Hi-
I would like to change the partition that is booting, but I've recently totally blown up my boot setup and I'm pretty gun-shy. I've read through the KnowledgeBase article on "Changing the Boot Partition," and I think that's what I want to do, but I would like to get some expert opinions before I start doing that.
First, a little background: I have a Lenovo u410, with a 28GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. This all started when I tried to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows 8. It wasn't working quire right, probably through my own fault, but I kept messing with it, and finally got to the point where nothing would boot - not Win8 no Ubuntu.
I eventually had to take some desperate measures - I was able to install Ubuntu on the SSD, and get that to boot - but only if the HDD was removed. I then wiped Ubuntu and installed a demo version of Win8 on the SSD. I also reflashed the BIOS, as that seemed to have been corrupted in the process. Now that I have a (limited) working version of Windows, I was able to plug my HDD back in and the BIOS can see it, and I can see the drive and files on it.
Ideally, I would like to change the boot partition from the SSD to the HDD (assuming that my original Win8 OS, files, etc. will work - it is still the original drive with all the original files, untouched) to get back to my original Win8 environment. I would then like to reformat the SSD and wipe away the Win8 Demo version.
My question is, if I follow the steps in the "Changing the Boot Partition" article, will it do what I described above?
Also, are there any big "gotchas" to look out for when doing this? As I mentioned, after going through hell trying to jsut get back to a usable machine, I'm pretty nervous about messing around with the boot partitions, etc. I'm sure there are legacy boot files on the HDD - I assume that these would be written over by EasyBCD if I used it to change the boot partition.
Any guidance would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Nipper
I would like to change the partition that is booting, but I've recently totally blown up my boot setup and I'm pretty gun-shy. I've read through the KnowledgeBase article on "Changing the Boot Partition," and I think that's what I want to do, but I would like to get some expert opinions before I start doing that.
First, a little background: I have a Lenovo u410, with a 28GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. This all started when I tried to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows 8. It wasn't working quire right, probably through my own fault, but I kept messing with it, and finally got to the point where nothing would boot - not Win8 no Ubuntu.
I eventually had to take some desperate measures - I was able to install Ubuntu on the SSD, and get that to boot - but only if the HDD was removed. I then wiped Ubuntu and installed a demo version of Win8 on the SSD. I also reflashed the BIOS, as that seemed to have been corrupted in the process. Now that I have a (limited) working version of Windows, I was able to plug my HDD back in and the BIOS can see it, and I can see the drive and files on it.
Ideally, I would like to change the boot partition from the SSD to the HDD (assuming that my original Win8 OS, files, etc. will work - it is still the original drive with all the original files, untouched) to get back to my original Win8 environment. I would then like to reformat the SSD and wipe away the Win8 Demo version.
My question is, if I follow the steps in the "Changing the Boot Partition" article, will it do what I described above?
Also, are there any big "gotchas" to look out for when doing this? As I mentioned, after going through hell trying to jsut get back to a usable machine, I'm pretty nervous about messing around with the boot partitions, etc. I'm sure there are legacy boot files on the HDD - I assume that these would be written over by EasyBCD if I used it to change the boot partition.
Any guidance would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Nipper