If there's still an OS on E it is now booting off of System Reserved on Disk0 since D has no System flag. This is what happens when you don't unplug the other HD when installing.
Is Disk0 the SSD which you want to install Win7 upon, and do you wish to abandon Disk1?
Unplug Disk1 to see if the performance problems persist.
What do you want to do with Disk1?
Unplug DIsk1 to see if performance problems persist. If so reinstall with Disk1 unplugged, following these general steps to get a perfect Clean Reinstall.
You may need to align your SSD using whs' tutorial: SSD Alignment - Windows 7 Forums.
Wolfgang is here if you need his advice.
Once you have Win7 running fine on your SSD, you can plug back in Disk1 to run Diskpart Clean Command then repartition it as you please in Disk Mgmt.
It is hard to tell becausae you have an active partition on both drives. But it is unlikely that the SSD bootmgr landed on the HDD because the SSD is on Port0. There is also no alignment problem for C because the 100MB partition is in front of it.
I suggest you run Soluto to track down what is the hold up.
Well I unplugged Disk 1 (HDD), and now it turns on in about half the time. Almost as fast as when I freshly installed Win7 fresh off the CD.
When I first turned the system without the HDD plugged in, it said that a driver was successfully installed ( a driver for my SSD). So I rebooted it, and the same speed is happening as when I first unplugged the disc via SATA.
Feels like it's running as it should be!
Last edited by SeanHogan; 27 Mar 2012 at 20:53. Reason: Update
Is there still a running system on Disk1 that you are using. If not, I would deactivate the 100MB partition there - with the bootable CD of partition wizard (last entry on the webpage).
So now that I have It installed fine and running fast on my SSD, I should re-plug back in my HDD, then run Diskpart to wipe everything off of it? Will that keep my current configuration of win7 running complete and fast from the SDD?
Either wipe HD with Diskpart Clean Command to get it cleanest or just delete the partitions on HD in Disk Management: Partition or Volume - Delete
Then create new HD partitions as you wish: Partition or Volume - Create New
Later the easiest way to regain space as SSD fills up is to move data to the HD and make it accessible by rightclicking to add to Library - Include a Folder - Windows 7 Forums. This will add it to the Documents, Pictures, Video, Downloads, etc. libraries.
I would also store a Win7 backup image to HD to use in place of reinstalls: Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup
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