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I have an HP pavillian G6 that I have totally messed up.
It came with windows 8, and I had no intention of removing or dual booting it. I wanted to partition the C drive to chop off 10 gigs for a seperate partition for Outlook files. I used EASEUS Partition Master 9.1.0 Home Edition. It seemed to be working fine. When I rebooted to allow the partitioning, it failed and gave me an error message.
I restarted and got an error message loading. If I had stopped there I might have been okay by running a repair from a Windows 8 install disk. At that point I did not have one, so I decided to pop the hard drive out, put it into a usb hard drive enclosure and check it out. The 10 gigs were removed from the C drive, but the new partition was never created. I decided to go ahead and finish that process from my Windows 7 PC. Of course, that didn't work. So I decided to put it back to the way it was. Unfortunately, I chose to merge the partition, and the target info was set as the new partition I had created. So it messed up my boot sector and moved all my files to a folder within the "new drive." I have since moved all the files back to the root, but of course, it still doesn't work.
I have tried loading a windows 8 recovery disk, but it stops halfway through loading. Interestingly enough, it will load all the way if I have the hard drive out, but that doesn't do me any good.
I have tried running a repair with a Windows 8 Install disk, but it cannot find the OS.
I have tried to set the recovery partition to active, but it will not allow me to because it is not an MBR.
I currently get the Recovery screen. A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed. Error Code: 0xc0000225
I could format and reinstall Windows 8, but I want to use the license that was preinstalled (no discs came with the laptop) instead of the license with this disc. I would not mind ordering a recovery CD from HP, but I am not sure if it will work, considering the state my partitions are in. This is a brand new Laptop, so I don't mind starting over from scratch, there are no personal files, just a few apps that are easily replaced.
Can anyone help me before I go completely nuts?

It appears that resizing the partition has interfered with how the notebook was configured to boot.
To get around this, the HDD will need to be restored using the recovery disks themselves. You can use the recovery disks you made if you made them before the issue occurred. If not, they will need to be ordered from HP. The number for the U.S. and Canada is 1-800-474-6836. The recovery disks will work regardless of the partition configuration as long as the hard drive was not converted to a dynamic disk. If it has been converted to a dynamic disk, then the drive will need to be revered back to a standard disk. I do not believe that is the case.
It may be best to start with wiping the hard drive free of any changes that have been made. This guide for KillDisk should help with the process. Page 10 lists how to get the free version to accomplish the task of wiping the hard drive.
Once the hard drive is wiped, it should be ready to be recovered using the recovery disks.
Let me know what happens.
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