[The(notso)WiseGuy]

The other day i was trying to create a new partition on my hard drive and mid-way through creating the partition my computer froze and shut itself down and will no longer boot. When it loads, it gets to the Starting Windows page with the wingows logo waving and stays there. Things ive tried:

-Startup repair
-Restore to previous restore point (Which it says there are none of)

I also tried to restore it to factory defaults but so far the only way i have found to do that is with the diska and I lost the recovery disks that i made when i first got it. i was wondering if anyone has any ideas. Its an Acer Aspire 5749-6863.

Thanks!

[Macboatmaster]

Welcome to Geeks to Go

1. What were you using to create the partition - Disk Management via Control panel or a program such as Easeus

2. How did you access Start up repair - F8
as I presume you do not have the disc. it came I think with Windows 7 installed.

3. What did start up repair say.
It only fixes ONE thing each time you run it, so run it until it says it cannot fix it - normally three times.

4. Access Command prompt
it will open at an X prompt
on the X prompt type C:
you should now be at a C Prompt
type chkdsk /r

See where you go from there.

To get your data off make this CD following the instructions and boot from it.
http://www.geekstogo...over-your-data/


To proceed as a last resort if it has a hard drive recovery partiton and you have not damaged that as well with the attempt to create a partition - see this
http://acer.custhelp...etail/a_id/2631

That is of course your last and most desperate method.

If the chkdsk does not work post back there are other things to try.

GET YOUR data off first

[The(notso)WiseGuy]

I used Disk Management.
When i boot my computer, it comes to the Run Startup Repair or Start Windows Normally thing, although i have gone through the F8 thing a couple times just for the sake of time.
THe first time it said that the fixes were made and the second time it said it cannot fix it (I'll go ahead and run it again)
I have beena ble to find out that the C: drive is no longer there using command prompt and the things i know about it. I also tried accesing the D: drive (recovery drive for me) and it said that the drive is not ready for use.
I dont need my data though. Im not worried about getting anything off of it as anything that i do need i can get back through my email and other things. Im jsut at the point where i just want to restore the factory defaults just tog et it up and running again.

Thanks!

[wannabe1]

Hi The(notso)WiseGuy...

Acer will send you a recovery disk set for a small fee. Acer Recovery Media Purchase Program

wannabe1

[Macboatmaster]

Well try the procedure in my Acer link, which also covers the ordering as raised by my colleague wannabe1

Although even if there was a recovery partition I do not really hold out a lot of hope

• Restart the computer.
• When the Acer logo appears on the screen, press the Alt and F10 keys repeatedly.
• If you are prompted with a Microsoft Windows boot screen, press the Enter key.
• After the system recovery application has loaded, follow the prompts to reinstall the Operating System.

[The(notso)WiseGuy]

I've got a friend that also has an Acer and it isnt too much older than mine and I'm going got try to use the recovery disks from their computer.

[Amlak]

In case, the above procedure(s) fail, here's the next question.

Oops, question already asked. Hold on.

[Amlak]

It might be that the main OS partition's boot flag was set off. If that's the case, try the following to see if it fixes the problem:

Preferably from a clean computer, I need you to download: gparted-live-0.10.0-3.iso

Create a bootable CD for Gparted from the ISO image. You can use ImgBurn do this.

Now boot off of the newly created Gparted CD.


You should be here...
Press ENTER


By default, "do not touch keymap" is highlighted. Leave this setting alone and just press ENTER.


Choose your language and press ENTER. English is default [33]


Once again, at this prompt, press ENTER

You will now be taken to the main GUI screen below


Is "boot" next to your OS drive?

If "boot" is not next to your OS drive under "Flags", right-mouse click the OS drive while in Gparted and select Manage Flags

In the menu that pops up, place a checkmark in boot like the picture below:


Now double-click the button.

You should receive a small pop up like this:

Choose reboot and then press OK.

If the above doesn't work, there's one more method I have in mind.

[The(notso)WiseGuy]

I got it to start running all that stuff and midway through it ran out of memory. It said "Kernel Panic- not syncing: OUT OF memory and no killable proccesses..." Any advice?

[Amlak]

Try it again. If it still yields that error, try the CD on another computer. And let me know the outcome.

[The(notso)WiseGuy]

It came up with the same thing but worked on my other computer so I guess my laptop just doesn't have enough memory... I'm using my friends restore disc and if that doesn't work I'll post back

Thanks!

[The(notso)WiseGuy]

Also, does anyone know how to let the computer access all the RAM because right now it's only using the 128 mb made for the motherboard

[The(notso)WiseGuy]

If i download a WIndows 7 ISO and burn it to a CD then boot from the CD would it still work? I researched it a little and it said that as long as a i have a product key (the one that came with my laptop) i can use it.

[Macboatmaster]

The(notso)WiseGuy

It is now some 20 days since your last post and we wondered if you have managed to make progress