active drive

About this tag
The active drive tag on WindowsForum.com covers issues related to designating and managing the active partition in Windows, particularly in multi-boot or dual-boot setups. Discussions include marking a drive as active to fix boot problems, such as when Windows 7 is installed on a recovery drive or when multiple Windows entries appear. Other topics involve boot errors like STOP 0xc000021a and autocheck failures, often linked to active drive misconfiguration. Users also troubleshoot SMART monitoring detection failures on active drives, and installation problems where drives do not appear during Windows setup. The tag focuses on practical solutions for drive activation, boot configuration, and related hardware detection issues.
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    Windows 7 Problems loading: c000021a {Fatal System Error} ... status of 0xc000003a

    Hey everybody. So the full error code in blue screen after booting (after win7 loading logo) is: Had the autocheck bad boy as well: Eliminated it via registry. So, pretty much only 0xc000003a is left. Also, autocheck as I understand is just an indicator of a problem rather than a cause...
    • tureklay
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    • active drive autocheck bad sectors blue screen boot issues disk check dual boot error fatal error file recovery grub hidden partition linux mbr partition registry repair system restore tech support windows 7
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 How to Mark Drive as Active

    Looks like what happened to me has happened to others. When I installed 7 it put it on my Recovery D drive. Then I installed it correctly on my C drive. Now when the computer reboots I get the screenshot that shows Windows 7 twice. Somewhere on this forum I saw someone post the procedure to...
    • Bluesjam
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    • active drive boot issues c drive dual boot installation partition management system repair troubleshooting windows 7 windows recovery
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation

  3. Windows 7 SMART Monitoring Not Detected - Windows 7 x64

    I like to keep an eye on my hard drive temperature, and I can in Windows XP, but on my dual-boot setup with Windows 7 x64 I have lost the ability to view temperatures. I've tried using Everest, Speed Fan and Active@ Disk Monitor and they all return the same result - that SMART detection is not...
    • mbix59
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    • active drive bios compatibility drivers dual boot everest hard drive intel monitoring motherboard nvidia performance smart speedfan storage system specs temperature troubleshooting uac windows 7
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Hard Drive doesn't show up during install

    I am having a very strange issue during the install. I recently got some new components. My old computer included 2 80GB drives in RAID-0 (SATA) for the OS and a 320GB for files. I decided to just split the two 80GB drives between two computers for the OS and put the 320GB in one for files and a...
    • aceman118
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    • active drive ahci bios components disk management file system hard drive ide installation os installation raid reformat sata tech support troubleshooting windows
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation