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PaulForde · 07-02-2009, 10:48 PM

I feel a little on the gullible side. I was trying to uninstall Windows XP and when I booted XP in safe mode there was no option to uninstall in Add/Remove Programs. So I decided to download Partition Magic 8, format the drive, set the vista partition to active and everything would be fine.

The laptop rebooted and the effects where applied when vista tried to start up. After another reboot all I can see is a flashing white underscore( _ ) on my screen.

Since then I have tried to reinstall vista ; still nothing happens. I also tried the RC of Windows 7 and still nothing. Also Windows XP and still no luck.

I have also tried most bootrec commands and they didn't work, and using DiskPart in the command prompt so select the partition and make it active.

Seems something so obvious but it's left me clueless. Anyone got any ideas ?

Thanks .

07-02-2009, 10:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
PaulForde Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 6 OS: windows xp	Partition Hell =)) I feel a little on the gullible side. I was trying to uninstall Windows XP and when I booted XP in safe mode there was no option to uninstall in Add/Remove Programs. So I decided to download Partition Magic 8, format the drive, set the vista partition to active and everything would be fine. The laptop rebooted and the effects where applied when vista tried to start up. After another reboot all I can see is a flashing white underscore( _ ) on my screen. Since then I have tried to reinstall vista ; still nothing happens. I also tried the RC of Windows 7 and still nothing. Also Windows XP and still no luck. I have also tried most bootrec commands and they didn't work, and using DiskPart in the command prompt so select the partition and make it active. Seems something so obvious but it's left me clueless. Anyone got any ideas ? Thanks .