Dv7t-6000 my recovery partition gone and HP wants $50 to mail me a restore disk.

dv7t-6000 my recovery partition gone and HP wants $50 to mail me a restore disk.
Does anyone have a download link for this; it's criminal HP does not offer it to customers free. I already paid for it once when I bought the laptop.
thanks

I see from your screenshot that you have added a partition- and in the process the hard drive was converted from Basic to Dynamic. This always breaks Recovery function..
You will have to delete the extra partition AND convert the hdd back to Basic. Use "Option 1" here:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26829-convert-dynamic-disk-basic-disk.html
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