Having a separate Data Partition?

whs said:

Are you guys sure those are the only partitions. Is this what Disk Management shows. The 100MB active boot partition and the tools partition may be hidden and then you do not see it in Computer.

Yup, I'm sure. I have a screenshot of Disk Management in the beginning of the thread.

Yes, in the first post is the Disk Management snip.

The first partition is labeled 'Active, Recovery Partition' 1.46GB with 100% free space, with no drive letter.

Though showing that it's empty, it's marked Active so should have the boot files in it.

Yeah, but this 1.46MB partition is very strange. It is marked as "active" but contains nothing. I don't know how your system boots without a bootmgr.

whs said:

Yeah, but this 1.46MB partition is very strange. It is marked as "active" but contains nothing. I don't know how your system boots without a bootmgr.

MB? Do you mean GB? Also I believe there is stuff on that partition, earlier I booted up the PW CD to comfirm the burn was succesfull, and I think it said there was about 100mb of space being used. When I check tomorrow, I will know for sure.

A quick question, I can move the Desktop folder too right? It has a location tab too but I want to know its safe to do so.

Of course GB. And yes, any folder with a location tab can easily be moved. But are you sure your Desktop folder has a location tab. Mine does not have one. And why would you want to move it anyhow. If it is because of the shortcuts, I would have a better suggestion which would keep your desktop clean.

Yup it does, but your right, it really doesn't need to be moved :)

I figured out that System partition is the System Reserved, when I restarted the computer, I hit F8 and was able to select "Repair Your Computer" and it successfully booted :)

Don't know how it became a GB, oh well it doesn't matter to me

I must have a retarded system without a location tab for Desktop.

If you want to protect your icons/shortcuts. move them all into a folder that you store in Documents. Then right click on the taskbar > Toolbars > new Toolbar. Select that folder and the shortcuts will always be accessible from the taskbar. You can even create subfolders if you have a lot so that you have good order. Give the main folder a short name, then it takes less space in the taskbar - I always call it "All". Here is more: Toolbars - How to Use in Windows 7 and Vista

RJ12 said:

Yup it does, but your right, it really doesn't need to be moved :)

I figured out that System partition is the System Reserved, when I restarted the computer, I hit F8 and was able to select "Repair Your Computer" and it successfully booted :)

Don't know how it became a GB, oh well it doesn't matter to me

Did the "Repair Your Computer" change the 'Active' designation to the C drive?

Can you post another snip of your Disk Mangement?

Win7 will usually put the boot files in the first available Primary partition, I've seen this before.
Have you done startup repair or any other repairs before, the 'Boot' designation on the C drive indicates there are boot files in there also.
This is kind of strange. As long as they are both boot files for Win7 it should boot from either partition.

Edit:
Just noticed that you have previously installed Ubuntu, the Recovery partition might still have the Ubuntu boot files.