Tag: windows

Moving the boot partition of Windows 7 to another drive

Sometimes when you install Windows 7 with more than 1 drive connected,
the System partition and System Reserved partition that contains boot files are put into different drives
this makes you unable to boot without both your drive connected.

To fix it :

  1. Mark the system partition as active in disk management
  2. Insert installation disc (to be used later)
  3. Power down system
  4. Disconnect any other drive except the one that contains system partition
  5. Turn power on
  6. Boot to the installation disc
  7. Use startup repair (it may take up to 3 times with a restart for each until it’s fixed)
  8. After doing this procedure, the System Reserved partition that’s in another drive can be safely deleted.

Notes : System reserved partition is not needed for Windows at all.
As long as you have the Windows installation disc and the boot files in your system partition, you should be fine.
For some laptops, using the usb 3 port for the installation flashdrive/dvd makes the MBR/boot loader fixing process to fails,
so make sure to use the standard usb port whenever possible.

How to set the permission of all files and folders quickly in Windows

Sometimes when moving or copying files using an administrator account, the permissions change so the files may not be accessible by any standard users.
To change all the files and folders’ permissions back :

  1. Change the standard account to admimistrator
  2. Log in using that account
  3. Right click the main folder that has all the files and folders inside
  4. Go to Properties > Security tab > Advanced > Change Permissions
  5. Add or edit the permissions to your liking and then tick the “Replace all child …” option
  6. Click OK then YES to apply the new permissions
  7. Change the account back to standard account

How to completely shutdown/restart in Windows 10

Basically you need to disable these features: superfect, reopen on sign in, and fast startup, more info in links below: