No Boot Device, No operating system after Comodo Time Machine install

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Hello,
I have a ASUS G72 notebook with one 500 gb harddisk in it.
On c drive, there was Windows 7 Home 64 bit,
On d drive, there was Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit.
i installed comodo time machine on c first, and then on d(as told by the program), and then computer restarted (as suggested on program installation),
now it says "reboot and select proper device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key after the restart.
i put the windows system repair disc, it didn't see any windows installations,
with no operating system seen i went to repair options, and tried start up repair, it starts, goes to attempting repairs and stucks there for a long time. (when i stop it before going to attempt repairs, it says that the problem is "partition table is corrupt on disk \device\harddisk0" )
i changed ahci to ide, no change.
i went to command prompt and tried
- bootsect /nt60 all (/force) /mbr
result is
\??\physicaldrive0 successfully updated disk bootcode.
it didn't change anything, it still asked for boot device.
bootrec /fixmbr says "the operation completed succesfully"
bootrec /fixboot says " element not found."
bootrec /scanos says "total identified windows installations 0"
bootrec /rebuildbcd says the same
bootcfg says "error : cannot open boot.ini file"
bcdedit says "the boot configuration data store could not be opened. the requested system device cannot be found."
diskpart list disk sees disk 0 online size 465 gb free 465 gb (remember i already have 2 opearing systems installed)
list partition says "there are no partitions on this disk to show."
i am going to x: from x:\windows\system32 (when yuo put the system repair disc and command prompt) and choosing setup and install windows 7 it says a device driver is missing.
i am putting the windows 7 ultimate dvd and restarting from it and it says:
disk 0 unallocated space 465.8 gb
i want to access the files in the harddrive because there are over 60gb very important data in that folder (C:\necessary) but of course, right now, there is no c:.
i also tried to see about the bios update , just tosee if it is going to see the files, it said "there are no existing drives"
i want to find a way to reach the files at least, if I cannot fix the boot or mbr.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ASUS G72 Notebook
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor P8700 2.53 GHz
Memory
6GB DDRII
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
Sound Card
EAX Advanced HD 4.0 + Logitech Wireless Headset G930
Monitor(s) Displays
17.3" LED-backlit LCD high-definition plus widescreen
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
2 x Seagate Momentus 500 GB 5400.6 SATA 3Gb/s
Cooling
Targus
Mouse
Logitech Wireless Trackball M570
Internet Speed
3 to 6 Mbps Download / .5 to 1 Mbps Upload
Other Info
Clear Modem with Wi-fi*
Comodo Internet Security Premium

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built (x64), Lenovo x61s Tablet, Samsung Netbook
OS
Win7 x64 + x86
CPU
Intel i7 920, other Intel chips, and the Atom in the netbook
Motherboard
Asus P6T Deluxe
Memory
12 gB; 4 gB Lenovo; 1 gB Samsung netbook
Graphics Card(s)
ATI 4870
Sound Card
Yes, I have one of these
Monitor(s) Displays
32" Sharp Aquos TV
Screen Resolution
800x600 - I have vision issues
Hard Drives
4 - 150 gB Velociraptors in RAID 5
Promise controller
PSU
1000 watt (can't recall the brand)
Case
Antec 300
Cooling
Big honking cooler that was rated highly at Toms Hardware
Keyboard
Microsoft Natural
Mouse
Logitech Trackman
Internet Speed
Cable
Other Info
GeekSquad UPS
CyberPower UPS
DLink DNS-323 NAS (2 tB)
Netgear wireless router as an access point
Netgear wired router FSV-318
Home network consists of
4 desktop computers (2 Vista, 2 Win7)
1 netbook (Win7)
4 laptop computers (XP, 2-Vista, Win7)
Wii and XBox 360
STEP1.

Boot up the free Partition Wizard Bootable CD allows user to boot computer directly to manage partition.

If it sees the drive go to step 3 ( if not, don't panic go to step 2 ) .

STEP 2.

Boot up gparted-live-0.3.9-4.iso ( not sure about more recent versions - this one does the job for me ).

It will almost certainly see the drive and show it as raw/unallocated.

Create a small 1-2gb partition on the extreme RIGHT of the drive and Apply ( don't worry about the warning saying you will lose your data ).

Boot up Partition Wizard again - it will see the drive now - and go to step 3.

STEP 3.

In Partition Wizard main window, click Disk 1 at the top of the window.

Click Partition Recovery in the left pane.

Do a quick scan of the drive.

Tick ALL the partitions you want to recover.

Click Apply.

Hope it helps.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7 X64
    CPU
    i5 8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200mhz
    Hard Drives
    various
    PSU
    pure power 11 400w cm
    Case
    Coolermaster
    Cooling
    cryorig m9i
  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7x64
    CPU
    g5400
    Motherboard
    ga b365m ds3h
    Memory
    8gb ddr4 2400
    PSU
    xfx pro 450w
Thank you guys. I could only recover D:, probably because it was the primary boot before the crash, but it is better than nothing.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ASUS G72 Notebook
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor P8700 2.53 GHz
Memory
6GB DDRII
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
Sound Card
EAX Advanced HD 4.0 + Logitech Wireless Headset G930
Monitor(s) Displays
17.3" LED-backlit LCD high-definition plus widescreen
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
2 x Seagate Momentus 500 GB 5400.6 SATA 3Gb/s
Cooling
Targus
Mouse
Logitech Wireless Trackball M570
Internet Speed
3 to 6 Mbps Download / .5 to 1 Mbps Upload
Other Info
Clear Modem with Wi-fi*
Comodo Internet Security Premium

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7 X64
    CPU
    i5 8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200mhz
    Hard Drives
    various
    PSU
    pure power 11 400w cm
    Case
    Coolermaster
    Cooling
    cryorig m9i
  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    OS
    7x64
    CPU
    g5400
    Motherboard
    ga b365m ds3h
    Memory
    8gb ddr4 2400
    PSU
    xfx pro 450w
I tried to see the lost partitions by partition wizard, it saw D:, and after i restarted, there was still booting error, i went to start up repair again and left it running while i was on this computer where i am writing from, maybe 90 minutes later, i came back from outside, and it was done.

it booted to d:, but now there wasnt just c: and d:, it saw the old d: as c:, and it created a "system reserved Partition" of 100 mb (probably because i was downloading files from bitcomet to old c:, because in that system reserved partition, there was just that folder and files of bitcomet, unfortunately, they were all 0 bytes.), and it saw the old c:, as an empty partition as f: at the end.

i tried to recover my files with my data recovery programs (undelete plus, recover my files), (i even tried to recover my files from this computer - the same folder was in this one also, but unfortunately, it was deleted) . but the recovered files were not useful even after recovery. iso files were useless, unextractable or unmountable, video files -these are created by me, not regular video files- got mixed up, wrong names, wrong splits. (i was able to recover some). i am still trying to recover even though i am not much successful.

i will try that data recovery program, i will try to see if it will be more successful.

but that partition wizard bootable cd seems to be lots of use. thanks for that advice.

i am trying that link, rapidshare is telling me that i am already downloading a file (which i am not, i tried it with torrent program on and off), and mediafire is saying that the file is corrupt. why would rapidshare telling me that i am already downloading a file? i am using a university network.
 
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ASUS G72 Notebook
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU
Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor P8700 2.53 GHz
Memory
6GB DDRII
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
Sound Card
EAX Advanced HD 4.0 + Logitech Wireless Headset G930
Monitor(s) Displays
17.3" LED-backlit LCD high-definition plus widescreen
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
2 x Seagate Momentus 500 GB 5400.6 SATA 3Gb/s
Cooling
Targus
Mouse
Logitech Wireless Trackball M570
Internet Speed
3 to 6 Mbps Download / .5 to 1 Mbps Upload
Other Info
Clear Modem with Wi-fi*
Comodo Internet Security Premium
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