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That worked perfectly. My guess re why I had two versions of OneDrive was that I had it added for ALL users and added for CURRENT user. I removed one and now I only have one :).

thx Glass. I appreciate the detail in the post. I will read through it and see if I can kill of the multiple entry.

Afternoon All! My Windows 11 File Explorer has an area above the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) that is similar to the pic below ... This isn't my desktop, found the image from a google search. My screen has two MyName - Personal entries :(. Anyway, ...what is the red area circled called? how...

Reading back over the prior post and SIW2's post about - seems I screwed something up in the ramdisk options. I had ... Setup Ramdisk Options --------------------- ramdisksdipath \sources\boot.wim I should have had ... Setup Ramdisk Options --------------------- ramdisksdipath...

Morning All. Here are the results of my various bootings ... Win11-Trash - success (and currently the active boot drive I am using) Win11-Odd - success Win11-Even - success Win11-Basic - success Win11 Install iso - failure, rebooted Here is what I have in the bcd file for the last one ...

I moved my 2.5" SSD and the nvme SSD to my 'prod' machine this evening. It booted to my boot menu (two options, the 2.5" and the nvme) but neither option would boot. I had to disabled every other drive boot option in bios so that only the 2.5" drive was 'available'. After that, the boot menu...

Thanks everyone for the chatter - it was interesting to read through, google some terms / aspects that I wasn't aware of (ie winntsetup) and think some more about what I am hoping to do and what is being discussed above. One aspect re the virtual option ... Jimbo just said ... you can always...

Install complete, bcd updated with both 2.5" and nvme SSDs as Win11 installs. Next step is to install the nvme into my pc and clone current installed partition (not disk!) over. Then put the nvme back in the test rig and see if it will boot with the cloned OS partition.

Installing using a nvme enclosure didn't work. The Win11 install didn't like that I was installing to a USB. That puppy going back. I have dug out my bench testing rig and loaded the nvme there. Install is currently happening in the basement :).

Thx cereberus for the post / suggestion. I have Win 11 Pro so I might look into some of your ideas. I do like your idea of a VM based trash option instead of my nvme based trash option.

Aim Create an OS disk cycle that keeps my OS disk nice and clean, gives me a chance to 'try' updates in a non-production environment without the need to keep multiple environments and provides a 'fall back' mechanism if (when) things go south. I wanted to be able to multi-boot the system (bcd...

Thanks - I will do that. Taking a week off and will gather the info and post something when I get back.

thx Glasskuter - I have a 3-way boot (all Win11) and I am using cli bcdedit. My PC boots if I have 1 entry but hangs in a boot / menu / boot loop if I have more than 1.

Small thread hi-jack ... because I am in the opposite situation ... 3 system disks, all with the required partitions, bcd on the system partition(s) as well as EFI partitions. I was using the bootrec to rebuild the bcd ... and it was complaining with “The requested system device cannot be...

Update: I am really close to having a system where I can swap back and forth between two windows disks at the beginning of a new month. Background: I have a multi-boot system (Win10 and a couple of Win11 SSDs). One of my Win11 SSDs got borked (calc, notepad, snipper stopped working) so I...