Windows 10: Windows advanced startup thinks windows is installed to the D drive when its on the C drive

Discus and support Windows advanced startup thinks windows is installed to the D drive when its on the C drive in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Windows advanced startup thinks windows is installed to the D drive when its on the C drive.I'm running windows 10 2 hard drives C: Windows SSD D: Data... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Kazooo100, Sep 6, 2023.

  1. Kazooo100 Win User

    Windows advanced startup thinks windows is installed to the D drive when its on the C drive


    Windows advanced startup thinks windows is installed to the D drive when its on the C drive.I'm running windows 10 2 hard drives C: Windows SSD D: Data HDD If I go to windows advanced startup and try to reset pc or fix startup it says unable to fix error log can be found at D:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\Srt\srttrail.txt.That folder doesn't exist, however, there is a log on my C drive, C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles\Srt\srttrail. I do not have win10 on D drive. The log file says it was trying to "fix" windows on D drive, which obviously failed. So my question is, how do I tell windows that windows

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    Kazooo100, Sep 6, 2023
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  2. niko084 Win User

    Windows drive labeled ad D: instead of C:

    That doesn't work very well, some software/drivers will NOT install to any drive but the C drive because the person who compiled them was an idiot *Smile Windows advanced startup thinks windows is installed to the D drive when its on the C drive :)
     
    niko084, Sep 6, 2023
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  3. Anusha Win User
    C windows installer folder - Delete?

    He can do symbolic link redirection and move the files in it to a different location. *Wink Windows advanced startup thinks windows is installed to the D drive when its on the C drive ;)
    Better try it out in a virtual of first. Just a suggestion.

    Like:
    First move everything in c:\windows\installer to d:\installercache
    Then delete c:\windows\installer folder
    Then type this in command mode as admin
    mklink /d c:\windows\installer d:\installercache

    Removing those installer files is a bad idea. it might prevent you from updating or uninstalling apps.
     
    Anusha, Sep 6, 2023
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  4. Windows advanced startup thinks windows is installed to the D drive when its on the C drive

    Windows drive labeled ad D: instead of C:

    Or just change the drive path when installing to D and make sure you're set to boot from drive D.

    The letter shouldn't make any difference at all.

    My Windows is drive F, past my card reader and XP partition.
     
    B1gg3stN00b, Sep 6, 2023
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