Disk drive modes (ie active, system) are incorrect! How do I fix?


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Ultimate N SP1 64bit
       #1

    Disk drive modes (ie active, system) are incorrect! How do I fix?


    Windows 7 Ultimate N 64bit

    The following are values taken from
    ControlPanel \ AdministrativeTools \ ComputerManagement \ Storage \ DiskManagement
    - disk 0 drive C: healthy, primary partition, boot, page file, crash dump
    - disk 1 drive F: healthy, primary partition, system, active
    - disk 2 drive D: healthy, primary partition, active
    - disk 3 drive G: healthy, primary partition
    - cdrom drive E:

    Everything appears to be working normally but
    - disk 0 should be the only drive marked as "system" and "active"
    - disk 1 & 2 should not be marked as "active"

    My concern is that some time in the future this may become a gotcha!

    I need help to correct the disk drive status modes and not lose any data for this is a full working system.
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  2. Posts : 1,519
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Mac OS X 10.10, Linux Mint 17, Windows 10 Pro TP
       #2

    I wouldn't worry about disk 1 & 2, I have an External USB WDC HDD that is marked as Active and 2 that are not, there's no problem with them.

    This tells how to make a Primary partition Active, may be the key to removing it.
    Mark a partition as active - Windows Help

    My External USB WDC HDD that is marked as Active also has a VCD/Virtual CD partition which may be why it's set that way, can be made bootable using software on the VCD.
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  3. Posts : 6,458
    x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem
       #3
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  4. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Ultimate N SP1 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Berton: followed Microsoft's suggestion which marked drvC as active but also prevented Windows 7 from booting. Used installation disk to repair the BootMgr Missing problem.

    Slartybart: using Diskpart I was able to quickly and easily mark drvD & F as inactive.

    System and drives appear to working fine. Thanks for you help!
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  5. Posts : 6,458
    x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem
       #5

    Glad things got sorted

    Bill
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