The wrong drive is marked as "system"

[Mahan]

The wrong partition is marked as "system"

I recently installed Windows 7. I have four partitions . Windows is installed on C:, and I also have D: , E: and G: as storage partitions . However, although C: is the boot partition it managed to mark G: as the system partition. This is causing a few problems with the Windows 7 backup feature as it automatically makes a backup of both C: and G: as System partition, and it's using up a lot of space on the backup partition.

C: Healthy (Boot, Page file, logical Drive)
D: Healthy (logical Drive)
E: Healthy (Primary Partition)
G: Healthy (system, Active, Primary Partition)

Help me

 

[AddRAM]

Unplug all the hard drives except the one you want windows on, re install windows.

or

Mark G inactive, mark C active, unplug all the drives except C, run startup repair until windows boots again. ( This still may not work )

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html

I wouldn`t rely on windows backup, better to backup your files yourself, I would also create a disk image when you have windows fully updated and all your programs installed.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/663-backup-complete-computer-create-image-backup.html

 

[carwiz]

Please post an image of your Disk Management screen expanded enough to see the drives.

Here's how:
Click on the Start Orb, right click on Computer, select Manage. In the left pane, expand Storage then click on Disk Management.

Use this tutorial for posting images: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

 

[Mahan]

Ok, But I have Laptop with internal HDD. I dont know how I Mark G inactive, mark C active, unplug all the drives. I can not active Drive C: because is a logical Drive and bootmgr located in G: drive.

 

[whs]

I would copy the bootmgr from G to C and then inactivate G.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/209885-bootmgr-move-c-easybcd.html

 

[AddRAM]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/71432-partition-mark-active.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/197157-partition-mark-inactive.html

And you do not have 4 drives, you have 4 partitions, so this changes everything.

Since you recently installed windows, I would do it again. This time delete those 1st two partitions and install windows to the unallocated space or create 1 primary partition from the unallocated space and install windows there. That C partition you have windows on now is way too small.

Get the data off of D before you start.

All 4 of those partitions are almost full.

 

[carwiz]

I never understand the reasoning behind that. (Four logical drives on one disk, that is.)

 

[AddRAM]

He doesn`t have 4 Logical, he has 2 Primary and 2 Logical.

They really should be flip flopped, E and G should be Logical and C should be Primary.

Actually, with that small of a hard drive, I would only create 2 Primary partitions on it.

 

[carwiz]

OK, I still don't understand having more than ONE drive on a disk. It serves no useful purpose. It certainly is not "backup". And it certainly won't speed things up. A folder is just as good. But, I'll butt-out.

 

[AddRAM]

Well if you only have a single hard drive, you have to make other partitions for data storage, especially for disk images.

You mean more then 1 partition, not drive.

The entire disk is called a drive, the smaller sections are called partitions.

If you didn`t store your data on another partition, and for some reason you have to re install windows, you will loose all the data on that windows partition.

 

[Kaktussoft]

Convert C drive from LOGICAL to PRIMARY partition. Can be done with Free download Magic Partition Manager Software, partition magic alternative, free partition magic, partition magic Windows 7 and server partition software - Partition Wizard Online
Step to do: How to set partition as Primary with partition manager?

After that reboot. Then: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/209885-bootmgr-move-c-easybcd.html

 

[AddRAM]

He really needs to delete C and D then create a Primary partition out of the space, then install windows there.

Right now the C partition is way too small.

 

[Kaktussoft]

He really needs to delete C and D then create a Primary partition out of the space, then install windows there.

Right now the C partition is way too small.

4 or 2 partitions.... I don't care. OP didn't ask for it either.
All partitions are almost full. Not part of the question either. But if he wants to fix that he has to delete some stuff or move it to an external drive. After that he can shrink/extend partitions if he wishes.

Why reinstall win7?

 

[AddRAM]

Well then, he could just do what WHS showed him in post #5

Tell us how he can convert C to Primary as it`s now in an extended partition with D ?

 

[gregrocker]

I would also consider backing up D files and deleting it, then extend C into the space to make it reasonable: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2668-partition-volume-delete.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2670-partition-volume-extend.html

Otherwise you'll need to convert both C and D to Primary using How to set partition as Primary or Logical with Partition Wizard. This is because a partition cannot be marked Active to boot Windows unless it is Primary.

Then Set C Active: How to Set Active/Inactive partition with partition magic? Partition Wizard Video Help.

Then move the bootmgr to C or run 3 Startup Repairs to correct it, until C boots and is marked System.

 

[AddRAM]

That`s what I`ve been trying to say all along.

 

[gregrocker]

Links, my man.