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Prof Chaos

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Hello!

Is it a problem that not my C: disk with my OS is the "System" disk?!(See Attachment)
And if it is, how can I change it?!

Thanks,
Prof. Chaos!
 

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Hello Prof Chaos, welcome to Seven Forums!





A couple questions, is an OS on F:, does the PC boot ok with it the way it is?


It you wanted/needed to correct it to have C: as "System, Active" you will need to mark C: as active and then you will need to run a startup repair as many as 3 separate times with system restarts between the repairs to mark C: as "System, Active" but answer the questions above first.


Partition - Mark as Active

Startup Repair

System Repair Disc - Create
 

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Thank you.

The booting of the OS works fine. No OS on F:, that's why it's a bit weird.
 

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If you want you can use the info above to set C: as "System, Active" doing it now may save you a hard way to go later, especially if you ever have to do any kind of repair to the OS. ;)
 

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* BFK Customs *
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W 7 64-bit Ultimate
CPU
Intel Q9550 Yorkfield
Motherboard
ASUS P5Q Pro
Memory
8GB Dominator 8500C5D
Graphics Card(s)
ATI : XFX 5870
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio 7-1
Monitor(s) Displays
1x 47" LCD HDMI & 3x 26" LCD HDMI
Screen Resolution
1920x1080P & 1920x1200
Hard Drives
1x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD : 1x 500GB & 1x 640GB WD Caviar Black(s)
PSU
Corsair 620HX
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Cooler Master RC-690
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Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
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Microsoft 500
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Razer Diamondback 3G
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Why do i have to do it 3 times? I did it once, but that was because i forgot to change 1st priority boot in Bios.
 

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VelociRaptor 150gb
If one startup repair will write the boot files to the C:\Windows partition then that's fine, most times it takes as many as 3 times to completely finish the process; have a look at the C: to see it has been marked it as "System, Active" if so you're done, if not do it till it completes.
 

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* BFK Customs *
OS
W 7 64-bit Ultimate
CPU
Intel Q9550 Yorkfield
Motherboard
ASUS P5Q Pro
Memory
8GB Dominator 8500C5D
Graphics Card(s)
ATI : XFX 5870
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio 7-1
Monitor(s) Displays
1x 47" LCD HDMI & 3x 26" LCD HDMI
Screen Resolution
1920x1080P & 1920x1200
Hard Drives
1x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD : 1x 500GB & 1x 640GB WD Caviar Black(s)
PSU
Corsair 620HX
Case
Cooler Master RC-690
Cooling
Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
Keyboard
Microsoft 500
Mouse
Razer Diamondback 3G
Internet Speed
14 Mb/s
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1x Koutech 3Gb/s SATA HDD Hot Swap Rack
Ok, thank you very much! :)
 

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XFX GeForce GTX 285
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 26"
Hard Drives
WD - 1tb, 500gb, 320gb
VelociRaptor 150gb
You're welcome, glad I could help!
 

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W 7 64-bit Ultimate
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Intel Q9550 Yorkfield
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ASUS P5Q Pro
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8GB Dominator 8500C5D
Graphics Card(s)
ATI : XFX 5870
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio 7-1
Monitor(s) Displays
1x 47" LCD HDMI & 3x 26" LCD HDMI
Screen Resolution
1920x1080P & 1920x1200
Hard Drives
1x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD : 1x 500GB & 1x 640GB WD Caviar Black(s)
PSU
Corsair 620HX
Case
Cooler Master RC-690
Cooling
Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
Keyboard
Microsoft 500
Mouse
Razer Diamondback 3G
Internet Speed
14 Mb/s
Other Info
1x Koutech 3Gb/s SATA HDD Hot Swap Rack
Just to assure you that Bare Foot Kid is leading you in the right direction, I went through a similar situation a few months ago. I didn't have the benefit of good advice like this and was discouraged when it didn't work...at first. Out of desperation I ran it again. And again. It wasn't until the third try that I was fixed up. :)
 

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ok. Didn't work for me... So i plugged out the disk that was the "system" disk, then i did the boot repair! And it works! :)
 
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Windows 7 Pro
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Intel Quad Q6600 2.40
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MSI P7N SLI Platinum
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XFX GeForce GTX 285
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 26"
Hard Drives
WD - 1tb, 500gb, 320gb
VelociRaptor 150gb
Glad you got it sorted, thanks for the update.
 

My Computer

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* BFK Customs *
OS
W 7 64-bit Ultimate
CPU
Intel Q9550 Yorkfield
Motherboard
ASUS P5Q Pro
Memory
8GB Dominator 8500C5D
Graphics Card(s)
ATI : XFX 5870
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio 7-1
Monitor(s) Displays
1x 47" LCD HDMI & 3x 26" LCD HDMI
Screen Resolution
1920x1080P & 1920x1200
Hard Drives
1x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD : 1x 500GB & 1x 640GB WD Caviar Black(s)
PSU
Corsair 620HX
Case
Cooler Master RC-690
Cooling
Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
Keyboard
Microsoft 500
Mouse
Razer Diamondback 3G
Internet Speed
14 Mb/s
Other Info
1x Koutech 3Gb/s SATA HDD Hot Swap Rack
No problem. :)
Don't like it when people figure things out and never post the answer.
 

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Windows 7 Pro
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Intel Quad Q6600 2.40
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MSI
Memory
MSI P7N SLI Platinum
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XFX GeForce GTX 285
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Samsung 26"
Hard Drives
WD - 1tb, 500gb, 320gb
VelociRaptor 150gb
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