#Requires -Version 5.1 <# JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script Fault : A cloned or imaged drive will not boot, or has the wrong drive letter Fix : Boot with only one of the two disks attached Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/win-rec-clone-drive Run as : The machine Expect : 20 minutes Risk : low Reversible : yes WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX Both disks are present. This is the first thing to try and it resolves most of these. HOW TO UNDO IT Reconnecting drives is not destructive. This script walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each one. Steps with no command are things you do yourself -- it prints those and waits. Run with -DryRun to print without executing. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. -------------------------------------------------------------------- #> [CmdletBinding()] param( # Print every step and command without running anything. [switch]$DryRun, # Do not ask before each step. Read the script first if you use this. [switch]$Unattended ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' $script:Failed = 0 function Write-Rule { param([string]$Text) Write-Host '' Write-Host ('-' * 70) -ForegroundColor DarkGray if ($Text) { Write-Host $Text -ForegroundColor Cyan } } function Show-Prose { param([string]$Text, [string]$Colour = "Gray") if (-not $Text) { return } $words = $Text -split "\s+"; $line = " " foreach ($w in $words) { if (($line.Length + $w.Length) -gt 74) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour; $line = " " } $line += "$w " } if ($line.Trim()) { Write-Host $line -ForegroundColor $Colour } } function Invoke-Step { param( [int]$Number, [string]$Do, [string]$Why, [scriptblock]$Command, [switch]$Manual, [string]$Shell = "powershell" ) Write-Rule " Step $Number of 4" Show-Prose $Do "White" if ($Why) { Write-Host ""; Show-Prose $Why "DarkGray" } if ($Manual) { Write-Host '' Write-Host ' -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on.' -ForegroundColor Yellow if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { [void](Read-Host) } return } Write-Host '' foreach ($l in ($Command.ToString().Trim() -split "`n")) { Write-Host (" " + $l.Trim()) -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' if ($DryRun) { Write-Host " (dry run -- not executed)" -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } if (-not $Unattended) { $a = Read-Host " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit" if ($a -match "^[Qq]") { Write-Host " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 } if ($a -match "^[Ss]") { Write-Host " Skipped." -ForegroundColor DarkGray; return } } try { & $Command } catch { $script:Failed++ Write-Host (" Step $Number failed: " + $_.Exception.Message) -ForegroundColor Red Show-Prose "The rest of the fix may depend on this. Read the write-up before carrying on." "Red" if (-not $Unattended) { $c = Read-Host " Carry on anyway? [y/N]" if ($c -notmatch "^[Yy]") { exit 1 } } } } Write-Rule Write-Host ' A cloned or imaged drive will not boot, or has the wrong drive letter' -ForegroundColor White Write-Host ' Boot with only one of the two disks attached' -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host '' Write-Host ' Risk: low Reversible 20 minutes' Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' 'DarkYellow' Write-Rule if (-not $Unattended -and -not $DryRun) { $go = Read-Host ' Ready? [y/N]' if ($go -notmatch "^[Yy]") { Write-Host " Nothing was changed."; exit 0 } } Invoke-Step -Number 1 -Do 'Disconnect the original drive entirely and boot from the clone alone.' -Why 'Two disks with the same signature is an ambiguous state, and Windows resolves it by taking one offline -- often the one you are trying to boot from. Removing the doubt is faster than any repair.' -Manual Invoke-Step -Number 2 -Do 'Once it boots cleanly, shut down and reconnect the original as a secondary disk. Windows will assign it a new signature and letters.' -Manual Invoke-Step -Number 3 -Do 'Confirm the letters are as expected.' -Command { Get-Partition | Format-Table DiskNumber,PartitionNumber,DriveLetter,Size,Type Get-Disk | Format-Table Number,FriendlyName,Signature,IsOffline,IsBoot,IsSystem } Invoke-Step -Number 4 -Do 'If the system drive has become the wrong letter, fix it in the registry from a second install or WinRE rather than in Disk Management, which will refuse to change the boot volume.' -Manual Write-Rule " Confirm it worked" Show-Prose 'The machine boots with C: as the system drive.' 'White' Write-Host '' if (-not $DryRun) { Get-Volume | Format-Table DriveLetter,FileSystemLabel,FileSystemType,Size } Write-Rule if ($script:Failed -gt 0) { Write-Host (" Finished with " + $script:Failed + " failed step(s).") -ForegroundColor Yellow Show-Prose 'Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/win-rec-clone-drive' 'Yellow' } else { Write-Host ' Finished.' -ForegroundColor Green } Write-Host '' Show-Prose 'To undo: Reconnecting drives is not destructive.' 'DarkGray' Write-Rule