HD "System" on non system disc formating problem.

Strokes

Strokes

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I want to back up my 'C:' drive on a drive I labeled 'B:' (for back up :)), but it's a "system" drive and I cant back anything up on it. I cant format it either because it's a "system" drive, so how do I remove the "system" property so I can back up my 'C:' drive onto it?
 
Well, i think the "B:" drive letter is reserved for a system drive. try changing the drive letter and see if you can format
 
It says "windows cannot modify the drive letter. this may happen if your volume is a system or boot file, or has page files."

It says under status "Healthy (System, Active, Primary Partition."
 
Is there anything currently stored on the drive? If not format it with gparted then create a new partition on it.
 
Lol, gparted doesn't 'run' on either. You download and burn it to a cd then run it at startup like you would a system cd. It will show you all the drives and partitions you have then just delete the 'b' drives partition and create a new one. That way you ensure its empty and windows doesn't stick anything in it.
 
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