How do I Boot to the correct Partition?

Cafola

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Hi
Lenovo g505
History - What I did so far, is further down
Computer went badly wrong and would not Boot into Windows
(belongs to my mates 11 year old)
I decided to a Factory Restore
it seemed the best Option as my knowledge stops, til now, at Win 7
I did it, but it doesnt Boot into Windows
CURRENT
I have the HDD connected to another computer which is running Win 7
I can now see that it did indeed do a Restore to the System Partition
Pic Shows Disk in Disk Management
Lenoo  HDD2.png
Pic shows content of Windows8 Drive
Lenoo  folders2.png
Pic shows content of the Windows8 Windows Folder
Lenoo  folders2 props.png
PDF of the 3 Pics - easy to read detail

In Disk Management I see 7 Partitions
Now I think I understand what the Problem is - ?too many Partitions?
But I dont have a clue how to Resolve it correctly
My inclination is to Run DiskCheck from Win7 on the HDD
but I am not sure if that will work on Win8???
same with FixBoot if it is Possible?
The LENOVO H Drive has 3 Folders with Data in it Lenovo & Drivers & Applications

HISTORY
I did the Restore
took 3 hours
but then said Success
Option to Reboot or Shutdown
Chose Reboot
eventualy Booted to a Windows Pale Blue screen with the Cursor
half hour later, the Box came up to start the Restore again
I did it, same as above time and Result so this time I chose Shut Down
Started - Logo for long time then loading Files and back at the Box to Start Restore again

I have since tried booting with Default Options UEFI and Legacy in the BIOS
In the middle of all this, as it is about 4 hours to do the restore, I had tried to get Help in the Lenovo Forum, but without replies

Help, Thoughts Hints All gratefully received
 

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
Cafola said:
I decided to a Factory Restore
it seemed the best Option as my knowledge stops, til now, at Win 7
I did it, but it doesnt Boot into Windows

The Lenovo g505, Recovery Partition is Windows 8, notebook has been upgraded to Windows 8.1.


Now I think I understand what the Problem is - ?too many Partitions?

The Lenovo g505, partition set up is fine.


I have since tried booting with Default Options UEFI and Legacy in the BIOS

The Lenovo g505, is set up to boot UEFI mode only.

Do you have the Lenovo g505 Recovery Disk?
If NO

You can Order Lenovo Recovery Disks from here:
Home - Lenovo Support (US)
Click on Parts & Accessories.
or
https://www.lenovorecovery.com/Extranet/Home.aspx
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Notebooks x 3

    Desktops x 5

    Towers x 4
Hi theog, thanks for replying

I don't really Understand the significance or implications of
The Lenovo g505, Recovery Partition is Windows 8, notebook has been upgraded to Windows 8.1.
???

I am obviously wrong, but if that is what they gave me, surely it should work ??
cant I do the Upgrade to 8.1 from 8 ??

Is there Any other way to get this working, I live in Spain, so by the time they get from UK to here will be Ages ?

Thanks for Helping, I'm appreciating
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
Cafola said:
I don't really Understand the significance or implications of
The Lenovo g505, Recovery Partition is Windows 8, notebook has been upgraded to Windows 8.1.
???

OEM Recovery Partition for Windows 8, can play up after the upgraded of Windows 8.1.

cant I do the Upgrade to 8.1 from 8 ??

Yes.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Notebooks x 3

    Desktops x 5

    Towers x 4
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