Is the boot partition located on a different drive?
Is the boot partition located on a different drive?
Saw this post for my current problem ( https://forums. ) On my side the PC won't boot if a 240G SSD is not plugged. Following the selected solution steps to remove the boot drive from my 240G drive and put it on my C: drive (NVME), I'm facing the following error at " delete partition override ": The arguments specified for this command are not valid. For more information on the command type: HELP DELETE PARTITION. Here's my drives list: https://imgur.com/a/JYONTBR View: https://imgur.com/a/JYONTBR Disk 2 is the one with the unwanted boot partition and disk 3 my main drive (yeah it's obvious, I know 😉 ) Thanks in advance for you help!
Simplest solution: disconnect all other devices except the OS drive, format that drive, and perform a fresh Windows installation. This forces Windows to place the boot manager on the OS drive, resolving your problem. Once you successfully boot again, reconnect the remaining drives and format the 240GB drive to remove the old boot manager and partitions.
If personal files are stored on the OS drive, you can temporarily store them on a larger 2TB D:/ partition that is mostly unused.
Looking ahead, avoid installing Windows when more than one drive is connected. Windows tends to put the boot manager on another drive for backup, which creates unnecessary complications—similar to your current setup.
Execute from elevated command prompt.
If errors occur, stop immediately and display a screenshot.
diskpart
list disk
select disk 3
(select OS disk containing partition C: )
list partition
select partition 3
(select 546MB recovery partition)
delete partition override
create partition efi
format fs=fat32 quick
assign letter=H
exit
bcdboot C:\windows /s H: /f UEFI
Boot into BIOS and change boot priority to boot from Boot Manager on the 1TB drive.
Boot into Windows and confirm it starts normally.
Once verified, you may remove the 240GB drive.
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Hello, I noticed the issue you're encountering with the "delete partition override." The system indicates that the arguments provided don't match the required format. For details about the command type, you can refer to the help documentation for DELETE PARTITION.
It's the simplest and often the quickest option, especially when other approaches have problems. Just like the original poster did by applying the fix.
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The solution I proposed has been verified to resolve the issue. Of course, personal data on the OS drive could be lost, but you can back it up beforehand, as I mentioned.
Also, a fresh Windows installation is always beneficial, as it removes existing software conflicts. Or are you opposing this idea?
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I'm eager to see how you handle the "delete partition override" error OP encountered.
Alright you where right I must have typed it wrong, now I just got a "Virtual Disk Service error: The file system is incompatible." on the "format fs=fat32quick" step.
https://imgur.com/WNtlJLO
View: https://imgur.com/WNtlJLO
Thanks for your time and knowledge!
Error in format command.
Format should be: format fs=fat32 quick.
Redo it properly.
Include a screenshot.
Oh right! I tried again and it worked perfectly, really appreciated your help and time!
Your solution is solid and clarified why the problem occurred, but redoing everything after a format change turned into a much longer process than just a quick 5 minutes. Thanks for pointing that out and for not underestimating user mistakes 😄