Hi, it is normal, that in Windows Recovery Environment are partition letters other than in windows. Try run from Windows 7 DVD recovery tools (such as system restore, etc). Also try boot into safe mode. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner 2010 / 2011 / 2012 Microsoft Certified Professional | Connected Home Integrator | Consumer Sales Specialist Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Consumer Support Technician on Windows Vista Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Support Technician on Windows Vista Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator on Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuration | Microsoft Windows Vista, Configuration Pre-Installing Windows 7 for OEMs | Windows 7 and Office 2010, Deployment | Windows Vista and Server Operating Systems, Preinstallation Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Conf | Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Conf | Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Conf Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization | Windows Server Virtualization, Configuration | Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Configuring Windows SBS 2011, Configuring | Windows EBS 2008, Configuration | Windows SBS 2008, Configuration Windows HPC Server 2008, Development | Windows Internals | MDOP, Configuration | SharePoint 2010, Configuration Microsoft SCOM, Configuration | Microsoft SCDPM 2007, Configuration | Microsoft SCVMM 2008, Configuration

I'm trying to use Recovery to start a Win7 pc. After hardware initialization, the cursor flashes in the upper right corner on a black screen. In recovery mode from the Windows 7 DVD, I see the Recovery partition is C:, and the OS partition is D: How can that be changed? It is on a Dell Inspiron pc. This happened one day after the warrenty expired.

Hi, it is normal, that in Windows Recovery Environment are partition letters other than in windows. Try run from Windows 7 DVD recovery tools (such as system restore, etc). Also try boot into safe mode. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner 2010 / 2011 / 2012 Microsoft Certified Professional | Connected Home Integrator | Consumer Sales Specialist Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Consumer Support Technician on Windows Vista Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Support Technician on Windows Vista Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator on Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuration | Microsoft Windows Vista, Configuration Pre-Installing Windows 7 for OEMs | Windows 7 and Office 2010, Deployment | Windows Vista and Server Operating Systems, Preinstallation Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Conf | Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Conf | Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Conf Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization | Windows Server Virtualization, Configuration | Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Configuring Windows SBS 2011, Configuring | Windows EBS 2008, Configuration | Windows SBS 2008, Configuration Windows HPC Server 2008, Development | Windows Internals | MDOP, Configuration | SharePoint 2010, Configuration Microsoft SCOM, Configuration | Microsoft SCDPM 2007, Configuration | Microsoft SCVMM 2008, Configuration