Recovery Partition and F11 recovery option missing

Hi All,
I have reset by T430 from the USB recovery(Windows 8) which i have created earlier. My recovery was successful, but the recovery partion was missing in the notebook harddisk and F11 recovery option was missing in the startup menu after recovery.Please suggest me, how to restrore the recovery partion.

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MBP 2011 Grey Screen. Normal Boot, Recovery Partition AND Network Recovery

Hey Fellow Apple Lovers!
My Macbook Pro 2011 recently froze and afterwards I haven't been able to log into the system. On start-up I encounter a gray screen. I'm sure this problem is very common on in the Community.
I have tried the following:
SCM reset
NVRAM reset
Safeboot (ends with blue screen)
Tried to boot into the recovery partition (Gray Screen)
Network recovery. The application downloads the data after connecting to my network and then continiues to start up.. Gray Screen
Now I realize that at this point, we're probably talking about a problem with the HDD. However, I am slightly perplexed by the fact that even Network Recovery acts the same. Any specialists who might have some deeper knowledge about the inner workings of the MBP?
Best regards
Kristian Holm Sejersen

Kristian,
The blue screen is what I would be most concerned with. It could mean, if you've a 15" or 17" 2011 model, that you've the faulty installed AMD Radeon GPU, as discussed here -> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4766577?tstart=0.
Unfortunately, if you DO have this problem, it won't show up in either the Apple Hardware Test, which you can run, or in the normal tests performed by Apple techs.
If you've a 13" model, this problem would not apply.
The only thing that I can suggest is to take the machine to your local Apple Store or an AASP and see if your machine can be evaluated properly. If you do have a 15" or 17" and if you do have the problem of the faulty soldering, Apple will suggest a logic board replacement. That is only a temporary fix: a 'real' fix is having the GPU reballed and it's much, much cheaper than a logic board replacement.
Give a ring back - if you've a 13" machine, I'm not certain what the problem might be.
Clinton

DELETED RECOVERY PARTITION AND NO RECOVERY DISKS.

I BOUGHT THIS LAPTOP FROM A FAMILY MEMEBER WHO BOUGHT IT FROM A PAWN SHOP. I AM TRYING TO RESTORE TO FACTORY SETTINGS. I TRIED RECOVERY MANAGER AND FOR SOME REASON MY RECOVERY PARTITON HAS BEEN DELETED AND THERE IS NO RECOVERY DISKS. HP DOES NOT OFFER A RECOVERY KIT. ANY SUGGESTIONS???? HELP?? LAPTOP IS A COMPAQ PRESARIO F 700 AND HAS WINDOWS VISTA HOME BASIC OS,
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Yes-Recovery Discs will put it back to as shipped from factory.
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Missing Recovery Partition and Unrecognized File Systems

So, a long time ago I accidentally deleted my recovery partition and have recently been trying to fix it so that I can upgrade my OS to Mavericks. After browsing around here I found the Recovery Partition Creator 3.7 and used it to create a new recovery partition. Using the diskutil list command everything seemed to be fine and it looked like the partition was successfully created so I tried reinstalling OS X Lion by holding command R at startup. Doing so brought up the internet recovery menu and I selected reinstall Lion which was still unsuccessful because "a recovery partition could not be created". So, I decided to check in disk utility to see what might be wrong and I used the disk utility debug command in order to access disk utility's debug menu and show all the hidden partitions. Now, looking at these partitions I see two hidden partitions: disk0s1 which is an EFI partition, and disk0s3 which is the Apple Boot Partition that was created by Recovery Partition Creator 3.7. After verifying the partitions, disk utility is telling me that both my EFI and apple boot partitions have unrecognized file systems, my Macintosh HD partition is fine. At this point I do not know what to do.
Below are photos of the diskutil list and of what disk utility is showing me for the two hidden partitions.
For reference I am running OSX Lion 10.7.5 (11G63) on a early 2011 13 inch Macbook Pro (Base Model).
Bootrom version: MBP81.0047.B27
SMC Version: 1.68f99
Thank you all in advance for your help, feel free to ask me any questions.

Just an update, I went ahead and installed Lion again over the existing TM restored installation using the Lion Update file and at least File Vault is working. Interestingly, I still do not have a Recover partition so obviously something new for Apple Support to learn.

Some configurations such as a software or hardware RAID do not support a recovery partition and can't be used with Find My Mac.

I'm getting the following error message when attempting to invoke "Find My Mac"
Some configurations such as a software or hardware RAID do not support a recovery partition and can't be used with Find My Mac.

You have no recovery partition. This is a normal condition if your boot volume is a software RAID, or if you modified the partition table after running Boot Camp Assistant to create a Windows partition. Otherwise, you need to reinstall OS X in order to add a recovery partition.
If you don't have a current backup, you need to back up before you do anything else.
You have several options for reinstalling.
1. If you have access to a local, unencrypted Time Machine backup volume, and if that volume has a backup of a Mac (not necessarily this one) that was running the same major version of OS X and did have a Recovery partition, then you can boot from the Time Machine volume into Recovery by holding down the option key at the startup chime. Encrypted Time Machine volumes are not bootable, nor are network backups.
2. If your Mac shipped with OS X 10.7 or later preinstalled, or if it's one of the computers that can be upgraded to use OS X Internet Recovery, you may be able to netboot from an Apple server by holding down the key combination option-R at the startup chime. Release the keys when you see a spinning globe.
Note: You need an always-on Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection to the Internet to use Recovery. It won’t work with USB or PPPoE modems, or with proxy servers, or with networks that require a certificate for authentication.
3. Use Recovery Disk Assistant (RDA) on another Mac running the same major version of OS X as yours to create a bootable USB device. Boot your Mac from the device by holding down the option key at startup.Warning: All existing data on the USB device will be erased when you use RDA.
Once you've booted into Recovery, the OS X Utilities screen will appear. Follow the prompts to reinstall OS X. You don't need to erase the boot volume, and you won't need your backup unless something goes wrong. If your Mac was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade, so make a note of those before you begin.
If none of the above choices is open to you, then you'll have to start over from an OS X 10.6.8 installation. There's no need to overwrite your existing boot volume; you can use an external drive. Install 10.6 from the DVD you originally used to upgrade, or that came with the machine. Run Software Update and install all available updates. Log into the App Store with the Apple ID you used to buy 10.7 or later, and download the installer. When you run it, be sure to choose the right drive to install on.

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Deleted and lost my recovery partition and everthing will deleted.

Sir; my laptop has attacking some big viruses, i fix this viruses using McAfe antivirus, the option for SHRED the selected drive D (unfortunately recovery partition by mistake selected) files in shred scanning, after that D drive has all files deleted. i lost my partition drive. At the second stage, windows 10 upgradation notification in toolbars, i installed and upgrade to Windows 10. after the restart the screen will be in BLUE or BLACK stage, not to boot to the operating system. I will try to reset the early stage of my laptop, but not reseting the laptop, then try to refresh, but it could not been refresh, then try to factory reset, this one is also failed, then try to restart and hit esc key to enter boot option screen, try it on recovery option, this one is failed to the same problems. i can try all the ways to get my recovery drive os.Finaly i choose a option for use windows bootable disk to put the drive and reinstall the laptop, in installing process select drive to instal the os partition, no drives to select choose options, that time i will delete all the drives and create ne drive and partition. after installing the os but i can't get the recovery partition, and i will try to hp support to check updates, only the recovery is not found the check updates option. my laptop has 3 months warrenty remaining, but now my laptop is expired in 25/1/2015. please give me help in what can i do for next procedures and how can i get the previous mode or get recovery partition in my laptop. is it possible for early stage of my laptop? or A newly purchased hp laptop it contains all functions, these functions install my laptop?

, Hello and thanks for posting on the HP support forums. You will need to obtain a copy of the recovery media for your notebook. Here is a link to help you get a copy. HP PCs - Obtaining HP Recovery Discs or an HP USB Recovery Drive | HP® Support
Thanks again for posting and have a great day.

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That does happen. It depends on how hard the server is being hit, as well as the connection speed of your system. If you are on a windows system, you will want to disable any antivirus or firewall software during the download.

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hi i want to use find my mac but i got this massage (some configurations, such as software or hardware RAID,do not support a recovery partition and can't be used with find my mac)

hi i want to use find my mac but i got this massage (some configurations, such as software or hardware RAID,do not support a recovery partition and can't be used with find my mac)

Windows 8 Deleted Recovery Partition and Saved but No Boot

Hi
I ve Hp Pavilion G6 - 2336el , i bought it 5 months before and 2 days before i installed Ubuntu but by mistake ubuntu deleted all partitions (included recovery partition) and created one for itself.
by using DiskTest tool on ubuntu i recovered some files and full of recovery partition.
after that, for re-install windows 8 from recovered partition , i did set partition bootable by using another tool which was running on ubuntu.
now, windows 8 repair screen appears but im getting -a required device isn't connected or cannot be accessed- error.
i googled about this problem but the solution didnt work for me. (boot change from bios)
by the way , for precaution , i made an IMG file of recovery partition also (which is 14gb).
i tried burn a bootable disk with that image but didnt work because some files in img is too big for fat32.
after that i tried boot from EFI file but bios cant reach to Ntsf part. i tried to explorer IFE file in fat32 but i couldnt because IFE file which i ve is more than 13gb (same problem for fat32 file system)
so summary :
i ve recovery part with files (install.wim , *.ife files...) but getting error.
i ve an .img of partition but couldnt make bootable disk
Maybe there s a tool for reach ntsf then i can boot from ife...i dont know i need ur help.
what can i do?
im really so sad , already i lost many important data, files , pics.. im living in italy and im a student (not italian) and i really cannot order another cd from Hp for recovery.
Im waiting your help.
Thank you.

well, i downloaded windows 8 64bit Enterprise Evl. from microsoft site as says here : http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Recovery/Windows-Vista-7-and-8-ISO-Image-file-Download-Links/t...
and i installed without problem..
but before install the system with ubuntu live cd i booted pc and i found my product key which is embedded in bios.
then installed win8 Enterprise 64bit..
now my problem is activation, when i digit the key , before active it, it says under the box it s correct but when i click to active it then im taking the product key you entered will not work with this edition of windows 8 error..
what should i do
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Maverick upgrade: Can't create recovery partition and infinite loop

Hi,
I'm using MacBook Air Mid 2011 with 256 GB SSD (~30 GB free disk space) running MacOS 10.7.4. So far I never followed the suggestion to upgrade to MacOS Maverick but yesterday I thought, OK, let's do it.
After the first reboot the setup started working, but after about 5 minutes it quit with the error message, it can't create the recovery partition and said, after a reboot, I would be sent back to my old MacOS.
However, it booted again into the setup, worked a few minutes, quite with the error message and said, I have to reboot. I tried this a few times but didn't find a way to cancel the setup, but boot into my existing MacOS installation.
I found no other solution than to make a full restore with TimeMachine.
I'm now wondering what the problem was. One point may be that I use FileVault for hard disk encryption and it never asked me for my hard disk password. This is in particular remarkable because TimeMachine didn't show me my internal hard disk as a restore target until I went to the disk utility and used Unlock on my hard disk where I had to enter my password. So maybe this is related?
I know I could run the upgrade without creating a recovery partition but now I'm concerned that other problems could occur if I don't identify the root cause.
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You can try making a Recovery Volume using the 2nd link if you still have the installer.
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Whether a Recovery-partition and its all contents will be created automatically..?

Please tell me whether a Recovery-partition and its all contents will be created automatically when I install Mac OS X 10.7 on a fully formatted new hard drive?

Gennady Abakyan wrote:
Please tell me whether a Recovery-partition and its all contents will be created automatically when I install Mac OS X 10.7 on a fully formatted new hard drive?
Usually, but there are some conditions that can prevent it. See "Some features of Mac OS X Lion are not supported for the disk (volume name)" appears during installation.
So, I get exactly the same (hidden) Recovery-partition on my Mac mini 2011 as from the store if I delete the hard drive current partitions scheme and create a new scheme with an only one (bootable) partition?
You can't do that, at least not from the Mini, while you're runing from it.
You can, however, remove and/or resize partitions in most cases. See #4 in Using Disk Utility.

Recovery partition with no recovery

Hello,
My customer's laptop (Compaq Presario CQ58 - hopefully it's good place to ask that question) had some issues with hard drive, so I replace it with bigger one. I've cloned all partition trying to save 3 other sizes (Compaq specific ones: first, probably Windows-installator-100MB, third - recovery and fourth-some-software) exact, so only C partition has been expanded. Because it was at-customer-home fix, I haven't done it exactly by sectors position, but simply by size given in cloning software input fields. Software used - WD's edition of Acronis True Image.
So drive has been cloned and starts fine. Recovery option during bootsrap (F10 tapping) is available and loaded HP menu is present, but recovery option there is inactive. Like some file or sector pointer is missing. Standard Windows recovery points are available only.
Question is - how to recreate proper *whole drive recovery* option to that system ?
I've done additional sector-by-sector backup of those 3 partitions from old drive, so I think if I restore them by brute force now - recovery should work fine then (if MBR has not been treated by HP some strange way). But is there another option ? I don't know recovery partition general-format, so it's why I'm asking the source
Thank you for any clues.

The simplest method is to use the usb recovery media to perform a factory image recovery to the new hard disk.
The factory image recovery executed from recovery media will create all required partitions, including a fresh recovery partition, and enable the HP recovery manager to operate as expected from within Windows or from an F11 keystroke on powering up.
Copy all important data, documents , photos and videos to external storage before you begin. The factory image recovery will delet all partitions that are currently on the hard disk.
Of course, the unfortunate downside is that you will have to reinstall the programs and utilities that you have already installed to the new drive.
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How to pull e-mail, password recovery phrase and password recovery answer f

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I am very new to HR ABAP and have some basic doubts in ABAP HR.
I need to pull login which is like an e-mail id, password recovery phrase and Password Recovery Answer.
Can some one guide me from where or from which table or which info type should i pick these values and how.
Regards,
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Manage your Apple ID primary, rescue, alternate, and notification email addresses - Apple Support explains the difference between Alternate and Rescue Addresses and the "necessity" for a Rescue Address.
I fall into the category of not needing one (only two security questions in the challenge), so my "Forgot your answers?" link to send the email sends to my ALTERNATE address.
I do not know the criteria for 2 or 3 security questions.
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I deleted my recovery partition and now want it back

hi i have a hp pavillion g6-2106nr i made recovery disks for it , but every time i try to use the to gain my recovery partiton back it keeps asking for drivers which i thought was saved on the recovery disks that i made for there is a total of 10 dvd recovery disks for my computer but they are proving worthless how do i recreate the recovery partiton to where when need be all i have to do is hit f11 to restore my computer with out needing a winodws7 disk and having to install the drivers one by one do i need to purchase the recovery disks from hp to get this accomplished my computer is currently underwarrenty and i am a computer tech but i never actually intalled a recovery partition on a computer but im sure im missing something or my disks are crap please tell me what im doing wrong so i can fix it and make it back to factory original programing as when it came out of the box
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You can order the Recovery Media and it should reinstall the OS and restore the Recovery partition: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4063&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=5278...
Click on "order Recovery Media" and then fill in the appropriate information.
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