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Reading back over the prior post and SIW2's post about - seems I screwed something up in the ramdisk options. I had ... Setup Ramdisk Options --------------------- ramdisksdipath \sources\boot.wim I should have had ... Setup Ramdisk Options --------------------- ramdisksdipath...

Morning All. Here are the results of my various bootings ... Win11-Trash - success (and currently the active boot drive I am using) Win11-Odd - success Win11-Even - success Win11-Basic - success Win11 Install iso - failure, rebooted Here is what I have in the bcd file for the last one ...

I moved my 2.5" SSD and the nvme SSD to my 'prod' machine this evening. It booted to my boot menu (two options, the 2.5" and the nvme) but neither option would boot. I had to disabled every other drive boot option in bios so that only the 2.5" drive was 'available'. After that, the boot menu...

Thanks everyone for the chatter - it was interesting to read through, google some terms / aspects that I wasn't aware of (ie winntsetup) and think some more about what I am hoping to do and what is being discussed above. One aspect re the virtual option ... Jimbo just said ... you can always...

Install complete, bcd updated with both 2.5" and nvme SSDs as Win11 installs. Next step is to install the nvme into my pc and clone current installed partition (not disk!) over. Then put the nvme back in the test rig and see if it will boot with the cloned OS partition.

Installing using a nvme enclosure didn't work. The Win11 install didn't like that I was installing to a USB. That puppy going back. I have dug out my bench testing rig and loaded the nvme there. Install is currently happening in the basement :).

Thx cereberus for the post / suggestion. I have Win 11 Pro so I might look into some of your ideas. I do like your idea of a VM based trash option instead of my nvme based trash option.

Aim Create an OS disk cycle that keeps my OS disk nice and clean, gives me a chance to 'try' updates in a non-production environment without the need to keep multiple environments and provides a 'fall back' mechanism if (when) things go south. I wanted to be able to multi-boot the system (bcd...

Thanks - I will do that. Taking a week off and will gather the info and post something when I get back.

thx Glasskuter - I have a 3-way boot (all Win11) and I am using cli bcdedit. My PC boots if I have 1 entry but hangs in a boot / menu / boot loop if I have more than 1.

Small thread hi-jack ... because I am in the opposite situation ... 3 system disks, all with the required partitions, bcd on the system partition(s) as well as EFI partitions. I was using the bootrec to rebuild the bcd ... and it was complaining with “The requested system device cannot be...

Update: I am really close to having a system where I can swap back and forth between two windows disks at the beginning of a new month. Background: I have a multi-boot system (Win10 and a couple of Win11 SSDs). One of my Win11 SSDs got borked (calc, notepad, snipper stopped working) so I...

I only swapped to Win11 earlier this year. I have a multi-boot system that can boot to Win10, Win11 and a Win11 backup. All of my data, config files, etc are stored away from by system implementation so swapping OS is fairly straight forward. I am going to run two Win11 installs, one on a...

I might reinstall Win11 and go from there.

I don't think that Option One is an option for me as I don't have the required build. It isn't in my settings.