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Startup Repair (or image restore) after Partition Problem
Hi,
Brand new win 7 sp1 home premium x32 install on new blank 1Tb HDD. Was working great. I couldn't leave well enough alone and had to do a partition move.
- C: partition had full install/system, etc including boot. Was 200Gb partition. 15gb used.
- All space after C: partition was unallocated.
- 100mb partition at front of HDD (was boot, now unallocated because I moved boot, etc to C: - was working great - no problems after deleting this 100mb partition)
Wanted to reclaim that 100mb and move C: partition to beginning of HDD.
Made System Repair Disk and System Image Disk
Used Easus Partition Master on HDD to move the C: to front of HDD. It froze. Had to manually reboot. Now there are start up problems.
System Repair disk doesn't seem to be able to repair anything. Before I screw anything else up...
Main question is: If the System Repair disk and System Image Disk were made when the partitions on the HDD were organized one way (100mb unallocated, 200Gb C:, 786Gb unallocated) can they still be used if the HDD is now organized differently - say (200Gb C:, 786.1Gb unallocated) assuming the partition move actually did occur?
How can a system image restore work if the partitions aren't in the same place that they were in when the system image was made in the first place?
Same thing with System Repair Disk. In the System Repair tutorial in this forum and the associated tutorials and posts (all of which I've read), there is never any mention of how to use these tools if the organization of the HDD (partitions, etc) changed after the disks were burned.
Really appreciate any advice, help you can offer.
Thanks
Buck
P.S. I think I posted in right forum, sorry if I didn't - please move as needed.