Re: HD T O USB DLC Boot 2020 [Google Drive]
Sofia Gilcrease
You can create a bootable USB flash drive to use to deploy Windows Server Essentials. The first step is to prepare the USB flash drive by using DiskPart, which is a command-line utility. For information about DiskPart, see DiskPart Command-Line Options.
In the new command line window that opens, to determine the USB flash drive number or drive letter, at the command prompt, type list disk, and then click ENTER. The list disk command displays all the disks on the computer. Note the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive.
If your server platform supports Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), you should format the USB flash drive as FAT32 rather than as NTFS. To format the partition as FAT32, type format fs=fat32 quick, and then click ENTER.
I'm looking at setting up a Truenas server soon and it looks like the change from Freenas to Truenas has been updated to recommend using SSDs for boot drives. However it still seems that only the OS can be on the boot drive.
Is there anyway to make use of the remaining space? Is it possible to partition the boot drive so that only part of the disk is used for the OS and the remaining being available as storage for Jails etc? Thanks Peter
I have just gotten a SSD for christmas (samsung 860 EVO 1TB) and was wondering how to change the boot drive to the SSD and then later move over the files that I want, like steam library and such. The big thing is that I want to keep all of the junk on the HDD so it doesn't clutter up the SSD. I've seen a lot of tips on migration but as said before, that's not quite what I'm after. I guess my question is: Is there any way to just install a clean copy of windows 10 home on my ssd, but still access and transfer files from the HDD?
Yes, you can install a clean copy of Windows onto your new SSD while using your old drive to hold files like your steam library. Just know that while your files are preserved, the clean install of Windows means that you probably will have a lot of work to do getting things set up the way you had them before. Migration is a better solution if you don't want a fresh start.
option 1) depending on the size of your HDD or if you have a > 1TB hdd, but less than 1TB of data, you can use an imaging program like Acronis True Image (my personal fav) and image your 1TB onto the SSD. Then, make sure your boot order in your BIOS loads the SSD (not the previous HDD). When the SSD boots, format your HDD (quick format would be fine), and then you can transfer your files off of the SSD to the HDD that you don't want to keep on the SSD (provided they aren't critical system files or installed application files).
option 2) If your hard drive is > 1TB or has > 1 TB of files making imaging to the SSD not possible, then if you have a spare HDD around, take a backup of your HDD (imaging program or manual file copy would be fine). AFTER, and ONLY AFTER, you backed up the files successfully, you can delete data files (files that aren't critical to computer operation or files created by installed apps), start removing them to get you under the 1TB mark so you can image the drive onto the SSD.
I know with Steam, transferring your games can be done in one of two ways. If you add your HDD with all the files in it already, you can go into Steam, then go to Steam > Settings > Downloads and click on the button [Steam Library Folders]. From there, you can change the C:\Program Files... location to D:\Program Files... where your HDD is now labeled as (since your SSD should load as your C drive in windows).
In all cases (options 1-3) since you may not want to format your HDD with all your programs on it, it will still be capable of booting, so you will want to go into the BIOS and 1) make sure you set the SSD to the first bootable device (or first after floppy, CD, USB, etc); 2) disable the HDD as a bootable option.
Now it seems that the only way I can boot my PC is if, on startup, I hit F8 to open the "select boot device" menu, and select the SSD that contains Windows on it. Beyond that, the PC is working just fine. From what I can tell, the SSD, while old, functions normally, and the CMOS battery appears to be working (it never lost the system time, for instance), but I'm not sure:
EDIT 3: PARTIAL FIX: Windows re-enabled "Fast Startup" when I upgraded, which I'm pretty sure is why I initially got "Windows starts to boot, then freezes". I had this issue before and disabling Fast Startup fixed it for me. So I turned that off. In the occasions where my PC does manage to get to the Windows splash screen, I believe this fixes it.
EDIT 4: I updated BIOS to the latest available version. Initial boot post-install was the same problem. But after initial configuration (in which the SSD still didn't appear in the boot menu, but under HDD configuration it did, in which I moved it to the top) it seems to be booting normally. Two full shut downs + boots and it went straight into Windows.
EDIT 5: On a hunch, I checked the Boot Priority in BIOS after I changed the HDD order. And 'lo and behold the SSD appears there now. I set it to first priority, and no change (i.e. still booting fine). About the only hiccup I have now is that on boot the screen prints:
EDIT 6: Some Googling reveals that that's referring to the ESATA boot attempt. It correctly notes that there's no hard drive plugged in. Initially I was looking in BIOS for a Marvell IDE boot, and was skipping the ESATA one. I'll probably turn it off, which took care of the message.
Disclaimer: It's very likely that I have NO idea what I'm talking about. This is a blog, not a technical article or official anything. Listening to me may well kill your pet kitten and render both your computer and you personally unbootable. Run away in fear as this is all completely useless information.
Yikes! See how my D: drive is Disk 0 and is marked as System, but my C: drive is Disk 1 and marked as Boot? That means that the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) is on my D: drive. I checked my BIOs, and it turned out, in fact, that I had told it to boot of that drive. However, I'd installed Windows to the other drive and got myself into this situation:
I had a working dual-boot system and decided to introduce an M.2 drive. I migrated my gentoo install to the drive and grew my windows partiton to eat up all the former linux. Gentoo boots normally, but to boot windows I have to remove the M.2 drive. With the M.2 drive in the BIOS finds the windows boot loader, but it does not load up the OS.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: Use Diskpart to Fix UEFI Boot Error in Windows 10/8/7 This is not my solution. This is copied from a commercial website which sells partition tools. I have nothing do to with them. I strongly advise you to backup your hard drive: It's been a long since last time I did this in Windows, and though the commands looks good, they may have messed something up.
Probably you only have to do "Step 1: Type below command and hit Enter each time:" "3 - Repair the Boot Record" and "4 - Rebuild the BDC Store"If you are a Windows 10 or 8 user and you prefer free methods to fix UEFI boot error, you may follow below two solutions to solve this issue now:1 - Enter Command Prompt from Advanced options
What you think is the BIOS is really the UEFI boot. As you have changed thedisk numbers, Windows is now on sdb which used to be sda.I don't know how you have migrated your disk, but there is a possibility thatthe Windows installation that is displayed during the boot is a phantominstallation that no longer exists on the new sda.
I just installed a new SSD and I want to move all the files from the HDD to my SSD.I cloned the partitions from the hdd to the ssd.I run on a dual boot - windows 10 and ubuntu 15.10.So, now I have the exact same files on the ssd and hdd.What I want to do is change the MBR of the ssd drive and make it the default drive that I boot to.
What I can see is that the operating system is booting from the old partition(sdb) but the /home directory is of the new partition(sda). My problem is, how do I make the grub boot on the new operating system
[You May try booting from a usb stick or running live ubuntu somehow]Try using boot repair >>Advanced Options >> Grub Location this will allow you to write grub on a seperate partition under grub location...
Under the "Partition style" field, if the field reads GUID Partition Table (GPT), the drive doesn't need conversion, but if you see the Master Boot Record (MBR) label, you can use the conversion tool to switch.
Set your CSM to AUTO, this "should" fix that. It allows the Secure Boot/UEFI to occur properly and any drivers that need/require the legacy will still load in most cases it will load priority to the UEFI then any legacy drivers if UEFI fail to load.
My prep for win11 was to sit back and see what was said about it. I was a beta tester 3 times and found them useless in all but a few areas. I sadly did grow up in the Unix world and found windows a wannabe imposter. I still use Unix/Linux and will most likely always do so. Win is just too unstable for me as I have one machine that has now passed the 2yr without a reboot mode.
Yeah, right. I don't trust that. I attempted to convert my MBR to GPT using this method and my boot loader got hosed. Went through the process of recovery, fixing the boot loader, etc. No luck Windows would not boot.
I've tried following the steps to convert, but I'm having a hard time validating the partitions. It seems like the recovery and reserved have split during my last install. I'm not very good at these, I can usually get my way through it - but I was curious if you have any advice on how to validate the drives.
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