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Discussion in 'Software Apps' started by GoneBaja, Aug 30, 2012.

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  1. GoneBaja Newcomer, in training Posts: 62

    Actually I'm thinking that if I go back to the Restore point that I created just before I did the Partioning fiasco, I could try again to do it correctly, with Easus.

    I got the computer back but the Desktop got scrambled and I am not really sure of what was where, cause it's not my computer.

    Also I have been messing around with Office and ended up in a bad place and would like to go back to my Restore point...

    I think I am not completely sure that the Backup that got saved to the External is exactly the same as a Restore Point that is on the HD...I don't have enough confidence to just go ahead and jump into doing the Restore from there..

    I could be wrong about the *.Recovery thing too... looking via System, Devices, it does Recognize the Recovery Partition, so my problem becomes that Recovery/Restore doesn't find anything in it...so perhaps a new one was made when I had to rescue the system...? and I only now have the one on the External?
    GoneBaja, Sep 2, 2012
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  2. Leeky TechSpot Moderator Posts: 4,344   +59

    I'd just edit the name to read "recovery" correctly, then see if you can boot to it when starting Windows. The other 100MB partition should actually be NTFS, and is your "system reserved" -- this is used to load Windows and should not be removed or touched. If that wasn't working Windows wouldn't boot, so you know that's okay.

    At this point further messing around is likely to result in further damage, especially since we can't know for certain what you have or haven't done. In regards to messing with Office -- it should have been a simple case of removing it, then installing it again but your comment implies you've done more than that?

    Your at the point right now where you might be better served by wiping Windows and starting with a fresh install.
    Leeky, Sep 3, 2012
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