Solved Is it possible to create system reserved partition manually ?

NavyLCDR · Jan 13, 2022

Here is how the successful commands looked on my computer:

Code:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.434]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\windows\system32>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.22000.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: RAIDER

DISKPART> select vol c

Volume 2 is the selected volume.

DISKPART> shrink desired=250

DiskPart successfully shrunk the volume by:  250 MB

DISKPART> create part EFI

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

DISKPART> format fs=fat32 quick

  100 percent completed

DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.

DISKPART> assign letter=s

DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.

DISKPART> exit

Leaving DiskPart...

C:\windows\system32>bcdboot C:\Windows /s S: /f UEFI
Boot files successfully created.

C:\windows\system32>shutdown /r /fw /t 00

William654 · Jan 13, 2022

NavyLCDR said:

Here is how the successful commands looked on my computer:

Code:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.434]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\windows\system32>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.22000.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: RAIDER

DISKPART> select vol c

Volume 2 is the selected volume.

DISKPART> shrink desired=250

DiskPart successfully shrunk the volume by:  250 MB

DISKPART> create part EFI

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

DISKPART> format fs=fat32 quick

  100 percent completed

DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.

DISKPART> assign letter=s

DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.

DISKPART> exit

Leaving DiskPart...

C:\windows\system32>bcdboot C:\Windows /s S: /f UEFI
Boot files successfully created.

C:\windows\system32>shutdown /r /fw /t 00

Thanks I followed the steps but I think I still boot from C:\ here is a picture :

Should I set partition type id or something else ?

NavyLCDR · Jan 13, 2022

William654 said:
Thanks I followed the steps but I think I still boot from C:\ here is a picture :

View attachment 18542

Should I set partition type id or something else ?

Did you go into your firmware (BIOS) settings and set the new EFI system partition as first in the boot order? Note, that right now you have two identical file locations, \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi, one is on C: drive and one is on the new EFI I: drive. In BIOS you need to set the one in the EFI partition as the first priority.

William654 · Jan 13, 2022

NavyLCDR said:
Did you go into your firmware (BIOS) settings and set the new EFI system partition as first in the boot order? Note, that right now you have two identical file locations, \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi, one is on C: drive and one is on the new EFI I: drive. In BIOS you need to set the one in the EFI partition as the first priority.

In bios I see the nvme sabrent 2TB in boot order ? CSM disabled ?

William654 · Jan 13, 2022

Or use Avanced startup menu from windows 11 ?

NavyLCDR · Jan 13, 2022

In your BIOS settings, CSM should be disabled. You should now see two entries for the same SSD as UEFI boot options.

William654 · Jan 13, 2022

NavyLCDR said:
In your BIOS settings, CSM should be disabled. You should now see two entries for the same SSD as UEFI boot options.

I see 6 and choose second one but same result

NavyLCDR · Jan 13, 2022

This is my BIOS after I created the second EFI partition on my drive:

Notice I have two entries available on the same SSD. To get a clue as to where you computer is booting from you can run the commands:

Code:

bcdedit
diskpart
list vol

Like this:

Code:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.434]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\windows\system32>bcdedit

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier              {bootmgr}
device                  partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume3
path                    \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  en-us
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {a47003aa-5703-11ec-97ab-2c8db1e3769f}
displayorder            {current}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 0

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {current}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \windows\system32\winload.efi
description             Windows 11
locale                  en-us
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {5c6b1a31-5d04-11ec-97cb-00155d01b400}
displaymessageoverride  Recovery
recoveryenabled         Yes
isolatedcontext         Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice                partition=C:
systemroot              \windows
resumeobject            {a47003aa-5703-11ec-97ab-2c8db1e3769f}
nx                      OptIn
bootmenupolicy          Standard
hypervisorlaunchtype    Auto

C:\windows\system32>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.22000.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: RAIDER

DISKPART> list vol

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0     D   Data         NTFS   Partition    945 GB  Healthy
  Volume 1     R   RECOVERY     FAT32  Partition   8191 MB  Healthy
  Volume 2     C   Windows      NTFS   Partition    443 GB  Healthy    Boot
  Volume 3                      FAT32  Partition    100 MB  Healthy    System
  Volume 4                      FAT32  Partition    250 MB  Healthy    Hidden
  Volume 5         WinRE tools  NTFS   Partition    980 MB  Healthy    Hidden
  Volume 6         BIOS_RVY     NTFS   Partition     21 GB  Healthy    Hidden

DISKPART>

Notice in the Boot Manager Section the lines:

device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume3
path \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI

Then you look to see what the matching volume (3 in my example) is to get a clue which partition it is. In my case I am still booting from my original 100 MB FAT32 partition and not the new 250 MB FAT32 partition that I created. I would have to change my boot priority to the second Windows Boot Manager in my list to change booting to Volume 4 in the list above.

NavyLCDR · Jan 13, 2022

SIX?!? Holy Cow. K. Hold on. Let me try something.

William654 · Jan 13, 2022

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit
The boot configuration data store could not be opened.
The requested system device cannot be found.

NavyLCDR · Jan 13, 2022

Do you get the same error with "bcdedit /enum all"?

William654 · Jan 13, 2022

NavyLCDR said:
Do you get the same error with "bcdedit /enum all"?

I got it this time here is the output

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-us
inherit {globalsettings}
default {default}
resumeobject {cf64f082-74a4-11ec-b5cc-087190bfe608}
displayorder {default}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {default}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 11
locale en-us
inherit {bootloadersettings}
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {cf64f082-74a4-11ec-b5cc-087190bfe608}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /enum all

Firmware Boot Manager
---------------------
identifier {fwbootmgr}
displayorder {bootmgr}
{08acb151-74a5-11ec-b5cd-806e6f6e6963}
{08acb155-74a5-11ec-b5cd-806e6f6e6963}
{08acb150-74a5-11ec-b5cd-806e6f6e6963}
{08acb152-74a5-11ec-b5cd-806e6f6e6963}
{08acb153-74a5-11ec-b5cd-806e6f6e6963}
{08acb154-74a5-11ec-b5cd-806e6f6e6963}
timeout 1

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description Windows Boot Manager
locale en-us
inherit {globalsettings}
default {default}
resumeobject {cf64f082-74a4-11ec-b5cc-087190bfe608}
displayorder {default}
toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}
timeout 30

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier {08acb150-74a5-11ec-b5cd-806e6f6e6963}
device partition=C:
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description Windows Boot Manager

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier {08acb151-74a5-11ec-b5cd-806e6f6e6963}
device partition=C:
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description Windows Boot Manager

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier {08acb152-74a5-11ec-b5cd-806e6f6e6963}
device partition=C:
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description Windows Boot Manager

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier {08acb153-74a5-11ec-b5cd-806e6f6e6963}
device partition=C:
path \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI
description Windows Boot Manager

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier {08acb154-74a5-11ec-b5cd-806e6f6e6963}
device partition=C:
path \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI
description Windows Boot Manager

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier {08acb155-74a5-11ec-b5cd-806e6f6e6963}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi
description Windows Boot Manager

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier {default}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description Windows 11
locale en-us
inherit {bootloadersettings}
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice partition=C:
systemroot \Windows
resumeobject {cf64f082-74a4-11ec-b5cc-087190bfe608}
nx OptIn
bootmenupolicy Standard

Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier {cf64f082-74a4-11ec-b5cc-087190bfe608}
device partition=C:
path \Windows\system32\winresume.efi
description Windows Resume Application
locale en-us
inherit {resumeloadersettings}
isolatedcontext Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
filepath \hiberfil.sys
bootmenupolicy Standard

Windows Memory Tester
---------------------
identifier {memdiag}
device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume2
path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\memtest.efi
description Windows Memory Diagnostic
locale en-us
inherit {globalsettings}
badmemoryaccess Yes

EMS Settings
------------
identifier {emssettings}
bootems No

Debugger Settings
-----------------
identifier {dbgsettings}
debugtype Local

RAM Defects
-----------
identifier {badmemory}

Global Settings
---------------
identifier {globalsettings}
inherit {dbgsettings}
{emssettings}
{badmemory}

Boot Loader Settings
--------------------
identifier {bootloadersettings}
inherit {globalsettings}
{hypervisorsettings}

Hypervisor Settings
-------------------
identifier {hypervisorsettings}
hypervisordebugtype Serial
hypervisordebugport 1
hypervisorbaudrate 115200

Resume Loader Settings
----------------------
identifier {resumeloadersettings}
inherit {globalsettings}

William654 · Jan 13, 2022

easybcd can clean this mess ? but which to remove ?

NavyLCDR · Jan 13, 2022

Something is weird in your post #22. The instructions that I gave should have created a 250 MB EFI system partition with drive letter S:. Your disk management screenshot shows a 500 MB partition with drive letter I:. Did you change the commands that I listed?

William654 · Jan 13, 2022

NavyLCDR said:
Something is weird in your post #22. The instructions that I gave should have created a 250 MB EFI system partition with drive letter S:. Your disk management screenshot shows a 500 MB partition with drive letter I:. Did you change the commands that I listed?

Yes I choose 500mb and I:\

William654 · Jan 13, 2022

I repeated the steps and this is the current result

cereberus · Jan 13, 2022

William654 said:
@NavyLCDR
The main problem is to make the last update get installed

As I said earlier, this has nothing to do with boot files.

Is it crashing during updates or failing to download updates.

The first thing I do when update issues is to delete the softwaredistribution folder fron windows directory. Then check for updates again.

If this fails, do a repair upgrade by downloading latest iso, mounting it as a drive and running setup.exe. Backup critical data first - better make an image backup.

NavyLCDR · Jan 13, 2022

What drive letter did you give the EFI system partition,

cereberus said:
As I said earlier, this has nothing to do with boot files.

Is it crashing during updates or failing to download updates.

The first thing I do when update issues is to delete the softwaredistribution folder fron windows directory. Then check for updates again.

If this fails, do a repair upgrade by downloading latest iso, mounting it as a drive and running setup.exe. Backup critical data first - better make an image backup.

Ok, @cereberus. I'll turn it over to you then. Bye! Good luck @William654, hopefully you get it straightened out!

Always Why · Jan 13, 2022

There are so many solutions to this depending on your tech-level knowledge. I suggest a reinstall of Windows using a Flash Drive. You can download W11 or W10 from these links and use the tool to create the Flash Drive. Before or after that is completed. backup up your personal files to an external or second internal SSD or HDD.

Do an advanced installation so Windows will create all your EFT, System and Recovery partitions in GPT. You don't want MBR like the old days.

Having a flash drive of either OS is much better for making repairs or reinstalling options. Yes you can find those in Recovery in Settings but not if you have system-core glitches or infections.

Windows 11

Download Windows 11

Windows 10
Download Windows 10

William654 · Jan 13, 2022

NavyLCDR said:
What drive letter did you give the EFI system partition,

I:\
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