BrianBoi:
SIW2 is sharp on this stuff. I'd take his advice.
You have a mess--F is a system drive, C partition is on Disk 2, you have multiple active partitions, etc.
Ideally, Disc 0 would be the drive containing the C partition. You don't need a bunch of partitions marked active.
Alright :) thank you I will give this a try... failing all of that I will just disconnect the F: harddrive and create a system image of the C: by its self and then reconnect later :). Thank you all for the help :)
If you want to keep your system reserved partition on disk2 then leave it active and do not mark C: active. Also mark both disks 0,1 as inactive. Make disk2 the first boot disk in BIOS and run startup repair a few times to repair the boot files.
Alternatively I would probably unplug disks 0 and 1 after making them inactive and plug disk 2 into the Sata 0 port. Run the repair then connect the other 2 HDDs to the other ports.
IT WORKED!!! In the end I marked the F: drive as inactive and windows is now only creating a system of the C: drive... the actual one with the system loaded onto it. I also marked disk 0 and 1 as inactive and made the system reserved one active. I shall go into the BIOS a little later to do the final touches suggested.
Thank you SIW2, HammerHead, writhziden, ignatzatsonic, and mjf for all of your great advice and help :).
You're welcome, though I do not think I was incredibly helpful. :) Glad the others helped you find a solution, and it appears you did some good steps on your own. Well done!
All advice is greatly appreciated, so thank you for those great free software options suggested. And thank you for the encouragement :)
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