Secondary hard disk to 'system '?

I have several hard drives in my PC. Disk management tells me that the C: drive is "Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, primary Partition, as it should be, and I expect other readers to simply be"Primary Partition"normally." However, my drive H: is "System, active, primary Partition" - and indeed, when I unplugged once, the computer failed to load Windows.

Why is this crucial disc to my PC run, and that means that I can't replace it? I think the drive has failed and if it means that I have to reinstall Windows 7 I will be very annoyed. If I need, I will be able to copy the files on it on a larger replacement disk and keep the computer running?
Thank you
Mike

Hello

By reading your description, why don' t you consider to use a third-party partition management tool to help you manage your disks? There are free programs that work. I just resize my partition and change the State of the partition that I needed (logical change of primary partition and then as active). Indeed, I have much enjoyed. Now I share with you what I found this software useful in

I hope it can help you!

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