Solved Correct DOS commands might help

[penny784]

I am, at the moment, in DOS as Administrator: X:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

trying to resolve these problems:

1. No operating system

2. I have no Recovery disks because Viao does not supply them. I only have a a repair disk which does not solve the problem.

3. I formatted the entire disk without knowing what the hell I was doing - but it was fun trying to be a geek and now I have no partitions

4. Diskpart does not tell me how to partition - or if it does I do not understand it because it asks for volumes and I have no idea where to find an answer to that.

Is my problem too big to solve without a Recovery disk which I am not at all sure is available for sale. The laptop is about 3 years old

 

[theog]

   Information

We always assume you have made your Recovery Disks using the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Media Creator app the first day you had your new PC.
& made the Startup Repair CD.
startup repair disc-create
​

Did you make the OEM manufacturer's Recovery Disks?

How to make Sony Recovery Disks:
View Document

How to use Sony Recovery:
View Document

How to use Sony Hardware Diagostics:
View Document

How to order Sony Recovery disks:
1.Go to http://servicesales.sel.sony.com.
2.Enter your computer's model number (for example, PCV-XXXX), and click List Parts and accessories.
3.Follow the online instructions to order the Recovery Media Kit.
If you are not able to access the Sony Direct Accessories and Parts Center Web site, contact a customer service representative at 1-800-488-7669.


http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/174907-clean-install-factory-coa-activation-key.html

 

[penny784]

Thank you for your quick reply.

1. No - I did not make recovery disks - I made what was called a Repair disk Win7 64 bit.

2. I went to Sony UK to order the recovery disks which they would not supply because I ordered the laptop from the USA, because I am unable to get one here in Switzerland with an english keyboard but when I go to the US website it says it will not ship outside the States! I have sent an email asking the what I am supposed to do.

3. theog - even if I manage to get the recovery disks , have I ruined the partitions by fiddling with the dos commands? It says the disk has nothing on it - that much I can determine!

4. I have not been able to scan the disk because it says "there is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete. Restart Windows and run sfc again." But this doesn't seem to work as I keep getting the same message. What I would like to know is if I can give a DOS command to repair the disk without havng the nuisance of going through the System Recovery Option panel again. Thank you for your interest.

 

[theog]

I would Check the hard drive with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools first.
Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.
Hard Drive Diagnostic Procedure

If HDD Drive OK,
follow this tutorial:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/174907-clean-install-factory-coa-activation-key.html

 

[Kaktussoft]

did you format the partitions? Or did you just delete them?

 

[penny784]

I formatted them

 

[penny784]

This is what Diskpart says

DISKPART> LIST DISK

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyb Gpt
__________________ ______ ____ ___ ___

Disk 0 online 298GB 0 B

But then I can find no logical (to me!) command that would tell me how to partition, how to find the volume and how to designate a letter to the partition.

Why would the Hardrive show the System Recovery Options or the Command Prompt if it was damaged?

I have obviously deleted everything including the Operating System which was not smart but I don't think anything is damaged.

I wanted to try and fix things with DOS but it doesn't look as though I can manage it myself which is such a pity because I enjoy trying various things.


Oh well! I shall just have to give up after two solid days of trying by myself

 

[Kaktussoft]

diskpart
sel disk 0
list part

What do you see?

 

[penny784]

My previous post described what I saw and what I still see now.

Most of the time DISKPART writes this:

There is no disk selected to create a partition. Select a disk and try again.

 

[penny784]

OKAY I finally worked out what your post meant me to do!

So I did it and here is the result - I finally got a partition! and this is how it looks but now I do not know what to do next.............

Partition### Type Size Offset
_______________________________________

Partition 1 PRIMARY 298 GB 1024 KB

 

[Kaktussoft]

OKAY I finally worked out what your post meant me to do!

So I did it and here is the result - I finally got a partition! and this is how it looks but now I do not know what to do next.............

Partition### Type Size Offset
_______________________________________

Partition 1 PRIMARY 298 GB 1024 KB

So physical disk is 298 GB and has one partition also size 298GB.

diskpart
sel disk 0
sel part 1
detail part
active
exit

Is it NTFS? Was it ACTIVE? (I did you make it ACTIVE anyway). Did you make that partition yesterday or was it there all the time?

dir

See you a windows folder so it's a disk with win7?

chkdsk/f  c:

No errors? All errors repaired (run it again to check)

 

[Kaktussoft]

I am, at the moment, in DOS as Administrator: X:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

trying to resolve these problems:

1. No operating system

2. I have no Recovery disks because Viao does not supply them. I only have a a repair disk which does not solve the problem.

3. I formatted the entire disk without knowing what the hell I was doing - but it was fun trying to be a geek and now I have no partitions

4. Diskpart does not tell me how to partition - or if it does I do not understand it because it asks for volumes and I have no idea where to find an answer to that.

Is my problem too big to solve without a Recovery disk which I am not at all sure is available for sale. The laptop is about 3 years old

How did you format the disk? You can't format a disk that is in use by windows. So you can't format your C partition within windows.

Do you run the commaands form a win7 system repair disk, or from win7 installation DVD?

 

[penny784]

Anyone knowing how to help me continue with the Diskpart from this sc?

This is how the screen looks
:
DISKPART> DETAIL DISK

Disk ID: =.......
Type ......=.SATA
Status: =Online
Path =0
Target = 0
LUN D =0
Location Path = PCIROOT<0>#PCI<1F02>#ATA<C00T00L00>
Current Read-only State = no
Read-only = no
Boot Disk = no
Page file disk = no
Hibernation File Disk = no
Crashdump disk = no
Clustered disk = no

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Volume 1 C RAW Partition 298 GB Healthy

 

[Kaktussoft]

This is how the screen looks
:
DISKPART> DETAIL DISK

Disk ID: =.......
Type ......=.SATA
Status: =Online
Path =0
Target = 0
LUN D =0
Location Path = PCIROOT<0>#PCI<1F02>#ATA<C00T00L00>
Current Read-only State = no
Read-only = no
Boot Disk = no
Page file disk = no
Hibernation File Disk = no
Crashdump disk = no
Clustered disk = no

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Volume 1 C RAW Partition 298 GB Healthy

It has turned to type RAW (it doesn't know what is on it).

Did you just do the command: CREATE PARTITION to create it a few hours ago? If so it didn't have a partition prior to that. Why did it have no partitions at all? You did told me you did format the disk..... how the heck did you do that? Please explain

 

[penny784]

Frankly I can no longer explain a danged thing that I have done, I have tried practically every command in the book. Computer science is supposed to be logical but obviously it doesn't account for my type of logic.

If you don't like what you see on the screen above what must I do to put it right and if you don't think I CAN get it right - it might be best to just say so straight up front.

I am quite happy to keep on fiddling patiently because I have nothing to lose - it is lost already.

I can buy another laptop but I happen to like this one and will try to rescue it one way or another.

I have ordered recovery disks which will take two weeks to arrive here but presumably and in the meantime, I need to reinstall the operating system and partition the disk. There are clever guys out there, someone will know how to help from start to finish.

Thanks for your reply

 

[Kaktussoft]

Frankly I can no longer explain a danged thing that I have done, I have tried practically every command in the book. Computer science is supposed to be logical but obviously it doesn't account for my type of logic.

If you don't like what you see on the screen above what must I do to put it right and if you don't think I CAN get it right - it might be best to just say so straight up front.

I am quite happy to keep on fiddling patiently because I have nothing to lose - it is lost already.

I can buy another laptop but I happen to like this one and will try to rescue it one way or another.

I have ordered recovery disks which will take two weeks to arrive here but presumably and in the meantime, I need to reinstall the operating system and partition the disk. There are clever guys out there, someone will know how to help from start to finish.

Thanks for your reply

Don't know what you have done yet! I know you recreated the partition. But lukily not formatted it. Just before creating partition disk whas totally without any partitions. Did you simply delete them? Is so with what commands? The partitions are recoverable if I know what you did!

Do you want the old stuff back?

 

[Kaktussoft]

Did you use DISKPART CLEAN command to delete the partitions? Did you use some partitioning software to do it? Did you do wipe disk?

 

[Kaktussoft]

If you didn't format C, didn't do a wipedisk (write all zero's or random data to the whole phisical disk), didn't do format c..... I can recover that partition most likely! Did you have any other partition for data (like D for example)?

 

[penny784]

I have formatted and cleaned which I imagine has wiped everything including my previous operating system, I just can't work out how to partition a disk which is RAW.

I originally had 64bit but see in Administrator X:\windows\system32\cmd.exe .....nothing about 64bit.

Ignorance of the huge and many difficulties keeps me struggling on. I shall reach 110 years of age before solving this puzzle. I an surprised you are still with me kaktussoft

 

[Kaktussoft]

I have formatted and cleaned which I imagine has wiped everything including my previous operating system, I just can't work out how to partition a disk which is RAW.

I originally had 64bit but see in Administrator X:\windows\system32\cmd.exe .....nothing about 64bit.

Ignorance of the huge and many difficulties keeps me struggling on. I shall reach 110 years of age before solving this puzzle. I an surprised you are still with me kaktussoft

Don't know why you did it, but you lost everything on disk.

diskpart
sel disk 0
clean
create partition primary
sel part 1
format fs=ntfs label="windows7" quick

This will "clean" the disk. Next it creates a primary partition size whole disk (most likely you already did)
"format" will format the partion as ntfs file system. the label will be "windows7". Use quick because it's faster.

Now you have a partition where you can put files on.

But I think you want to install windows7(?)
You have a COA sticker on laptop with product key? What windows7 version did you have (home premium, professiaonal, ultimate)? Is it 64bits or 32 bits? What language?