#Ptedit32 install
#Ptedit32 software
#Ptedit32 windows

If you hose that disk, this will be your only recovery. Save that backup somewhere OTHER than the HDD you are messing around with. So, what you need to do is make a backup of your MBR with something like MBRWizard BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING. MBRWRWIN doesn't make MBR backup images in a format that other MBR utilities can read. Here's what you need to know so that you don't experience the pain I did. I then run MBRWizard again, to hide the PQService partition, make it inactive and to make the main partition active. I unhide the PQSERVICE partition, and reboot.Д®Recover starts, runs, restores and exits.

#Ptedit32 install

So I decide that since it's hosed anyway, and it's either going to be restored from PQSERVICE or with a fresh install of something else, I format it, after hiding the PQSERVICE partition (don't want to format THAT!!) just in case. All the low-level tools show it as the correct size, but it's reporting itself to be 1MB in size when you look at it from Windows. Woooo! Acer eRecovery starts! OOOO! The restore starts. Using MBRWizard, I make that partition active (bootable), and make the main partition inactive. So I unhide the PQService partition with MBRWizard, and voila! Everything is there. Unfortunately, the main partition has had something bad happen to it (surprise, surprise, surprise!) It won't boot, and I can't see files or folders on it.

#Ptedit32 windows

I then ran FIXMBR via the Windows Recovery Console (remember that wonderful tool, UBCD for Windows? You need it!) Now, the partition information is correct. Between it and PTEDIT32, I got everything repaired. I was finally able to reconstruct the partition information with DISKTEST, a freeware DOS-based disk tool that gives complete control over everything. It took about a day of poking around the drive with various tools to deduce the partition structure, start sectors, end sectors, etc. I had made a backup of the MBR, but forgot to take it off of the drive. Now, the partition information and MBR were completely hosed, pointers were wrong, everything. RTMBR.BIN is the WRONG MBR image for Vista machines (at least mine). I made a backup of the original MBR, but that was of no help. So I booted with UBCD for Windows (EVERYONE should have a copy of this!) and ran the utility from the flash drive, and rewrote RTMBR.BIN. I then tried to run MBRWRWIN, and Vista would not allow it to write to the MBR (clever, clever). I grabbed it and RTMBR.BIN and put them on a flash drive. This allowed me to find MBRWRWIN.EXE and the various MBR images that were in that partition. To make this work, you have to right-click the app, and choose Run As Administrator. It's also available on another notebook forum if you become a member), and changed it from type 27 to 7. I unhid the PQservice partition with PTEDIT32, an old freeware utility from PowerQuest (you can find it if you search. Will another copywipe on the same disk help.And with no help from the outside world. Looks like they will set the system to original status. The problem is Lenovo is saying that I cannot have original windows installation disc and I should use the recovery CDs.The recovery CDs are not giving the option to Repair the computer. Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer

Choose your language settings, and then click 'Next.' Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer.Дў.

#Ptedit32 software

A recend Hardware or software change might be the cause. I disconnected my old HD and started with new HD and I got the message I used copywipe for Dos and copied the source drive to new HD. After playing around with the usb cord.i was able to find the new HD in disk management.