Two Active Partitions - No errors yet, but is this a problem?

AddRAM said:

You are totally confused, windows files are on C and your data is on the hard drive it will stay there, don`t worry about that.

Before you do anything, just pull Disk 0 and see if windows boots, if it does, you won`t have to do anything but put the SSD on Sata Port 0 and you`ll be fine

When fixed right your boot order in the bios should be...

1st DVD drive
2nd SSD
3rd disabled
4th disabled
5th disabled.

Sorry to drive you crazy.

When you say pull the drive, I assume you mean physically remove it, the same way I would if I were swapping it out as I have done in my old laptop. Right?

If I do that, and it still boots, is there a software method to change the SSD to work from SATA Port 0? I know how to change Drive letters, but I assume it isn't that simple.

When I then reinstall the HDD, would I have to assign it to a new SATA port myself, or will the operating system do that?

And yes, as soon as I click Save on this post I will go look for a tutorial that covers this.

Not normally will System partition move with any other than Startup Repair or a Reinstall.

Another way to avoid having to swap cables or drives is to convert any preceding Primary partition to Logical, which is easy to do with How to set partition as Primary or Logical with Partition Wizard .

If you're not satisfied with Factory Recovery, look over these steps for doing a perfect Clean Reinstall Windows 7

What did I just suggest in my last post?

I explained why swapping the drives is also optional, because it might not even make the OS drive DISK0 as we sometimes see, and the problem can be avoided simply by converting any preceding Primary partition to Logical.

So it is is completely optional to move the drive, in spite of Brian's hysteria.

And I'm quite aware a laptop doesn't have drive cables.