[Macboatmaster]

Well I do not think you can do much until you can make that disc.
We do not close topics on Geeks to Go, so you just come back as and when you can.
Then we will guide you through the procedure

[robinshawn]

Thanks I'm very appreciative.

[Amlak]

May I suggest something before that first? To the techs, please correct me if I'm mistaken. And I apologize if this is a waste of time.

To robinshawn, you said that you deleted recovery partition. Did you do anything else at the time related to the partitions?

It might be that the main active partition no longer exists (and so the Partition Table is a bit confusing for the computer to read) and so a boot flag needs to be set for the partition you're trying to boot into.

[Amlak]

The following steps should be safe to do as it doesn't involve changing anything. Just after a picture. Hope I'm not causing any inconvenience.

1. From a working computer, please download the following: gparted-live-0.12.1-5.iso

When you have the .ISO file downloaded, you need to create a bootable CD using a working computer to do that. The .ISO file is a disk image. It should NOT be burned as a regular file. You need a program like BurnAware Free or ImgBurn that can burn an .ISO image.

2. Now, please boot off of the newly created GParted CD. See How to Set BIOS to Boot from CDROM for information on how to boot from the CD.

You should arrive to the following screen:

Press the ENTER key


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


Next, choose your language and press the ENTER key. English is the default setting [33]


Once again, at this prompt, press the ENTER key.

You will now be taken to the main GUI screen below


Please take a picture of this screen (camera or phone pictures will work just fine), and post it here for us to see.

[robinshawn]

Excellent! I'm at work but I've finally found a windows 7 computer to work on. Unfortunately it's not close by so I can't get there til tomoro morning. I will post picture if this works Amlak as well as follow up on other things previously suggested. I will wait for ur reply Amlak if I can get to the final result & am able to post a picture. Thanks again everyone! U hav NO idea how greatful I am.

[Amlak]

That's good to know, robinshawn. Since you can't use the Windows 7 CD now, you might as well give my set of instructions a go anyway.

[Macboatmaster]

Amlak
Thanks for coming in, I know you are a bit of an expert on this - post 26 may provide a clue

[Amlak]

To be honest, I wouldn't know how to make good use of such a clue (I just know that using any partition manager can stuff up the system if the active partition is gone). And now that I read the whole thread more carefully, I share the same concern as yours that robinshawn may have accidentally installed Linux over his/her Windows. So I hope it isn't the case.

[robinshawn]

Ok got a pic from Gparted but can't figure out how 2 put it up & I'm a photographer used 2 attaching pic files 2 everything lol! Gonna keep trying but if no one sees it wen u chk in pleez send instructions.

[Macboatmaster]

You save your photo as a jpeg you then go use full editor and attach
you may need to resize the jpeg - it will tell you if it is too large

when you go use full editor you will see click to attach files and you will also see help with attaching

[robinshawn]

Macboatmaster hope this helps i'm standing by the computer most of the afternoon.look forward to further instructions.

[Macboatmaster]

It does not look good to me, but I will defer to Amlak on this one.
You will have to wait until he comes online

[robinshawn]

k

[robinshawn]

well geeks i'm leaving the environment w-the computer. hopefully i can get anyone who replies on my cell phone so that i can continue to try to get my computer functioning. doesn't sound too hopeful tho :-( will continue til all options hav been explored.

[Amlak]

I'm not sure what that exclamation mark indicates, and it doesn't look like the Recovery partition was ever deleted. Am I missing something here?

But give the following a try (if it doesn't work, we can always reset the change):

Go back to that screen.

Under "Flags", Right-click >>>>/dev/sda3<<<< while in GParted and select Manage Flags

In the menu that pops up, place a check mark 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.

Note: If it won't allow you to do any change on it, please click on the yellow triangle with the exclamation mark and let me know what it says.