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Windows 7 laptop won't boot.
Hi,
So I was installing Displaylink software and when I rebooted the laptop it won't boot anymore. Based on my limited knowledge it does not look like HDD is dead. Looks like something to do with Bootsector, MBR and partition table. Relevant images are included. I have Partition Wizard, Hirens boot cd, Macrium Reflect and Windows 7 DVD that I have used to get it back on and I may have seriously screwed up things further. C drive is showing up as raw and not formatted. Tried the bootrec and bootsect commands and did not help. I have seen "missing operating system" and "1234F" during this saga and finally I am on the blank screen with cursor blinking on the left upper corner
At this point my goal is to recover files if possible. I have tried Testdisk & Photorec (from Hirens boot CD) and it didn't help. Recuva won't detect the partition.
Images in this link (Windows 7 boot problem - Album on Imgur)
Thanks in advance.