problems restoring machine back to factory settings

jaylaw17 said:

Yes that was successful:

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resi...836858CA%21781

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resi...836858CA%21782

E (Music) is working fine as before? You can keep letter E or change the drive letter to any other free drive letter. Since when did you have this problem with MUSIC 465GB volume? I think the recovery procedure was confused because of the new disk(?) Any idea who did make it hidden? If it's working fine.... detach the drive from system when doing the recovery... so you're 1000% sure it doesn't interfere with the process.

In elevated command prompt:

Code:

bcdedit /enum  all > c:\bcd.txt
bcdedit /store  f:\boot\bcd /enum  all > c:\bcd_f.txt

Post files c:\bcd.txt and c:\bcd_f.txt. You may delete them after successful post

As seen on you screenshot the disk has 2 partitions:

• Partition type 27 so "hidden" OEM RECOVERY HIDDEN (changed to NTFS [type 07]). It is not part of the boot sequence
• Windows7 partition. It is ACTIVE, so has bootmanager and bootmenu. In bootmenu is 1 option (so not shown) to boot to windows7 partition. It has also a recovery option that in case you do "repair your computer" .... the recoverybootsequence boot entry will be activated which should point to some startfile on the 12GB partition.

Very strange they made the windows7 partition part of bootmenu and real win7. If that partition becomes faulty, for example the file system is corrupt..... then you can't show the boot menu and recover!!! And F8->repair your computer is displayed, but not workming. That's why I want to see your boot menu entries. c:\bcd.txt will have them.

and c:\bcd_f.txt has the boot menu if you force a boot from 12GB partition. Most likely that's untouched. A recovery partition is static usally.

I gonna clone some settings from F (read from bcd_f.txt) to the active boot menu

jaylaw17 said:

In elevated command prompt:

Code:

bcdedit /enum  all > c:\bcd.txt
bcdedit /store  f:\boot\bcd /enum  all > c:\bcd_f.txt

Post files c:\bcd.txt and c:\bcd_f.txt. You may delete them after successful post

I'm getting message saying 'bcedit' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Do it in Elevated Command Prompt
and command is bcdedit instead of bcedit

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jaylaw17 said:

Kaktussoft said:

In elevated command prompt:

Code:

bcdedit /enum  all > c:\bcd.txt
bcdedit /store  f:\boot\bcd /enum  all > c:\bcd_f.txt

Post files c:\bcd.txt and c:\bcd_f.txt. You may delete them after successful post

bcd.txt
Attachment 300545

I made a mistake. This is the correct command

Code:

 
bcdedit /store  f:\boot\bcd /enum  all > c:\bcd_f.txt