Data Drive = System Issue

[Exaco]

Hey, guys any ideas how to move that System tag into ( SSD ) ? Without affecting data/files.
What i've did in the past is relocated my Documents and Videos folder to drive in order to save SSD space, tried to reset it back to default, but now as i understand if i gonna disconnect my HDD ( ) the OS won't boot, since same happens if i try to make it inactive, there's nothing to boot from OS Drive.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Let's see if this works:

• Shrink the C: partition by about 200MB.
• Create a new partition in that space, give it some drive letter. For the sake of an example, let's mark it as S:
• Right click on S: and select "Mark as Active"
• Open a command prompt as an Administrator
• Type in the following command: Bcdboot C:\Windows /s S:
• Unmark D: as being active. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/unmark-a-partition-as-active/40f6d20b-1514-42b6-8b14-c7fc18c6324a shows you how to unmark a partition as Active

[Exaco]

10 minutes ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

Let's see if this works:

• Shrink the partition by about 200MB.
• Create a new partition in that space, give it some drive letter. For the sake of an example, let's mark it as S:
• Right click on S: and select "Mark as Active"
• Open a command prompt as an Administrator
• Type in the following command: Bcdboot C:\Windows /s S:
• Unmark as being active. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/unmark-a-partition-as-active/40f6d20b-1514-42b6-8b14-c7fc18c6324a shows you how to unmark a partition as Active

Didn't work
It didn't boot still.

[Mira Yurizaki]

3 minutes ago, Exaco said:

Didn't work
It didn't boot still.

Z: is not marked as "System" even after doing the Bcdboot command?

[Exaco]

2 minutes ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

Z: is not marked as "System" even after doing the Bcdboot command?

Yes including restart.

I have no idea how the system got into D:, imagine using USB drive and it's getting marked as System lol.

[Mira Yurizaki]

2 minutes ago, Exaco said:

Yes including restart.

Try the following:

• Make a Windows install media
• Format Z: to clear it out
• Shutdown the computer
• Unplug the HDD
• Boot the computer with the Windows install media
• Select "Repair this computer" when you get to the main screen
• Select Troubleshoot -> Command Prompt
• Figure out what C:\ and Z:\ are (it may just be D:\ and Z:\). The command prompt may tell you it's on the C:\ drive, but C:\ is really the install media.
• Do the Bcdboot command again, but replacing C:\Windows with wherever Windows really is (it could be D:\Windows)
• Try booting again, but leaving the HDD unplugged

[Exaco]

41 minutes ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

Try the following:

• Make a Windows install media
• Format Z: to clear it out
• Shutdown the computer
• Unplug the HDD
• Boot the computer with the Windows install media
• Select "Repair this computer" when you get to the main screen
• Select Troubleshoot -> Command Prompt
• Figure out what C:\ and Z:\ are (it may just be D:\ and Z:\). The command prompt may tell you it's on the C:\ drive, but C:\ is really the install media.
• Do the Bcdboot command again, but replacing C:\Windows with wherever Windows really is (it could be D:\Windows)
• Try booting again, but leaving the HDD unplugged

No luck also.
Guess just gonna reinstall the OS w/ HDD unplugged in future.