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Deleted my C: Drive with MagicPartition. HELP!

post #1 of 22
Thread Starter 
Hey guys, I haven't been on this thread for a while, but I now need your help. So this is what happened: I made a new partition (G, got windows Vista RTM Ultimate and installed in on my 28 gb G: Drive (used Daemon tools while logined on my XP), then I copied all my important files onto a usb drive, then used Partition Magic and deleted my C partition like an idiot (didn't know you could just merge the partitions). Now I cannot even boot up my computer, all I get is this black screen with a blinking cursor on the top left hand side.

So I googled my problem and found that I need to go to my Windows XP Recovery Console and type in some commands to fix my bootup (I still have my G drive in which I copied all my important documents too then deleted it from my USB drive and copied Office 2007 to the USB - yeah I'm stupid). The thing is this, I cannot enter the Recovery Console for my C: Drive [renamed my G drive with Partition Magic before I had this error - left computer on overnight with 3 commands on Partition Magic: 1) delete C, 2) rename G to C, 3) make G primary] because I don't know my administrator password I cannot do anything. I've tried using many programs such as the NT bootdisk program to reset my admin password but it's unable to find any partitions, and I tried using the program at loginrecovery.com but after I enter in the code, it says that either there is no admin password or that my computer is "too secure to get password." Now I'm stuck...my friend told me to use Knoppix (third party Linux) but I cannot find any files when I click on my hardrive in Knoppix (the strange thing is that it shows my drive is 28 gb with only 19 gb free yet I cannot find any of my important data files).

So now I need help, if you guys have another way to get rid of the black screen (of death) then I'd be very thankful. I've tried reinstalling XP but after it loads all the setup files and needs to restart the computer, it just stops at the black screen again. I really need help!
post #2 of 22
Thread Starter 
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post #3 of 22
have you tried the administrator password as "admin" yet? *without quotes*
post #4 of 22
Thread Starter 
Yeah man, tried it before didn't work.

If you guys have some "1337 |-|4x3s // t3chn1q|_|3z" that I can use to fix my computer, would be appreciated.

Edit: Basically just need to save my files, don't care about vista or office 2007! Do you guys know my knoppix isn't working for me? It detects hardrive, says contains 10gb worth of stuff, yet I can only find like 1mb worth of stuff in the drive.
post #5 of 22
In your first post, you said that you already saved your important files to the USB drive, right? So, just nuke the HDD with dban and create new partitions with your XP disc and then install XP.
post #6 of 22
Thread Starter 
Well...the thing is this: I did save my important files on my USB, but then I transfered them to my Vista (G: Drive). Afterwards, I deleted the files from my USB (>.<) and put Office 2007 on to the USB drive. So all my important files (just school and such, but TONS OF @#$@) are still on my G partition. If I can just login to see my hardrive, I can transfer all my files to the USB (just the My Documents folder) and then delete the partition (don't care about Vista / Office)
post #7 of 22
How about using a file recovery app, like RecoverMyFiles?
post #8 of 22
You can try and use Vista's Recovery Console instead of XP's.

It may give you better results, as the Vista boot loader is different from XP's boot loader.
post #9 of 22
Thread Starter 
I didn't burn Vista, just mounted to install it.

I don't know if RecoverMyFiles will work becuase I cannot even get past the Black Screen of Death, but I'll try it.
post #10 of 22
I've used this in the past, but it may or may not work.

One way to fix the problem is to simply recreate the partition table using something like partition magic. All the data, etc. is still on the physical drive. Since you haven't formatted but simply changed the partitions, nothing has been lost.

For this to work, you will have to know what the exact partition configuration was before the change (ie, number of partitions, exact size of each partition, each partition's file system type). Boot into any partition tool (PartitionMagic, bootable linux cd, etc.) and set the partition table to exactly what it was before, including file system types. If it asks you to reformat, say no. This way, you should be able to access the data and put it onto a USB drive, etc.

Regards,

zakaluka2.
post #11 of 22
Ideally if you had the vista image on DVD, all you need to do is boot from it and repair the startup files...takes all of 60 seconds...
post #12 of 22
Thread Starter 
Well I used Partition Magic (spelled wrong on title) to delete my partition. How would I know "what the exact partition configuration was before the change?"
post #13 of 22
you can use testdisk to recover your previous partition table. ive use it before with 100% success. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

its also on hiren bootcd if you have it.

hope that helps
post #14 of 22
Thread Starter 
Well it says TestDisk is on Knoppix so I'm gonna run that. What do I do after that? The instructions aren't that clear, could you tell me how to find the tables and then restore them? Thanks.
post #15 of 22
its not very difficult to use, if i remember well after launching testdisk,you select log or no log if you dont want a log, select your disk, select your partition type (intel) , then select analyse. the software will search for lost partition and propose you a partition table (the software tries to identify the partitions as they were before) .
theres an option to view the files inside the partition before writing the new partition table .
if i have time i'll make some screenshot
post #16 of 22
screenshots : http://fghourbani.free.fr/testdisk/testdisk.html

Select disk
select intel
select analyse
it shows the current partition table
select proceed
after some time it shows what it has found . if its like your old partition table then its ok to go ( you can type "P" after selecting a partition with arrows to view the files inside the partition that'll be restored)
select write to save the new partition table then quit & reboot
or select search to continue if it wasnt your old partition table.

hope that helps
post #17 of 22
Thread Starter 
Hey thanks man, but the problem is that when I load up testdisk, my partition file doesn't match my actual partition (my drive is 28 gb with 19 gb used, yet it tells me my only two partitions are a 80 gb with 70 gb free and a 400 mb with 300 mb free partition). What do I do?
post #18 of 22
Quote:
Originally Posted by gooroo666
screenshots : http://fghourbani.free.fr/testdisk/testdisk.html

Select disk
select intel
select analyse
it shows the current partition table
select proceed
after some time it shows what it has found . if its like your old partition table then its ok to go ( you can type "P" after selecting a partition with arrows to view the files inside the partition that'll be restored)
select write to save the new partition table then quit & reboot
or select search to continue if it wasnt your old partition table.

hope that helps
You are awesome! My corrupted table is being restored right now because of this! Hah. Thank you very much
post #19 of 22
just take your HD out and get a 2.5 usb encloser, and pull your data off that way. Much eaiser way to do things
post #20 of 22
Thread Starter 
any more suggestions?
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