Disk management boot drive

[Dee_49]

Hello,
I have a disk which is partitioned into 3 = 1 is just the mft files no drive allocated, c: is my operating system and d: was the operating system. I need to change C: to boot now rather than my d:. When i start up, I have to press f1 to get started and 2 win 7 shows up. I have to move the arrow down to select the second to boot up, how do I change it, please could you help

 

[WR2]

So C: and D: are the operating system? Any hints about that?

 

[WR2]

Sounds like you could use a bootloader manager utility.

EasyBCD is the one I use. It's free and pretty easy to use to change boot order of your partitions.
http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/
(look toward the bottom, under the 2nd Buy Now blue button for the free download option for non-commercial use)

 

[Dee_49]

yes d: was my operating system, need to change it not to be an operating system, or to set c: (which was d to start up

 

[WR2]

Here is a guide:
How to Change the Listed OS Arrangement Order in Windows Boot Manager Screen

 

[Dee_49]

Thanks for your help. much appreciated

 

[WR2]

Let us know how it works out for you.

 

[Dee_49]

how can I change the boot loader on D: if it is possible - thanks it is working but I still have to press f1 to boot to that menu where I have to press on the 2 windows 7 load up, now the 1st one is enter

 

[WR2]

Do you have the Windows 7 installation DVD?

 

[Dee_49]

yes

 

[WR2]

Had you already tried the Repair option?

 

[Dee_49]

yes, but it wont boot properly then and keeps throwing the blue screen

 

[WR2]

How much trouble would it be for you to just start over with a custom installation, do away with the extra partitions, use just 1 and start over installing Windows 7?

 

[Dee_49]

yes would love that, cause I dont care for the split anyway

 

[WR2]

I'm still having a hard time visualizing how your single hard disk is setup.
I understand about C: and D: being bootable.

How about more details about this mystery 3rd partition?

 

[Dee_49]

ok it is allocated 19.3gb healthy partition in disk management - it says it is the primary partition

 

[WR2]

When you look at the single hard disk (Disk 0) with the Win7 Disk Management utility program - what are you seeing for each partition?

 

[Dee_49]

so it is disk 0 = 19.53gb healthy (primary partion) then (D 72.69 gb NTFS Healthy (System, Active, Primary Partition) then (C 205.87 gb NTFS Healthy (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump Logical Drive

 

[Dee_49]

yip this is it

 

[Dee_49]

thanks for all the help