Installing new SSD.. turns into System Reserved?

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.

Sorry, new to these forums and that last reply seems not to have worked as I thought it would.

After my own confusion, I now realise that the issue I have is, that Disk1 seems to have a partition I did not know about, and when I plugged it in after a while of not using it, it seems to have effected the current setup I have.

I need to investigate if not having Disk1 plugged in will effect my boot up.

As it has active on it, do I need to set the partition on my Disk 3 drive to be active first?

If it doesnt effect boot up, then I can just reinstall it and remove the partition?

If it does effect the boot up, what are my options?

Thanks for your time.

Bare Foot Kid said:

If you're just trying to format disk 2 just right click, simple volume and follow the prompts.

Thanks, I have just done this. Now the drive is showing

Try Barefoot Kid's suggestions in post 12. If that does not work, we regroup and reconsider.

Ultimately--you want 1 system reserved, marked active, on the same drive as the C partition. Nothing else marked active.

OK, Thanks guys,

I guess Ill try setting active on the C drive partition and restart and see what happens

Thanks for your time