Partition Failure

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I tried to add a partition to my system drive and now my computer is screwed!

I installed Acronis OS Selector, and then proceeded to partition my drive. The partition apparently failed and when the computer rebooted I received an error message saying "Acronis OS Selector cannot find the necessary configuration files. Please reinstall Acronis OS Selector."

When I load the Acronis Boot Disk, my system drive (which is 600 gb) shows that there is no available space on it, and that there is no operating system!

I have tried the Acronis Utility disk, and also tried repairing from my Windows 7 disk, but to no avail.

I tried to perform a few actions on the drive while in Disk Director, but get a message saying that the Volume is corrupted and I should run an error check on the drive.

The last backup I made was around two months ago, so if I have to use that, I won't lose too much.

Of course, I'd rather not lose anything, so any suggestions?

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 06:10
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Can you post a screenshot of what DD shows for the drive?

What repairs did you try from the Windows disc? Were you able to browse the partition?

Have you tried creating a new backup?

Were you repartitioning using DD in Windows or were you booted to the DD CD?

Mon, 10/29/2012 - 05:57
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Thanks for the reply MudCrab, but after chatting with Acronis support for over three hours, we were unable to resolve the issue and I was forced to do a reinstall.

To answer a few of your questions, I was attempting the repair utility from my Windows 7 disk (I tried several different options) but Windows could not find a valid operating system. No I was not able to browse the partition because there was no partition, only a single drive that showed as completely full.

I was repartitioning from Windows and not the DD CD.

Tue, 10/30/2012 - 22:07