Hi eveoryone,

yesterday I have try to install OpenSUSE linux as a second OS for my PC. I have maybe done something wrong, so I have had to recreate the BCD (on primary OS Win 8.1 Pro) using EasyBCD app from second instalation of Widnows. Than I have made 4 disc backups (2 per backup app). Then I have finally installed the linux, but I have not installed its bootloader because there was some error and I thought that Windows loader can correct it for me. That was bad idea. The Win 8.1 OS starts to crashes during loading even if I repeated the step with recreation its BCD via EasyBCD. So I have restored the backup and for some reason I have to start OS first under native IDE mode instead of AHCI (Win 8.1 is runnig on SSD drive).

Now I have found that original restoration points for Win 8.1 was not matched with the drive. I see in the system security tab original drive with correct name and drive letter with directory icon and normally the actual drive with normal icon.

I have issued many time bootrect, bcdboot and bootsect on drive before first BCD recreation via app has been done, but the most significant command options has been always unsuccessful (that is the reason for using EasyBCD). I am almost sure that than I have made one restore point of drive with no problems noticed. So this is probably issue of restoration from disc backup.

The first crash I think is maybe caused by installing linux on HDD drive on ASCI BIOS mode without Win 8.1 bootloader assistaion - from scratch via ODD. The second as I have written is caused by not applied the linux own bootloader.

Please can anyone tell me how to rematch these restore points with the corrent drive?

Thank you a lot.

• Edited by Uzivatel 919 Monday, June 22, 2015 6:08 AM

Hi D. Wu,

thank you very much for your explanation. Now I see the reason for that.

By the phrase don't match the drive I mean that I can see one drive, let said old, with icon of folder (same as partitions with no drive letter), which is, I think, refering to the pre-restored OS. It has correct name and drive letter - the same as system drive has.

I am posting here a screenshot for sure.

P. S. Please do not frighten of the language. Just for satisfing your's eventual curiosity it's czech.

• Edited by Uzivatel 919 11 hours 59 minutes ago

Hi D. Wu,

thank you very much for your explanation. Now I see the reason for that.

By the phrase don't match the drive I mean that I can see one drive, let said old, with icon of folder (same as partitions with no drive letter), which is, I think, refering to the pre-restored OS. It has correct name and drive letter - the same as system drive has.

I am posting here a screenshot for sure.

P. S. Please do not frighten of the language. Just for satisfing your's eventual curiosity it's czech.

• Edited by Uzivatel 919 Monday, June 22, 2015 7:21 PM