Two win 10 volumes

[Saba'a]

My pc shows win 10 on volume 2 and volume 5.

Volume 5 is an unrepairable win 10 while volume 2 fine.

How do I delete option on volume 5?

 

[Rickster]

Screenshot?

 

[Saba'a]

 

[Saba'a]

If I leave it it will continue correctly into Win 10.
If I press volume 2 it also proceeds into Win 10 but
Volume 5 goes into repair mode and then advises it cannot repair Win 10.

 

[Saba'a]

Somewhere in hdd there is a reference to win 10. If I can identify and delete volume 5 it will help.

 

[Saba'a]

 

[Saba'a]

D drive was formatted. Not sure why it has 2 extra partitions. EFI and Recovery partition. Why not on the ssd?

 

[ODTech]

D drive was formatted. Not sure why it has 2 extra partitions. EFI and Recovery partition. Why not on the ssd?

To identify volumes, open command prompt then do the following commands.

diskpart

list volume

It will show you the volume and the letter associated with it. In your case volume 5 is likely on D drive. You can clean it to get rid of the broken OS installation, just make sure to backup your data first.

list disk

Identify the disk you want to clean, use "list volume" again to cross reference if your unsure.

select disk <number>

Be very sure you have the correct drive selected and have a backup before doing this last command as it will completely erase the disk including partition table.

clean

exit

The dual boot option should be gone now.

 

[Saba'a]

To identify volumes, open command prompt then do the following commands.



It will show you the volume and the letter associated with it. In your case volume 5 is likely on D drive. You can clean it to get rid of the broken OS installation, just make sure to backup your data first.


Identify the disk you want to clean, use "list volume" again to cross reference if your unsure.

Be very sure you have the correct drive selected and have a backup before doing this last command as it will completely erase the disk including partition table.



The dual boot option should be gone now.

No gui way to do it?
Will backup and do it tonight

 

[Saba'a]

Doesnt want to delete it

 

[Saba'a]

 

[Saba'a]

Bump

 

[KleinBoontjie]

msconfig>boot tab

Disclaimer: I'm not in front of my PC, so not sure if it's on the same place on Windows 10, but on previous Windows it was there.

EDIT: a quick google suggest to type msconfig in search (win buton + r) and choose "System Configuration Desktop App" (new name for msconfig).

 

[ODTech]

Looks like the master boot record is on the drive your trying to clean. D: drive?

You could do as beans100 said and just delete the entry from msconfig under the boot tab but if you remove the D drive for whatever reason your pc won't be able to boot because of the boot sector. To fix it see below.

Download and install EasyBCD

https://neosmart.net/Download/Register

In the "View Settings" menu under "Overview" check if the Boot Device is in fact D: drive.
If it is D: drive then go to the "BCD Backup/Repair" menu and click on "Change boot drive" then "Perform Action".
It will ask you to choose a drive, pick C:/ then click OK.

You should be able to clean the D: drive now.

 

[Saba'a]

 

[Saba'a]

msconfig>boot tab

Disclaimer: I'm not in front of my PC, so not sure if it's on the same place on Windows 10, but on previous Windows it was there.

EDIT: a quick google suggest to type msconfig in search (win buton + r) and choose "System Configuration Desktop App" (new name for msconfig).

Go to start/apps/windows administrative/system config

Can delete volume but two partitions remain as per image posted

 

[Saba'a]

Only one windows as per bcd

 

[Saba'a]

 

[Saba'a]

Deleted volume and seems like only win 10 starting up. Now to reinstall the hdd

 

[Saba'a]