[SOLVED] I CMD cleaned my HDD reset my computer and windows isn’t launching?

[Jt0289898]

My OS was on my ssd and like a retard when i cleaned my HDD i didn’t format it so this could be why this happened, so now when i launch my pc it makes me choose and option troubleshoot it or turn off my pc, my pc is still supposedly launching from my ssd according to my boot launcher menu in bios. I don’t understand how my os that was on my ssd is now somehow gone or corrupted is there a way to fix it in command prompt or something been looking online for hours and nothing pls help...

 

[R_1]

did you have the HDD installed when windows was installed to the SSD?
cleaned my hard drive? please elaborate.

 

[Jt0289898]

did you have the HDD installed when windows was installed to the SSD?

Yea i did i clone/migrated my HDD to my ssd a while ago could this be the issue when i wiped my HDD all the files along with the SSD got deleted?

 

[USAFRet]

Yea i did i clone/migrated my HDD to my ssd a while ago could this be the issue when i wiped my HDD all the files along with the SSD got deleted?

You cloned from the HDD to the SSD?
You apparently did it wrong.

 

[USAFRet]

Always always always...test before you actually delete something.

 

[Jt0289898]

You cloned from the HDD to the SSD?
You apparently did it wrong.

Yea i did a year ago cause when i originally built my pc i didn’t have an ssd so when i got an ssd and installed it i migrated everything to my sdd.....

 

[Jt0289898]

Always always always...test before you actually delete something.

Ik i screwed the pooch AGAIN smfh I’m not that tech savvy so i tend to do stupid things like this ugh....

 

[USAFRet]

Yea i did a year ago cause when i originally built my pc i didn’t have an ssd so when i got an ssd and installed it i migrated everything to my sdd.....

Wait...you're the one whose system started booting from the HDD instead of the SSD?

[SOLVED] - PC somehow rolled back to A year ago?

So last night i turn my pc off normally and today when i wake up and turn it on everything is reset to how it was literally a YEAR AGO. Like all my games are out of date and not updated when i go to chrome (a browser of which i uninstalled and wasn’t using anymore) the history shows Nov 26...

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[USAFRet]

In your previous thread, I requested that you power off, disconnect the HDD, power UP.

Did you do this?
Or did you just mess with the BIOS boot order?

 

[Jt0289898]

Wait...you're the one whose system started booting from the HDD instead of the SSD?

[SOLVED] - PC somehow rolled back to A year ago?

So last night i turn my pc off normally and today when i wake up and turn it on everything is reset to how it was literally a YEAR AGO. Like all my games are out of date and not updated when i go to chrome (a browser of which i uninstalled and wasn’t using anymore) the history shows Nov 26...

forums.tomshardware.com

Sadly yes I’m dying inside

 

[Jt0289898]

In your previous thread, I requested that you power off, disconnect the HDD, power UP.

Did you do this?
Or did you just mess with the BIOS boot order?

Just did the bios boot menu thing

 

[USAFRet]

I requested the Disconnect because...reasons.

So now the system does not boot up at all?

 

[Jt0289898]

I requested the Disconnect because...reasons.

So now the system does not boot up at all?

It boots up just brings me to two options: Troubleshoot which has command prompt, system restore etc. and a turn off pc option.

 

[USAFRet]

If you can get to the command prompt:

First, Power OFF
Physically disconnect the HDD
Verify you've actually disconnected it
Think about it for a few minutes, then verify again.
Once you are absolutely sure the only drive connected is the SSD containing Windows, power up again.
In the Troubleshoot, command prompt, do this:

diskpart
list disk
select disk 1
list partition
select partition 3
shrink desired=500
create partition primary
format fs=ntfs quick
active
assign letter=H
exit
bcdboot c:\windows /s H:

 

[Jt0289898]

If you can get to the command prompt:

First, Power OFF
Physically disconnect the HDD
Verify you've actually disconnected it
Think about it for a few minutes, then verify again.
Once you are absolutely sure the only drive connected is the SSD containing Windows, power up again.
In the Troubleshoot, command prompt, do this:

diskpart
list disk
select disk 1
list partition
select partition 3
shrink desired=500
create partition primary
format fs=ntfs quick
active
assign letter=H
exit
bcdboot c:\windows /s H:

When i do shrink desired=500 it says there is no volume in focus. Select a volume and try again.

 

[USAFRet]

When i do shrink desired=500 it says there is no volume in focus. Select a volume and try again.

"list partition"

What does it show in that list?
You need to select an actual existing partition.

 

[Jt0289898]

"list partition"

What does it show in that list?
You need to select an actual existing partition.

Partition 1 Recovery
Partition 2 System
Partition 3 Reserved
Partition 4 Primary
Partition 5 Recovery
That’s the list it shows

 

[Jt0289898]

"list partition"

What does it show in that list?
You need to select an actual existing partition.

I should select the one that has the same storage as my ssd right?

 

[USAFRet]

Try Partition 4

 

[Jt0289898]

Try Partition 4

Yup i got it but when i did the active command it said “the selected disk is not a fixed MBR disk. the active command can only be used on fixed MBR disks.” So i just skipped that and everything else worked perfectly so what should i do now?

 

[USAFRet]

Yup i got it but when i did the active command it said “the selected disk is not a fixed MBR disk. the active command can only be used on fixed MBR disks.” So i just skipped that and everything else worked perfectly so what should i do now?

So that whole series of steps worked?

 

[Jt0289898]

So that whole series of steps worked?

Yea all other commands worked so should i reset my pc now?

 

[USAFRet]

Yea all other commands worked so should i reset my pc now?

(not 'reset')
Power OFF
Power ON

Does it boot up?

 

[Jt0289898]

(not 'reset')
Power OFF
Power ON

Does it boot up?

Powerd off and on and it just brought me back to the same menu :/

 

[USAFRet]

So, to go back to the beginning:

OS on the HDD
You cloned to a new drive (SSD), but not quite right.
And you left the original drive in there
Now, the boot order got borked up, and it booted from the old install on the HDD
Change/fix the boot order, and it again boots from the current OS on the SSD
Then, you wiped the HDD
And it fails to boot. Result of the improper clone operation early on.
Attempt to create a functioning boot partition on the SSD, it fails.


Sometimes, you just have to give up.
Especially coming from an improper clone operation of a year ago.

I would give up trying to "fix" this, and do a clean install on the SSD.