Windows 10: Can I tailor a recovery drive so that it doesn't need 2 target drives?

Discus and support Can I tailor a recovery drive so that it doesn't need 2 target drives? in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi For some reason, which I cannot determine, my W10 system seems to require two drives to boot up properly, As far as I can see the 2nd disk... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by ejohnh, Dec 11, 2016.

  1. ejohnh Win User

    Can I tailor a recovery drive so that it doesn't need 2 target drives?


    Hi
    For some reason, which I cannot determine, my W10 system seems to require two drives to boot up properly,

    As far as I can see the 2nd disk contains nothing that I need , but it was used to do a mirror copy of the system disk some time ago.I used to free upgrade to go from W7 to W10 and I'm sure that my W7 didn't require the two drives to boot.
    Is there any way that I can obtain a legal W10 setup DVD/USB by giving my recovery key etc?
    Thanks

    John

    :)
     
    ejohnh, Dec 11, 2016
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    Hi Victor, that's the first actually useful response I've seen so far -- I figured it was buried down there somewhere. Do you recall what the virus was, so I can maybe get a tailored solution? I've done what seemed to be clean installs and the problem doesn't
    go away, so I think I need to target the actual files if at all possible (or just ignore it, as I have for the last couple of years). Do you remember what it was?

    -Josh Hayes
     
    Joshua Hayes, Dec 11, 2016
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    You can right-click the drive in "This PC" and choose Format. But that won't make it ready-boost compatible. That's based on the USB drive itself, it's either built for ReadyBoost or not, formatting it won't change it Can I tailor a recovery drive so that it doesn't need 2 target drives? :)
     
    Shawn 'Cmdr' Keene [MVP], Dec 11, 2016
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  4. NavyLCDR New Member

    Can I tailor a recovery drive so that it doesn't need 2 target drives?

    NavyLCDR, Dec 11, 2016
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  5. RolandJS Win User
    Elsewhere, it was posted if one removes the 2nd HD and runs the Windows repair/startup repair -- that should separate the two HD's boot material. Then, one might have to delete the boot material from that 2nd HD.
     
    RolandJS, Dec 11, 2016
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  6. ejohnh Win User
    Can I tailor a recovery drive so that it doesn't need 2 target drives? [​IMG]


    I hope you can read the screenshot.. Also I should have said that it's the G drive which is the 'second' drive required when recovering..

     
    ejohnh, Dec 12, 2016
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  7. NavyLCDR New Member
    According to your screenshot, the computer is both booting from and loading Windows from drive 0. It is booting from L: drive (and you can remove that drive letter) and loading the OS from C: drive. Drives 1 and 2 have active partitions, but the computer is not booting from them. You can disable the active flags. You also have 113+ GB of unused space on drive 2.
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 4, 2018
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