Question c: drive doesn't have windows boot manager

[fzeruhn]

Not sure how this began, but my c: drive isn't recognized in bios as a bootable option. I assume this is because it doesn't have windows boot manager, but I don't know how to add it. I am able to boot windows just fine, but I have another drive with windows boot manager, even though it doesn't have windows. Because of this, I can only use my PC when only the 1 drive without boot manage is plugged in.

In summary, I need to know how to add windows boot manager to a drive, as well as how to remove it.

 

[boju]

This and tutorials there should help. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...ne-drive/caad4d25-e046-4009-a70a-07fe6f952044

Windows has a habit of placing bootloader on other drives. If ever next time you reinstall Windows from scratch, disconnect all other drives except the destination drive and reconnect them later after installation finishes.

 

[fzeruhn]

I don't think this is the solution to my problem. I checked disk management and my c: drive already has a healthy EFI partition, as well as a recovery partition.

 

[USAFRet]

I don't think this is the solution to my problem. I checked disk management and my c: drive already has a healthy EFI partition, as well as a recovery partition.

Please post a screencap of your Disk Management window.
(upload your image to imgur.com, post the link here)

 

[fzeruhn]

Please post a screencap of your Disk Management window.
(upload your image to imgur.com, post the link here)

https://imgur.com/a/q2RAgHn

View: https://imgur.com/a/q2RAgHn

 

[USAFRet]

That shows your 500GB Disk 0 does indeed have an EFI boot partition.

 

[fzeruhn]

That shows your 500GB Disk 0 does indeed have an EFI boot partition.

Yes, so how can I fix my issue?

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, so how can I fix my issue?

I'm not sure there IS an issue.

Power off.
Physically disconnect all other drives.
Power up.
Does the system boot properly?

 

[fzeruhn]

I'm not sure there IS an issue.

Power off.
Physically disconnect all other drives.
Power up.
Does the system boot properly?

It does, but I need this drive to be listed as a boot option in my BIOs.

 

[USAFRet]

It does, but I need this drive to be listed as a boot option in my BIOs.

So what DOES it say in your BIOS boot list?

Probably "Windows Boot Manager"....?

 

[fzeruhn]

So what DOES it say in your BIOS boot list?

Probably "Windows Boot Manager"....?

Literally nothing. When I have my other drive plugged in (the one that doesn't have windows but does have boot manager), there is a menu showing boot priorities (that drive being the only one). When I unplug that drive however, and my windows drive is the only one plugged in, the menu disappears. The BIOS doesn't detect any bootable drives. This is okay for now because it still boots to windows. When both drives are plugged in it tries booting to the drive without windows, saying there was a critical error.

 

[USAFRet]

"other drive", being the Disk 1, 2TB?

 

[fzeruhn]

"other drive", being the Disk 1, 2TB?

No, other drive is the one that has boot manager. The disk 1 there is going to have nothing to do with this.