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Recovery Partition

Forum discussion tagged with Recovery Partition.
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    Question Recovery Image/Data for Sony Vaio Tap 11 (SVT1121A4E)

    Hello, I recently bought used laptop Sony Vaio Tap 11 [Exact model: SVT1121A4E] from second hand and it's still pretty good machine. The Windows 10 is surprisingly pretty smooth. But unfortunately the user before me probably formated all partitions, including the recovery partition... I...
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    Solved! How to install Windows from recovered recovery partition only?

    My question is quite simple: in short, is there a way to re-install my original Windows 7 on my Asus laptop if I only have my OEM license key (that I got with the PC) and the recovery partition? Now the whole story: I bought the laptop a while ago, and I installed a Pro version of Windows 10 I...
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    No recovery partition or disk and no drivers

    I recently messed up my Toshiba Satellite p755-s5390. I had to format the drive and clear the partitions. I re-installed windows 7 64bit. I do not have access to any network connection including directly connecting with a network cable. I also don't have the original installation disk from the...
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    HP Starwars Special Edition Operating System

    I have a hp starwars special edition laptop. I lost the recovery partition of this laptop. so I am unable to restore the official star wars OS in this laptop. I tried to order it online from hp's official website but they does't support shipping in my country. So is there any website from where...
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    Windows failed update, now error message, and recovery partition missing

    Thank you for any information provided and I apologize for my lack of in depth computer knowledge up front. I hope this doesn't all sound like a series of unfortunately events, but they may all be related so I am going to list them here. What I am looking for is the best next step... repair...
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    Hard drive replacement... will recovery discs recover the recovery partition?

    Toshiba c875-s7205 Hard drive is shot. I have another computer that is exactly the same model. Can I create the recovery discs from the other computer, replace the hard drive of the dead one, and re-install the OS using those discs? Also, if the first question's answer is yes... Will the...
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    Solved! factory reset from recovery partition

    Boot manager not available. Windows 7 will not start. What can I do with no repair disc.
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    Dell XPS 15 L502X - factory restore without recovery partition

    Hello, I have Dell XPS 15 L502X (service tag: GMBKSQ1, Express service code 36178219369) which came with Windows 7 originally. I've replaced the hdd because he was damaged. in the new hdd there isn't recovery partition that let me restore the laptop to factory settings. Also I didn't get the...
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    problem with recovery partition hp pavilion

    Hi my friend is tending to sell his laptop, so I made a backup image for recovery partition using clonezilla and then erased the whole disk, after restoring recovery image I couldn't reach recovery manager, so is there any solution to recover my factory os.
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    Help needed! Bad virus, formatted drive, need to get OS back, no OS partition.

    Time sensitive! Help! Stuck! Had a bad virus, Toshiba Satellite laptop, was forced to completely format the drive thus eliminating the OS recovery install partition. I am unable to proceed any further, I absolutely thought this computer would have had some sort of failsafe to NOT format the...
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    Laptop HDD failure - Recovery Partition

    I have an out of warranty Dell Inspirion 1545 with a suspected HDD failure. (Error Code 2000-0142). It is my plan to replace the HDD. However, the recovery information (Vista etc) for this computer is on a partition on the failing drive. Without that recovery information, how can I install a...
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    Using the Recovery Partition after clean windows install

    Hello, I did a clean install with Windows 10 on my Acer One 10 S1002. The problem is the touch screen is not working I have tried everything but just didnt work. I did the installation clean but I did not delete the old recovery partition of 7 gb. Now I want to go back to Windows 8 using that...
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    recovery media for c50-a-1dv

    Hi, I am unable to use the recovery partition so I need to use the receovery media which was not created. Is there somewhere I can down the revoery media for Toshiba Satellite c50-a-1dv? many thanks
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    Create a bootable recovery partition?

    Hi, I have the following setup: 128 GB SSD with my Windows 10 installed. 1000 HDD with just data. I'm traveling 3-4 month's per year and would like to get rid of carrying a USB stick with me all times, in case I need to reinstall my system. I've created a partition of 35 GB. I want to...
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    Recover Windows from failing drive to new drive from recovery partition

    Try to fix a friends computer, the hard drive is failing on her HP envy m6 and I need to install windows 8.1 OS over to a new drive. The computer will not boot completely and it has bad sectors affecting the c: drive. Windows tries to fix them but it ran for over 24 hours and never finished. I...
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    RCA viking pro tablet on Hard reset but it won't turn on or charge HELP PLEASE

    RCA viking pro tablet When it was on it was showing a message that said UIDS inconsistent and I pressed a button that said "I'm feeling lucky" then found recovery menu then I pressed wipe cache/partition and then it said it was done and then I went back to the recovery menu and pressed power...
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    HELP RCA tablet WON'T WORK!!!!

    HELP RCA TABLET WON'T WORK!!!! Ok first I did the recovery menu on my rca tablet and I press wipe cache/partition and then I went back to the recovery menu and then went to power reboot then it went to this black screen for 2 minutes then shut off then I went to turn it back on and now it won't...
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    Windows 10 error - could not find the recovery environment

    Short version: I bought a laptop and want to use the windows 10 reset feature. I know it has a recovery partition but i keep getting the error "could not find the recovery environment". How do fix this? Long version: I recently bought my acer aspire e5-575g-53vg laptop and it came preinstalled...
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    Trying to format my ASUS X55VD using recovery partition, not being successful

    Hello, as the title suggests, I'm trying to factory reset my laptop, but I'm not having much success. Laptop brand and model: ASUS X55VD Problem description: In order to access the recovery partition on this ASUS laptop, I'm supposed to hit the F9 key once the logo appears on boot. Done that...
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    Pc Angel Bios Partition locked

    I'm trying to recover data off a emachines t3995 after a capacitor blow out, I hooked up the old hard drive (WD Caviar, WD800) to my big rig though a ide/sata controller card only to find a 3gb partition filled with PC Angel recovery software ,after further analysis of the software I've found...