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Disk Manager Doesn't Recognize C:OS Partition
Recently I removed a linux partition and merged the Free space into the C:OS. The tool I used was Easeus Partition master. At that time I also created a recovery partition in case I ever needed to redo a clean reinstall of Windows 7 on the C: OS drive. Then a couple days ago I was going to do a cleans reinstall of windows. When I loaded up windows installer from the dvd driver it couldn't find a hard drive on which windows was installed. After doing this I discovered that Window's disk manager doesn't recognize either partition. The only visible drive is my dvd. Both the C: and recovery partitions are visible in windows explorer. However the device manager doesnt recognize any hard drive as installed. I downloaded the seagate tools to no avail because it too doesn't find any hard on my system.
When I boot from the window's repair disc it recognizes C: as the location of my windows installation. I have tried repairing and rebuilding the MBR with both windows cmd line in the repair disc and using a third part software. When I tried to do a system restore it listed two C:OS drives, one as "missing" and the one I actually use. I have also tried reinstalling the harddisk drivers and firm ware to no avail. When I tried to use MOUNVOL to remount the C:OS volume I received an error message that the directory was already in use.
There's no real functional problem right now, but it makes weary that if I should ever need to reinstall windows 7 again. Any help is greatly appreciated.