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I recently received a restore usb for windows 8 from dell and had some trouble.
When I tried to repair the operating system with the usb restore, this it what happened.
I was given the following options- off the USB restore
1-refresh
2- system restore
3- repair
4- Re-install windows 8
After trying to 1-3 first to repair the OS, all denied being able to fix.
Sometimes I would get these messages-
1-Volume Locked.
2-A required drive partition is missing.
3- windows\system32\winload.efi is missing or corrupt.
After I re-installed windows 8, I see the following partitions.
1- c: re-install windows 8 - 404gig of 418gig(currently done)
2- d: corrupt windows 8 , but all the system files are still there 45 gig of which 38 gig is used by the previous corrupt OS ( but all the files are still there).
My question is , is there any way to fix or restore the corrupt previous OS ?
The reason I want try restore previous OS is because I had activated windows , had all the dell drivers installed and had the antivirus, installed.
should I try to rename C:- D and D:- C to see what happens ?
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It's a Dell?
by R. Proffitt 
- 1/7/13 3:43 PM
In Reply to: restoring a corrupt OS , how ? by auto78900
Be sure to call them for a fix or move to a refund. It's only been a few months but my encounters with blown Windows 8 OSes and EFI (or UEFI) are not going well. I hate to write this but if folk will not backup their stuff to be ready for an OS melt down, these stories will continue.
Windows 8 is very new, lots of new code and frankly I'm sitting out this round for my personal workstations. But it doesn't mean I'm out of touch.
Backup what you can't lose.
Bob
Great words of wisdom, Bob
by wpgwpg - 1/7/13 4:09 PM
In Reply to: It's a Dell? by R. Proffitt
In the classes we teach here, we tell our students that if they're not going to back up their systems, they should drive without a spare tire and cancel all their insurance policies to be consistent. 
Most wouldn't think to do the latter, but continue to do the former. Hard to understand when there're excellent backup programs, some free, and external hard drives are so cheap. Personally the first thing I do when I get a new computer is install my backup software and make a full system backup. Then and only then do I install my applications, do any needed updates, and put my personal data on it. To do otherwise is just asking for trouble, but so many people fail to do that, and we see the tales of woe here. 
Let me be clear on EFI
by R. Proffitt - 1/7/13 5:07 PM
In Reply to: Great words of wisdom, Bob by wpgwpg
It's tossed backups out the window it seems. Our old tricks about backup now fail as well as the usual data recovery. The move to EFI was due but it appears that in the move someone forget to develop good OS repair tools.
By good I mean such as you see by Apple where they can restore the OS and leave the user files intact.
Bob
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