Oh yes, and a new hard drive while I'm at it.
My desktop PC has a 1TB Seagate Barracuda hard drive. Its separated into 3 partitions: #1 is System Reserved (100MB), #2 contains all the system files, and #3 is for personal files. The #2 partition is my C: drive and the #3 partition is my D: drive. The #1 partition does not appear in Explorer. A few days ago, I noticed the warning that my C: drive was nearing capacity. Then, it stopped booting properly. I was able to hit F8 and access the command prompt. After doing some research, it was suggested I set the #2 partition to "Active" which I did using the command prompt, and now it doesn't boot at all. I get the Bootmgr is missing screen and all I can do is access the BIOS screen. I pulled the drive from the desktop PC and have been able to access it as an external drive on my laptop. As an external drive, it appears as 3 separately labeled drives: #2 shows as the Active partition, which I believe is correct. The #1 and #2 partitions currently show <4MB of remaining space. I'm afraid to delete anything from those since I am not too familiar with those partitions, but I'm wondering if that is causing some issues. The #3 partition is 1/3 used. The #2 partition does have the Windows folder with a Boot subfolder. Is there something I can do to this drive while connected to my laptop that will fix my problem? Is it possible its getting ready to die, or do I need to create some additional space in the #1 and #2 partitions? Any assistance is much appreciated. I do not have a Windows 7 recovery disc or boot disc. Thanks!

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