System restore from a USB stick does not work

Yes, your supposed it right, disk 0 the main HDD, 2partitions, 232 GB and 16 MB respectively.


Sorry, the letter G in the above is meant to be volume 1 letter, I thought it was strange, but it said so.

further:

dir c:\ volume in drive is 36D1/16A9

directory of c:\ 03.26.2013 02:13 PM Temp

0 files 0 bytes

1 Dir 249.938.546.688 bytes free


dir e: The system cannot find etc...

dir f: The system cannot find etc...


dir f: The system cannot find etc

Diskpart, detail partition



VOLUME: 1 LETTER : C LABEL : WIN7 Fs:NTFS Type : Partition Size: 232 GB Status: Healthy

Answer to your question in number 20.

Dir c:\windows>

volume in drive C is WIN7

volumne serial number is 36D1-16A9

Directory of c:\


File not found

and I get exactly the same message and nothing else on "dir c:\ Program Files" and also the same on dir c:\users, dir c:\users does NOT show my logon name

Sorry, MEA CULPA, I must have read the volume letters wrong in spite of checking three times the volume letters are D and C and not G, I have now checked once more and found my error. Sorry for confusing you and taking your time unncessarily.

No idea how come C looks almost empty.

We seem to be moving in circles but not nearing (as in Kafka´s castle). How about me trying to proceed with the install of the downloaded and burned on DVD WIN7 instead of choosing Computer Repair and see what happens?

I did the diskpart bit and cleaned the HD. Now the installation (clean install WIN 7 from the downloaded file) is running and everything seem to work fine so far. Only now when the installation started it occured to me that the recovery disc I bought from the manufacturer might be damaged so I looked at it with a magnifying glass and saw a few miniscule stratches - maybe it´s the root of the trouble? However, I used the disc twice and it worked fine both times, so I am not sure if it really is the recovery disk fault.
To make things worse (nothing is easy with me) my laptop does not have the WIN number sticker any more (it peeled off somehow during our stay in the Himalayas about a year ago, so that´s why I had to buy a recovery DVD from the laptp manufacturer) so even if the downloaded OS installs fine, I cannot run it for a longer time. I read somewhere there was a trick how to find out the original WIN code number of the PC, am not sure it will work though. If not, then my options will be to check the manufactures recovery disk and try to mend it if it is damaged, or buy a new recovery disk again. As for my stationary PC, I have already ordered a USB stick of 16GB and will try to move ver the recovery files to it from the combined USB/DVD stick, just for the fun of trying to do and see if I succeed, if not, then I´ll just install clean WIN7 downloaded, no problem here, I have the WIN7 code number and luckily, I backed up my documents, pictures, etc files just a couple of days before I "damaged" the partitions.

As I was writing this, the downloaded WIN7 installed all right. Any chance of finding out what went wrong with the Boot Mgr Missing now that the OS is installed?