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change boot mode from System Reserve partition to OS partiti
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:17 pm
by skipro
Can you get a Win 10 system that boots from a System Reserve partition to boot from the Win 10 partition and delete the system Reserve partition?
If so, how?
Re: change boot mode from System Reserve partition to OS par
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:25 pm
by Eric
Yes, you can use the chgdtype.tbs script to do that.
Re: change boot mode from System Reserve partition to OS par
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:06 pm
by Bob Coleman
Well, yes, but that means changing the disk from GPT to MBR and booting using legacy/compatible mode, right?
It's not completely clear to me whether the original poster understands and wants to to that or not.
Re: change boot mode from System Reserve partition to OS par
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:55 pm
by Eric
The chgdtype script can also remove a SRP partition from a MBR disk, and, thus, configure the System partition to be the boot partition.
For sure, here, there is no need to change the disk type.
Re: change boot mode from System Reserve partition to OS par
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 8:05 pm
by Brian K
Eric wrote:
> The chgdtype script can also remove a SRP partition from a MBR disk, and,
> thus, configure the System partition to be the boot partition.
Eric,
The script contains this...
// On MBR/EMBR type disk, it can also be used to remove the "System reserved"
// partition and configure the main system partition to be active (unless BIBM
// is installed).
//
Does BIBM need to be uninstalled prior to running the script?
Re: change boot mode from System Reserve partition to OS par
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 12:54 pm
by Eric
In fact, no. It can remove the SRP (and configure the BCD inside the System) even if BIBM is installed.
But then, you will have to reconfigure the boot partition in BIBM.
Maybe the script should leave a warning in that case?
Brian K wrote:
> Does BIBM need to be uninstalled prior to running the script?