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If it's any help, the boot menu lists
Older OS
Windows 7 (which I know is the new SSD) - defaulting to
Windows 7
If it's any help, the boot menu lists
Older OS
Windows 7 (which I know is the new SSD) - defaulting to
Windows 7
Easeus Partition Master can supposedly change logical to primary:
EASEUS Partition Master 7.5.1 Beta/ Partition Master 7.1.1
Another possibility is to clone the logical to another drive and then restore it as a primary partition.
Incidentally I had the same setup on my laptop.
Win XP
Partitioned
Installed Win 7
Copy boot.mgr and boot folder to Win 7
Reboot and repair with Win7 disk
diskpart delete xp partition
diskpart Win7 partition active
bootrec /fixmbr
And worked straight away. Can't fathom why it's not working here too.
Lets not ignore the SSD drive, as this is the best drive for the OS.
You can not boot to a Logical drive.
If you don't want to put the OS on the SSD, your options are limited due to the logical drive issue.
My only suggestions are Easeus or cloning as mentioned above.
1) Unplug the cable from Disk2 & plug in to SSD drive.Make sure BIOS boot order is SSD first HD boot.
2) Unplug all other cable from HD's.
3) Install OS to SSD.
Have a read of those tutorial:
SSD - Install and Transfer the Operating System
SSD Tweaks and Optimizations in Windows 7
SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation
User Profile - Change Default Location
User Folders - Change Default Location
When you are up & running, replace the HD's one at a time, sort out the DATA if need.
When you get to the drive with the old OS's on, save your data, than you can delete the partitions.
Partition or Volume - Delete
Partition or Volume - Create New