REcrate factory recovery partition

I have a HP 17-e067nr My hard drive crashed, but I did manage to copy the files off the recovery partition first. So what I want to do now is recreate the recovery patition on the new hard drive with the old files. Any help would be great.
Thanks Michael

I have seen many try to recreate the partition-but never with success. If you did not create your Recovery Media before the hdd crashed you can order from your drivers/software list on the support page. Scroll down the list to see ordering option here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4132&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=5409...
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29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> $TxfLog
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29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> Unkown Application
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> Windows Photo Viewer
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29-07-2014 18:59 4,534 0027d8df.ico
29-07-2014 18:59 766 0027d8eb.ico
29-07-2014 18:59 766 0027d8ee.ico
29-07-2014 18:59 766 0027d8f2.ico
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29-07-2014 18:59 10,134 0027dbfb.ico
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29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .ogg
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .rb
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Unkown Application\.ogg
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29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> ..
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29-07-2014 18:59 13,178 0036b527.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 19,244 0036e009.ogg
29-07-2014 18:59 169,220 0036e18a.ogg
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29-07-2014 18:59 319,493 00370bc2.ogg
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Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Unkown Application\.rb
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:05 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:01 3,058,238,593 00eebc9d.rb
1 File(s) 3,058,238,593 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Windows Photo Viewer
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> .jpg
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> .png
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Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Windows Photo Viewer\.jpg
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 18:59 12,296 0027dbce.jpg
29-07-2014 18:59 41,093 003933da.jpg
29-07-2014 18:59 25,067 00396fae.jpg
29-07-2014 18:59 2,303 003c5891.jpg
4 File(s) 80,759 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Files Detected by their Signatures\Windows Photo Viewer\.png
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 18:59 64,902 0035b639.png
29-07-2014 18:59 530 0039c185.png
29-07-2014 18:59 556 003be59e.png
29-07-2014 18:59 1,023 003ed468.png
29-07-2014 18:59 1,704 003f1ec0.png
29-07-2014 18:59 624 003f252a.png
29-07-2014 18:59 13,777 0043a2c0.png
29-07-2014 18:59 2,897 00441e87.png
29-07-2014 18:59 2,915 00442a6c.png
29-07-2014 18:59 2,973 00442b91.png
29-07-2014 18:59 468 004433ca.png
29-07-2014 18:59 363 00443501.png
29-07-2014 18:59 238 00443be0.png
29-07-2014 18:59 331 00443fd9.png
29-07-2014 18:59 457 004442ad.png
29-07-2014 18:59 2,868 004444a7.png
29-07-2014 18:59 268 004446af.png
29-07-2014 18:59 280 004448d1.png
29-07-2014 18:59 257 004449f1.png
29-07-2014 18:59 2,158 00b962d1.png
29-07-2014 18:59 54,191 016a8a54.png
29-07-2014 18:59 4,224 017350e3.png
29-07-2014 18:59 4,241 01735f08.png
23 File(s) 162,245 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Recovery
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:06 <DIR> ..
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> Logs
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> WindowsRE
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Recovery\Logs
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Recovery\WindowsRE
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\System Volume Information
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> .
29-07-2014 19:08 <DIR> ..
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Total Files Listed:
65 File(s) 3,190,946,434 bytes
65 Dir(s) 178,172,325,888 bytes free
dir /s /a:s >f:\list2.txt
Volume in drive D is DATA
Volume Serial Number is 9A82-D42B
Directory of D:\recovered1
17-04-2014 23:37 2,560 $AttrDef
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $BadClus
17-04-2014 23:37 655,680 $Bitmap
17-04-2014 23:37 8,192 $Boot
17-04-2014 23:37 67,108,864 $LogFile
17-04-2014 23:37 262,144 $MFT
17-04-2014 23:37 4,096 $MFTMirr
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $Secure
17-04-2014 23:37 131,072 $UpCase
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $Volume
10 File(s) 68,172,608 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\$Extend
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $ObjId
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $Quota
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $Reparse
01-05-2014 09:24 0 $UsnJrnl
4 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\$Extend\$RmMetadata
17-04-2014 23:37 0 $Repair
1 File(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\$Extend\$RmMetadata\$TxfLog
17-04-2014 23:37 100 $Tops
1 File(s) 100 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Recovery\Logs
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1 File(s) 1,336 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\Recovery\WindowsRE
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26-04-2014 23:06 255,077,005 Winre.wim
3 File(s) 258,248,400 bytes
Directory of D:\recovered1\System Volume Information
18-04-2014 00:19 20,480 tracking.log
1 File(s) 20,480 bytes
Total Files Listed:
21 File(s) 326,442,924 bytes
0 Dir(s) 178,172,325,888 bytes free
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I think that you have to have Win 8 bootable to get into the recovery program. I believe that if you can find an exactly identical computer you can make recovery media on it or you can buy it from Toshiba.
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Re: Unable to use the recovery partition on Satellite L505D

Hello.
I am trying to help a friend with their Satellite L505D that had a serious virus issue(s). I was not able to run/install any programs with the virus on it. I used a Microsoft tool to remove the rootkit trojan, but I still had virus issues. I also lost most of the programs on the machine. All the folders were empty (except for some games), so I could not access any tools that way. I could not get the machine to load any Toshiba restore utility by pressing Zero while powering on. I accessed some recovery options using F8 during bootup, and had a link to restore to Toshiba's original setting, but clicking that choice did nothing other than pause for a few seconds. I waited several minutes, clicked it again, rebooted and tried again. Nothing. As a side note, once during all this, the restore partition was visible from explorer.exe. Not before, or since.
So I then Reformated the computer with a Win7 Home Premium 64bit upgrade disk (leaving the restore partition intact), and entered the key for the system. Supprise supprise, it is asking me to activate within 3 days.
My basic question is, can I access that recovery partition in a different manner to attempt to use it? IE copy it's contents, or boot to some comand prompt to log to e:?
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

> Is a recovery disk from another computer using Win7 Home Premium 64-bit usable?
Generally speaking yes BUT this second notebook must be 100% identical with same model number (PAxxxx).
> Or if not, am I left with either ordering recovery media from Toshiba, or wiping the entire HDD and installing another licensed version of Win7?
Exactly. To be honest better option is to order original Toshiba recovery disc.
You can order it under https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx
For 30 euro you will have original disc that you can use anytime you want. This disc has OS with valid licence, all necessary drivers.
It is also simplest way to have all properly installed. With 5 mouse clicks and after 2 hours only notebook will have factory settings again.

Windows 8.1 update added a recovery partition now the recovery function won't work.

After the latest 8.1 update, an extra recovery partition as added to the C: drive. A few other things got messed up so i decided to reset to factory original. To my surprise the HP Recovery Tools no longer work. If I hit F11 I get a 0xC0000225 error where the device isn't avaialble. I can see the recovery partition with the WINRE partition but I think the computer doesn't know where the partition is. I'm on an DV6-7211 with Windows 8.1 update. Anyway to tell the F11 function where the WINRE drive is? Since HP didn't seem fit to give me recovery media in my box I have no way to revert back to factory original. SInce there is a liscense for Windows 8 included, I don't feel like spending the money to buy a new operting system. Recovery media is way too expesive.

You might try making a Recovery set with the software included on your machine-though it may not work now either. Creating Recovery Media >> Windows 8
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Problem creating Mtn Lion Recovery partition on external drive.

USB external. Newly erased, three partitions: one 2GB for Recovery HD, other two backups of my old SL machine and new ML machine (Mini). Those work and their respective machines fine. Drive seems OK.
    Used Recovery Disk Asst v. 1.0 to create Recovery HD on the small partition while booted into 10.8.2 (the brand new Mini). Factory installed Mtn Lion Recovery HD exists on internal drive and it works— when starting with command-R or command-shift-R, not with Option key.     Install of Recovery HD to external seemed to go fine and doing a "diskutil list" in Terminal showed both the internal and external Recovery HD's, properly named as such.   However, when restarted with Option down the recovery partition showed up named the same as my internal— at that point "Macintosh HD" but later when I changed the internal's name, reinstalled the Recovery HD, and restarted with Option key the recovery partition now was named the same as new internal drive name.   Both times choosing the recovery partition resulted in booting into internal drive.
Was wondering if anyone had a similar problem— and found solution/reason.   Apple Tech Support particularly not helpful/knowledgeable on this subject.

Hi Baltwo
   Really appreciate the help.   Many thanks.     Finally seems to be working.     Not sure exactly what worked but in case you're interested I'll give you a, hopefully, short summary:
Using DU (after copy/paste of the command you wrote above into Terminal) I cloned the working internal drives RDH to the partition for it on the ext.   Failed— still seemed to work as almost an alias pointing at the boot volume on the internal.
So, erased the external again; didn't partition, did a reinstall of ML from DU while booted into RDH of internal. Then started from that new ML partition on external and let Setup Asst migrate everything over from the internal to keep Users/Permissions from being a problem.
    When that finished I tried to restart w option key.   Got a recovery HD that was called exactly that but, again, booted into internal boot drive.   Booted into internals RHD just to make sure it was OK and it was.
   For whatever reason again restarted w option key.   This time I got four choices: the boot volume of internal and external, an ext volume called Recovery HD (the trickster), and another volume called Recovery 10.8.3.   Something new— and, as Bill Murray said in Ground Hog Day, "anything new is good."   So I tried booting into that new RHD 10.8.3. (Note, I'm still running 10.8.2 on boot volumes.)
And that worked— booted into Recovery HD but no way that I could figure to see for sure that it was the Recovery HD on ext vs. on internal.   I think I need to activate the Debug menu on the RHD DU so I can choose the 10.8.3 recovery and see if I have the option of Repairing the disk or it's greyed out. If greyed, then proves I'm booted into it.   Might be a more elegant way to see that but it's the one I know.    Still, I assume I was in the RHD on the external.
Then made a second partition for the old mac's backup and that initially resulted in the boot volume of the internal backup not be mountable but after a restart or two testing the two RHD's, the mini decided to see all the volumes and things are, for the moment, copacetic.
Hope that wasn't too long and boring.    From my experience and reading on the 'net, my general sense is that there are a bunch of variables that all have to be right for this process to work. Probably less is more and just installing ML on a disk by itself will be the most reliable method, if most wasteful of data storage.
Regardless, couldn't have done it without you, baltwo.   I don't use this forum enough to know what the etiquette and protocols are but I marked all of your posts as useful, which they were, and, finally, as solving my issue, which they did.
Thanks again

Hp pavilion dv6 missing recovery partition

hi.... i coppied the recovery files and folders into an external hard drive, and removed recovery partition and then formated the computer... now I can't recover my computer to original (factory) since I don't have recovery manager...
Help pleeeeezzzzzeeee

Hi
The only thing you can do is call your local Hp Tech Support or follow the link below :
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=bph07143
Hope this helps.
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