything there but i would like to know if its some additional fixing i would need to make after following your tutorial.

thanx

 

[Maguscreed]

I would go with BFK's suggestion.
He has a good track record for being right

 

[ripbox]

haha yes it sound the best way TBH
I just have another 2 question.....
After following the instructions when i pug in the drive E:// i will then have 2 boot manager files.... will the not conflict? and how can i delete the old boot manager?

 

[Maguscreed]

I believe that is the source of his instructions specifically detailing where to plug in what and how to set bios.
The system will use the first bootmgr it encounters.
If that hdd is the first numerical hdd it should use the bootmgr on it.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

If you have a separate bootable OS on E: when reconnected use the BIOS one-time boot menu hot-key specific to your motherboard to choose which OS/HDD to boot at PC startup.

 

[theog]

As you are dual booting, remove E: only. move drives one up. D: would be Disk0 & C: would be disk1.

 

[ripbox]

There isn't an OS on E:// but the current boot manager is on E://
If as you say it will boot from disc 0 the all that will be left to do is delete the boot manager from E: which i can see via folder options
Provided i can straight of manually delete the said files then i will make this thread as solved
Thanx guys.....


Off to topple some scales...

 

[ripbox]

yes i did, as i said this isn't a dual boot
The issue i was thinking was if the current boot manager is on E:// and i make a new boot manager on C:// would the to managers conflict?
If like said windows will boot from disc 0 then it isn't an issue but i will still need to delete the old boot manager from E:// so presuming i can just manually delete the hidden folder the all should be fine

eek you deleted that post as i posted this haha... never mind

 

[theog]

As your HD set is about the same, have look at my post here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...-me-get-windows-7-boot-again.html#post1518114

If you are not dual booting, you use the above.

When Windows is booting OK, mark D: E: inactive.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

yes i did, as i said this isn't a dual boot
The issue i was thinking was if the current boot manager is on E:// and i make a new boot manager on C:// would the to managers conflict?
If like said windows will boot from disc 0 then it isn't an issue but i will still need to delete the old boot manager from E:// so presuming i can just manually delete the hidden folder the all should be fine

eek you deleted that post as i posted this haha... never mind

No you don't have to do anything to E: the startup repairs will sort all that for you.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

As your HD set is about the same, have look at my post here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...-me-get-windows-7-boot-again.html#post1518114

If you are not dual booting, you use the above.

When Windows is booting OK, mark D: E: inactive.

Have a look at Option Two #2 to see how to mark E: Inactive.

Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times


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