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Windows is on Disk 3. Is that where you want Windows?
Windows is on Disk 3 (C) where it has been since I installed it about 5 months ago.
Disk 1 appears to be completely empty, no data.
[COLOR="rgb(65, 105, 225)"]This was an old install of win&, I formatted the drive. It seems to have a partition that i did not notice before[/COLOR]
What is the purpose of disks 0, 1, and 2? To hold data only? Or to hold some type of operating system?
[COLOR="rgb(65, 105, 225)"]Disk0, 1 and 2 are just to hold files and applications.[/COLOR]
System Reserved partitions do not normally have drive letters. I'm guessing you did that?
[COLOR="rgb(65, 105, 225)"]Nope[/COLOR]
If this is a single operating system PC, the typical way to install Windows is to first disconnect all hard drives other than the one to which Windows is installed. Looks like you did not do that.
[COLOR="rgb(65, 105, 225)"]Actually, I did that, but 5 months ago. I added the new drive today and this happened[/COLOR]
If you had done that, you would have 1 System Reserved, marked active, with C on the same drive.
You could mark the E partition active, then disconnect disk 1 entirely, and see if the PC will boot. If it does, then reconnect disk 1 and delete the system reserved partition from it.
If that fails, I'd probably start from scratch---disconnect all drives other than the one that you want to have Windows, and then reinstall.
[COLOR="rgb(65, 105, 225)"]Realy hope I dont have to do this[/COLOR]
Could I not just set E to active... disconect as you said and then if I get issues, use the OS CD to boot and repair?
I think I might have confused things as I thought my new drive was shoing up as the system reserved ones... bit it isnt, I just need to create a simple drive there I think.