Dual XP/Win7 - Not booting and fixes failed.

Hi Computer Guru,
diablosblade can run with the Win 7x64 CD/USB stick a total Repairing of the installed Win 7x64.
But on my System the Repair time was over 3 houer.
All the Registration keys was first replaced from Windows-Repair Routine him self and restored (back) automatic after the Repair-Routine was finish.
On my System was missing after Repair only 3 Serial-Keys.

Greetings from Germany,

STRUPPI
 
@ComputerGuru

This is what i got from chkdsk c: /f
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The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is System Win7.

CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
0 percent complete. (0 of 134144 file records processed) 1 percent complete. (13415 of 134144 file records processed) 2 percent complete. (26829 of 134144 file records processed) 3 percent complete. (40244 of 134144 file records processed) 4 percent complete. (53658 of 134144 file records processed) 5 percent complete. (67072 of 134144 file records processed) 6 percent complete. (80487 of 134144 file records processed) 7 percent complete. (93901 of 134144 file records processed) 8 percent complete. (107316 of 134144 file records processed) 9 percent complete. (120730 of 134144 file records processed) 134144 file records processed.
File verification completed.
102 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.
2 EA records processed.
44 reparse records processed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
11 percent complete. (2825 of 180036 index entries processed) 12 percent complete. (5699 of 180036 index entries processed) 13 percent complete. (8573 of 180036 index entries processed) 14 percent complete. (11447 of 180036 index entries processed) 15 percent complete. (14320 of 180036 index entries processed) 16 percent complete. (17194 of 180036 index entries processed) 17 percent complete. (20068 of 180036 index entries processed) 18 percent complete. (22942 of 180036 index entries processed) 19 percent complete. (25816 of 180036 index entries processed) 20 percent complete. (28690 of 180036 index entries processed) 21 percent complete. (31563 of 180036 index entries processed) 22 percent complete. (34437 of 180036 index entries processed) 23 percent complete. (37311 of 180036 index entries processed) 24 percent complete. (40185 of 180036 index entries processed) 25 percent complete. (43059 of 180036 index entries processed) 26 percent complete. 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Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
73 percent complete. (2901 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 74 percent complete. (11523 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 75 percent complete. (20144 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 76 percent complete. (28766 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 77 percent complete. (37387 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 78 percent complete. (46009 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 79 percent complete. (54630 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 80 percent complete. (63252 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 81 percent complete. (71873 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 82 percent complete. (80495 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 83 percent complete. (89116 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 84 percent complete. (97738 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 85 percent complete. (106359 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 86 percent complete. (114981 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 87 percent complete. (123603 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 88 percent complete. (132224 of 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed) 134144 file SDs/SIDs processed.
Security descriptor verification completed.
22947 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
99 percent complete. (0 of 35644304 USN bytes processed) 100 percent complete. (35643392 of 35644304 USN bytes processed) 35644304 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.

104857599 KB total disk space.
47973096 KB in 110831 files.
72032 KB in 22948 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
238799 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
56573672 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
26214399 total allocation units on disk.
14143418 allocation units available on disk.
Failed to transfer logged messages to the event log with status 50.
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Now when i let the PC boot itself with no 'live CD' i get

'Missing Operating System'
 
i assume you meant bootsect.exe /nt60 all /force /mbr as without the nt60 it wouldn't work but did both and still got

'missing operating system'
 
i checked that. no luck. in the meantime - my new replacement hdd has arrived and i removed all other hdd's and then installed this one and installed win7 to it. 20mins - working PC.

next problem - i have reconnected the failed win7 disc and windows detects the disc fine but computer managed says 'Disk 1 - Dynamic - Invalid' and wont let me re-activate.

Now that i have a working win7 - can easybcd help me to get the partitions recognisable again.

**at the very least i can use ubuntu to transfer stuff across but it would be so much easier to get them all viewable.

:smile:
 
that explains a lot of stuff. if it's being seen as a dynamic disk, it'll give you lots of problems with booting and all the boot tools.

I recommend just copying the entire contents of the old HD to a subfolder of the new one from an ubuntu live CD, then copying what you need from within Windows.

There are tools that could help you get your partition viewable from Windows once more, but I don't think it's worth the risk if you're already so close.
 
figured as much. got new partitions all set to go on the new hdd as this hdd is much bigger than the currently failing one. will use ubuntu to copy stuff off and then wipe it clean.

thanks for all your tips and tricks though. i have managed to catch up on a lot in the last day or so and will put it to good use on here helping others and with my mates as well!
 
after all that - when i converted my new disk to dynamic and rebooted, it reported the old drive to be a foreign disk that i could import. and low and behold - no damage to files - and a simple easybcd operation would have move the boot stuff over from the new hdd to the old hdd. worth remembering for dynamic disk issues. have a hdd drive spare!
 
Wait, did you convert your new disk to a dynamic disk too? *cringe*

That's not a good idea. Dynamic Disks are Microsoft's (failed and no longer used) attempt at software "fake RAID" to expand a volume to span multiple disks. They're *very very* not supported by most software, and will give you lots of trouble!


If your system is all set, I say clone the contents over to a new basic (i.e. non-dynamic) disk.
 
was just about to ask how to convert dynamic to basic with least amount of fuss.... this site rocks! answer questions before you ask! :smile:

Addendum:

ok - what is best to clone the win7 boot drive from a dynamic to a basic. i want to make sure i get this right!
 
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With those steps you shouldn't need to clone anything since you're just changing the dynamic disk back to a basic one, though you should do a backup of the data in case something goes wrong.
 
those steps don't work on win7 though as the tools can't be installed (xp only) otherwise would be great. also - having issues with cloning across to spare drive as the spare drive doesn't like dynamic partitions now.... really confused by this - unless the spare hard drive is on its way out as well (annoying as only 6 months old)

Addendum:

ok - missed the testdisk 6.6 instructions - apologies. trying to figure out how i would use it :smile:

Addendum:

ok. testdisk is amazing. to convert the disk into basic from dynamic from within windows! with no issues! superb.

all sorted now and rejigging partitions to suit my needs! brilliant!
 
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