sens24
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join:2005-10-10
South Africa
| [Help] Help recover from a failed hdd partitioning?
I have two hard disk drives. Disk 1 where Windows was installed and now is not working, and Disk 2 with an image of Windows. I was trying to partition Disk 1 with Paragon Hard disk Wizard and there was a power failure before the partitioning was finished.
Now Windows will not start. It says that it needs a Recovery Disk, which I do not have. I tried restoring things using the clean image I have from Disk 2, but still Windows will not start, it still demands the Recovery Disk. Is there a way I can wipe/format Disk 1 and then recover using the image I have on Disk 2? I am using Bart's PE disk to post now for help. Thanks.
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Indy Sabre
Sabre Rider From Indianapolis
join:2003-10-02
1 edit | Can't you just use the BartPE Cd to format you Disk 1? then Boot your imaging recovery CD and restore the image from disk 2 to disk 1.
If not, you could connect disk 1 to another computer (via an unused IDE cable inside the computer or connect the drive inside an External USB enclosure) and format it from the other computer - disk management - My computer | right click | manage | disk management - select the attached drive and format. |
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sens24
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South Africa
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Can't you just use the BartPE Cd to format you Disk 1?
I do not know how,that is my problem. I also cannot see Disk Management on it(Disk 1). Would using the Windows CD to start from scratch work? I am thinking of just reformatting if that would work. Thanks.
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dantz
join:2005-05-09
Honolulu, HI | reply to sens24
What program was used to create the image? Don't you have the boot CD for that program? Images can generally be restored to an unformatted, unpartitioned disk, so formatting and pre-partitioning the disk is probably unnecessary. |
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sens24
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join:2005-10-10
South Africa
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What program was used to create the image?
I had used Acronis TrueImage 7.0. It does not matter now anymore, I have bit the bullet and have reformatted and reinstalled Windows from scratch. Thank you guys for your help, greatly appreciated.
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