Windows 8 with critical issue

Bumpkin · 05 Sep 2012

In post #6 Bare Foot Kid gave you a link to do a clean install Clean Install : Factory COA Activation Key
You would be up an running if you had followed his advice.

Or you can contact Dell support and get the installation discs. You should receive a clean W7 disc and one with the drivers. You can download any Dell provided programs from the support site.

Rezwan · 06 Sep 2012

Using diskpart there are 3 partitions: on 'disk 0'

P1 oem 39mb active (hidden/healthy/fat32 no latr label)
P2 c: recovery 14 gb inactive (healthy/ntfs)
P3 d: no label 283gb inactive (healthy/ntfs)

Please help.

Kaktussoft · 07 Sep 2012

Rezwan said:

Using diskpart there are 3 partitions: on 'disk 0'

P1 oem 39mb active (hidden/healthy/fat32 no latr label)
P2 c: recovery 14 gb inactive (healthy/ntfs)
P3 d: no label 283gb inactive (healthy/ntfs)

Please help.

Code:

diskpart
sel  vol  d
active
det  part (is is active now? is it healthy and primary?)
exit

Code:

dir d:\
dir d:\windows
dir "d:\program files"

It is your win7 volume?

Code:

chkdsk/f  d:

no errors? or errors that are repaired? if so run it again

Code:

bootsect/nt60 d: /force
bootsect/nt60  d:  /force   /mbr

Succesfully?

Rezwan · 07 Sep 2012

I am sorry. I must say I am currently working on two motorbikes. Kind of restoring. I am sorry.

Not updated the laptop yet. I have 'acronis disk director v10.0 (bootable cd)' is it helpful?

Thanks in advance.

Barman58 · 07 Sep 2012

If you can use the Acronis Disk to set the 14 GB partition active then Re-boot without the Acronis disk, if the recover options are not corrupted, it should boot and recover the system.

Rezwan · 08 Sep 2012

I have install win 7 enterprise ed (not genuine)

Now the situation is drive c become local disk and recovery become d with 'recovery' folder on it.
Is my recovery partition is corrupted?
I can see it 'recovery' in my Computer as a drive d. It is visible but all content on it.

Kaktussoft · 08 Sep 2012

Did you already try to mark OEM 40MB partition ACTIVE and reboot?

Rezwan · 08 Sep 2012

Win 7 formatted.

Where the hell win 8 comes from? After formatting couple of time?

Installing win xp. But blue screen occurs

Kaktussoft · 08 Sep 2012

winxp can't install most likely due to the fact you use sata disks. Why install an old OS anyway(?)
You see win8 bootmanager?... be more clear next time please.

OEM partition doesn't have it, RECOVERY partition neither. 283MB formatted a few times, so win8 there.
It is in your MBR!!!

Kaktussoft · 08 Sep 2012

Kaktussoft said:

Did you already try to mark OEM 40MB partition ACTIVE and reboot?

Please answer