Drive Image Problem

I have a C: drive 160 Gig that holds Windows 7 and an E: drive 450 Gig for storage.

I want to image the C: drive to bigger hard drive but backup and restore will only let me image both drives. I noticed the wrong drive is the active partition and if i unplug E: the system will not boot saying software or hardware changes prevent it from booting.

Can i make C: the active partition?

I have backed up the E: drive and made an image of everything so all is safe on an external drive.

Any help appreciated.

Thank you very much for the quick answer.

I have tried system repair disc but only ran it once. I will run it a few times and post reply when done.

John

Hi,

I ran the repair 6 times, all with the same error:
Startup repair cannot repair automatically. Amongst other errors was problem signiture 07 - Corrupt Config Data

Trying without E; drive connected without repair disc gives black screen with:
The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.

Hope this helps you.

John

Hi,
Once again, thank you both for your time and help.


I ran BCD and it says it has changed the boot to C: However, if I unplug the E: drive I have the same problem at boot.

I ran the system repair again with the same errors.

I have attached Disc Management picture, I am frightened to change E: to not boot because I might not be able to boot at all if i do.

Many Thanks

John

Hi,

I made the drive inactive and could not start windows at all, I have learned a little bit of Dos from your post LittleJay, so given this new skill I managed to put the drive back to active.

I have now downloaded Partition Wizard and I am burning it as I type. I will try to run this with the E: drive unplugged to repair the MBR on C:.

As per usual LittleJay had I read all of your post I would have unplugged the other drive first so that was my own fault.

I have attached the Disc Management full screen and instead of jumping feet first I will await your reply WHS, and then proceed.

Again Thanks for the Help.

John