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The user initially described issues with a large drive not appearing properly after reinstalling Windows 7, and sought advice on how to convert it back to a regular partition. Respondents clarified concepts around drive setup, active partitions, and system boot order, with suggestions such as disconnecting certain drives and reinstallation to ensure proper system boot configuration. Ultimately, the original poster successfully moved the system to the C drive with assistance, indicating a positive resolution.
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essbase

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An image from 'Mistake when reinstalling Win 7 - seem to have set 2 drive to System?'. Four disk drives with partitions and status shown in Windows Disk Management.
I reinstalled window 7 on a computer that was having issues. I deleted the existing Windows partition/drive and ran the install to that Drive (c). After getting everything reinstalled I was going to image the C Drive. It appears to be linked to another large drive (3tb). That drive didnt show up post win7 install. I went into Drive Management and added a letter thinking it was because it was larger then 2Tb. I am not sure how to proceed to convert the large drive back to a "regular" partition. Any help is appreciated. See snip of drives attached. THANKS!
 

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...I am not sure how to proceed to convert the large drive back to a "regular" partition. Any help is appreciated. See snip of drives attached. THANKS!
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What do you mean by "regular partition"?

As far as I can see partition (D) is a healthy NTFS Primary partition (which is normal).
Please help me understand what do you mean by "regular partition".
 

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the active partition on a ntfs is the one the system boots to... it looks like this is the F drive which kicks in first and sends us to the C drive to look for Windows... I would unplug F and D drives so only the C and Dvd-rom remain then reinstall Windows because as it stands now something going wrong with F will make the system fail to boot

I would also plug C drive into Disk 0 * which is always where Windows looks first and having it in Disk 1 spot makes things work slower than they need to ime
* Windows 7 doesn't want to boot to D because 7 is an old system and D is the newer drive
 

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Thanks for the help I was able to move the System to C... THanks Again
 

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