Re: BIBM installation destroyed info on one USB hard drive
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:56 pm
I think there are (at least) two things being discussed here.
I can't comment on disks not being seen by BIBM, but the comment "... I am not sure how to add a non-bootable partition to the boot menu" relates to what Brian was trying to address and seems to indicate a belief that only bootable disks should be in boot items. My experience, at least with disks with unlimited primaries, is that ALL partitions to be seen by any instance of Windows must be in the boot item for that instance of Windows.
This may be completely irrelevant for disks other than those with unlimited primaries (I don't know), but regarding those disks, when you edit a boot item you, you should see on the right under "MBR Details" four slots for each HD. The bootable partition, if properly defined on the left, should already be present, I think. Any other partition you want seen by the bootable Windows needs to be added into one of the available slots. Click the empty slot, click Fill and select whatever partition you want seen by Windows.
Having said all that, it's probably not relevant if BIBM can't even see the partition/disk in question.
I can't comment on disks not being seen by BIBM, but the comment "... I am not sure how to add a non-bootable partition to the boot menu" relates to what Brian was trying to address and seems to indicate a belief that only bootable disks should be in boot items. My experience, at least with disks with unlimited primaries, is that ALL partitions to be seen by any instance of Windows must be in the boot item for that instance of Windows.
This may be completely irrelevant for disks other than those with unlimited primaries (I don't know), but regarding those disks, when you edit a boot item you, you should see on the right under "MBR Details" four slots for each HD. The bootable partition, if properly defined on the left, should already be present, I think. Any other partition you want seen by the bootable Windows needs to be added into one of the available slots. Click the empty slot, click Fill and select whatever partition you want seen by Windows.
Having said all that, it's probably not relevant if BIBM can't even see the partition/disk in question.