Accidentally changed which drive boots my pc

[jmarket]

I guess now is not the time to lecture you on the value of image backups? but you should still be able to rescue your documents/music/pics by booting to a live linux cd/usb. Suggest you use a small basic distro like Puppy or Zoron, both of which will allow you to access your files and copy them to an external drive before you nuke windows

Figuring out where your data is will not be difficult with a live Linux bootable media.

I would recommend you do this first irrespective if you intend to try different methods of setting your OS boot order. I have in the past used Mini Tool partion wizard to rebuild a boot record. You will of course have to make a boot disc on a similar machine first. Good luck

Edit: BTW this is my Windows 10 PC shown on a live linux bootable USB, can access and copy/delete/move anything on any drive. Linux has no limitations with Windows files.
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[Bruce]

or as I said in post #12, you could always remove the drive from that PC and place it either in another PC or in an external drive enclosure - they cost about $AUD20.

and to answer your questions; yes EVERYTHING will need to be reloaded.
doing Windows will also do it’s apps and drivers like sounds and video etc.
but you’ll have to reload PhotoShop, Office, your printers, webcam, AV software, Adobe, VLC, CCleaner etc etc etc.

and ‘restore all your files’ refers to the personal files you need to recover from that drive before proceeding any further.

So as Gus has said, not the time to lecture… but when this is all done and dusted, start doing a system image and start a backup regime of your personal data AND don’t tinker with settings you aren’t familiar with or haven’t done some research on before-hand. (we have all been there ourselves).

[Ross0]

I found a partition wizard to download onto a usb stick and used that to change which drive boots my pc and now it works fine and all my files are still there. Thanks for the help though!

[veeg]

Good to hear. Glad you got that sorted out.