I deleted a partition pls help!

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Hi, I bought a msi GT627 about a year ago and when it got here, I noticed it had 3 partitions. 1 with windows vista on it. 1 with the OS installed (C:) and 1 was just a data drive (D:)

My C: drive only had 50 gb total on it. Yeah it finally filled up. My D: had 250 gb of space on it. I decided I just wanted 2 drives. One with the windows disk on it and the other with the OS which is (C:) I deleted the entire D: drive and then I extended my c: drive to total around 295 gb.

I reinstalled windows Vista onto the new C: drive and now every time when windows boots up to the desktop. I get a small DOS window ( C:windows/system32/cmd.exe) and then approximately 30 seconds later, windows shuts down. I cannot figure out what to do here. I thought maybe I shouldnt have deleted the D: drive but in my mind it was just a storage drive. I tried to make a new D: just smaller but it didnt fix the problem. If I go into safe mode, it runs fine but I obviously cannot update things because of safe mode limitations. Any help at all would be much appreciated..
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Very confusing post, you say you had Vista on one partition and the OS on another partition. Vista is an operating system.

You should get everything you want off the pc and then reinstall Vista. Wipe out all your partitions as you install, you can always make more partitions later with partition wizard home 7.0
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Myself
    CPU
    Pentium D 940
    Motherboard
    Biostar P4M890-M7 TE
    Memory
    2 GB PNY PC5300
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX 9600 GSO
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 17" Flat Panel
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Maxtor 160GB Sata
    PSU
    Ultra Vseries 500
    Cooling
    Intel
Following the link that I provided you can make the partitions as you install.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Thanks for the quick replies! I will try to clear this up a little.

the hard drive has a 7 gb partition which I guess is the recovery console (aka the software installed to "reinstall" windows vista which does a format and reinstall)

the C: just gets named the OS drive and that drive was 50gb.... It basically just loaded the operating system on this partiton by itself

the D: was just a data drive.. I was under the assumption it was a storage drive like an external hdd or flash drive etc... it was just an extra partition on the hdd.

1. I deleted D: and extended C: to 290ish gb's
2. I ran the recovery console by pressing f3 on my computer which formatted and re-installed the OS onto my C: drive
3. the D: no longer exists
4. the computer reboots every time it loads to desktop approximately 30 seconds after I get the desktop
5. I don't have the recovery disk/Windows disk that is supposed to come with the computer. (this is why I bought a MSI in the first place, thinking they would include that unlike Dell's Hp's etc.. but boy was I wrong)

Soooo, I have no clue what to do now. I called MSI and apparently they can't help me. They are telling me I need to buy the recovery disk (25 dollars plus 12 dollars shipping) and that my recovery console is corrupt. That doesnt make sense to me because it formatted just fine before I deleted the D: partition. I have formatted it a couple of times before this time using the recovery console.

So that's where I'm at. Man you would think for a 1400 dollar computer from "Newegg" (mind you, who is cheap anyway), that MSI would include the stupid recovery disk with the purchase.
 

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Just reinstall, the way it shows in the links I supplied
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
See if you can find someone who has the version you have on dvd and make a copy of it somehow. As long as you have a key somewhere on your machine you should be able to activate it.

You have 30 days to activate it, so make sure you`re happy with it b4 you do.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Myself
    CPU
    Pentium D 940
    Motherboard
    Biostar P4M890-M7 TE
    Memory
    2 GB PNY PC5300
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX 9600 GSO
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 17" Flat Panel
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Maxtor 160GB Sata
    PSU
    Ultra Vseries 500
    Cooling
    Intel
Zomby88 said:
See if you can find someone who has the version you have on dvd and make a copy of it somehow. As long as you have a key somewhere on your machine you should be able to activate it.

You have 30 days to activate it, so make sure you`re happy with it b4 you do.
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No he can only do that to a retail disk. A disk from a manufacturer such as dell can only be installed on that manufacturer's systems. Only a retail disk can be installed on any system and a retail disk will not accept an OEM (manufacturer's) serial number.

So you can't reinstall with the recovery partition? Have you tried to follow Rich's instructions?
 

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System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
    CPU
    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 &1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
  • Operating System
    Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Poweredge T140
    CPU
    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
    Memory
    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB & 360 GB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
If you dont have the partition and no DVd, you must call the computer manufacturer and get a DVD for cost abot $25.00
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
I do have the partition. The problem is, that when I run windows off of the partition. It loads everything fine until I get booted to the desktop. After 30 seconds it reboots. Then it reposts and reboots over and over again. It is looping for some strange reason. I see no reason for the system to act like this just because I deleted the data drive.
 

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