Two Separate Drives and Win11 OS

[Brian K]

Can you do a BCD Edit?

https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/kb ... bootit-bm/

For BIU, select the ESP, BCD Edit, select the Microsoft.xxx for the 860, OK.

[Friendly]

I'm reviewing the instructions to see if I'm competent enough to move forward; if not, we'll just leave it.
What are you suspecting?

As much as I would love to use BootIt menu, this should be a bit easier and I'm not complete Nub, but now I feel like one

[Brian K]

Try Microsoft.001. Does it have a BCD store?

[Brian K]

Did you initially select the ESP or the Win11 partition?

[Brian K]

If I select the Win11 partition (wrong selection) I get No BCD Store.

[Brian K]

Can you check if Fast Start is disabled on the 8100 and 860?

In Part Work select the Win11 partition, Properties.

[Friendly]

Yes, both are disabled. I always turn off fast startup in Windows. As for BCD, I can’t edit it. It wasn’t a waste of time, you’ve been a tremendous help, but this really shouldn’t take that long, so I’ll just stick with BIOS switching

Thanks, Brian. It was great learning a few things. Maybe I’ll try again down the road, but for now I’m a bit tired, and I’m sure you are too.

[Brian K]

One last question. When you select the ESP and click BCD Edit, do you see 2 Microsoft.xxx?

[Friendly]

No, it’s not showing.
Do you think maybe the resizing is the issue?

Why would it boot, but then after another boot windows crying to fix the problem and stops right there.

[Brian K]

Are we on the same page? The ESP is the EFI System partition, It should be a few hundred MiB in size. That's where the BCD Store is located.