Wrong drive is System and Active

[thetimewizard]

Here is my disk management screen
http://i.imgur.com/mjXWbpF.png

but i don't know why my Storage drive is a System drive when I only use it to store data.

i figured out how to remove the active from it;
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/197157-partition-mark-inactive.html
but how can i remove system?

 

[thetimewizard]

Okay guys i fixed it with this;
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/209885-bootmgr-move-c-easybcd.html

 

[thetimewizard]

I also read this from gregrocker;

You are only moving the System boot files from SysReserved into the Windows 7 partition so that it will boot on its own.

Using EasyBCD only partly does the job because the Recovery console is not written to F8 tools menu.

This is why I gave you the method which has worked successfully and completely countless times here in three years.

Just to check, reboot your computer now and tap the F8 key when you see the BIOS screen.

so i restored using the bcd backup and would rather use technical support problems still unsolved

 

[thetimewizard]

Storage drive is showing as a System partition

How can I get System onto Windows 7 from the Storage?

http://i.imgur.com/staxhTX.png

Also Windows Explorer does not show the Storage drive is this because it has no Label I think so?

 

[theog]

Mark the D: HD Drive INACTIVE
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/197157-partition-mark-inactive.html

 

[whs]

As long as the bootmgr is on C, there is really no problem with an active D. It would only be a problem if D were first in the bootsequence because then you get a 'bootmgr missing'.

 

[gregrocker]

The correct method is always to mark target partition Active, unplug all other HDs to run Startup Repair up to 3 separate times until Win7 starts and holds the System Active flags.

After repair plug back in other HD's after WIn7 HD making sure WIn7 HD remains set first to boot in BIOS setup, mark any other Active partition Inactive.

 

[madcratebuilder]

As long as the bootmgr is on C, there is really no problem with an active D. It would only be a problem if D were first in the bootsequence because then you get a 'bootmgr missing'.

+1

There have been several recent posts about "active" vs "inactive" lately. That prompted me to look at my two drives.

 

[gregrocker]

As long as the bootmgr is on C, there is really no problem with an active D. It would only be a problem if D were first in the bootsequence because then you get a 'bootmgr missing'.

+1

There have been several recent posts about "active" vs "inactive" lately. That prompted me to look at my two drives.

This is incorrect based on everything we know here since before Win7 was even released. Only the OS boot partition should be marked Active to point the installer or repair utility to where the boot files are to be for install or repair. Any other partition marked Active is not only superfluous but can derail the boot files to it - plus it is absolutely unecessary as what reason could possibly exist to have a random non-bootable partition marked Active?

So you'd want to Mark D Partition as Inactive - Windows 7 Forums

 

[theog]

As long as the bootmgr is on C, there is really no problem with an active D. It would only be a problem if D were first in the bootsequence because then you get a 'bootmgr missing'.

+1

There have been several recent posts about "active" vs "inactive" lately. That prompted me to look at my two drives.

This is incorrect based on everything we know here since before Win7 was even released. Only the OS boot partition should be marked Active to point the installer or repair utility to where the boot files are to be for install or repair. Any other partition marked Active is not only superfluous but can derail the boot files to it - plus it is absolutely unecessary as what reason could possibly exist to have a random non-bootable partition marked Active?

So you'd want to Mark D Partition as Inactive - Windows 7 Forums

Greg, & be on Disk 0.

 

[gregrocker]

Thanks Ray. But it is sometimes difficult for consumers to determine how to plug in their SSD to the port required for best performance while also assuring it's Disk0.

But the point remains: Any preceding primary partition, especially if marked Active, may steal the OS boot files when repairs or reinstall are done. So it's always best to have the OS HD in DIsk0 slot, or if you cannot do this make sure data partitions on DISK0 are Logical which cannot receive System boot files or be made Active.

 

[madcratebuilder]

+1

There have been several recent posts about "active" vs "inactive" lately. That prompted me to look at my two drives.

This is incorrect based on everything we know here since before Win7 was even released. Only the OS boot partition should be marked Active to point the installer or repair utility to where the boot files are to be for install or repair. Any other partition marked Active is not only superfluous but can derail the boot files to it - plus it is absolutely unecessary as what reason could possibly exist to have a random non-bootable partition marked Active?

So you'd want to Mark D Partition as Inactive - Windows 7 Forums

Greg, & be on Disk 0.

Why?

 

[whs]

Allocating the Disk0 port to the OS disk is nice to have - but not a neccessity. Very often you do not have that option - e.g. your 6Mb ports for your SSD may be ports 4 & 5 on the mobo. And if you know that, there are many ways to operate with that setup.

 

[AddRAM]

Re Post a shot of disk management after you fix it.

And here`s the preferred way to post pics.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

 

[madcratebuilder]

Allocating the Disk0 port to the OS disk is nice to have - but not a necessity. Very often you do not have that option - e.g. your 6Mb ports for your SSD may be ports 4 & 5 on the mobo. And if you know that, there are many ways to operate with that setup.

+1

That is what I understood. I questioned theog's Disk 0 only comment.

 

[AddRAM]

As long as you know what you`re doing and know your way around the bios, you can connect them anyway you want.

But I like to connect them in the way they`re stacked in the case, if the MB permits. Always putting the OD in the last numbered port.

 

[theog]

Allocating the Disk0 port to the OS disk is nice to have - but not a neccessity. Very often you do not have that option - e.g. your 6Mb ports for your SSD may be ports 4 & 5 on the mobo. And if you know that, there are many ways to operate with that setup.

UEFI Windows Boot Manager on Disk 0 = first Sata port.
Windows 8.1 OS on SSD, Disk 1 = last Sata port.

 

[whs]

Ray, that's normal if you did not disconnect Disk0 when you installed the OS on the SSD. The installer always seems to grab the first disk for the system partition.

 

[gregrocker]

Which was exactly his point, and mine. It is worth making the effort to have the OS HD is DISK0 to avoid this - but I recognized that this cannot always be done with SSD porting especially.

If not then format all of the data partitions on Disk0 Logical so they cannot have System boot files written to them.

 

[theog]

Ray, that's normal if you did not disconnect Disk0 when you installed the OS on the SSD. The installer always seems to grab the first disk for the system partition.

NO, this is not normal, the HDD was Pre-reset for the UEFI Windows Boot Manager on Disk 0.
Which you can also do for Legacy install.