Start up failure! I installed Partition Magic 8 and now my pc wont boot or recovery. How do I fix?
I have windows 7 ultimate. I have a Hitachi 320 GB HDD in NTFS format. It’s the only Drive with my OS on it. I installed Partition Magic 8. I then changed the compatibility to XP service pack 3. The program asked to fix 2 errors on my HDD. (Something about my partitions showing wrong information) I allowed it. Afterwards the program wouldn’t work. I tried again with Xp Service Pack 2. Same thing, didn’t work. I deleted the program, and the install files. I was about to check with Revo uninstaller that it was gone and make a restore point when my PC randomly Rebooted. After it was up, it asked me to "Launch Start Up Repair." I checked and the PC wont start up normally so I used the Start Up Repair. On it, I could use Startup Repair, System Restore, System Image Recovery, etc. Start Up Repair did nothing. Both System Restore and and System Image Recovery will not work. I have no clue how to fix this. Can I fix my problem form booting form linux or something? Please do not suggest to reinstall OS. That’s obvious.
I did some more work on it. Apperantly I still have my main partition (280 GB) but I also have 280 GB of unallocated memory. (It’s a 300 Gb drive). WTF!
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Partition magic does not alter your partition table based on the error correction, so your OS is still intact. However, since you have used start up repair, some files must be missing, since it failed. Try using image recovery, if that does not work either, then use your Windows 7 disk to repair the existing OS. Booting from Linux live CD/DVD will not help you rescue your OS, because only data which is crucial can be rescued-in my docs, my music etc. So try these following steps, if it does not work , your partition table is goners, you have to format reinstall. Try live CD and back up your files from C: before attempting this.
format the harddrive, then use a different computer to get Linux Ubuntu onto a cd. newest version, completely free. linux is great, and really cool. its got this awesome thing called desktop effects…. but thats beside the point. and after you install Linux, partition the drive, then install windows BUT ONLY AFTER YOU’VE BACKED EVERYTHING UP! AND IN CASE IT DOESNT WORK, KEEP THE DISC!
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i’ve got exactyl the same problem. i’m on windows 7 ultiame and from downlaoding partion magic 8, the same thing happened. so are you saying the only way to solve the problem is to format the hardrive?
and also i’m not an expert so how od i bakc up everything if it’s in the mode it’s in now?