help: windows 7 won't boot after changing active partit

i have three partitions. P1) 1 logical with windows 7 RC, P2) 1 primary and system, (not clean install) with windows 7 7600, and P3) 1 primary with windows 7 7600, (formatted partition before installed).

my problem happend when i tried to set the active partition from "P2" to "P3" using EASEUS. I used "P1" while doing this. after restarting, my machine won't boot. It shows the manufacturer logo, and then followed by a black screen with a flashing cursor on the upper left corner, doing nothing. i let this stand for ten mins but, still, nothing happens. is this normal? i also noticed the manufacturer logo showing a little longer than usual.

after 10mins, i decided to restart my machine but the same thing happens. i managed to make a repair disc before this happen. so, i boot in to the repair disc. i tried startup repair but nothing changed. i tried setting the active partition again using CMD. i also tried system restore to "P1" which i used to open EASEUS. and it also failed.

any ideas what went wrong? and how i can fix it? thanks guys!

Boot the 7 dvd/recovery disc to the system recovery options and select command prompt.

Type the following at the prompt: ( press enter after each command)

( replace vol 2 below with the volume number you wish to mark Active )


X:\sources>DISKPART

DISKPART> SEL DISK 0

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> DETAIL DISK



Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 1 C New Volume NTFS Partition 30 GB Healthy System
Volume 2 D New Volume NTFS Partition 25 GB Healthy
Volume 3 E 7000 x86 NTFS Partition 23 GB Healthy
Volume 4 G Data Logica NTFS Partition 40 GB Healthy
Volume 5 H Backup Logi NTFS Partition 30 GB Healthy

DISKPART> SEL VOL 2

Volume 2 is the selected volume.

DISKPART> ACT

DISKPART> EXI

close cmd prompt.

Try restarting or startup repair after that.

whoah! it worked. i don't know why it didn't work the first time i tried it. haha. your steps might have some sort of geek spell. thanks clint eastwood. errr SIW2. your the man. haha.

Yeah, it's magic. LOL.

Glad everything worked out

Dear SIW2,

my problem quite same like RAKCS but the problem is that i don't have recovery disc n if i have it, still can't use the disc coz' my laptop ' mini HP doesnt have cd/dvd rom ( it's suck ). i've been trying to boot from usb hard drive, doesn't work.

please help me. thaaaaaaaaanks

Download the recovery disk from here: Download Windows 7 System Recovery Discs — The NeoSmart Files

Write it to USB flash stick using this: USB Windows 7 Installation Key Drive - Create

Boot USB flash stick using one-time BIOS boot menu key. It may be listed under Hard Drives.

A bit more reading.

Startup Repair

System Recovery Options

Repair Install

Dear SIW2 ,

DISKPART works everytime n had once saved my day :)