| Windows 7: My 3 drives are listed as primary |
23 Sep 2011
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
My 3 drives are listed as primary Also the 2 aren't aCTIVE but is says their the boot drive. I cannot click on my computer, my documents, videos, so I can't get into my program filers or windows directory.
I tried the set the 2 to logical but the option isn't there to set.
I need help | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz Motherboard Asus P8P67 deluxe Memory G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DD Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon 4800 Cooling ZALMAN CNPS9900 NT 120mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAKS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, WDC WD5001AALS SCSI hard drive, SAMSUNG SP2504C SCSI hard drive |
23 Sep 2011
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#2 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 England |
Hello debgram1
Before anyone gives you any advice we will need to see a screenshot of your expanded disk management page Screenshots and Files - Upload and Post in Seven Forums Screenshot with Paint
Danny | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number acer aspire 5935g OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 CPU intel(R)core(TM)2 duo CPU T6600 @ 2.20GHz Motherboard intel gm45/gm47 revision 07 Memory 3 gb ddr3 Graphics Card ati radeon hd4570/512mb Monitor(s) Displays lop156wh2-tle1 15.3 flat Screen Resolution 1366x768 Mouse Optical Hard Drives OCZ-Agility3 60gig ssd
320gig external hdd
500gig external hdd Internet Speed 30Mbps Down/30Mbps Up |
23 Sep 2011
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#3 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
I'm on my laptop now cause I can't get to my disk management page. I just tried safe mode and it froze on the desktop | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz Motherboard Asus P8P67 deluxe Memory G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DD Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon 4800 Cooling ZALMAN CNPS9900 NT 120mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAKS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, WDC WD5001AALS SCSI hard drive, SAMSUNG SP2504C SCSI hard drive |
23 Sep 2011
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#4 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 England |
There is no harm having 3 primary partitions on a drive, you are allowed up to four but only one can be marked as active at any one time. Does the pc boot, if not try this for starters - Startup Repair
Have these problems only started since you tried to change the partition types. You could use partition wizards bootable cd to get an overview of your disks - Partition Wizard Bootable CD allows user to boot computer directly to manage partition.
Danny | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number acer aspire 5935g OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 CPU intel(R)core(TM)2 duo CPU T6600 @ 2.20GHz Motherboard intel gm45/gm47 revision 07 Memory 3 gb ddr3 Graphics Card ati radeon hd4570/512mb Monitor(s) Displays lop156wh2-tle1 15.3 flat Screen Resolution 1366x768 Mouse Optical Hard Drives OCZ-Agility3 60gig ssd
320gig external hdd
500gig external hdd Internet Speed 30Mbps Down/30Mbps Up |
23 Sep 2011
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#5 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
| My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz Motherboard Asus P8P67 deluxe Memory G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DD Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon 4800 Cooling ZALMAN CNPS9900 NT 120mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAKS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, WDC WD5001AALS SCSI hard drive, SAMSUNG SP2504C SCSI hard drive |
23 Sep 2011
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#6 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
I did all that and repair tell me it can't fix it. My usb drives don
t show either when I click on my computer in safe mode, I can only get to my computer through safe mode when the pc boots and I try to click on mt computer, mail, my documents, pictures, etc, only the folder comes up on the task bar and that's it. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz Motherboard Asus P8P67 deluxe Memory G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DD Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon 4800 Cooling ZALMAN CNPS9900 NT 120mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAKS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, WDC WD5001AALS SCSI hard drive, SAMSUNG SP2504C SCSI hard drive |
23 Sep 2011
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#7 | | Win7 x 6 PC's California, Florida, Boston |
Is the Windows 7 HD (DISK1) set first to boot in BIOS setup?
If so, boot the Windows 7 DVD Repair console or Repair CD to run Startup Repair a few times and post back the results.
Also install, update and run a full scan with Malwarebytes in Safe Mode with Networking. If this fails, boot MS Standalone System Sweeper from CD or flash stick to scan the system for infection. Then boot into DVD/Repair CD again to run Startup Repair.
Next unplug all other HD's, plug Windows 7 HD into Disk0 slot on mobo, set it first to boot in BIOS setup, then boot into DVD/Repair CD to run Startup Repair repeatedly. Make sure C remains Active.
What changes did you make exactly and what were you trying to do? | My System Specs | | |
23 Sep 2011
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#8 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |

Quote: Originally Posted by gregrocker Is the Windows 7 HD (DISK1) set first to boot in BIOS setup?
If so, boot the Windows 7 DVD Repair console or Repair CD to run Startup Repair a few times and post back the results.
What changes did you make exactly and what were you trying to do? I did that and it says it can't fix it do I want to report to microsoft. This all happened when I was trying to add free space from my main drives partition, somehow it made that space the boot and made it active and I had to figure out how to get my c drive back as the active boot drive. Everything worked fine until I reboot the next day and tried to click on my computer, then those folders will not open.
Also I just noticed, on t hat screen of my disk maangement, my main drive used to be lised as the 0 drive now I see it says 1 | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz Motherboard Asus P8P67 deluxe Memory G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DD Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon 4800 Cooling ZALMAN CNPS9900 NT 120mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAKS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, WDC WD5001AALS SCSI hard drive, SAMSUNG SP2504C SCSI hard drive |
23 Sep 2011
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#9 | | Win7 x 6 PC's California, Florida, Boston |
Use free Partition Wizard bootable CD to make these kind of changes, Using PW CD you can also sometimes repair damaged MBR by clicking on the HD and from Disk tab select Rebuild MBR, too, which is why I mention this now to give you every option.
However you already have C set as System Active so it should boot if that HD is set first to boot, unless infected or in need of Repair.
Run Malwarebytes in Safe Mode or Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper from CD or flash stick.
You may need to run Startup Repair more than once so it can automate System Restore,and SFC, Then I would also try running them separately from the disk's tools list. SFC -SCANNOW Run in Command Prompt at Boot
I have to go now so someone else will help you get these done and answer your questions and if necessary we can continue tomorrow when we have your results reported back fully. | My System Specs | | |
23 Sep 2011
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#10 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |

Quote: Originally Posted by gregrocker Is the Windows 7 HD (DISK1) set first to boot in BIOS setup?
If so, boot the Windows 7 DVD Repair console or Repair CD to run Startup Repair a few times and post back the results.
Also install, update and run a full scan with Malwarebytes in Safe Mode with Networking. If this fails, boot MS Standalone System Sweeper from CD or flash stick to scan the system for infection. Then boot into DVD/Repair CD again to run Startup Repair.
Next unplug all other HD's, plug Windows 7 HD into Disk0 slot on mobo, set it first to boot in BIOS setup, then boot into DVD/Repair CD to run Startup Repair repeatedly. Make sure C remains Active.
What changes did you make exactly and what were you trying to do? I raN the malwarebytes and nothuing cam eup. I can't use anything using the usb and I'll have to figure which plug is the 0n one. Why would that change when I didn't mess with any plugs?
Also should all 3 of my drives be listed as MBR or should t hey be GPT and only C drive as MBR? | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz Motherboard Asus P8P67 deluxe Memory G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DD Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon 4800 Cooling ZALMAN CNPS9900 NT 120mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Blue WD2500AAKS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, WDC WD5001AALS SCSI hard drive, SAMSUNG SP2504C SCSI hard drive My 3 drives are listed as primary problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:18 AM. | |