dotTech - Topic: I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 calebstein on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11924 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11924 Try booting into your slave drive.  Now, follow the instructions to enable the super admin here: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/ (I know it's for Vista, but it works on 7 too).  Now, log in as Administrator and you shouldn't receive access denied errors.

]]> Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:47:59 -0700 hasanz on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11919 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11919 Hey guys,

 

sorry for the late reply.

 

I have been busy with work all week and never got the chance to do much on my system.

 

Before I got replies on this thread, I kept trying to remove it from boot menu and was able to eventualy using the windows bcdedit in cmd. However, when i tried to delete the windows files and folders on the drive, i got same message about access denied. tried to change owners and no luck there.

 

As for my old documents, i still cannot access many of them. I cannot unlock them.

]]> Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:24:51 -0700 Ashraf on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11911 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11911 Gioneo said:

 Hum... Also it would be nice to know if he (Hasanz) got his problem(s) solved...?

 

I agree. If you are going to ask for our help - and we are going to spend our time helping you - you should atleast respond back and let us know how it went.

]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:36:04 -0700 Gioneo on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11908 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11908  Hum... Also it would be nice to know if he (Hasanz) got his problem(s) solved...?

]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:31:11 -0700 Gioneo on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11907 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11907  Confused Technically speaking, moving the OS onto a smaller partition should be feasible... A huge hassle but still feasible. You would first need to move all your data files, I guess next would be to strip your OS as much as possible (removing as many programs as you can, even some Windows components), and then you could use a partitioning tool to shrink the OS and see if you are in the destination partition's margin... If not, do some more stripping.

No reason for it not to work this way. But like I said... Hassle.

?

]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:27:18 -0700 Ashraf on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11894 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11894 @Gvape: The copy hard drive function may work. However, I swear I have used a talked about an image that allows you to do that. I just can't remember which one it is...

]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:29:53 -0700 Gvape on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11893 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11893 DriveImage FAQs said:

Q. Can I restore the image to a smaller partition?

A. No, currently you can only restore your data to a partition that is exactly the same size or larger, regardless of the data size.

It looks like you might have to manually copy all your data to the other hard drive with a Linux live cd or similar.

]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:41:23 -0700 karen on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11876 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11876 Also, master/slave doesn't necessarily apply to newer drives. It mainly occurred with IDE drives where you actually had to jumper them to determine which was the master and the slave. I don't think SATA drives make this distinction.

]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:38:35 -0700 Ashraf on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11853 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11853 You could also try to virtualize HD2 with Paragon Go Virtual - http://www.paragon-software.com/home/go-virtual/ - and run it as a virtual machine on HD1 (I plan on writing about Paragon Go Virtual later today if you want to wait and read an article on it... it's new).

]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:04:22 -0700 Ashraf on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11852 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11852 @Hasanz: How about you create an image backup of HD2 and restore it on HD1? Or copy one hard drive to another. I believe DriveImage XML (http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm) will let you do both.

]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:01:14 -0700 Ashraf on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11851 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11851 Um not necessarily. They can be, yes, but typically most computers have C: and D: partitions on one hard drive. It just depends on how you set everything up.

]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:57:24 -0700 Lascannon on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11850 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11850 Ashraf said:

"Main drive" is your main/primary hard drive. "Slave drives" are basically all other hard drives (secondary, tertiary, etc).

So main drive is C: drive, and slave drives are D: and H: drives? Something like that? If so, alright, thanks.

]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:51:27 -0700 Ashraf on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11847 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11847 "Main drive" is your main/primary hard drive. "Slave drives" are basically all other hard drives (secondary, tertiary, etc).

]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:44:33 -0700 Gioneo on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11846 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11846 I dont want windows to keep

asking my which windows copy to boot each time i turn my pc on.

The way I would do it is by removing the boot path for the second Win 7:

- Click on start and type " msconfig " in the search field and hit enter

 The second tab is BOOT. That's where you'll be working. If you have two win installs, both will be listed and you will have the option to delete the one that you don't want (keep in mind this won't uninstall windows), so next time you boot you'll get one choice only.

* The one you're using should be " Current OS;default OS ".

As for as the files you can't access, not too long ago Dottech had a pretty good article on the subject:

http://dottech.org/freeware-reviews/10534

Make your pick, and Good Luck!

]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:43:54 -0700 Lascannon on I messed up my windows 7 installations http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11842 Tech Support http://dottech.org/forums/tech-support/i-messed-up-my-windows-7-installations/#p11842 "Slave drive" and "Main drive" as in... what?

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