Windows 10: Drive from old computer shows up as System Reserved

Is this drive in an external usb enclosure? If so, do you have access to another PC you could try it on?

I'm leaning towards a hardware fault, either the drive itself or (if you use one) the drive enclosure or its cable.

 

Is the 'old' drive an HDD or an SDD?

 

it i not in an enclosure. it is connected by a cord. I can try it on another laptop. It has done the same thing to me on the other laptop as far as coming up in This PC as system restored and E. I have no problem trying it again though.
it is an HDD

 

As I said, that is correct behaviour, there are two normal ntfs partitions and they will each get a drive letter. The fact that System Reserved is not normally accessible when booted in the original PC is neither here nor there, you get access to it whether you need it or not.

The Recovery Partition on the old drive is recognised as being special, so that didn't get assigned a drive letter.

 

I tried it on the other laptop again and get the same results. I will try a new cord or an enclosure for it. Will have to wait for Amazon as we live in a community that doesn't sell items of this nature. Thank you for the assistance.

 

You're welcome.

That certainly eliminates the PC as the source of problem. If you have a spare drive to hand you could try that in the enclosure as a further test.

Good luck, I hope it is just the cord/enclosure and not the drive itself.