Windows 7 System Reserved Partition (100mb) Active, not C:\ drive

Hello,

I recently did a full install of windows 7 and I can't reboot windows.

It boots from no-power fine, but reboot just hangs (seems like it is powered down but fan stays on).

If i look in disk manager I have:

- System Reserved partition, 100mb (System, Active, Primary)

- c:\ 93 gb (Boot, Page File, Crash dump, Primary)

I have been reading various posts out there and it seems like i need to do a couple of things here:

1) make my c: drive the Active drive and

2) boot using a recovery disk (or similar) and copy my boot files from System Restore to C:

I know my way around a little but am unsure here as to what i need to do exactly. I would rather not lose any data on this box (it's a lenovo thinkpad z61m BTW), and also do this the quickest way possible (i don't want to backup data, reinstall windows if i can help it).

I'd appreciate some help if any one is kind enough to do a little hand holding :)

If i just make C: active will it bugger everything up? will that help?

Thanks in advance

Matt

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