I will check out Clonezilla but I am still messing with the one built into windows because I want to know why it won't work.

I think I figured out why windows won't let me use my internal drive. I guess you can't use a "system" disk and when I look at disk management it says the drive is "system". Not sure why or how to fix it.

I did have windows installed on this drive prior to getting the SSD that it is installed on now. I noticed when I try changing permissions on all the files on the drive I get told permissions can't be changed on d:\Boot and d:\bootmgr. Those files do not show up in explorer even with hidden files showing.

Do I need to rewrite the MBR on that drive somehow ?