Solved Acer aspire OEM reserved drive formatted causing installation problems

[elltwiggs]

Hi all im not a computer genius but i accidentally formatted a 13gb oem reserved partition, which is now empty,now the problem is i cant install windows again on my 236gb partition(which is the primary installation partion). when windows installation reaches the setup is preparing windows for first use then it restarts and and says "Windows faild to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause to fix problem
1.insert your windows installation disc and restart "(done with proble quote), and other 2 options..
--and when i try to do e-recovery with (alt+f10) i get bootmgr is missing, im stack, and i use acer aspire 5734z..
any suggestions to help me fix this...thanks in advance for your help i'd be really greatful

 

[whs]

Looks like the bootmgr was sitting in the recovery partition - and you just clobbered it. You have to activate the C partition and run startup repair 3 times. There are tutorials on this forum.

 

[gregrocker]

Follow these same steps to get and keep a perfect Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7.

Delete all partitions during the booted install using Drive Options pictured in Steps 7 and 8 of Clean Install Windows 7. You should always delete all partitions during a reinstall anyway.

Since you mentioned trying to install I assume that's what you were trying to do? If you'd prefer repairing Win7 after deleting its boot partition, then Mark the Win7 Partition Active
and then run Startup Repair - Run up to 3 Separate Times to write the System boot files to C and start it.

Afterwards you can recover the space from the deleted Recovery/Boot partition using Partition Wizard Resize Partition - Video Help.

 

[elltwiggs]

thanks again 4 your reply i was soo fustrated, will let y'all know about the outcome.. y'all are like angels in this forum hurray (smiles continues)..lol

 

[elltwiggs]

solved!.. windows is on, thanks you all..

 

[gregrocker]

Did you reinstall or repair?

 

[elltwiggs]

i reinstaled windows.. formatted all drives. & set my primary partition active(i.e 236gb the biggest partition).. and did the installation...

"i found out that non of my partitions where set to active, all was inactive, so i just set the partition active, & i started smilling"..

 

[gregrocker]

Did you

Delete all partitions during the booted install using Drive Options pictured in Steps 7 and 8 of Clean Install Windows 7. You should always delete all partitions during a reinstall anyway?

Please post back a screenshot of Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image