Marked partition as active

[davidgpilot]

Hey guys,
I have an issue, yesterday I was about to install Windows 7 without using a USB flash drive by shrinking Drive C, and allocating a special small space enough to put the windows installation file in it. So in order to boot into the installation, I had to mark it as active.
The problem was (Thanks to my stupidity), that I've forgot to make the ISO file bootable in that partition, and instead of that, I've transferred the ISO as it is into the partition.
After I've restarted my PC, it obviously stated an error that I have no OS available etc.
What can I do in order to mark the system partition as active again? Or at least ways to use command prompt while on boot?

Thanks.

 

[appletatoes]

Set partition as active on Windows 8

To set a primary partition as active on a Windows 8 system, follow these steps:

1. If you don’t the original Windows 8 DVD/USB, go to Use diskpart from Easy Recovery Essentials.

2. Insert the Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 USB and boot form the media
3. Click Repair your computer
4. Windows 8 Repair Your Computer Menu
5. Windows 8 Repair Your Computer Menu
6. Click Troubleshoot
7. Click Command Prompt
8. When at Command Prompt, type these commands:
diskpart
list disk
9. Type select disk 0, replace 0 with your computer’s primary disk
10. Type list partition
11. Type select partition 1, replace 1 with the partition’s letter that you want to set as active
12. Type active
13. Type exit

You can restart your computer now

Sources:

https://neosmart.net/wiki/set-partition-as-active/

Hope this helps!

Appletatoes
IT Specialist

 

[davidgpilot]

Set partition as active on Windows 8

To set a primary partition as active on a Windows 8 system, follow these steps:

1. If you don’t the original Windows 8 DVD/USB, go to Use diskpart from Easy Recovery Essentials.

2. Insert the Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 USB and boot form the media
3. Click Repair your computer
4. Windows 8 Repair Your Computer Menu
5. Windows 8 Repair Your Computer Menu
6. Click Troubleshoot
7. Click Command Prompt
8. When at Command Prompt, type these commands:
diskpart
list disk
9. Type select disk 0, replace 0 with your computer’s primary disk
10. Type list partition
11. Type select partition 1, replace 1 with the partition’s letter that you want to set as active
12. Type active
13. Type exit

You can restart your computer now

Sources:

https://neosmart.net/wiki/set-partition-as-active/

Hope this helps!

Appletatoes
IT Specialist

Thanks, I'll try it out.