Oh my, I just realized the forum I post at forwards to this newsgroup but
messed up on my update and skipped it
Anyways, here it is for the rest of you guys
I found this nice little white paper on microsoft's website talking all
about BCD, and how the store is a binary file in the registry hive format. If
you really want to read it you can grab it at
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...565f5b/BCD.doc
(just search google for "BCD.doc" real quick if you want to use its viewer)
Have fun :b
Well I started poking around on my own looking for a way to do this and I
think I have it. BTW, I tried doing this with the powershell and I got a nice
error saying
Code:
PS C:\> bcdedit /set {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795} device
partition=c:
Bad numeric constant: 9dea862c.
At line:1 char:22
+ bcdedit /set {9dea862c <<<< -5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795} device
partition=c:
Don't really know why, but if you do this just run cmd as an administrator
as it worked fine there for me
In any case, you probably have a lot of system files on that other drive. In
my case I just copied them over to c:, which would include the hidden boot
folder and other fun system files on the root directory of the D: drive.
First off we want to take a nice look at the output of:
bcdedit /enum all /v
This will show us a bunch of fun info. What we are really trying to find out
are where different pieces are located.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /enum all /v
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=D:
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-US
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
default {f8f8326a-d299-11db-a0f0-ac102f5b5af1}
resumeobject {f8f8326b-d299-11db-a0f0-ac102f5b5af1}
displayorder {f8f8326a-d299-11db-a0f0-ac102f5b5af1}
toolsdisplayorder {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
timeout 30
Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {f8f8326a-d299-11db-a0f0-ac102f5b5af1}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description Microsoft Windows Vista
locale en-US
inherit {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7}
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {f8f8326b-d299-11db-a0f0-ac102f5b5af1}
nx OptIn
Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier {f8f8326b-d299-11db-a0f0-ac102f5b5af1}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winresume.exe
description Windows Resume Application
locale en-US
inherit {1afa9c49-16ab-4a5c-901b-212802da9460}
filedevice partition=C:
filepath \hiberfil.sys
debugoptionenabled No
Windows Memory Tester
---------------------
identifier {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
device partition=D:
path \boot\memtest.exe
description Windows Memory Diagnostic
locale en-US
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
badmemoryaccess Yes
EMS Settings
------------
identifier {0ce4991b-e6b3-4b16-b23c-5e0d9250e5d9}
bootems Yes
Debugger Settings
-----------------
identifier {4636856e-540f-4170-a130-a84776f4c654}
debugtype Serial
debugport 1
baudrate 115200
RAM Defects
-----------
identifier {5189b25c-5558-4bf2-bca4-289b11bd29e2}
Global Settings
---------------
identifier {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
inherit {4636856e-540f-4170-a130-a84776f4c654}
{0ce4991b-e6b3-4b16-b23c-5e0d9250e5d9}
{5189b25c-5558-4bf2-bca4-289b11bd29e2}
Boot Loader Settings
--------------------
identifier {6efb52bf-1766-41db-a6b3-0ee5eff72bd7}
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
Resume Loader Settings
----------------------
identifier {1afa9c49-16ab-4a5c-901b-212802da9460}
inherit {7ea2e1ac-2e61-4728-aaa3-896d9d0a9f0e}
In my case, both the Windows Memory Diagnostic and the Windows Boot Manager
were configured for D:, so I want to change those.
Now following along with BCD.doc, we know now that the Boot Manager is
always reffered to as {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795} and so on, so we
use the following commands to make things right in my case.
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /set {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
device partition=c:
The operation completed successfully.
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /set {b2721d73-1db4-4c62-bf78-c548a880142d}
device partition=c:
The operation completed successfully.
I also set C: as the active partition, makes me wonder if thats what caused
all this trouble during installation, as the D: drive was originally the
active partition
Now I reboot and hope for the best
.....
and it works!
Now if I go into Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management
D: no longer shows up with the System flag and its normal. Now I happily
delete it and grow the vista install partition
"Graywind" wrote:
>
> Well just a little while ago I got off the phone with Microsoft tech
> support in hopes that they might have something to say about all this.
> I have the same issue but both partitions reside on the same drive so
> I can't really remove the partition out of sight without doing
> something destructive, (format with reiserfs perhaps? :3) I actually
> tried deleting the partition without formatting with gparted and vista
> had a nice little backup of the table so it all reverted back to
> "normal" haha
>
> So in hopes of finding the "right way" to fix it, they sent it forward
> to higher tech support after they couldn't find a solution to the said
> problem.
>
> There is a maximum turn around of 72 hours when they will call me back
> with some suggestions. I'll keep you guys posted if I find out anything
> useful.
>
> Oh and just for kicks here is my bcdedit output.
>
> >
> > PS C:\Windows\System32> bcdedit
> >
> > Windows Boot Manager
> > --------------------
> > identifier {bootmgr}
> > device partition=D:
> > description Windows Boot Manager
> > locale en-US
> > inherit {globalsettings}
> > default {current}
> > resumeobject {f8f8326b-d299-11db-a0f0-ac102f5b5af1}
> > displayorder {current}
> > toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
> > timeout 30
> >
> > Windows Boot Loader
> > -------------------
> > identifier {current}
> > device partition=C:
> > path \Windows\system32\winload.exe
> > description Microsoft Windows Vista
> > locale en-US
> > inherit {bootloadersettings}
> > osdevice partition=C:
> > systemroot \Windows
> > resumeobject {f8f8326b-d299-11db-a0f0-ac102f5b5af1}
> > nx OptIn
> >
>
>
> --
> Graywind
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