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Old 02-04-2008   #1 (permalink)
Lars Schouw


 
 

move bootmgr from drive c to drive d

I would like to move the boot manager from drive c to drive d.
How can I do that using Bcdedit?

I would like to remove drive c from my PC but the boot information is
on that drive.. telling it to boot the vista installed my d drive.

My current setup looks like this :
D:\Windows\system32>Bcdedit

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=C:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {globalsettings}
default {current}
resumeobject {5dd72779-60f6-11dc-9b5d-b530b079b669}
displayorder {current}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {current}
device partition=D:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows Vista
locale en-US
inherit {bootloadersettings}
osdevice partition=D:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {5dd72779-60f6-11dc-9b5d-b530b079b669}
nx OptIn

Regards,
Lars



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Old 02-04-2008   #2 (permalink)
Rick Rogers


 
 

Re: move bootmgr from drive c to drive d

Hi,

Make D: active with disk manager, then shut down and remove C:. Boot the
system with the Vista DVD and run a startup repair.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Lars Schouw" <schouwla@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:efb3bfd9-011e-4165-9bbd-7e8178856ce0@xxxxxx
Quote:

>I would like to move the boot manager from drive c to drive d.
> How can I do that using Bcdedit?
>
> I would like to remove drive c from my PC but the boot information is
> on that drive.. telling it to boot the vista installed my d drive.
>
> My current setup looks like this :
> D:\Windows\system32>Bcdedit
>
> Windows Boot Manager
> --------------------
> identifier {bootmgr}
> device partition=C:
> description Windows Boot Manager
> locale en-US
> inherit {globalsettings}
> default {current}
> resumeobject {5dd72779-60f6-11dc-9b5d-b530b079b669}
> displayorder {current}
> toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
> timeout 30
>
> Windows Boot Loader
> -------------------
> identifier {current}
> device partition=D:
> path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
> description Microsoft Windows Vista
> locale en-US
> inherit {bootloadersettings}
> osdevice partition=D:
> systemroot \Windows
> resumeobject {5dd72779-60f6-11dc-9b5d-b530b079b669}
> nx OptIn
>
> Regards,
> Lars
>
>
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Old 02-09-2008   #3 (permalink)
Lars Schouw


 
 

Re: move bootmgr from drive c to drive d

Rick,

When I try that I get an error: NTLDR is missing.

Thank you for your kind advice.

Lars

On Feb 5, 11:46*am, "Rick Rogers" <r...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:

> Hi,
>
> Make D: active with disk manager, then shut down and remove C:. Boot the
> system with the Vista DVD and run a startup repair.
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 02-09-2008   #4 (permalink)
Rick Rogers


 
 

Re: move bootmgr from drive c to drive d

Hi,

Vista doesn't use ntldr. You get the error because the system is trying to
boot the drive and cannot find the bootloader referred to by the mbr
(perhaps D: at one time contained a prior NT system?) This is why you need
to boot from the Vista DVD and run a startup repair.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Lars Schouw" <schouwla@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:b83cc124-aa63-42ea-ad40-5338839db2ae@xxxxxx
Rick,

When I try that I get an error: NTLDR is missing.

Thank you for your kind advice.

Lars

On Feb 5, 11:46 am, "Rick Rogers" <r...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:

> Hi,
>
> Make D: active with disk manager, then shut down and remove C:. Boot the
> system with the Vista DVD and run a startup repair.
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 02-09-2008   #5 (permalink)
Lars Schouw


 
 

Re: move bootmgr from drive c to drive d

I tried the startup repair already as you surgested when I got this
error. I think I had Windows XP on it before.
Cheers,
Lars


On Feb 10, 6:41*am, "Rick Rogers" <r...@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:

> Hi,
>
> Vista doesn't use ntldr. You get the error because the system is trying to
> boot the drive and cannot find the bootloader referred to by the mbr
> (perhaps D: at one time contained a prior NT system?) This is why you need
> to boot from the Vista DVD and run a startup repair.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughtshttp://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Lars Schouw" <schou...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>
> news:b83cc124-aa63-42ea-ad40-5338839db2ae@xxxxxx
> Rick,
>
> When I try that I get an error: NTLDR is missing.
>
> Thank you for your kind advice.
>
> Lars
>
> On Feb 5, 11:46 am, "Rick Rogers" <r...@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
Quote:

> > Hi,
>
Quote:

> > Make D: active with disk manager, then shut down and remove C:. Boot the
> > system with the Vista DVD and run a startup repair.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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Old 02-09-2008   #6 (permalink)
Lars Schouw


 
 

Re: move bootmgr from drive c to drive d

I got it working now.. turned out I had an extra small partition on my
d derive.. I deleted it and ran startup repair and it works great now!

Lars
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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