“Unmountable boot volume” after resizing Windows partition
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I dualboot Windows 10/Ubuntu. I resized the Windows partition from in Ubuntu, and now when I try to boot Windows I get the "Unmountable Boot Volume" error. I tried a few fixes I found online, like going to CMD from the recovery menu and typing "bootrec /fixboot" but I get an "access denied" error. Not sure what to do from here. If possible, I'd at least like to save some of my files before doing a clean install (if it comes to that), but ideally I'd like to save my Windows installation.
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I dualboot Windows 10/Ubuntu. I resized the Windows partition from in Ubuntu, and now when I try to boot Windows I get the "Unmountable Boot Volume" error. I tried a few fixes I found online, like going to CMD from the recovery menu and typing "bootrec /fixboot" but I get an "access denied" error. Not sure what to do from here. If possible, I'd at least like to save some of my files before doing a clean install (if it comes to that), but ideally I'd like to save my Windows installation.
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Just resizing should not cause a problem. Did you add another partition before the windows partition? If the partition number changes or the partition is corrupted there will be a problem. Accessing data also should not be an issue. The partition should still be mountable in Linux or Windows even if you can’t boot the OS. What have you tried so far to troubleshoot?
– Appleoddity
yesterday
Okay, so I deleted the partition that I created with the space made from shrinking the Windows partition, and added that space back to the Windows partition and it booted. So I guess it was because the partition table was changed. I feel dumb now. Thanks so much!
– Tre Babcock
yesterday
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I dualboot Windows 10/Ubuntu. I resized the Windows partition from in Ubuntu, and now when I try to boot Windows I get the "Unmountable Boot Volume" error. I tried a few fixes I found online, like going to CMD from the recovery menu and typing "bootrec /fixboot" but I get an "access denied" error. Not sure what to do from here. If possible, I'd at least like to save some of my files before doing a clean install (if it comes to that), but ideally I'd like to save my Windows installation.
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I dualboot Windows 10/Ubuntu. I resized the Windows partition from in Ubuntu, and now when I try to boot Windows I get the "Unmountable Boot Volume" error. I tried a few fixes I found online, like going to CMD from the recovery menu and typing "bootrec /fixboot" but I get an "access denied" error. Not sure what to do from here. If possible, I'd at least like to save some of my files before doing a clean install (if it comes to that), but ideally I'd like to save my Windows installation.
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Just resizing should not cause a problem. Did you add another partition before the windows partition? If the partition number changes or the partition is corrupted there will be a problem. Accessing data also should not be an issue. The partition should still be mountable in Linux or Windows even if you can’t boot the OS. What have you tried so far to troubleshoot?
– Appleoddity
yesterday
Okay, so I deleted the partition that I created with the space made from shrinking the Windows partition, and added that space back to the Windows partition and it booted. So I guess it was because the partition table was changed. I feel dumb now. Thanks so much!
– Tre Babcock
yesterday
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Just resizing should not cause a problem. Did you add another partition before the windows partition? If the partition number changes or the partition is corrupted there will be a problem. Accessing data also should not be an issue. The partition should still be mountable in Linux or Windows even if you can’t boot the OS. What have you tried so far to troubleshoot?
– Appleoddity
yesterday
Okay, so I deleted the partition that I created with the space made from shrinking the Windows partition, and added that space back to the Windows partition and it booted. So I guess it was because the partition table was changed. I feel dumb now. Thanks so much!
– Tre Babcock
yesterday
Just resizing should not cause a problem. Did you add another partition before the windows partition? If the partition number changes or the partition is corrupted there will be a problem. Accessing data also should not be an issue. The partition should still be mountable in Linux or Windows even if you can’t boot the OS. What have you tried so far to troubleshoot?
– Appleoddity
yesterday
Just resizing should not cause a problem. Did you add another partition before the windows partition? If the partition number changes or the partition is corrupted there will be a problem. Accessing data also should not be an issue. The partition should still be mountable in Linux or Windows even if you can’t boot the OS. What have you tried so far to troubleshoot?
– Appleoddity
yesterday
Okay, so I deleted the partition that I created with the space made from shrinking the Windows partition, and added that space back to the Windows partition and it booted. So I guess it was because the partition table was changed. I feel dumb now. Thanks so much!
– Tre Babcock
yesterday
Okay, so I deleted the partition that I created with the space made from shrinking the Windows partition, and added that space back to the Windows partition and it booted. So I guess it was because the partition table was changed. I feel dumb now. Thanks so much!
– Tre Babcock
yesterday
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Just resizing should not cause a problem. Did you add another partition before the windows partition? If the partition number changes or the partition is corrupted there will be a problem. Accessing data also should not be an issue. The partition should still be mountable in Linux or Windows even if you can’t boot the OS. What have you tried so far to troubleshoot?
– Appleoddity
yesterday
Okay, so I deleted the partition that I created with the space made from shrinking the Windows partition, and added that space back to the Windows partition and it booted. So I guess it was because the partition table was changed. I feel dumb now. Thanks so much!
– Tre Babcock
yesterday