partition not found error when re-installing
20 December 2006, 02:23 PM
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partition not found error when re-installing
Cousins laptop has been playing up recently and we decided to do a full restore using the cd's supplied, get to 98% complete and then an error message of "partition error" pops up, and restore is unsuccessful,
anyone any pointers?
anyone any pointers?
20 December 2006, 03:21 PM
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If you did you may well be knackered, cos some rubbish 'recovery' discs use files stored on a small partition on the hard drive. If you removed this partition/files then you will need to do a full re-install of windows using your supplied windows disc not the 'recovery discs'.
20 December 2006, 03:57 PM
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no i havent tried to format the drive at all.....actually now forget how to do that
Just tried booting up aith the system cd provided, and then it prompted in turn for recovery disc 1 and then disc 2,
These are the only windows discs which came with the laptop AFAIK
Just tried booting up aith the system cd provided, and then it prompted in turn for recovery disc 1 and then disc 2,
These are the only windows discs which came with the laptop AFAIK
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