Recovery Partition won't boot!

Hello dear forum participants!
I have hp pavilion dv6 laptop, recently I've reinstalled original OS(win7 home 64 bit which comes with the laptop) to win7 home premium.
Now I would like to get back to factory defaults and I'm unable to boot from HP Recovery partition.
When I press F11 at startup it boots ordinary OS, but not the HP recovery software.
How can I get my recovery partition working??
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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.
2.This will launch the Microsoft Management Console.
3.On the left side of the MMC, click on "Disk Management" and it will show you all of the partitions.
4.Right-click on the "HP Recovery" partition and select "Mark as Active Partition."
5.When the warning prompt appears, select "Yes" - Reboot the notebook and it will automatically boot into the Recovery Manager (without having to press F11). "
This will work given that you have intact recovery partition, any version of windows 7 (may be vista and xp too) installed. But be mindfull once you mark it as Active Partition it'll automatically boot in recovery partition and you'll have to restore the computer to out of the box state. Otherwise you'll have to use some utility to chagne boot loader.
Regards,
- Chethiya

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2. Dropping support from CD/DVD Recovery Disc creation from Windows 8.1 is simply taking scissors to a safety net given that booting from USB Flash Drives DO NOT WORK consistently across all hardware, especially ones running UEFI Firmware.
3. OKR is nice to have, but not mission criditical if the disk space is limited, especially if alternatives exist.
4. Windows native tools for backup and restore DO NOT WORK with this particular Lenovo model and its UEFI Firmware. I'm pretty sure it doesn't work others from Lenovo or other major brands. Value Added tools like OKR do not restore on Bare Metal.
5. SSDs absolutely ROCK, and the trade-off between speed and storage is well worth it, especially now that storage can be offloaded on to NASs or the cloud. No mechanical storage issues to worry about (had 2 drives crash within the last month, each dying just after the 2-year warranty expired), runs much cooler, and it's a no brainer - 120GB drives can be found on sale for $60-$70, the crappiest of them will still run many times faster than traditional hard drives.
Bottom Line: things that SHOULD WORK often DON'T WORK.

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