Windows 8 deleted my disc - Solved

I solved the problem with two simple steps;
1. Run Testdisk to rebuild the partition tables;
http://download.cnet.com/TestDisk-an...-10511775.html
2. Boot from a Win7 installation disk and use Repair. If you haven't got
one borrow a friend's or download here;
http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/downloa...ownload-links/

Ed

On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:31:07 +0100, Ed Cryer <>
wrote:

>I solved the problem with two simple steps;
>1. Run Testdisk to rebuild the partition tables;
>http://download.cnet.com/TestDisk-an...-10511775.html
>2. Boot from a Win7 installation disk and use Repair. If you haven't got
>one borrow a friend's or download here;
>http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/downloa...ownload-links/

Thanks for summarizing. This has been an interesting thread.

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Char

See my post in the other thread of the same subject in a reply to when Ed posted
that it is solved

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"Char Jackson" <> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:31:07 +0100, Ed Cryer <>
> wrote:
>
>>I solved the problem with two simple steps;
>>1. Run Testdisk to rebuild the partition tables;
>>http://download.cnet.com/TestDisk-an...-10511775.html
>>2. Boot from a Win7 installation disk and use Repair. If you haven't got
>>one borrow a friend's or download here;
>>http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/downloa...ownload-links/
>
> Thanks for summarizing. This has been an interesting thread.
>
> --
>
> Char Jackson

Ed Cryer wrote:
> I solved the problem with two simple steps; 1. Run Testdisk to
> rebuild the partition tables;
> http://download.cnet.com/TestDisk-an...-10511775.html
> 2. Boot from a Win7 installation disk and use Repair. If you haven't
> got one borrow a friend's or download here;
> http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/downloa...ownload-links/


I don't understand. What am I missing? Are these free ISO's of Windows 7
installation disks? What about registration/authentication?

I have a registered, authentic installation DVD (Ultimate x64), but I'd
like to have a disk with integrated SP1.
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~ Yogi Berra ~

On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:49:19 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
<> wrote:

>Ed Cryer wrote:
>> I solved the problem with two simple steps; 1. Run Testdisk to
>> rebuild the partition tables;
>> http://download.cnet.com/TestDisk-an...-10511775.html
>> 2. Boot from a Win7 installation disk and use Repair. If you haven't
>> got one borrow a friend's or download here;
>> http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/downloa...ownload-links/
>
>
>I don't understand. What am I missing? Are these free ISO's of Windows 7
>installation disks? What about registration/authentication?
>
>I have a registered, authentic installation DVD (Ultimate x64), but I'd
>like to have a disk with integrated SP1.

They are just the physical media. Honest people will still need a
valid registration key in order to activate, which it's assumed would
be purchased legitimately.

(Dishonest people are not under the same constraints.)

--

Char Jackson

On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 15:30:42 -0400, "Peter Foldes" <>
wrote:

>Char
>
>See my post in the other thread of the same subject in a reply to when Ed posted
>that it is solved

I saw that, but at this point I have no reason to disbelieve Ed's
account of the situation.

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Char Jackson

On 04/10/2011 21:09, Char Jackson wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:49:19 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
> <> wrote:
>
>> Ed Cryer wrote:
>>> I solved the problem with two simple steps; 1. Run Testdisk to
>>> rebuild the partition tables;
>>> http://download.cnet.com/TestDisk-an...-10511775.html
>>> 2. Boot from a Win7 installation disk and use Repair. If you haven't
>>> got one borrow a friend's or download here;
>>> http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/downloa...ownload-links/
>>
>>
>> I don't understand. What am I missing? Are these free ISO's of Windows 7
>> installation disks? What about registration/authentication?
>>
>> I have a registered, authentic installation DVD (Ultimate x64), but I'd
>> like to have a disk with integrated SP1.
>
> They are just the physical media. Honest people will still need a
> valid registration key in order to activate, which it's assumed would
> be purchased legitimately.
>
> (Dishonest people are not under the same constraints.)
>

Fair point, but I used a borrowed installation DVD and ran the system
repair function without any hitch or mention of a cent.
Presumably you could download one of those .ISO files and do the same.
Whether you could install from it or not I don't know, but I should
think it highly likely that you can. Activation of the installation
would be, of course, a different matter.

Ed

Ed Cryer wrote:
> On 04/10/2011 21:09, Char Jackson wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:49:19 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>> Ed Cryer wrote:
>>>> I solved the problem with two simple steps; 1. Run Testdisk to
>>>> rebuild the partition tables;
>>>> http://download.cnet.com/TestDisk-an...-10511775.html
>>>>
>>>> 2. Boot from a Win7 installation disk and use Repair. If you haven't
>>>> got one borrow a friend's or download here;
>>>> http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/downloa...ownload-links/
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't understand. What am I missing? Are these free ISO's of Windows 7
>>> installation disks? What about registration/authentication?
>>>
>>> I have a registered, authentic installation DVD (Ultimate x64), but I'd
>>> like to have a disk with integrated SP1.
>>
>> They are just the physical media. Honest people will still need a
>> valid registration key in order to activate, which it's assumed would
>> be purchased legitimately.
>>
>> (Dishonest people are not under the same constraints.)
>>
>
> Fair point, but I used a borrowed installation DVD and ran the system
> repair function without any hitch or mention of a cent.
> Presumably you could download one of those .ISO files and do the same.
> Whether you could install from it or not I don't know, but I should
> think it highly likely that you can. Activation of the installation
> would be, of course, a different matter.

I wonder if the product key from my legitimate MS DVD would work.
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On 04/10/2011 21:44, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
> Ed Cryer wrote:
>> On 04/10/2011 21:09, Char Jackson wrote:
>>> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:49:19 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ed Cryer wrote:
>>>>> I solved the problem with two simple steps; 1. Run Testdisk to
>>>>> rebuild the partition tables;
>>>>> http://download.cnet.com/TestDisk-an...-10511775.html
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Boot from a Win7 installation disk and use Repair. If you haven't
>>>>> got one borrow a friend's or download here;
>>>>> http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/downloa...ownload-links/
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't understand. What am I missing? Are these free ISO's of
>>>> Windows 7
>>>> installation disks? What about registration/authentication?
>>>>
>>>> I have a registered, authentic installation DVD (Ultimate x64), but I'd
>>>> like to have a disk with integrated SP1.
>>>
>>> They are just the physical media. Honest people will still need a
>>> valid registration key in order to activate, which it's assumed would
>>> be purchased legitimately.
>>>
>>> (Dishonest people are not under the same constraints.)
>>>
>>
>> Fair point, but I used a borrowed installation DVD and ran the system
>> repair function without any hitch or mention of a cent.
>> Presumably you could download one of those .ISO files and do the same.
>> Whether you could install from it or not I don't know, but I should
>> think it highly likely that you can. Activation of the installation
>> would be, of course, a different matter.
>
> I wonder if the product key from my legitimate MS DVD would work.

It's to be proven, and can be by downloading.
Personally I doubt it. Unless, that is, you haven't already used the
product key on another activation.

MS are cunning. That's why people pride themselves on tinkering with
Windows Setup discs, taking and removing items and validation, and then
putting them on torrent websites.

Ed

On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:39:14 +0100, Ed Cryer <>
wrote:

>On 04/10/2011 21:09, Char Jackson wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:49:19 -0400, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>> Ed Cryer wrote:
>>>> I solved the problem with two simple steps; 1. Run Testdisk to
>>>> rebuild the partition tables;
>>>> http://download.cnet.com/TestDisk-an...-10511775.html
>>>> 2. Boot from a Win7 installation disk and use Repair. If you haven't
>>>> got one borrow a friend's or download here;
>>>> http://techpp.com/2009/11/11/downloa...ownload-links/
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't understand. What am I missing? Are these free ISO's of Windows 7
>>> installation disks? What about registration/authentication?
>>>
>>> I have a registered, authentic installation DVD (Ultimate x64), but I'd
>>> like to have a disk with integrated SP1.
>>
>> They are just the physical media. Honest people will still need a
>> valid registration key in order to activate, which it's assumed would
>> be purchased legitimately.
>>
>> (Dishonest people are not under the same constraints.)
>>
>
>Fair point, but I used a borrowed installation DVD and ran the system
>repair function without any hitch or mention of a cent.

Right. That set of operations doesn't require any activation or
validation.

>Presumably you could download one of those .ISO files and do the same.
>Whether you could install from it or not I don't know, but I should
>think it highly likely that you can. Activation of the installation
>would be, of course, a different matter.

Exactly. You'd use your own valid key to activate the installation.

And yes, you can install from these media. I sometimes use them, or
images like them, to get people back up and running. Many of my
customers don't have or have misplaced their physical media, if they
ever had it in the first place, so in some cases I use one of these
images along with the customer's valid product key to get them back in
business.

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