Win10 x64
Hello, something happened this morning and I wasn't able to boot. I've tried all I can think of to remedy the situation. Note: all of these attempts have been done by booting from the Windows DVD and using the command prompt.
While running chkdsk on "C:" I noticed that the volume name of that drive was something else. It changed a little 100Gb SSD that I use as a scratch disk for Photoshop into C:.
I have tried multiple times to rename this "scratch disk" drive using diskpart and it keeps switching back to naming it C: Meanwile the real C: primary partition is renamed to D: and the 'hidden' windows partition that was D: is now E:
I've tried renaming all of these correctly using diskpart. but on restart, it switches everything back and won't boot.
After renaming the Real C: I also make it the ACTIVE partition so it will boot from it. It still won't boot. When I check the names with diskpart again after restart I notice that it has been renamed again.
Could this be a virus that's doing this? everything worked great yesterday then this morning the nightmare started.
Any ideas? My next step will be to Make D: Active and run chkdsk on it first and see if I can boot from it.
if that won't boot, I will physically disconnect the "scratch disk" drive that's being renamed as C: to see if it will allow the real C: with Windows to be named C: and boot.
A HUGE THANKS IN ADVANCE TO ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME!
Hello, something happened this morning and I wasn't able to boot. I've tried all I can think of to remedy the situation. Note: all of these attempts have been done by booting from the Windows DVD and using the command prompt.
While running chkdsk on "C:" I noticed that the volume name of that drive was something else. It changed a little 100Gb SSD that I use as a scratch disk for Photoshop into C:.
I have tried multiple times to rename this "scratch disk" drive using diskpart and it keeps switching back to naming it C: Meanwile the real C: primary partition is renamed to D: and the 'hidden' windows partition that was D: is now E:
I've tried renaming all of these correctly using diskpart. but on restart, it switches everything back and won't boot.
After renaming the Real C: I also make it the ACTIVE partition so it will boot from it. It still won't boot. When I check the names with diskpart again after restart I notice that it has been renamed again.
Could this be a virus that's doing this? everything worked great yesterday then this morning the nightmare started.
Any ideas? My next step will be to Make D: Active and run chkdsk on it first and see if I can boot from it.
if that won't boot, I will physically disconnect the "scratch disk" drive that's being renamed as C: to see if it will allow the real C: with Windows to be named C: and boot.
A HUGE THANKS IN ADVANCE TO ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME!