Boot problem C: vs D:

[dainova]

Hi,
It's all started with update from W7 to W10 on my T410, It messed up all my booties. At that time I had new SSD on it, when id didn't work, I tried to use my factory HD which has restore partition from Lenovo, but I can't use it now, as after inserting this older HD, I still have 0x49 errro on boot, saying that error on D:\Windows\....
Somehow laptop remember that main internal HD is D???? is it somewhere in BIOS? I think I need to change it to C?

Tried to get retail iso but it's not longer avail from MS, it's by key, and my said that it's was preloaded and send me to Lenovo.

How to get any W now ????
Do I need to go thru this fixing D to C??
Best
mario

 

[Winly]

hook up your new drive to the computer and do a clean install on that drive. that will fix the issue. or you want to run a dual-boot?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Since you can't do a clean install of Win10 if you are upgrading, you will need to restore Win7 first. Once done and activated, then you can wipe the drive and do a fresh install.

You should disconnect the HD data cable when installing Windows to the SSD.

Download the Win7 ISO and install using your original product key.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/home

 

[dainova]

Thanks guys, I can not do now clean install from factory HD which has restore part, when I hook it, it still gives me that x49 error saying corrupted boot record. Advanced option are not available on this factory HD, said need to login into adm console, ... etc and then loop back.

I also tried to get W7 iso but MS now do it by key only, and after checking my COA key say say that it's "preinstalled version of OS" so I need go to Lenovo for restore disk. I think this is a good trick from MS side, now many people will need to get w10 for $$$ if they upgrade failed.

I have an option to start/boot/get console prompt using usb stick with W10, so I think I'll try to fix somehow my boot. with all those diskpart,bootrec..

I tried to cd to my recovery partition expecting to find there something like setup.exe but nothing in there, I think it's all hidden.

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that what disk I have now:

--list disk
Disk## Status  Size  Free  Dyn  Gpt
Disk0  online   298   0 b
Disk1  online  3845   0 b

--list volume
Volume##  Ltr  Label       Fs    Type       Size     Status
--------  ---  -----       --    ----       ----     ----
volume0    C   system_drv  NTFS  Partition  1200Mb   Healthy
volume1    E               NTFS  Partition   286Gb   Healthy
volume2    F   Lenovo_reco NTFS  Partition    10Gb   Healthy
volume3    D   PNY_4G      FAT32 Removebale 3845MB   Healhty

Do you think all that letters are right ? I think 285GB should be C??
D= is my stick with W10, I used it for boot into command prompt

 

[Winly]

You can download a copy of Windows 7 from the Internet. Make sure you are downloading the version you have now. Then when installing it just use your COA key and that will work.

 

[dainova]

Thanks, Winly. Do you mean to find somewhere else then official iso? MS removed all iso from digitial rivers and others. As I mentioned my COA key not qualified to get iso from MS directly.

Do you think it still possible to start it from Revovery. tried bootrec /fixboot and bootrec /fixmbr with no success
M
this is my bootmgr:

-- bcdedit
Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier              {bootmgr}
device                  partition=C:
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
displayorder            {current}
                        {18b123cd-2bf6-11db-bfae-00e018e2b8db}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30
customactions           0x10000ba....
custom:54000001         {572dc55-fga-11...

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {default}
device                  partition=E:            <-----?????
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Microsoft Windows 7
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoversequence         {8adc555-ds...
recoveryenabled         YES
osdevice                partition=E:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {d70944....}
nx                      OptIn

 

[Winly]

Yes, as long as it's the same version you are using now, ex professional, home, etc and 32 or 64bits