Ok great let me start the post whining
on what happened, i have this netbook from Hp http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&docname=c01630402 (these are the specs)
The factory settings are so:
2 Partitions [Primary]
C:\ 300 Gb
D:\ 20Gb [Recovery Partition]
Here is my thought , If something happened to my OS(C drive) then i will be losing all data,soooo i shrunk C from within Disk Manager in Vista. after which this was the configuration
c:\ 100 Gb
d:\ 200 Gb [Also primary ..How come ??]
e:\ Recovery Drive
HP netbooks come with a Recovery Feature during Boot i.e Press F11 when booting to bring back PC to factory settings. All went well until ...
I Restarted my Laptop, all to find out that
1. It couldn't find the O S
2. F11 Recovery Didn't work.
So here is what i did? I used Acronis Disk Director bootable disk to have a look at Partitions and was shocked 😱
The Partitions i had created,had some how deleted the C:\ Drive or did something with it to Make it "UnAllocated" but recovery drive was InTact oops everything gone waste now..
Now here are a few questions:: Please answers them
I don't have any recovery disc's / Haven't made then also / Am not interested in Buying them also.
Is a "Primary Active" Partition bootable or a "Primary Partition" bootable ?
Is there any Bootable Utility that Can ReInstall the Vista BootLoader in the C:\Drive ?[because the acronis disk director install's the windows xp Boot loader when i make the partition active ]
Also, how can i view the files inside recovery partition? [it is a Single File of 10Gb in size, I can't use any archiving utility to also inspect it ]
Some Info: The recovery manager used to Boast a logo of SoftThings when it was working

The factory settings are so:
2 Partitions [Primary]
C:\ 300 Gb
D:\ 20Gb [Recovery Partition]
Here is my thought , If something happened to my OS(C drive) then i will be losing all data,soooo i shrunk C from within Disk Manager in Vista. after which this was the configuration
c:\ 100 Gb
d:\ 200 Gb [Also primary ..How come ??]
e:\ Recovery Drive
HP netbooks come with a Recovery Feature during Boot i.e Press F11 when booting to bring back PC to factory settings. All went well until ...
I Restarted my Laptop, all to find out that
1. It couldn't find the O S
2. F11 Recovery Didn't work.
So here is what i did? I used Acronis Disk Director bootable disk to have a look at Partitions and was shocked 😱
The Partitions i had created,had some how deleted the C:\ Drive or did something with it to Make it "UnAllocated" but recovery drive was InTact oops everything gone waste now..
Now here are a few questions:: Please answers them
I don't have any recovery disc's / Haven't made then also / Am not interested in Buying them also.
Is a "Primary Active" Partition bootable or a "Primary Partition" bootable ?
Is there any Bootable Utility that Can ReInstall the Vista BootLoader in the C:\Drive ?[because the acronis disk director install's the windows xp Boot loader when i make the partition active ]
Also, how can i view the files inside recovery partition? [it is a Single File of 10Gb in size, I can't use any archiving utility to also inspect it ]
Some Info: The recovery manager used to Boast a logo of SoftThings when it was working