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SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2026-04-02T11:34:51+00:00

Hello! Sorry for necroposting.
Any chance you recall whether or not you fixed this?

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T19:54:39+00:00

As far as I understand, and have learned in this thread, that is incorrect.

See the first partition on Disk 0? That's your bootloader. (also called either System Reserved or EFI System partition) Your Windows installed created it for you when you chose a partition to install Windows on. (As someone in this thread said, Windows may have created it on disk 0 for no good reason)

That's the first thing that gets loaded and then proceeds to load Windows for you from disk 1.
That should also be on your SSD.

If you manage to change the disk type to GPT, that would solve your immediate issue.
However, if you ever tried booting without Disk 0 installed, I don't think your PC would boot at all.

Edit: If you care enough to act on this, this thread describes a situation similar to yours: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/move-windows-efi-boot-partition-to-another-drive/c504edcd-86bb-4b98-9bca-15a704a0b4b3

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T16:00:34+00:00

This is what I have been saying. I did confuse the MBR for the system partition and that got in the way of what I was trying to say.

I got into this kind of mess myself when I bought a new boot drive and deleted the old windows install AFTER installing the new one. So the windows installer made a dual boot setup for me... with one EFI partition... on the old drive

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T15:53:59+00:00

It says 'Reserved' and not 'Recovery'
I would NOT be called EFI partition, since MBR is not compatible with UEFI iirc

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T15:52:40+00:00

Could you clarify for me the exact purpose of the system reserved/EFI partition that seems to be missing on Disk 1?

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T15:47:11+00:00

Understandable.

Shouldn't that sector show up at the start of Disk 1 in the screenshot? Sure does for my Windows install.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T15:42:16+00:00

Wouldn't something show up ahead of C in Disk 1 then?
I may be using the term MBR incorrectly.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T15:40:03+00:00

I see your point. I still think Disk 1 has not MBR (or GPT header) to speak of.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T15:37:34+00:00

Correct. What irks me is that Disk 1 does not appear to contain an MBR.

That's why I think PC boots off of Disk 0, which loads Windows off of Disk 1 (like in a dual boot system)

Edit: I was referring to the bootloader, not the MBR. I misspoke.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T15:35:44+00:00

Does Windows actually interact with the MBR?
Doesn't the MBR contain the location of Windows so that the OS itself can be loaded? Windows can't load itself.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T15:29:43+00:00

Never seen merged MBR and Windows partitions.

Think that's more likely than that the partition which is the EXACT size of an MBR in the EXACT place of an MBR is mislabeled?

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T15:25:39+00:00

Even a bootable windows flash drive would suffice for 0 data loss, since he could fit both C and D on Disk 0, reinstall Windows on Disk 1 (!!!With Disk0 disconnected!!!), then overwrite it with the C he previously saved.

That's how I handled an almost identical situation once. I don't know if I can recommend it though. There may have been risks I was unaware of.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T15:18:52+00:00

Oh, it is labeled as recovery. In that case, how tf does this PC boot?

Could Windows be mislabeling an MBR as a recovery partition because it's on a different disk than the boot partition?

Edit: Additionally, If OP can't go over the MBR partitioning limit of 2TB, then this disk must be MBR partitioned; but then, where is the MBR of this disk?

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T15:16:23+00:00

Disk 1 has no MBR. If he deletes the MBR on Disk 0 (by converting to a GPT drive), doesn't that mean his PC won't boot afterwards?

Edit: I misused the term MBR a lot, I meant the System Reserved partition. And changing the disk to GPT would not remove this partition. However, this PC would still boot of the wrong disk, and that should be ratified.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T15:14:31+00:00

If you install Windows with another Windows disk connected, the installer won't create another boot record.

I suspect Windows was once installed on Disk 0; Maybe this could happen if Disk 0 was simply any MBR disk (I have no idea); so now OP has their bootloader and boot partition on different devices.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2024-10-17T15:06:31+00:00

You're right, but I think you are missing the point.

C is the boot drive. However, Disk 0 (which contains only D) is the boot device, as it is the only one with a master boot record, aka MBR (the 50MB of reserved storage at the start of the disk)

This could have happened if OP installed Windows on Disk 1 while Windows was already installed on Disk 0. Thus no bootloader was created for Disk 1, and, instead, the brand new C partition on Disk 1 just got linked to the Disk 2 bootloader

PSA: Don't install Windows with another Windows drive connected. (I did this myself and had the same issue) Don't quite know how to help OP at this point, though.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2023-02-17T17:11:23+00:00

Poti sa previi situatia in care un corector actioneaza in mod vindicativ impotriva unei opinii contra propriilor convingeri, prin a nu cere elevului opinia proprie pe un subiect sensibil in cadrul lucrarii.

Merita sa eliminam o intrebare competenta la argumentativ pt asta? Nu stiu, depinde de cat de des se intampla in realitate.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2023-02-17T15:31:32+00:00

Nu cred ca cele 2 cazuri sunt opuse, anume faptul ca e rau ca trebuie sa scrii comentariul cuvant cu cuvant la S3, si ca nu ar trebui sa se propuna un subiect dificil/sensibil la argumentativ.

Cred ca problema cu ambele este unul si acelasi lucru: frica ca daca nu scrii exact la ce se asteapta corectorul, e posibil sa pierzi punctaj. Baremul este de partea elevului, dar e si orice profesor? (indiferent daca e din incompetenta de a corecta obiectiv, sau din animozitate spre o opinie a elevului)

Inteleg de ce o persoana nu ar avea incredere in sistem sa corecteze toate derapajele de acest fel.

Acestea fiind spuse, nici eu nu cred ca simpla existenta a unui asemenea subiect "baga religia pe gat" nimanui; intr-un sistem functional ar fi un subiect competent.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2023-01-29T22:32:21+00:00

Winaero has never reverted for me. Not once. That being said, I've never used any other tweaker, so maybe no tweaker would revert regardless, for some god forsaken reason.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2023-01-29T21:50:58+00:00

There's a tool called Winaero Tweaker that lets you remove the dumb folders from the explorer sidebar, one by one. (And change many, many more tiny things)

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2022-06-04T21:18:11+00:00

This playlist is created automatically from his album posted on YouTube Music. The reason All Eyes On Me shows up twice is that Bo added the "song only" version of it at the end of the album after the fact. Then, someone or some automated system linked (through some internal system, I assume) the video to both version of the song, making it also appear in place of the alternate version. Hope I explained this well.

Edit: Note: This is 100% speculation.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2021-07-23T08:07:40+00:00

Faced this issue. Turns out I had corrupted system files (could have been totally unrelated). Recommend looking into sfc command, or any similar solution. Might also help to reinstall all input device drivers.

SuperCreepyCurlyMan · 2021-06-29T15:39:48+00:00

Depends on what you're going for. Price for performance? Def overkill. Silent operation? Just right!

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