Preconditions
Installed Windows
System Reserved partition is available
Steps
1. Install AOMEI OneKey backup
2. Run it and create recovery partition
3. Add a letter to the system reserved partition (one created during windows installation) - for example X:
4. Run command prompt as administrator and type the following commands:
5. Move okldr.mbr, okcf.lst and okldr from C:'s root to X:'s
6. Remove letter from system reserved partition
7. (Optional) Test recovery
Note: When you run OneKey to recover, it will restore boot manager to the state when it was run i.e. AOMEI boot entry will point to C: - just repeat steps 3-6.
This covers the case when OS partition is formatted or essential files are deleted which in standard way won't work because AOMEI boot files are on OS partition..
Installed Windows
System Reserved partition is available
Steps
1. Install AOMEI OneKey backup
2. Run it and create recovery partition
3. Add a letter to the system reserved partition (one created during windows installation) - for example X:
4. Run command prompt as administrator and type the following commands:
bcdboot c:\windows /s x:
bcdedit /set {3940e26a-75e7-11e4-bfda-88dcdc879809} device partition=X:
5. Move okldr.mbr, okcf.lst and okldr from C:'s root to X:'s
6. Remove letter from system reserved partition
7. (Optional) Test recovery
Note: When you run OneKey to recover, it will restore boot manager to the state when it was run i.e. AOMEI boot entry will point to C: - just repeat steps 3-6.
This covers the case when OS partition is formatted or essential files are deleted which in standard way won't work because AOMEI boot files are on OS partition..
