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Clean install WIN7 to new SSD - corrupt Boot Config/partition lost
Hi
Firstly, thanks to all those tutorials and help provided in the forum by the forum members/experts - Kudos.
Laptop - Sony Vaio VPCEE23FX
OS - Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU - AMD Athlon II P320 Dual Core 2.1GHz
Memory - 8GB (2 x 4gb) DDR3/1066MHz
Graphics Card - ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4250 Graphics
Hard Drives - Capacity: 320GB - Speed: 5400rpm - Type: Serial ATA
Now to the problem: I installed a new SSD (Sandisk Ultra Plus - 256GB) in my old laptop. I did a clean install of Windows 7 with the guide from clean-reinstall-factory-oem-windows-7
I had trouble with Windows updates (almost 150 updates) - failure to configure windows updates etc - after a few times of trying all the windows updates were installed. I installed the drives before the window updates and everything was fine and dandy for a few hours. The system was fast, the response time improved a lot and it was great.
Here is what i did:
1. Upgraded to SSD - replaced the HD with the SSD and did a clean install with Win 7 home preimum iso dvd.
2. During installation, I created System reserved space (which Win did automatically), 100GB Primary partition and the rest around 138GB - instead of creating extended, I created another primary partition by mistake. I did not think it was an issue and continued the installation. Win7 was installed to second primary partition of 138GB.
3. Installed all the drivers and updates from vaio website.
4. Installed Windows 7 updates - after some restarts, the failure to config windows updates disappeared and all updates were installed.
Today morning when I started the system - It never booted.
The windows logo would start and the before it finishes, a error will be flashed for a micro second and it will restart by itself. Then, Windows suggested - Startup Repair - which failed - startup repair error code 0x490. When I ran Bootrec /osscan - it detected zero OS installations. The Repair utility detected Win7 - but with 0MB partition.
So, I took out the SSD and connected with a SATA to USB enclosure to another laptop and checked with Manufactures Sandisk SSD utility - it showed 138GB partition as unallocated space. The Win7 that was installed in this partition is no longer there.
Since, this is a new SSD, I do not have any data in it - So, I can easily ERASE it with Sandisk utility and re install the OS. But, I would like to see if there is a way to recover from this scenario. Can someone please help? Thanks in advance.