Recovery partition is missing boot file!

My operating system was missing and my hard drive was formatted I tried using the windows installation disc but it didn't help. Then I installed Windows 8 its seems a little too confusing but I miss my Windows 7 features. Is there any way to boot from the recovery drive without the boot file, Windows 8 can't open the recovery manager though.
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Sometimes you can mark the Recovery patition as Active and the laptop will boot into it and reinstall.
1.Open Disk Management>>Instructions
2.Right-click on the "HP Recovery" partition and select "Mark as Active Partition."
3.When the warning prompt appears, select "Yes" - Reboot and it will automatically boot into the Recovery Manager.
If this fails, phone HP to order Recovery Disks for your machine.Choose your country here> Contact HP
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I just followed following instructions and it worked perfectly. I didn't have to install anything new,
"1.Right-click on "Computer" icon and select manage.
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3.On the left side of the MMC, click on "Disk Management" and it will show you all of the partitions.
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, 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
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Hi Baltwo
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Everything is perfect, but I think that the recovery partition is missing. If I look in the iCloud panel, the "Find my Mac" service is disabled because "recovery partition is needed".
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