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Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 1:25 PM
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Feel free to slap me if this is the case.
From my Google attempts Bootmaster does not seem to be available any longer.
I can't knock your persistence RR
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Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 1:33 PM
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Quote from: Strat
From my Google attempts Bootmaster does not seem to be available any longer.
You'd think I'd have a copy after paying for a licence, but after a quick look I can't see it in the obvious places.
i'll have a search about and see if I can find my copy, knowing my luck it'll be on a floppy!
Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 1:38 PM
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Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 1:47 PM
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I have a small (1.5MB) zipfile containing an .exe and an .iso for making either a bootable floppy or CD respectively. Also a PDF manual.
If you'd like to PM me a suitable email address I'll send it to you.
Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 1:53 PM
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its a simple tool specifically to replace accidently deleted mbr's ......
Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 1:56 PM
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Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 2:02 PM
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Quote from: Strat Could the fact that the SATA is configured as AHCI have any bearing on the issue.
If you set AHCI in BIOS then a suitable driver is loaded when you install Windows. Your Windows boot process will fail if you revert to SATA in BIOS; I'm not completely sure if it's the other way around but I imagine it is. When trying to resurrect your old (SATA) hard drive I recommend you disconnect the new SSD drive and switch the BIOS back to SATA for safety. Maybe you'll find Startup Repair will work then. If you get to the stage where you can boot from the Windows disk and see files on your old hard drive then you can go back to the point at which you got yourself into this mess in the first place.
Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 2:09 PM
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Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 2:13 PM
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Quote from: ReedRichards you can go back to the point at which you got yourself into this mess in the first place.
@RR my head has been hung suitably low since before I started this topic Look on the bright side...I'll never learn
@Rob and safely received....many thanks.
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Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 2:14 PM
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Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 2:34 PM
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Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 4:41 PM
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However a week down the line and no critical stuff appears to have been lost so I have to call it quits and recycle the drive.
I do appreciate all the assistance offered here and I promise not to fix what's not broken in future.
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Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 6:38 PM
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I'm surprised that using recovery console didn't allow for the partition to be recreated, a lot of people have had success with it in the past https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=windows+7+system+reserved+partition+recovery
but in any case you might want to delete all partitions off the drive then create a single partition on it and run chkdsk in an elevated command prompt
Re: Partition Recovery Software advice needed.
18-08-2014 9:15 PM
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18-08-2014 10:25 PM
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