Strange Booting predicament, 2 drives 3 OS(s)

Yojo98

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This is a complicated one. When I built my PC in 2011, I was really into tech and an PC fanatic. So, being my idiotic self, I installed both Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Ubuntu, although I do not remember which came first. I have Windows 7 on my SSD, 8 on a partition on my HDD, and I don't know where Ubuntu is (help finding that would be much appriciated if possible too). I do remember that when I was using the 8 Consumer Preview (CP), I eventually got a BSOD, even when booting to the SSD that 7 is on. I don't remember how I got around the issue, but eventually I solved it. Up until recently, when I booted I saw the GRUB screen, then a Windows 7 boot screen promting me to windows 7. However, I wanted a new GPU to run Battlefront and Fallout 4, so I picked up a PowerColor R9 390. The card would not output video past the BIOS screen due to a bug with the DP67BG motherboard I have, but I eventually googled enough to find that windows does boot, and I just need to remotly install the drivers then I will be good. I determined I needed to get Windows 7 to boot by default, not the GRUB screen since I cannot see it with the new card. However, when using the system repair disk to detect my installation, it said it needed to make a change, so I let it. Now, when I boot to my SSD, the Windows 8 preview tries to load, then crashes. However, when I boot to my HDD, the GRUB screen appears. I just want to get back to being able to boot straight to windows 7, with no input needed. I've spent three days on this issue, and I still can't wrap my mind around it enough. Any tips, help, or just plain any advice would do wonders for me.
 
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bitIntel i7 2600k16GB Corsair 1600MhzATI Radeon 5970 (or) PowerColor R9 390
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
CPU
Intel i7 2600k
Motherboard
Intel DP67BG
Memory
16GB Corsair 1600Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 5970 (or) PowerColor R9 390
Hard Drives
Intel 160GB SSD
Hitachi 500GB HDD
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Chrome

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Windows 10 Pro x64Intel Core i7 6700KGSkill TridentZ RGB 16GB 3600 16-16-16-36EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC x2
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Skylake Special #666
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Windows 10 Pro x64
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Intel Core i7 6700K
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Asus Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1
Memory
GSkill TridentZ RGB 16GB 3600 16-16-16-36
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EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC x2
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition
Monitor(s) Displays
AOC G2460PG
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 144Hz
Hard Drives
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB, Seagate Barracuda 4TB x2
PSU
EVGA 1000 P2, EVGA White Custom Braided Cables
Case
Corsair Vengeance C70 Gunmetal Black
Cooling
Corsair H100i v2, Corsair ML120 x2, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
Keyboard
Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum
Mouse
Logitech G700s
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Verizon Fios Quantum Gateway 75/75
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Windows Defender, Malwarebytes Free 3.8.3
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Chrome
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Okay, will do when I get home. I actually just got a 3TB HDD, enough to hold my SSD and my current HDD. Should I just back up it all, wipe and do a clean Windows 7 install?
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bitIntel i7 2600k16GB Corsair 1600MhzATI Radeon 5970 (or) PowerColor R9 390
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
CPU
Intel i7 2600k
Motherboard
Intel DP67BG
Memory
16GB Corsair 1600Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 5970 (or) PowerColor R9 390
Hard Drives
Intel 160GB SSD
Hitachi 500GB HDD
Browser
Chrome
Here's the disk management screen. Also for some reason when I booted into the HDD when I got home, the GRUB menu did not pop up and windows 7 loaded.
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C drive is the SSD with Win 7 on it, E and F are the 500GB HDD
 
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My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bitIntel i7 2600k16GB Corsair 1600MhzATI Radeon 5970 (or) PowerColor R9 390
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
CPU
Intel i7 2600k
Motherboard
Intel DP67BG
Memory
16GB Corsair 1600Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 5970 (or) PowerColor R9 390
Hard Drives
Intel 160GB SSD
Hitachi 500GB HDD
Browser
Chrome
When you posted the Disk Management, you did not widen the columns so we can not read all of the print as far as the condition of each Disk, System, Active, Boot, etc. Could you widen all columns and repost it? == While your 3 TB HDD may be big enough to hold everything, you still want to have you Win 7 and Programs on the SSD as your C: Drive. An SSD is much much faster that a HDD. Use the 3 TB HDD for your Documents (pictures, letters, games, etc) Thanks,
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GhzKingston 4 GB DDR3 1333 mhzAMD Radeon HD6670
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PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
CPU
Intel Core i3-2120 3.30Ghz
Motherboard
Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Socket H2 ATX
Memory
Kingston 4 GB DDR3 1333 mhz
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon HD6670
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Audigy SE 24-Bit
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus VE228
Screen Resolution
1440 X 900
Hard Drives
OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB Sata 3 SSD ==
Kingston SH103/S3 120 G Hyper X 120 GB SSD ==
Western Digital 500 GB Caviar Green 7200 RPM ==
PSU
Corsair CX600M == 600 Watt
Case
NZXT Apollo - Silver with Clear Side Panel
Cooling
Three 120 mm Fans
Keyboard
Microsoft Natural 4000
Mouse
Microsoft Custom Optical 3000
Internet Speed
AT&T Fiber Optic Wireless Network
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
Chrome
Other Info
120 mm Blue LED Fan -- Three Blue LED Lazer Light Sticks
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Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pr...Intel i7-6800K @ 4.3Corsair Platinum 16 gig @2400EVGA GTX 1070 OC
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home made Desktop
OS
Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
CPU
Intel i7-6800K @ 4.3
Motherboard
ASUS X-99 Deluxe II
Memory
Corsair Platinum 16 gig @2400
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 1070 OC
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus 27" LED LCD/VE278Q
Screen Resolution
1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Hard Drives
INTEL SSD 730-240 Gb Sata 3.0/
PSU
EVGA Platium 1200W
Case
Phanteks Luxe Tempered Glass 8 fans/ one radiator
Cooling
XSPC/ Water Cooled CPU
Keyboard
Das 4 Professional
Mouse
Logitech M705/MX Anywhere 2-S
Internet Speed
100 mbits
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials/ Malwarebytes Premium 3.0/ SAS
Browser
I.E. 11 default/Firefox/ ISP Time Warner Cable/Spectrum
Other Info
LG BluRay Burner/
Sound system-KLipsch-THX/
Icy Dock ssd Hot Swap bays.
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