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How can I get back in to locked partition?

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I have a Compaq laptop with Windows 7 Professional pre-installed. I recently dual boot installed Windows 8 on it. I partitioned my hard drive, using Partition Wizard Bootable, in to 3 parts: C: (Where Windows 7 is installed); D: (An empty drive) and E: (Where Windows 8 is now installed). I took some space from D: and created E: with it. I then installed Windows 8 on the new partition.

Everything worked fine on Windows 8 until I tried to boot back into Windows 7. It displayed an error screen saying:

Windows Boot Manager  


Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.  

To fix the problem:



  1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer. 

  2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."

  3. Click "repair your computer."



If you don't have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer

manufacturer for assistance. 



  Status: 0xc000000f



  Info: A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed.

When I went back in to Windows 8 and looked at the disk partitions it didn't show any info about the disk. (e.g: Space, Percentage of disk space, etc.) After looking deeper (I can't remember where) I came across an error saying that the hard disk was locked. Whenever I try to open the drive to access my files it asks me to format the disk. Doesn't that defeat the point? I really need the files, they're mostly for my work! It's my work computer, and we have paranoid admins who don't even let us backup. It's surprising I was even able to burn the disk.

windows-7 hard-drive partitioning multi-boot windows-8

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  Restore your files from a backup, you do backup don't you? This will be extremely complex to sort out, if the data is critical I would stop using the PC and send the drive to a data recovery expert or risk losing your data for good.
  
  – Moab
  Oct 13 '12 at 19:27
  

  
  
  
  


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  Can you mount the disk from inside Disk Management? Also, can Disk Management see the format + free space left?
  
  – uınbɐɥs
  Oct 24 '12 at 23:16
  

  
  
  
  

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I have a Compaq laptop with Windows 7 Professional pre-installed. I recently dual boot installed Windows 8 on it. I partitioned my hard drive, using Partition Wizard Bootable, in to 3 parts: C: (Where Windows 7 is installed); D: (An empty drive) and E: (Where Windows 8 is now installed). I took some space from D: and created E: with it. I then installed Windows 8 on the new partition.

Everything worked fine on Windows 8 until I tried to boot back into Windows 7. It displayed an error screen saying:

Windows Boot Manager  


Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.  

To fix the problem:



  1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer. 

  2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."

  3. Click "repair your computer."



If you don't have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer

manufacturer for assistance. 



  Status: 0xc000000f



  Info: A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed.

When I went back in to Windows 8 and looked at the disk partitions it didn't show any info about the disk. (e.g: Space, Percentage of disk space, etc.) After looking deeper (I can't remember where) I came across an error saying that the hard disk was locked. Whenever I try to open the drive to access my files it asks me to format the disk. Doesn't that defeat the point? I really need the files, they're mostly for my work! It's my work computer, and we have paranoid admins who don't even let us backup. It's surprising I was even able to burn the disk.

windows-7 hard-drive partitioning multi-boot windows-8

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

karel

9,34493239

asked Oct 13 '12 at 18:41

NewbieNewbie

115

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Restore your files from a backup, you do backup don't you? This will be extremely complex to sort out, if the data is critical I would stop using the PC and send the drive to a data recovery expert or risk losing your data for good.
  
  – Moab
  Oct 13 '12 at 19:27
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Can you mount the disk from inside Disk Management? Also, can Disk Management see the format + free space left?
  
  – uınbɐɥs
  Oct 24 '12 at 23:16
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I have a Compaq laptop with Windows 7 Professional pre-installed. I recently dual boot installed Windows 8 on it. I partitioned my hard drive, using Partition Wizard Bootable, in to 3 parts: C: (Where Windows 7 is installed); D: (An empty drive) and E: (Where Windows 8 is now installed). I took some space from D: and created E: with it. I then installed Windows 8 on the new partition.

Everything worked fine on Windows 8 until I tried to boot back into Windows 7. It displayed an error screen saying:

Windows Boot Manager  


Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.  

To fix the problem:



  1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer. 

  2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."

  3. Click "repair your computer."



If you don't have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer

manufacturer for assistance. 



  Status: 0xc000000f



  Info: A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed.

When I went back in to Windows 8 and looked at the disk partitions it didn't show any info about the disk. (e.g: Space, Percentage of disk space, etc.) After looking deeper (I can't remember where) I came across an error saying that the hard disk was locked. Whenever I try to open the drive to access my files it asks me to format the disk. Doesn't that defeat the point? I really need the files, they're mostly for my work! It's my work computer, and we have paranoid admins who don't even let us backup. It's surprising I was even able to burn the disk.

windows-7 hard-drive partitioning multi-boot windows-8

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

karel

9,34493239

asked Oct 13 '12 at 18:41

NewbieNewbie

115

Windows Boot Manager  


Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.  

To fix the problem:



  1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer. 

  2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."

  3. Click "repair your computer."



If you don't have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer

manufacturer for assistance. 



  Status: 0xc000000f



  Info: A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed.

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

karel

9,34493239

asked Oct 13 '12 at 18:41

NewbieNewbie

115

share|improve this question

edited 1 hour ago

karel

9,34493239

asked Oct 13 '12 at 18:41

NewbieNewbie

115

edited 1 hour ago

karel

9,34493239

edited 1 hour ago

karel

9,34493239

asked Oct 13 '12 at 18:41

NewbieNewbie

115

asked Oct 13 '12 at 18:41

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1. try Spinright: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
   


2. mount the HDD on another computer and try using "recuva" http://www.piriform.com/recuva although I am not sure it will be able to read the drive.

Spinrite can really works but can take a couple of days if running on a deep level. You can "find it for free" if you don't have the money but you should of course support the developer if it works out well in the end.

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1. try Spinright: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
   


2. mount the HDD on another computer and try using "recuva" http://www.piriform.com/recuva although I am not sure it will be able to read the drive.

Spinrite can really works but can take a couple of days if running on a deep level. You can "find it for free" if you don't have the money but you should of course support the developer if it works out well in the end.

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answered Oct 25 '12 at 13:11

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1. try Spinright: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
   


2. mount the HDD on another computer and try using "recuva" http://www.piriform.com/recuva although I am not sure it will be able to read the drive.

Spinrite can really works but can take a couple of days if running on a deep level. You can "find it for free" if you don't have the money but you should of course support the developer if it works out well in the end.

share|improve this answer

answered Oct 25 '12 at 13:11

cmpliegercmplieger

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1. try Spinright: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
   


2. mount the HDD on another computer and try using "recuva" http://www.piriform.com/recuva although I am not sure it will be able to read the drive.

Spinrite can really works but can take a couple of days if running on a deep level. You can "find it for free" if you don't have the money but you should of course support the developer if it works out well in the end.

share|improve this answer

answered Oct 25 '12 at 13:11

cmpliegercmplieger

533719

share|improve this answer

answered Oct 25 '12 at 13:11

cmpliegercmplieger

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answered Oct 25 '12 at 13:11

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answered Oct 25 '12 at 13:11

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533719