Can I use this to restore my boot from System Image Recovery ?


  1. Clonatu
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    Can I use this to restore my boot from System Image Recovery ?


    Hi guys, I have a problem with my Win7 x64 installation. I have played with a Playstation3 HDD and I have really screwed my win7 partition table.

    I have tried booting with the setup dvd and tried everything there (startup repair, bootfix from cmd, etc) but nothing seems to work.

    I have next booted Hiren's Live XP and I can see my partitions (btw what is the small 100mb partition called system reserved?). I have found a folder called Recovery on my boot partition which contains a large file called winre.wim, can I use this to restore my boot from System Image Recovery ? If yes, how do I do that? (remember that win setup doesn't see my partitions) I have copied the whole recovery folder to an usb stick, but when I get to System Image recovery it doesn't find it...

    Please help!

    Thanks in advance.

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  3. eldinv
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    You can't boot into Windows? If so post a screen shot of your disk management window.

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  4. Clonatu
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    I cannot boot. Can i launch disk management when booting in recovery mode ? ...or from somewhere else?
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  6. eldinv
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    If you DATA is backup I would suggest a new install.

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  7. Tews
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    As long as your recovery partition ( from the factory ) is still intact, you can download and run this recovery disk..

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  8. Clonatu
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    what do I exactly do after I boot with the recovery discs? Startup repair? Fixmbr? Fixboot?
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  10. gregrocker
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    Boot Repair CD, press Shift F10, use Diskpart commands to make sure Win7 partition is marked Active: Partition - Mark as Active - Windows 7 Forums.URL

    Now boot back into CD, click through to Recovery Tools list to run Startup Repair up to 3 separate times with reboots until Win7 starts up.
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