Solved System Partition on Wrong Disk

[Infinite]

So, I installed 64 bit Windows 7 on my computer, all seems good except the system paritition is not on the disk I installed Windows 7 to. I can not get inside the computer to remove one hard drive and then reinstall and I would prefer not to even reinstall again.

Disk E is my USB Stick.

Is there anyway to manually fix this:?

 

[whs]

Easiest would be to transfer the bootmgr to C - then you can disregard the system partition. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/209885-bootmgr-move-c-easybcd.html

The reason your system partition landed on Disk0 is because the installer always grabs the disk with the lowest port number for it.

 

[Saltgrass]

A good process is to open an administrative command prompt and type bcdboot C:\Windows /s C: to put the boot files on the C: partition, then make C: partition active with diskpart or Disk Management.

You will then have to change the boot order or make the partition on the other drive inactive, which can be done using diskpart.

Diskpart
lis dis
sel dis 0 <- make sure this is the drive you want to work on.
lis par
sel par 1 <- make sure this is the correct partition number
inactive
exit

Just an alternative if you felt like doing it yourself.

 

[Infinite]

In the end, I just reinstalled and did it again. It is good now. Thanks anyway.

 

[whs]

In the end, I just reinstalled and did it again. It is good now. Thanks anyway.

Hmm, that was the complicated way to solve that problem.

 

[Infinite]

In the end, I just reinstalled and did it again. It is good now. Thanks anyway.

Hmm, that was the complicated way to solve that problem.

I still get the result I wanted
http://i.imgur.com/I7ge4.png

 

[gregrocker]

Did you unplug the other HD's as advised in Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7?

Using EasyBCD or line commands to move the System boot files will not place the System Recovery Options on F8 Advanced Boot Options which is why the Best Practice for moving the boot files has always been to mark the target partition Active then run Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times. This also tests all variables to make sure nothing goes awry.

 

[whs]

Greg, he has no recovery partition. So I don't think it matters if he loses the F8 capability.

 

[gregrocker]

That's not just for Recovery, Wolfgang. I'm not sure why System Recovery Options tutorial says that, but those are onboard WinRE tools which are best included on every Win7 installation, and only written by the installer or running Startup Repair 3 separate times on the Active partition:

 

[whs]

Yeah, you have a point there. I guess I never use these tools because I rely totally on my images. But for a lot of paople those are certainly useful.

 

[shachakhan]

Unplugging other HD's does the trick

I also had the problem of the system and boot partitions being on separate drives (as seen in the Disk Management Console). It prevented my backup program (EaseUS ToDo 8.9) from being able to do a proper system backup. I have four hard drives. The one containing Win7 was marked as Boot, but one of the other three HDs was marked as System. I did the following:

1. Shut down PC.
2. Unplug the other three HDs.
3. Reboot into Win7.
4. Check the Disk Management Console to ensure that my main HD is now marked as Boot AND System.
5. Shut down PC and reconnect the other three HDs.
6. Reboot into Win7.
7. Check the Disk Management Console to ensure that my main HD is still marked as Boot AND System.

Thanks for the help and I hope this reply helps others.

 

[AddRAM]

Even if you had a disk on port 1, as long as you create an install partition (on Disk 1 etc) and mark it Active, windows will put the system files there and it would be perfect. It`s when there is no Active partition that windows will create one on the 1st drive it finds available.

But, this is why we always to people to unplug all the other drives during an install.

Even when creating a dual boot, it no longer makes any sense, more harm then good.

 

[kartik17sh]

Easiest would be to transfer the bootmgr to C - then you can disregard the system partition. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/209885-bootmgr-move-c-easybcd.html

The reason your system partition landed on Disk0 is because the installer always grabs the disk with the lowest port number for it.

Hey ..I need your help...I was using windows xp installed in my c drive...later I installed windows 7 ..but on another disk...now I want to remove windows xp and make 7 as primary one...how to do it

 

[whs]

You have to copy the bootmgr to C as to the instructions above. You have to run Windows7 so that this is C. Then you can delete the XP partition.

 

[kartik17sh]

You have to copy the bootmgr to C as to the instructions above. You have to run Windows7 so that this is C. Then you can delete the XP partition.

OK..so it will move windows 7 to c drive?..can u provide with a full guide..thanks

 

[whs]

You don't "move" windows7 to the C drive. It will be the C drive when it is running.