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Disk Management Problem ??
I have a Disk Management problem:
My Intel PC has (2) SATA HDs.
One HDD-1has a trial W8x64Pro installed on a "system" primary partition (drive: c) (Upgraded from W7x64P)
The second HDD-0 is new, and I installed W8x64Pro on an "active" primary partition (drive: D)
I want to use HDD-0 as my single HDD; I planned to remove HDD-1 after I was sure everything was working.
I can and do boot W8x64P from the HDD-0.
The Drive letter changes of course from D: to C:
Even though I was careful to install my new W8P on HDD-0 in a clean primary partition, there must be some data that my new W8P install on HDD-0 is reading from HDD-1=(system, active primary partition.).
** I noted that my HDD-0 partition where the new W8P was installed is an "*active", primary partition not a "*system", primary partition. [I suspect this is the root of my problem?]
I discovered that if I were to remove or loose my old W8P install on HDD-1, my new W8P install on HDD-0 will not boot. I am puzzled. My current Windows Disk Manager screen shot is submitted as an "attachment".
thank you
Last edited by BigFatBoy; 17 Jan 2013 at 15:32. Reason: smilies