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System Reserved Partition Disappeared
Hi,
I decided to replace one of my 1TB (WD Black Label) drives (2 drives, 2 partitions on each HD, the system drive did not need replacement) since it became really slow and purchased a Seagate 1TB Barracuda drive (all Sata III).
After the swap my computer stopped booting and BIOS didn't even see the original WD drive anymore.
I installed Windows 7 (same installation disk as the original installation) on the new Seagate HD and copied all the information from the slow drive. After that I replaced the logic board on the non-working HD with the one from the slow one (same model) and it started working again.
However, now I can't boot from this HD anymore ("Boot from CD/DVD" prompt).
Windows disk management sees both original partitions (both listed as primary) on that HD, but does not see the system reserved partition.
I would really benefit from having my original Windows installation restored (have a lot of paid software for which I don't have keys anymore).
What has happened to my boot and system reserved partitions and what are my options here?
Thanks in advance.