Remove Active Drive Status

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  1. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
       #1

    Remove Active Drive Status


    While changing the drive letter on a storage drive, my mouse slipped and marked it active. I have gone through the context menu and drive properties, but haven't found the means to remove that...how is it done?
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  2. Posts : 1,872
    Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1,
       #2

    The only way I know to do it is with a third party partition manager.
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  3. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #3

    Hello mate.


    From an elevated command window use the outline in Option Two #2 to mark it inactive.

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  4. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
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       #4

    pbcopter said:
    The only way I know to do it is with a third party partition manager.
    I like this idea, better than BFK's, simply because I dislike messing with the command prompt, but I may have to do it anyway. I have a license for Acronis DDS 11, but never installed it on the computer where it is needed. So I tried to do so, but on the first try, it popped an error, saying that it wasn't designed for that OS, which is not true, because I'm running it on W7 on this computer.

    On the second attempt to install it, it didn't pop that error, but when I entered the serial and went to the next window, it asked for the serial for the "old" version, but there is not, nor has there even been a previous version installed on that machine.

    I posted a question about this on the Acronis forum, but from past experience, I don't expect a response soon enough to deal with this problem.

    The only other disk management program that I have is Paragon, but the first and last time that I tried to used that, it messed things up, so I shall not try that again.

    It appears that, like it or not, I'm going to have to use BFK's suggestion, unless someone understands what is happening with DDS 11?
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  5. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #5

    Here is the link for the Partition Wizard Bootable Disk ISO file, this will do it.

    Partition Wizard Free Bootable CD



    Using the command window takes about 2 seconds.
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  6. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
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       #6

    Bare Foot Kid said:
    Here is the link for the Partition Wizard Bootable Disk ISO file, this will do it.

    Partition Wizard Free Bootable CD



    Using the command window takes about 2 seconds.
    Thanks. Partition Wizard completely escaped my mind, until you mentioned it. I already have the disk, and did boot to it, but I find nothing there to either add or remove the active status. I guess that I will have to go with your first suggestion.
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  7. Posts : 1,996
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #7

    Using PW, right click on the selected disk or partition and select Modify.
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  8. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #8

    You have to right click to highlight/select the target partition and click Modify, Set Inactive.


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    Remove Active Drive Status-inactive.jpg
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  9. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Okay, I found the options in the context menu, but strangely the one for setting it inactive was grayed out, while the one to set it active was available. I went ahead and booted back into Windows, and checked again in Disk Management, and it still shows it as being active. I wonder why the two utilities disagree?
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  10. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #10

    Is it all a single HDD or more than one.
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