Ordering a HP Recovery Kit Windows 8

The websites directions to order the HP Recovery kit are not up to date with the current website layout. I need to order the kit for my laptop. ENVY dv6 Product: C2M11UA#ABAModel: dv6-7210usWarranty: 1y1y0y Just looking to be pointed in the right direction to get this ordered. Thanks

Hello , Thank you for visiting the HP Forums! A great place where you can find solutions for your issues, with help from the community! I understand that you are having an issue ordering Recovery Media, and wanted to assist you! Please review the following document, as it will help you with this process:HP PCs - Obtaining HP Recovery Discs or an HP USB Recovery Drive Here is the Web page for your product:HP Support - Software and Driver Downloads Once there, you can select your Operating System. After that, you can scroll down to the bottom of the list. Click on "Order Recovery Media-CD/DVD/USB", and continue from that point. Please let me know if this information was helpful by clicking the "thumbs up" below.
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Trying to order 2 disc recovery kit but it keeps giving the 3 disc consumers kit. Help!

I'm trying to order recovery 2 disk kit for windows 7 64 bit OS on HP Pavillion Dv6 Notebook but it keeps giving me the 3 disk consumers kit. Someone please help me get the right kit. I entered the correct information but it doesnt seem to matter. What can I do to insure I get the correct kit. Apparently I cant call, chat or email as im no longer under warranty.

Hi,
All HP notebooks essentially would have an additional disc containing preinstalled software applications. You unit would require two CD for the actual OS to be installed and the third CD would contain all preinstalled softwares and applications that come with the unit. This is completely normal and should not be causing any problems.
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HP Recovery Kit

Following a botched repair and subsequent non genuine Windiws 7install to my HP G62-107SA Notebook, I decided to order an HP Recovery Kit.
Disk 1 seems to install fine without error messages then the system asks for Disk 2. When Disk 2 is inserted, the drive make some strange noises but the system doesn't seem to recognise it.
Because of a delivery error, I was sent two packs of disks so I tried a new Disk 2 but with the same result. This process has been attempted several times.
Before I started, I had a working computer`with (albeit non-genuine Windows 7), now I have a computer that doesn't work at all.
Can someone give me some advice please.
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Before trying the recovery again try a hard reset as follows:
1) Remove the battery and unplug the DC power adapter.
2) Press and hold the power button for more than fifteen seconds.
3) Plug in the DC power adapter (leave the battery out for now)
4) Press the power button
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HP recovery kits

Hey there,
When attempting to upgrade to an SSD there was an error and my HDD failed.
I no longer have an opperating system and the HP partition is gone- I wiped the drive.
When booting up i'm told there's no OS Will ordering offical HP Recovery kits restore the HP Partition and the windows operating system. Will i get a brand new OS with a new windows product key ect?
Thanks so much for reading.

Recovery Discs install original OS and Drivers/Software. The discs use an OEM volume key which is embedded-will activate automatically.
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Pavilion g6-2226nr Windows 8 "NO BOOTABLE DEVICE". No recovery kit.

Error code: 0xc0000185
system log: 0021 or 03F0
I need some advice on how to get my hard drive reseated. I just got laptop so I have no recovery discs to use. I attempted the following to fix, but still no results: BIOS enabling legacy, disabling secure boot; removed hard drive and putting it back in, flea power, etc.
Is there anything else I can do before I take the leap to purchase those EXPENSIVE recovery kit discs?
Thanks you guys!!

You may have a bad hard drive, which Recovery Disks won't help with. You have a 1 yr warranty, phone HP for service. 1-800-474-6836
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HP Pavilion dv6-6100 se recovery kit

Please I bought my Laptop from Dubai, and its warranty has expired, I can't order a recovery kit niether from US nor Middle East, The option of the recovery kit or recovery disc is not available in the middle east site, and the product itself is not recognized in the US site, please help me ordering a recovery kit for my laptop.

As the computer was purchased in Dubai, you will have to contact HP in that country / region to purchase HP Recovery Media. HP Recovery Media will not be available in the US and can't be sent to the US by HP. Please contact official HP Customer Support in the country / region was purchased in, via the HP Worldwide Support Portal, to see if HP Recovery Media is available. You will need to supply a local address of a friend or relative and have them ship you the recovery media. Software may not be covered by the warranty and there may be a charge for the HP Recovery Media.
Alternatively, if you can still read the 25-digit Windows product key on the Microsoft COA affixed to the bottom the computer, you can install Windows 7 using this key. Please see "How to Install Windows 7 Without the Disc" for instructions on how to download Windows 7, create the installation media, and install Windows 7 using the 25-digit product key from the Microsoft COA on your computer. Using this method will not install any HP customizations or value-added software and you will have to manually install all needed drivers.
Links to Windows 7 SP1 downloads can be found HERE and HERE.
Direct link to Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool.
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System Recovery Kit for dv7-3165dx fails to restore factory image to replacement hd

I'm posting this wall of text here in case someone else has any suggestions before I contact HP Support to see what options they have.
My attempt to recover the factory image to a replacement hard drive in an HP Pavilion dv7-3165dx notebook is failing. An error occurs when SM.exe is trying to merge the WIM files. The SSRD.Log shows an error:
SM, 13, Set reference file fail
after that, SM.exe displays this message when run from a command line:
SM, Failure, Can not load imagex 1 from src WIM file
The following are the symptoms that the Recovery Manager displays on the screen.
The Recovery Manager reads the two DVDs and after a few seconds, it pops up an error message:
Reducer
C:\RM\Image\TempBASE.WIM was not found.
The message has on "OK" button that when clicked on, closes the message window.
After that, nothing happens. No disk or DVD activity for over an hour. The mouse moves, but no key presses have any effect, including CTRL-ALT-DEL. You can use the mouse to move the Recovery Manager window around, and there is nothing hidden behind it. Clicking on the Recovery Manager Back, Next, or Cancel buttons produce no response at all.
The only option at this point is to hold down the power switch until it powers down.
When the power is turned back on, the hard drive boots and Recovery Manager displays a message that incorrectly claims "Recovery is complete" and has a "Click Finish to restart" button. After clicking on "Finish", it reboots but since the System Recovery did not actually complete, all it does is display:
BOOTMGR is missing
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart
Before attempting the recovery, the notebook passed all diagnostic tests.
The 2x2GB memory cards, which still have HP stickers on them, were tested with Memtest86+ V5.01 and completed over six passes in over seven hours with zero errors.
The replacement 500GB HGST Travelstar Z5K500 drive was tested with gsmartcontrol. The SMART status showed no errors in the past with over 400 hours of power-on time. Both of the SMART short self-test and extended self-test tests were run, which it passed without any errors.
The HP System Diagnostics from the Startup Menu were run on the memory and hard drive and they passed those tests without any errors.
While waiting for the HP "System Recovery Kit for Consumer Notebook (3 Disks)" Software Part Number 599357-001 to arrive, both Fedora 21 64bit and Windows Vista 64bit were successfully installed on the harddrive.
Both System Recovery DVDs were read on different machines without any errors. This System Recovery Kit supports the notebook's System Id which is 3638, so they appear to be the correct discs.
Now a list of workaround attempts that were suggested.
After the Recovery Manager failed a few times with the same error message, some googling came up with other users mentioning the "TempBASE.WIM was not found" error message. I tried these suggestions that I read about.
Run KillDisk to fill the HD with zeros.
Running Recovery Manager after that failed with the same error message.
Run the CyberLink Recovery Discs Utility (sp44645.exe).
Running Recovery Manager after that failed with the same error message.
Installed Windows VISTA 64bit again and upgraded the BIOS from F10 to F13.
Running Recovery Manager after that failed with the same error message.
Try only using a single 2GB memory card to see if it was a 64bit problem.
Running Recovery Manager after that failed with the same error message.
The BIOS does not have an option to change from AHCI mode to IDE mode.
I don't have a Windows 7 OEM install disc and am trying to avoid spending $100 to buy one.
That is when I decided that it is not a PC hardware problem, but a problem with the HP System Recovery Kit. Here are the details of what I think the Kit is doing.
After running Recovery Manager and getting the error message, instead of just re-booting and letting the "Recovery is complete" message appear, I re-booted with a Linux USB drive and inspected what was on the hard drive.
fdisk -l shows this:
Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xa5dddc41
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 409600 143013887 142604288 68G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 * 143013888 143833087 819200 400M c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
fsarchiver probe shows this:
[======DISK=] [=============NAME====] [====SIZE==] [MAJ] [MIN]
[sda ] [HGST HTS545050A7    ] [ 465.76 GB] [ 8] [ 0]
[=====DEVICE] [==FILESYS==] [=====LABEL=] [====SIZE==] [MAJ] [MIN]
[sda1 ] [ntfs    ] [<unknown>    ] [    68.00 GB] [    8] [     1]
[sda2                 ] [vfat    ] [SDV ] [ 400.00 MB] [   8] [ 2]
Running gparted shows about 200 MB of unallocated space before the sda1 NTFS partition. The rest of the disk is unallocated after the bootable sda2.
The sda1 NTFS partition has a \SSRD.Log file and an empty \RM\Image directory.
The sda2 FAT32 partition has the Recovery Manager application files in it:
/mnt/sda2:
total 400
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15 Apr 9 23:36 SDV.FLG
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 9 23:36 SYSTEM.SAV
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 1 2009 BOOT
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 1 2009 EFI
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 1 2009 SOURCES
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 27 2009 TOOL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 383562 Jul 13 2009 bootmgr
The SOURCES directory has boot.wim, and the TOOL directory has all the programs, like Reducer.exe and SM.exe, in it.
After shutting down the Linux system and rebooting, the Recovery Manager then boots from sda2 and displays the "Recovery is complete" message and "Click Finish to restart" button. During this process, it removes the sda2 partition and marks the sda1 NTFS partition as the active bootable partition. When the PC restarts, all that is left is the sda1 NTFS partition with the empty C:\RM\Image directory and the SSRD.Log file, so there is no BOOTMGR to boot with.
The SSRD.Log file logs the tasks that the Recovery Manager performs.
The Recovery Manager runs some initialization tasks and then reads the two System Recovery DVDs. It then calls MergeWimFile which runs SM.exe and starts to merge BASE.WIM with the other BASE*.WIM files. SM.exe merges 20 WIM files with log entries like these:
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE22.WIM
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE23.WIM
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE3.WIM
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE4.WIM
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE5.WIM
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE6.WIM
SM, Success, refName= C:\RM\IMAGE\BASE7.WIM
Then, with only two WIM files left, BASE8.WIM and BASE9.WIM, the log shows:
SM, 13, Set reference file fail
This must be when Recovery Manager pops up the "Reducer C:\RM\Image\TempBASE.WIM was not found" error message.
That narrowed down the problem.
I copied all of the WIM files and the TOOLS directory to a Windows 8.1 system. The two DVDs did not have any errors while being read. Running SM.exe from an admin Command Prompt with the same parameters that were logged in the SSRD.Log produced the same error message. There was an additional error message that appeared in the Command Prompt window:
SM, 13, Set reference file fail
SM, Failure, Can not load imagex 1 from src WIM file
and the TempBASE.WIM was not created.
SM.exe /? did not provide a help message. I could not find any documentation on the SM.exe command.
If I removed three of the WIM files, (BASE7.WIM BASE8.WIM BASE9.WIM) then SM.exe could create the TempBASE.WIM file, but it would fail while merging index 2 of 3 with this message:
SM, 11%, Merge index 2 of 3 Processing
SM, Failed, Export image failed
The TempBASE.WIM is 3,421,518 KB in size after that.
This is where I came to a dead end and cannot think of anything else that I can do. Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but it appears to me that there was some kind of error building this System Recovery Kit and it is not able to perform a factory install on this notebook.
ps
If I can figure out how to add an attachment, I will add the SSRD.Log file. If not, then ask and I will post it as a followup.

Downloaded Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit which contains the latest imagex program.
Running imagex.exe on the BASE7.WIM file on the second System Recovery DVD:
imagex.exe /info K:\PRELOAD\BASE7.WIM
ImageX Tool for Windows
Version: 6.2.9200.16384
Error opening file [K:\PRELOAD\BASE7.WIM].
The data is invalid.
The same error message is shown for BASE7.WIM, BASE8.WIM, and BASE9.WIM.
The other WIM files in the PRELOAD directory, BASE5.WIM, BASE6.WIM, BASE10.WIM, BASE13.WIM, BASE15.WIM, BASE17.WIM and BASE23.WIM, could be read by imagex without any errors.

Recovery dvd (Windows Vista 32-bit)

My unit is hp pavilion fx 2000 was corrupted and don' have recovery dvd (Windows Vista 32-bit) is it possible have online

Hi,
There is no download option available, but you can order a replacement set of Recovery Discs using the link below.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00810334&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en
If you have any problem with this link, order them directly from HP.
If you live in the US, contact HP Here.
If you are in another part of the world, start Here.
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HP Elitebook 8570p - No recovery option windows 7

Because I did a fresh install for windows 7, I used a operating disc, meaning I had to download the drivers on here. The problem is, where do I download the option to let me use recovery? Its like a black window prompt the gives me the options. I have home edition. Wheres the link to download.
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Recovery disks are not a downloadable product.
With the original operating system installed, there was an option to create a usb recovery flashdrive or a recovery disk set. When the notebook was first turned on after removal from the box, the setup script asked the original owner if he or she was ready to create recovery media. It appears that you may have inadvertently forgotten that.
If you removed the original partitions that were on the hard disk you will have to purchase a usb recovery flashdrive or recovery disk set from HP or an HP Partner.
Looking for recovery media? Contact HP and order a usb recovery flashdrive
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Download hp recovery manager windows 10 64 bit

Hello everyone
i upgrade my laptop to windows 10 and Unfortunately i lost everything because i made some mistake,however i find some solution is to used "HP recovery manager"
i read many article about"HP recovery manager" but i can't find link useful for Windows 10.
so i wish anyone could help me to download hp recovery manager windows 10 64 bit.
thanks and regards
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Product number: J3S26EA#ABF HP 15-r040nf Notebook PC (ENERGY STAR) windows 64bit

petrosss wrote:
I am trying to Perform an HP system recovery (Windows 7) but is not working.
I press F11 and there is an error:
obviously I don't have the recovery manager and I also dont have the windows instalation disc, that's why I made a copy in a USB and tryed to install it that way. The screen shows a Windows BCD store issue. That should'nt be a big issue to resolve
So, the only solution is to order a recovery disc from HP and then I install the HP recory manager? It is the best solution.
by this way after doing that can I install the windows 7? You can always install Windows 7 as log as you have the twenty five character license activation key.
Once you have the recovery usb media you can put your notebook back into the state it was in when you removed it from the box whenever there is a serious issue. If Windows 7 was the OS it was delivered with then running the recovery manager and performing a factory image recovery will reinstall Windows 7 and the recovery partition.
Do yourself the favor of ordering the usb recovery media instead of a recovery disk set. USB recovery media is durable, unlike a recovery disk set, which can be damaged by a simple scratch on the label side.
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Recovery Manager / Windows 8 / Failing to restore / discs purchased from HP

Last week I purchased a set of recovery discs directly from HP.com. Before this my laptop was running perfectly fine, no issues at all. I purchased the discs in hope of restoring my laptop to its factory settings. After receiving the first set of discs I inserted the first disc and powered my laptop down and then powered it back up. I then proceeded to follow the instructions presented in the interface. I noticed when I got to the 4th disc, the "Application and Driver Recovery DVD", that the image was not taking at all. After such I received the following message in Recovery Manager: "In most cases, recovering the hard drive will fix your problems. If your problems continue, you may need to contact HP Support. Find HP Support contact information in your PC documentation".
From there I clicked on the "finish" tab that resulted in the laptop powering down but not rebooting. So I powered it back up manually where I received the infamous "Boot Device Not Found / Please install an operating system on your hard disk / Hard Disk (3F0) / F2 System Diagnostics" message. I was immediately alarmed. I proceeded to repeat the system recovery instructions once again. These were the instructions provided by HP along with the recovery discs.
Once again I received the same messages, the same results. So I immediately contacted HP support. The first agent I spoke to acted as if he had never heard of the "Boot Device Not Found" problem, which I now know is very common with HP notebooks. He diagnosed the problem as faulty recovery discs, thus he had a new set expedited to my home. I received them a few days later, the exact same set of discs and instructions. Of course I was feeling weary about things at this point. And as I expected I received the exact same results as I did with the prior set of discs.
So once again I contacted HP support where they looked into other problems, such as the health of my HDD. But the HDD passed both the quick check and the extensive check. Like I stated earlier, before I started the recovery process with the HP discs I had no problems with my laptop at all, including my HDD. So the agent had me go through the BIOS solution that I have seen others use on here, where legacy mode is enabled. This solution to failed.
I've also tried resetting the BIOS to it's default settings. I've also carefully removed my HDD and reseated it nice and snug. After doing so I ran the diagnostic tool, and once again the HDD passed with flying colors. HP support finally suggested, as I was already expecting, for me to have the laptop sent off to them to have it repaired. This is not an option. It was a perfectly running machine before I ran the recovery discs and it should be the same now.
But one thing I did notice from the get go, after receiving the first set of discs, and researching what the interface of the recovery manager should look like (http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03489643), was the fact that the interface established by the windows 8 recovery discs that I received, look nothing like that found on the HP support site. It also never gave me the option, like it states in the instructions that were provided with the discs, to select either a "Factory Reset" or a "File Backup Program". The system recovery instructions are dated as Second Edition: March 2014 but the 3 operating discs are dated 2012 with the Driver disc being dated 2014.
Like I stated before, after running all 3 operating discs through, without interuption, the Driver disc does nothing when asked if I have a supplemental disc. With that all being said, has anyone ever been provided the wrong set of recovery discs directly from HP? Or do you know of another solution that might solve my dilema? Any help or suggestions would be sincerely appreciated.
I'm just wondering if I might have received a set of discs intended for let's say a desktop system running Windows 8 instead of the ones needed for a laptop.
The following is the name and part # of the discs that I received: "System Recovery DVD Windows 8 Recovery Media for Windows 8 Products". 1st disc: 708664-001, 2nd disc: 708665-001, 3rd disc: 708666-001, 4th disc (Application and Driver): 712189-B26.

GRuss wrote:
Did the replacement disks work? I have the exact same problem, hours on the phone, no solution except send to them with more money
Nope. I gave up trying to get real support and a resolution from them. You'd think they would have at least a few local American reps to communicate with, but I guess HP is too **bleep** cheap to pay a few extra bucks to hire such people!
Anyhow I took a different route in restoring my operating system, thanks to an individual on another tech site. He gave me a link to an ISO file that at least got me back up and running.
And don't, whatever you do, send them anymore money. It's a complete ripoff, complete sham. After, like I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, communicating hours after hours with HP support over this matter I was told I would receive a full refund, even though the discs sold to me originally had already blown out my Windows 8 operating system. I reluctantly agreed. I just didn't want to deal with them anymore. Over a week had passed and I saw that my credit card had still not been credited like I had been promised by the HP rep. So I called back to see what was going on with it.
Once again I was put through the ringer, told to call this and that number, connected over and over with different Indian reps. Finally one, after speaking with her supervisor, told me I would NOT be receiving a refund because I had received and used the discs. I finally stopped being polite at this point. I blew up on the phone! These effers admittedly sent me the "copied wrong" discs not once, but 3 freaking times! Thus blowing out my operating system! Prior to being told I would receive a 100% refund, I offered to go directly to the HP distribution center where the discs originated from. Ironically it's only about 40 miles from my home. I just wanted to take my laptop there with me to find the correct software to restore my operating system. But they, the HP reps, would not allow such. Complete BS!
Thankfully I was able to contact my credit card company and was able to dispute the charge. When I told the "American" rep that I was having a problem with HP he started chuckling. He pretty much told me that HP was one of the most disputed companies out there. He took care of everything for me. I was able to get a full refund for the time being.
I will never buy another HP product again. And this is coming from someone who has not only an HP laptop but a 2 year old desktop as well, and not too mention my HP printer. After this ordeal they, HP, will never get a dime from me again!

How to have Snow Leopard, Mavericks with built-in recovery, and Windows 7 (Bootcamp) on my iMac (Intel)?

I would like to have Snow Leopard, Mavericks with built-in recovery, and Windows 7 (Bootcamp) on my iMac (Intel). Is this possible? If so, how? Currently, I have Snow Leopard and Windows 7 (Bootcamp) running on my iMac. I have enough disk space to split my Snow Leopard partition. I have read that if I split my Snow Leopard partition, clone my Snow Leopard partition to the new partition, and boot to the new partition, that I may have problems with the Maverick's upgrade because it may not be able to create the recovery parition, or that it may erase the Windows partition, or that it may mess up the Windows boot process.

Simplest is to install Mavs on an ext HD, using FW or TB. I don't do windoze, so can't advise about the Boot Camp and multiple volumes issue. Since there's no Boot Camp, I have four volumes running SL through Mavs.

Cannot view a requisition order from the Requisition summary window.

When i query a requsition order from the requsition summary window without entering the operating unit but just the requisition order no, it shows the following error: APP-FND-01016: Routine FDFRKS: Unknown structure ID 0 for flexfield code GL# with application ID 101.. Can someone offer a solution..?
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R12.1.3I tried internally in my R12.1.3 Instance..with the same search..I don't see any errors...without OU
You may want to log a SR with oracle..
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Boot partitions with recovery and windows? new SSD drive

Gang,
I have a new Retina 15 and bought a larger SSD from OWC. I also upgraded an older MB Air (from 128 to 240GB) and so I had an OWC Envoy with the original 128G from the MB Air in it. Killer by the way with USB3 support. So I plugged the Envoy into the Retina formatted the Envoy and then used that as a back up for the Retina using Time Machine.
I swapped out the old drive in the Retina and then put in the new OWC drive and of course the boot recovery partition was not there and so I plugged in the Envoy which had it and formatted the drive then installed from backup and everything worked fine.
BUT.... I no longer have a recovery or windows partition both of which I would like to have for this machine.
So how do I do that? Reinstall MT LION?
Thanks
Gordon

Gang,
Ok here is how you do it!
First create a MT Lion Recovery disk using Lion Disk Maker:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/39701/lion-diskmaker
Then do a time machine backup to some kind of local drive or as I did my TimeCapsule.
Boot holding down the option key with the Recovery Disk inserted (I made 16 SD card, but a 8G usb stick or the larger DVD writtable drive would work as well) and select to boot to the Recovery Disk. When booted, reformat the root boot drive with GUID partition and then do a full install to your standard boot drive. This will create the recovery partition and load the OS. This is the only way to get the recovery partition created.
When done then select the Drive option when asked for were to upgrade your machine from. Then select the time machine backup which will load all your stuff.
Your done!
Thanks
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Lenovo Yoga 3 14 recovery and Windows 10 upgrade

Hi,
I have a few questions regarding Lenovo Yoga 3 14 recovery and Windows 10 upgrade (should be generic questions that apply to other models as well):
1# Will the Windows 10 update and activation change in any way the Win8.1 OEM serial key stored in BIOS? Is there any chance that any software changes that BIOS OEM key (like malware or similar)?
2# After updating to Windows 10, if I put the USB recovery pen drive (created in Win8.1), will I be able to restore the Win8.1 version (factory restore), and successfully activate it and use it without issues?
3# On a clean drive (without any partitions, like for instance if I buy a new one), if I use the same USB recovery pen drive (created in Win8.1) to do a factory reset, will it re-create all partitions, including the recovery partition one?
Thanks

1) Run the Win 10 installation and choose "Upgrade Windows" option. Windows 10 will be installed and it will be activated.
The chance of any software changing the OEM key is insignificant.
2) Yes, you can recover Win 8.1 successfully. No need to activate it, it will be auto-activated.
3) I dont have experience with this but reading around the forum I have seen that using a recovery drive on a new HDD may not install windows and re-create partitions.
The recovery partition is the hardest to re-create on a new HDD, even you are able to re-create it the NOVO button usually doesnt work.
Let me know if I answered your questions. Thanks.

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