How do I Boot to the correct Partition?

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

Pic shows content of Windows8 Drive

Pic shows content of the Windows8 Windows Folder

PDF 3 Pics to read Details
View attachment Lenovo hdd.pdf


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 reeived

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

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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?

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The Lenovo g505, partition set up is fine.

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

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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

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

PS Because of my mistake, there are 2 identical threads running
but I don't know what to do about it

So, Does anybody know how I can Boot into the Windows8 Partition
with what I have
without waiting for delivery of Rescue Disks from Lenovo uk??

Maybe look in the Boot tab in your BIOS ?
& make it the top selection to boot from ?

It's worth a try.

edit---

PS Because of my mistake, there are 2 identical threads running
but I don't know what to do about it

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Only Administrators can delete threads.

Thanks David
I changed to UEFI Boot in Bios
just (eventually) went in to load the Recovery Options
so 2nd time I used F12 to Select Boot
only 2 Options there
EFI Network 0 for IPv4 (20-89-84-F5 44-DA)
EFI Network 0 for IPv6 (20-89-84-F5 44-DA)

Cafola said:

Thanks David
I changed to UEFI Boot in Bios
just (eventually) went in to load the Recovery Options
so 2nd time I used F12 to Select Boot
only 2 Options there
EFI Network 0 for IPv4 (20-89-84-F5 44-DA)
EFI Network 0 for IPv6 (20-89-84-F5 44-DA)

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I'm going to reboot & press F-12 & see what mine shows.
BRB

Cafola said:

Thanks David
I changed to UEFI Boot in Bios
just (eventually) went in to load the Recovery Options
so 2nd time I used F12 to Select Boot
only 2 Options there
EFI Network 0 for IPv4 (20-89-84-F5 44-DA)
EFI Network 0 for IPv6 (20-89-84-F5 44-DA)

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I'm going to reboot & press F-12 & see what mine shows.
BRB

I only had 1 option---

UEFI: WDC WD5000AAKX-22ERMAO

I guess mine is trying to boot to Network Boot
Because it cant see anything else??

Cafola said:

I guess mine is trying to boot to Network Boot
Because it cant see anything else??

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Somebody else will have to pitch in & help.

This is a bit over my head.

For many folks, the configuration you show for the Lenovo drive did not allow for resets and would fail.

The way to restore the UEFI boot option would be to run the command bootrec /rebuildbcd in a command prompt. Then set that option to first priority in the bios.

Since we do not yet know what recovery media you have available, it is hard to suggest solutions.

We need to know exact results when you attempt some action. The wording or result can be very specific to certain conditions.

Lenovo G580 laptop (Secure Boot: Enabled, Boot Mode: UEFI)

Windows Boot Manager = Windows 8.1 installed on the C: partition
EFI USB Device = Windows 8.1 UEFI boot mode compatible FAT32 USB flash drive

Hi David
Thanks for Helping

especially what you saw from F12 on your machine

Anyone else, PLEASE HELP

Make sure Windows Boot Manager is first boot device.

Saltgrass and genet - Thanks

BIOS
Boot UEFI
Info Page shows HDD and DVD
Boot Page DOES NOT show HDD
only the 2 Network Entries

Proceed to Boot - Logo for a minute or so
checking Media
Blue Box with Reference to Network Boot - I click only option - OK
checking Media
Blue Box Referencing other Network Boot - OK
Computer Proceeds to load Files
after about 5 mins
Pale Blue (windows type Blue) Screen and the Box for OneKey Recovery V 8.0.0.1219
2 Options
Restore from Initial Backup or Restore from users backup

I selected 1st Option
Next - Warning about deleting data
- OK

Takes couple of Hours
shows stages through initialising and then Performing it - % Bar at Bottom showing %done - it completed to 100% and Reported SUCESS

Option Shut Down or Reboot

I tried Reboot 1st time and I got Logo and then it started loading files and Show OneKey Option Box again
I did 2nd time and chose Shut Down
Same Results

Recovery Media - Don't have any, but Happy to Download whats needed

Info in Early Screenshots were done with the Drive Attached to another computer

Thanks for Helping - If need more info, just ask

I do have Win7 setup Disks and Vista, but nothing Win8

BIOS
Boot UEFI
Info Page shows HDD and DVD
Boot Page DOES NOT show HDD
only the 2 Network Entries

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Go back one page to Info Page & set HD drive to first boot.

Than make sure Windows Boot Manager is first boot device. (in boot page)

Hi thehog
BIOS
Info Page is just that, not live

Config Page -
Time/Date Wireless - enb
Sata Controler AHCI
SVM Support - don't know what this is ??

Security Page - Admin/User/HDD Password - not set
Secure Boot - Enabled
Platform Mode - UserMode
Secure Boot Mode - Standard
Reset to Setup Mode - Enter - side notes - Clear PK Disable secure boot and enter setup Mode
Restore Factory Keys - Enter - side notes - Restore all secure boot database to factory default include PK KEK db and dbx
I don't know what the last 2 really mean

Boot Page -
Boot mode - UEFI
USB Boot - enb
PXE Boot - enb
EFI
Network Boot 0 for IP4
Network Boot 0 for IP6

EXIT Page
Load Default Settings
OS Optimized Defaults [Win8 64bit]

That's everything in BIOS

Boot Page DOES NOT show HDD

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Windows Boot Manager/HDD must in the boot page for Windows to boot & be first boot device.

yes, so whats wrong
How do I get it there