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Using the repair disk, I selected the command prompt. The C drive has no files on it. All files are on the D drive.

I expected to see everything (including the operating system) on the C drive. I didn't see anything in the BIOS to select the boot drive - only CD or internal hard drive.

Could this be causing the bootup failure? How does the system 'know' to boot from the C or D drive? I'm not sure what may have brought the condition about. This is my teenage daughter's laptop.

She shut it down a few nights ago, On the next boot up it had a blank screen with a blinking cursor at the top left. When power button is pressed, the 'Press esc key for startup menu' display comes up for about 2 seconds, then it goes to the blank screen with blinking cursor. The startup repair process said that the problem was corrected, but the results are the same. The hard disk and memory tests were both good. The system recovery options found the operating system on the D drive. I expected it on the C drive. I used the command prompt option to check what is on the C drive - nothing.

I can get the C: >command prompt. The dir command results in 'File Not Found'. The D drive does contain the operating system, directories, and files, I'm thinking that the computer may be trying to boot from the C drive and since there is no operating system on C, it just waits there. This is just a guess. I'm wondering if there is a way to tell the system to boot from the D drive.

Edwin Louis Cole Pdf Printer. Or can D be 'reassigned' as C. Thanks for the response. When you speak about drives C: and D: then I assume that you see them in Repair Mode. This is deceptive. The drive letters in Repair Mode are only loosely related to the drive letters you see while in Windows. You should pay no attention to them.

While the Windows Repair process can repair a number of error conditions, it should not be your first response when things go wrong. Download Network Adapter Driver For Windows 7 Hp Pavilion G6. Here is my preferred order for problem solving: • Try to undo whatever you just did. • Perform a System Restore to set Windows back by a few days. • Perform a repair. • Ask for help. • Perform a destructive Factory Restore. The blinking cursor phenomenon is usually caused by the wrong partition being marked active.

This happens when people play with the Disk Manager or make a mistake with partition managers. If Windows no longer boots then you can set the active partition mark like so: • Boot the machine into Repair Mode. • Start a Command Prompt.

• Type the following commands and press Enter after each: path%path%;d: windows system32 (I assume that Windows is visible on drive D:) diskpart select disk 0 list partition (make a note of the partition numbers) select partition 1 active (This command will mark the first partition active) • Reboot Repeat this process with each partition until the machine boots normally. Further steps would be required if Windows continues to be visible on drive D. It still fails to boot, but this time it asked me for my administrator password to get to the system restore options. It appears that you invoke the Repair Mode by tapping F8 at boot time. This means that you are able to boot off the hard disk even though Windows still won't start, probably because of some corruption. You could now try a System Restore while inside Repair Mode.

Note that both System Restore and setting the active partition marker are reversible, provided that you have a Windows Repair CD. I really appreciate your help. System Restore is a great tool but I wish Microsoft would have made it a little more dependable. It appears to have a nasty habit of failing just when you most need it. Just to summarise what's happened so far: • You are unable to boot the machine after your daughter shut it down a few nights ago.

Download Video Buat Hp Di Mana Atau Di Mana. • You ran the system repair process. It completed but failed to resolve the problem. • You marked each partition in turn as 'active'. The process worked but you were still unable boot. • You booted the machine with your Repair CD, then attempted a System Restore.

System Restore failed to complete. There is one more method you can try. If it does not work then you probably have to perform a destructive Factory Restore. You can restore your registry files manually to an earlier point by going through the steps outlined below.