Windows 7 Partition Gone! *Shock* *Panic*


  1. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate
       #1

    Windows 7 Partition Gone! *Shock* *Panic*


    After playing around with partitions, I've added unallocated space from partition1 into partition2, restarted computer and boom BOOTMGR is missing, after that i have googled some methods to fixboot via the windows 7 live boot cd. Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd and fixboot. After that i restart and i get the system32\Winload.exe error.
    I then tried rebuildBcd again, and this time windows wouldnt load at all (Also the startup repair cannot fix this issue). I then loaded windows 7 cd and now it doesnt show a single partition. Obviously the problem here is the partition but i've already tried everything off of google to fix the partition, i even tried the Partition Wizard from minitools it searched for 3 hours for corrupt partition and found nothing. Any help appreciated
    thanks.
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  2. Posts : 983
    7 x64
       #2

    Yeah well you hosed the system by fooling around with the partitions. some things are better left alone.

    Someone else may post with a way to fix it but if it were me I would Wipe the drive and reinstall fresh and clean. Actually what I would do is Re0Image the drive with the backup image I make on a weekly basis.
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  3. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Well i didn't actually mess around, i posted yesterday about my partitions. All went well according to the advice given to me but it crashed my partitions. All the data should be on the partition still i believe but its just gone. Are there any partition recovery tools i can boot with? or is there another method i dont know about.
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  4. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #4

    I followed your previous post in the other thread yesterday. Which makes me think that edwar has the answer in his post #2.
    Have a nice day.
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  5. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate
    Thread Starter
       #5

    appreciate it guys
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  6. Posts : 2
    windows 7 ultimate x64
       #6

    if u cant see ur partition.. i think its a hardware problem try to check ur HDD...
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  7. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #7

    Do you see your hard drive in the bios ?

    You can`t and didn`t have unallocated space on partition 1.

    Unallocated space means unallocated, empty space not yet partitioned.

    Drop in your PW boot cd, what does it show?
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