ember gulch
Let me explain. I had a 500GB drive with a Win10 installation on it. I added a new 2TB drive and I installed a fresh copy of Win11 on it (through iso on a pendrive). I formatted the 500GB Win10 drive since I no longer need it. Now if I disconnect it (even though it's empty), I can't boot from the 2TB Win11 drive...
Please help, I want to remove the 500GB drive, but I can't boot without it. Clearly something is wrong since my Win11 partition is not labeled as system partition.
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hard tide
Let me explain. I had a 500GB drive with a Win10 installation on it. I added a n...
never install windows...when other drives with windows is plugged in... it used the efi partition of your 500 GB drive as a boot partition for the 2 TB drive
ember gulch
Yeah, now I know. Doesn't change the fact this behavior is just stupid, if anything you should be asked during installation whether to use existing efi or create a new one...
tender ingot
Let me explain. I had a 500GB drive with a Win10 installation on it. I added a n...
have you been able to solve this? fyi it's possible to recreate the system partition
do you still have the pendrive?
something like this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/bcdboot-command-line-options-techref-di?view=windows-11#repair-the-system-partition
but ask me for guidance before proceeding
ember gulch
have you been able to solve this? fyi it's possible to recreate the system parti...
I just disconnected the Win10 drive and did a fresh Win11 install again...