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  1. Posts : 10,796
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       #51

    You have a sub stick that can be rewritten totally? So all is gone afterwards. If so.... try this #2
    Boot from the stick and post screenshot of partitions. Can't be so difficult!
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  2. Posts : 49
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       #52

    Kaktussoft said:
    You have a sub stick that can be rewritten totally? So all is gone afterwards. If so.... try this #2
    Boot from the stick and post screenshot of partitions. Can't be so difficult!
    Alright I booted the partition wizard home edition 7.0 from the .iso that i mounted onto the usb and this is the screen that I am at right now. Where do I go from here? What information did you want me to show you now?
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  3.    #53

    Rightclick on the large (Win7?) partition to Explore, see if your files and the Windows directory are still intact there.

    If so, rightclick it again to Modify>Set to Active, click OK.

    Then click on Disk 1 to highlight it, from Disk tab select Rebuild MBR, click OK, Apply both steps.

    Reboot. If Win7 won't start, boot into the Win7 DVD or Repair CD to run Startup Repair - Run up to 3 Separate Times

    If you still have the Linux mess on the HD I would delete those partitions to give Win7 a better chance to recover from ruining it.
    Last edited by gregrocker; 28 Feb 2013 at 00:03.
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  4. Posts : 49
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       #54

    gregrocker said:
    Rightclick on the large (Win7?) partition to Explore, see if your files and the Windows directory are still intact there.

    If so, rightclick it again to Modify>Set to Active, click OK.

    Then click on Disk 1 to highlight it, from Disk tab select Rebuild MBR, click OK, Apply both steps.

    Reboot while removing Hiren's disk. If Win7 won't start, boot into the Win7 DVD or Repair CD to run Startup Repair - Run up to 3 Separate Times

    If you still have the Linux mess on the HD I would delete those partitions to give Win7 a better chance to recover from ruining it.
    As you can see in the picture the partition is full. It has 916GB storage and 916GB used. I am not sure if that is the windows partition or not. I do not know how to check what files are inside the partition like you said "check if the windows directory is still intact there". What I showed you is the properties of the largest partition in disk 1 ... the 916GB partition.

    What do you think I should do next?
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    Last edited by C0RE O5IVE; 27 Feb 2013 at 15:35. Reason: add on
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  5. Posts : 49
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       #55

    In the picture below I noticed something. Well I clicked partition recovery wizard at the top left of the partition recovery wizard home edition 7.0 -- I clicked quick scan of my entire disk. You can faintly see a disk named S3A7729 ... as the label and the status of that disk is lost/deleted. I can recall on my main operating system (windows 7 ultimate). That was the name of the hard disk -- The C drive. which was my main drive C local. I don't know if this has any relevance but would it be possible somehow recover that drive because I assume that in the process of installing arch linux I may have uninstalled the C drive from my computer or deleted it. Is it possible to recover it now?

    You can also see that this hard disk is NTFS which is a boot option or whatever... So how can I recover it? All my information and file are on there. It was the main C drive that I used since I bought the laptop.
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  6. Posts : 49
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       #56

    God bless you all. I recovered the C drive... okay now I can see all the files on my drive. Glad I can now retrieve them... hopefully err somehow. Let me retrieve them now and now I guess I need help to re-install windows? Unless my windows 7 os is now recovered too... I will do all that now and give you a status update in a bit.
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  7. Posts : 49
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       #57

    Okay so this is my new drive map after recovery. Errm ... which one do I set to active and/or what do I do next?
    I didn't mean to say new drive map. I meant to say this is the drive map that I had before I touched the linux installation. This is how it was before. What I am asking now is - Do I have to change anything here now (i.e set something to active etc...) or can I reboot my pc now and boot from the local hard disk, and will everything be okay?
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  8. Posts : 10,796
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       #58

    C0RE O5IVE said:
    Okay so this is my new drive map after recovery. Errm ... which one do I set to active and/or what do I do next?
    I didn't mean to say new drive map. I meant to say this is the drive map that I had before I touched the linux installation. This is how it was before. What I am asking now is - Do I have to change anything here now (i.e set something to active etc...) or can I reboot my pc now and boot from the local hard disk, and will everything be okay?
    Delete the 2 small 3MB NTFS partitions, they are useless. Delete all ext4 parititions as well.
    2NTFS partitions remain. Make them primary
    Mark the large NTFS partition active (not the HDRECOVERY).
    Do this http://www.partitionwizard.com/parti...r/mbr-fix.html
    Press apply. Post screenshot

    rightclick on the 2 ntfs partitions ->explore. Do you see files? Try to reboot normally from harddisk

    post results
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  9. Posts : 49
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       #59

    Kaktussoft said:
    C0RE O5IVE said:
    Okay so this is my new drive map after recovery. Errm ... which one do I set to active and/or what do I do next?
    I didn't mean to say new drive map. I meant to say this is the drive map that I had before I touched the linux installation. This is how it was before. What I am asking now is - Do I have to change anything here now (i.e set something to active etc...) or can I reboot my pc now and boot from the local hard disk, and will everything be okay?
    Delete the 2 small 3MB NTFS partitions, they are useless. Delete all ext4 parititions as well.
    2NTFS partitions remain. Make them primary
    Mark the large NTFS partition active (not the HDRECOVERY).
    Press apply. Post screenshot
    How do I change the Local C drive disk from logical to primary? Where is the option for that?

    But yea, when I click the two NTFS icons I can see all my files that I had from before! :)

    But how do I change the local C drive disk from logical to primary?

    RE: I don't know if you can see the picture to well but it doesn't let me set the S3A... partition to primary - the option is locked.
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    Last edited by C0RE O5IVE; 27 Feb 2013 at 16:32. Reason: add on
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  10. Posts : 49
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       #60

    Hello?
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