Ok, I hope these threads don't come up as often as I think they might but here goes nothing.
I need some help figuring out some stuff, about 2 months ago my I decided to take my computer to repair since windows was super slow and then one of my hard drives died (one with steam) so I decided to go ahead and ask what should I do, and the tech dude at the lab told me that the hard drive is dead, not coming back, and the (C:) drive was really old and I should get a new hard drive to install Windows 7 on, so I said "ok, lets go".
I gave him the Windows 7 disc and left it there for a day, came back the next day picked it up and it seemed ok and everything was fixed.
Now a couple of weeks ago a Windows messege popped up saying "Copy not genuine, please re-activate", I really didn't mind it that much, and I couldn't remember where I left my Windows 7 disc, so I've decided to not re-activate it for like a week.
A couple of days ago, I shut down my PC and when I started it back again in the morning, my Windows desktop was suddenly normal however, it returned to the way it was 2 months ago!, all my files, all the stuff that were gone for along while, turned back up in (C:) even though my Windows was installed on (K:), so I freakd out, its like my windows reset itself into the same mode 2 months ago before I took it for repair.
So I thought welp here goes need to take it back to repair, however, I realized Steam, TF2, Mumble, everything was normal, its like it wasn't touched, the files were still there, however everything I lost was REVIVED back up from everything I basicaly lost, was back up, so I was happy (sort of).
However, Windows started being REALLY REALLY slow, and I felt it in-game and that might've effected my computer for the worst, I still have Program Files (x86) on two hard drives!
It's like windows on (C:) was never uninstalled from my computer.
I'd guess my windows picked up a backup point of somesort, and just went back and installed itself back to (C:) and brought EVERYTHING I had back there.
http://i.imgur.com/8bqevNG.png
I really want to get rid of (C:) and just delete it totally and have (K:) as my Windows 7 hard drive (even though it's still set there already!!! but Windows uses (C:) as default for some reason) and get rid of this bullshit.
Yes, I googled alot, ALOT, turns out, and NOTHING, but NOTHING seemed to work.
Please, I'm turning to you, my lovely community, for help.
Ok, I hope these threads don't come up as often as I think they might but here goes nothing.
I need some help figuring out some stuff, about 2 months ago my I decided to take my computer to repair since windows was super slow and then one of my hard drives died (one with steam) so I decided to go ahead and ask what should I do, and the tech dude at the lab told me that the hard drive is dead, not coming back, and the (C:) drive was really old and I should get a new hard drive to install Windows 7 on, so I said "ok, lets go".
I gave him the Windows 7 disc and left it there for a day, came back the next day picked it up and it seemed ok and everything was fixed.
Now a couple of weeks ago a Windows messege popped up saying "Copy not genuine, please re-activate", I really didn't mind it that much, and I couldn't remember where I left my Windows 7 disc, so I've decided to not re-activate it for like a week.
A couple of days ago, I shut down my PC and when I started it back again in the morning, my Windows desktop was suddenly normal however, it returned to the way it was 2 months ago!, all my files, all the stuff that were gone for along while, turned back up in (C:) even though my Windows was installed on (K:), so I freakd out, its like my windows reset itself into the same mode 2 months ago before I took it for repair.
So I thought welp here goes need to take it back to repair, however, I realized Steam, TF2, Mumble, everything was normal, its like it wasn't touched, the files were still there, however everything I lost was REVIVED back up from everything I basicaly lost, was back up, so I was happy (sort of).
However, Windows started being REALLY REALLY slow, and I felt it in-game and that might've effected my computer for the worst, I still have Program Files (x86) on two hard drives!
It's like windows on (C:) was never uninstalled from my computer.
I'd guess my windows picked up a backup point of somesort, and just went back and installed itself back to (C:) and brought EVERYTHING I had back there.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/8bqevNG.png[/img]
I really want to get rid of (C:) and just delete it totally and have (K:) as my Windows 7 hard drive (even though it's still set there already!!! but Windows uses (C:) as default for some reason) and get rid of this bullshit.
Yes, I googled alot, ALOT, turns out, and NOTHING, but NOTHING seemed to work.
Please, I'm turning to you, my lovely community, for help.
Steam files are saved in a cloud. Just btw other than that i cant help u.
Steam files are saved in a cloud. Just btw other than that i cant help u.
This is hilarious. Did the guy get rid of your old HDD or did he just leave it in? It looks like it got resurrected and is now functioning as your main HDD where the PC is booting from. :D
This is hilarious. Did the guy get rid of your old HDD or did he just leave it in? It looks like it got resurrected and is now functioning as your main HDD where the PC is booting from. :D
If you have two bootable windows drives (C:\ and K:\), go into bios and change the boot order of your drives. At boot, your computer has a list of devices it could potentially boot from, and boots from the first valid thing on that list. If C:\ was restored to a bootable state (as it appears), since it is probably still higher on the boot priority list in BIOS, your computer will boot from it.
Alternatively, you could just format C:\ so when your BIOS checks to see if that drive is bootable it wouldn't be. I'd just change boot order in BIOS first to make sure that K:\ is still bootable.
If you have two bootable windows drives (C:\ and K:\), go into bios and change the boot order of your drives. At boot, your computer has a list of devices it could potentially boot from, and boots from the first valid thing on that list. If C:\ was restored to a bootable state (as it appears), since it is probably still higher on the boot priority list in BIOS, your computer will boot from it.
Alternatively, you could just format C:\ so when your BIOS checks to see if that drive is bootable it wouldn't be. I'd just change boot order in BIOS first to make sure that K:\ is still bootable.
ulmyxxSteam files are saved in a cloud. Just btw other than that i cant help u.
My steam works fine, wasn't talking about lost or related to steam itself, just windows fucking up my computer files.
Not related to steam almost at all.
profixThis is hilarious. Did the guy get rid of your old HDD or did he just leave it in? It looks like it got resurrected and is now functioning as your main HDD where the PC is booting from. :D
He didn't take it out, he just installed windows on (K:) and it worked fine until that windows messege appeared for some reason..
erkstonIf you have two bootable windows drives (C:\ and K:\), go into bios and change the boot order of your drives. At boot, your computer has a list of devices it could potentially boot from, and boots from the first valid thing on that list. If C:\ was restored to a bootable state (as it appears), since it is probably still higher on the boot priority list in BIOS, your computer will boot from it.
Alternatively, you could just format C:\ so when your BIOS checks to see if that drive is bootable it wouldn't be. I'd just change boot order in BIOS first to make sure that K:\ is still bootable.
Will give it a shot right now
[quote=ulmyxx]Steam files are saved in a cloud. Just btw other than that i cant help u.[/quote]
My steam works fine, wasn't talking about lost or related to steam itself, just windows fucking up my computer files.
Not related to steam almost at all.
[quote=profix]This is hilarious. Did the guy get rid of your old HDD or did he just leave it in? It looks like it got resurrected and is now functioning as your main HDD where the PC is booting from. :D[/quote]
He didn't take it out, he just installed windows on (K:) and it worked fine until that windows messege appeared for some reason..
[quote=erkston]If you have two bootable windows drives (C:\ and K:\), go into bios and change the boot order of your drives. At boot, your computer has a list of devices it could potentially boot from, and boots from the first valid thing on that list. If C:\ was restored to a bootable state (as it appears), since it is probably still higher on the boot priority list in BIOS, your computer will boot from it.
Alternatively, you could just format C:\ so when your BIOS checks to see if that drive is bootable it wouldn't be. I'd just change boot order in BIOS first to make sure that K:\ is still bootable.[/quote]
Will give it a shot right now
Windows + R then msconfig
Select the right drive for the system boot et voila
You should get that faulty drive out of your PC anyway tho...
Windows + R then msconfig
Select the right drive for the system boot et voila
You should get that faulty drive out of your PC anyway tho...
You kids and your fancy msconfig
You kids and your fancy msconfig
I got only one option :(( what the hell x(?
http://i.imgur.com/4Y0RDgm.png
I got only one option :(( what the hell x(?
[img]http://i.imgur.com/4Y0RDgm.png[/img]
Maybe K:/ became unbootable somehow? Might have to boot the install disk and try to repair:
1) Boot from DVD
2) Press Shift+F10 (for command prompt)
Type in command line
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /rebuildbcd
Maybe K:/ became unbootable somehow? Might have to boot the install disk and try to repair:
1) Boot from DVD
2) Press Shift+F10 (for command prompt)
Type in command line
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /rebuildbcd
What do you mean by that? I'm sorry for being dumb about this whole issue but I got no idea how to "boot the install disk"?
What do you mean by that? I'm sorry for being dumb about this whole issue but I got no idea how to "boot the install disk"?
should just save important data like photos, school work etc and then just clean install.
should just save important data like photos, school work etc and then just clean install.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/Yj6dB3W.gif[/img]
T0mshould just save important data like photos, school work etc and then just clean install.
This. Back up everything you need. Wipe everything and make sure the old drive isn't connected any more. Just make sure your Window's license can be used another time before you wipe because otherwise you might end up needing to buy a new one
[quote=T0m]should just save important data like photos, school work etc and then just clean install.[/quote]
This. Back up everything you need. Wipe everything and make sure the old drive isn't connected any more. Just make sure your Window's license can be used another time before you wipe because otherwise you might end up needing to buy a new one
Maybe the best option would be to go back to the repair place and tell them what's going on
Maybe the best option would be to go back to the repair place and tell them what's going on
It kind of looks like what the guy did was put the new drive in (now "K:") and left the old drive there so you could access the files that were on it (now "C:").
Unplug "C:", and see if the machine will boot properly. The boot ini should still be on the "K:" drive. I'm guessing that when you shut your computer down, the BIOS boot order changed from one drive to the other. This is almost exactly what erkston told you to do, it's just a bit less error-prone. It looks like you have 7 hard drives total, one with the system partition. Is that correct?
Either way, just to be 100% certain that your "k:" drive cannot boot, I'd unplug all unnecessary hard drives, and try just booting to the one that you think is the correct one.
Could you post your system specs as well? That could help determine where your system is bottlenecking.
It kind of looks like what the guy did was put the new drive in (now "K:") and left the old drive there so you could access the files that were on it (now "C:").
Unplug "C:", and see if the machine will boot properly. The boot ini should still be on the "K:" drive. I'm guessing that when you shut your computer down, the BIOS boot order changed from one drive to the other. This is almost exactly what erkston told you to do, it's just a bit less error-prone. It looks like you have 7 hard drives total, one with the system partition. Is that correct?
Either way, just to be 100% certain that your "k:" drive cannot boot, I'd unplug all unnecessary hard drives, and try just booting to the one that you think is the correct one.
Could you post your system specs as well? That could help determine where your system is bottlenecking.