Restoring recovery partition from recovery media windows 8

I have accidentally deleted my recovery partition on my 14b-150se sleekbook. I already created a recovery media on my pendrive after i bought the laptop with preinstalled windows 8. But the pendrive can only help to restore the computer. I am unable to refresh my pc without that partition. Can i get back the recovery partition using the recovery pen drive..?? My product number is (Removed content).

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 came across your post about the System Recovery, and wanted to assist you! As long as you have the Recovery Partition on your USB drive, you should be able to recover the notebook. Please review the following documents for further assistance, if needed:HP PCs - Recovering your computer from a USB flash driveHP PCs - Creating and Using a Microsoft Recovery USB Drive (Windows 8)HP PCs - Creating a Recovery Image on Discs or Saving a Recovery Image to a USB Flash Drive (Windows 8) Please let me know if this information was helpful by clicking the thumbs up below.
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Is possible restore backup full from linux to windows?

Is possible restore backup full from linux to windows, I need know if is possible.
There are any document about it?

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Yes because They are in little endian.
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Create Recovery Media Windows 8 without USB drive

Hi,
I recently bought a T530 with Windows 8 pre-installed. I want to create recovery disc(s). However, in the "Create a recovery media" wizard, I don't have the option of selecting DVDs if tick the option "Copy the recovery partition to the media". I have a bunch of DVDs lying around and I would like to use them. Not to mention that I don't intend to buy USB drive just for this purpose.
Any help is appreciated.
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Hi egrivel,
As stated above, there is no option to create optical recovery media. You can use a flash drive. 8G 16G I believe, but verify that when running the utility. Make sure "copy the recovery partition" is checked.
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Restoring two partitions from Time Machine

My Time Machine has been backing up two equal-size partitions from my iMac's internal HD, to an external HD. Following a drive replacement, I now I have a new, empty internal HD. If I use the "Restore from a Time Machine Backup" routine (from my Recovery HD on a USB stick), will it automatically recreate and populate the two partitions as they existed before? If not, what process should I follow to make that happen?

If I use the "Restore from a Time Machine Backup" routine (from my Recovery HD on a USB stick), will it automatically recreate and populate the two partitions as they existed before?
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If not, what process should I follow to make that happen?
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How to restore iPhone backup from a new Windows laptop?

I am using iPhone 4S and my phone went to recovery mode while updating iOS 8.1
Phone got started after a while and I am having backup of the phone in iTunes as well but unfortunately, I am not able to restore the backup!
I have copied the backup from %appdata% -> Roaming to my external hard disk!
So, is there any way to restore it from a new laptop while using my external hard disk?
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dna4 wrote:
i dont have a backup copy from my old computer
Really? Why would you do that?
You can transfer itunes purchases from your iphone to your comptuer. Without syncing: File>Transfer Purchases
You should import any pics taken with iphoen to the new computer, as you would with any other digital camera.
You can e-mail the pics that you synced to the iphone to yourself. They will not be of the original quality.
If you enter one unique contact and calendar entry on the new comptuer, then when you sync, you should get the option ot merge the data.
No backup is not good.

Error When Trying to Access Root Partition From KDE media:/

Hi!
My other partitions mounts fine and i can browse through all of them manually(from console). The only problem is my first partition hda2 which gives a "Permissions Denied" error when I click on it even though I'm currently in root.
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would adding user_xattr help?
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HOW DO I RESTORE DELETED FILES FROM CREATIVE MEDIA ORGANIZER

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Booting Bootcamp partion from restored Bootcamp partition

My Boot Camp XP installation is no longer bootable after I restored from a backup I created in Disk Utility 2 days ago. The Bootcamp partition is not listed as bootable when I boot my MacBook and hold the OPTION key. When I configure my computer to boot from that partition in System Preferences, I receive a black screen with message "No bootable device"
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:: 1
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:: 2
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:: 3
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Problem with restoring my HDD from .dmg image

Hello,
I encountered a problem with boot camp which couln't make a new partition for windows, because it couldn't move some files. It was a problem of defragmentation which i found surprisingly hard to solve. I'm a new mac user, and i was unable to find any defragmentation utility. Even the boot camp ask me to make and image of HDD, reformat it, and then restore from image. It was quite easy when i was reading it but after all i end up with new instalation of MacOS X without access to my files stored on HDD image.
Here's what i did:
1. I made images of HDD and and partition. To make images smaller i previously copied all of my multimedia files to PC. Images were created as read only, not compressed. They were stored on PC
2. I have used disc utility after booting up from MacOS X CD, and made a new partition. It's name is the same as the one i made image from.
3. Now it's the point when i should restore my partition from image but i encountered some problems. I copied images to mac again and was trying to restore partition from it but disc utility said it doesn't have any checksums or something like that. I read that it was a problem of verifying image with disc utility (the first button on the upper left side called verify.) It have checked image and made checksums but i still was unable to restore partition from it.
Now, i know it might be silly to try restore HD from image on the same HD but shouldn't it shows some oder errors? After booting up from CD i can't connect to PC to browse it's resources and writing address (http://pcname/folder/partition.dmg) in source line in restore tab does not do anything.
Is the only solution to connect a firewire hard drive to my mac with images on it? Or it is a problem with my images (making image process didn't showed any errors with HDD image and partition image).
Moreover i cant access those images on my MBP cos it's says that there are no mountable file system. Does it means that this image is bad?
Please help, I'm running out of options as i don't have firewire HDD and i'm really annoyed cos things like defragmentation are so easy on Windows and i don't get it why it's must be so complicated on Mac
Sincerely
PS sorry for my english
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*It said that my image don't have scan information and it needs to be imagescanned.

Restore Windows 7 from Recovery Media on brand new SSD

Hey all,
a. I have a brand new Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD which I want to install on my x230t.
b. I have already created a recovery media disc on a 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive.
c. I have already updated all drivers (and BIOS) on currently installed mechanical hard drive.
So the question is simple, how do I use that to restore to factory settings on brand new SSD? I don't want to:
1. clone the current mechanical drive and
2. I don't want to follow this guide as this installs a fresh copy of Windows 7 by downloading the a standard installation ISO and then installing the drivers included in the "SWTOOLS" folder in the C Drive. I want to use the factory recovery disk I created on an USB flash drive as that install all drivers and turn computer to factory state (all at the same time).

ron2k_1 wrote:
I don't want to:
1. clone the current mechanical drive and
2. I don't want to follow this guide as this installs a fresh copy of Windows 7 by downloading the a standard installation ISO and then installing the drivers included in the "SWTOOLS" folder in the C Drive. I want to use the factory recovery disk I created on an USB flash drive as that install all drivers and turn computer to factory state (all at the same time).
Recovery media is actually a clone. At the Lenovo factory, we preload your system by installing the OS, drivers, and software. The very last step of the preload process is to create an image of the preloaded HDD using imagex, and this is what is on the Q drive of the Win7 preload. So if you were to use the recovery media you created, all you are doing is restoring a image (clone) of the HDD as it left the Lenovo factory. This is what you say you don't want to do.
If it were me, I would install the fresh copy of Win7, manually install the WLAN driver and System Update from the X230 driver matrix, and then let Windows Update and System Update do the rest...
Recovery media is OK, but you are left with a 1+ year old preload and still have to run Windows Update and System Update to download hundreds of updates. Might as well just start with a fresh install and accomplish the same thing.

Recover Windows 7 with Recovery Media from WXP

Created a Recovery Media from a preinstalled ThinkCentre (M58p) Windows 7. Stored on DVD including WINR.WIM total size 257 Mb. Installed Windows XP using Lenovo RnR DVD's. So far no problem.
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Do I need the recovery disks of Lenovo for this? Does the Recovery Media only work in combination with W7 OS?
F11 starts RnR for the WXP. The recovery partition of W7 seems to be deleted by the recovery of WXP.
In the past (pre-ThinkVantage-period) I used Ghost for the original factory OS's, did work nicely.
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Hi,
welcome to the forum.
Ok, so let's start from the scratch. What you have created while the Win7 was instaled was not an "image" nor a backup of your system. That was just a bootable "Rescue" disc, so that in case you cannot boot up into OS, you can boot from this CD and this will give you some options to save your date, etc.
Unfortunately on your protection I have to tell, that it is a bit harder to differ the two buttons, where one says "Create Rescue and Recovery disc" and the second one "Create recovery media". The one will create a disk, like you have. The second one will create you a new set of recovery CDs, that you could use for the restore of your system.
So in this situation, where also the original RnR Win7 partition is gone, Is the only chance to get back to Win7, to call support and ask for the Recovery CDs.
Let me know, if this post helps you. a bit.
Also feel free to asky any add question. I'll be happy to answer them if I know the correct answer
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Restoration from Recovery Media

Is restoration from Recovery Media restore whole drive with all partitions (System+OS+Recovery+HP_Tools Partition)?
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Yes, choosing the 'Factory Reset' option will do this.
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Create Recovery Media from Recovery Partition

I'm trying to help my sister fix her laptop, it's a HP Pavillion DM3. The hard drive has developed a physical fault which is preventing it from booting into Windows, however the Recovery partition appears to be undamaged.
What I would like to do is replace the hard drive with a new one, and restore it using the recovery partition from the old hard drive. Is there any way I can do one of the following:
1. Create recovery media when booting into recovery manager/the recovery partition?
2. Copy the hidden contents of the Recovery folder on this partition (when connecting the drive to another computer), so I can copy the recovery partition to a new physical disk?
Any help greatly appreciated, thanks.
Matt
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MattGoldman,
When requesting assistance, please provide the complete model name and/or product number of the HP computer in question. HP/Compaq makes thousands of models of computers. Without this information it may be difficult or impossible to assist you in resolving your issue.
The above requested information can be found on the bottom of your computer, inside the battery compartment or on the startup BIOS screen. Please DO NOT include your serial number. Please enter the model/product information into HP's Online Consumer Support page and post it here for our review.
Neither the methods you have described nor the procedures that have been provided will work. While, it possible that "D:\" HP Recovery partition is fully intact it is more likely that it isn't. The only way I think you may be able to recover the system at this moment is to purchase a new hard drive of like size and capacity as the failing drive, and "clone" the entire old drive to the new drive. This will / may require two USB 2.5" external drive enclosures and a working computer to accomplish.
After the drive is "cloned", place the new drive in the HP laptop computer and see if it boots. If it boots, immediately create the HP Recovery Media. If it doesn't boot, try setting the "D:\" HP Recovery partition as active using a drive partitioning utility. If this boots, it should start the HP Recovery process and return the computer to a factory like state.
If none of the above works, please contact official HP Customer Support in your region / country, via the HP Worldwide Support Portal, to see if HP Recovery Discs are available.
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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!

I'm unable to recover Windows 8 from recovery media.

I am trying to do a system factory restore and have been unable to do so and am getting frustrated.
By the way I'm using the Thinkpad Twist s230u with Windows 8.0
Here is what I have done so far...
1) Created recovery disk on a USB drive (I don't have any CD/DVD on this laptop).
2) Rebooted and pressed F-11 to start recovery mode
3) Chose my language and keyboard
4) Selected "Troubleshoot" and "Reset PC"
5) Selected "Target - Windows 8"
At this point, I get the message "Insert Windows Install or recovery media."
I insert the USB disk.
I get the message "Media inserted is not valid."
6) So I backtrack to "Troubleshoot". Instead of "Reset PC" I choose "Advanced Options"
7) I choose "System Image Recovery"
Now I get the message "Windows cannot find system image"
WTH? I am sure that the USB media was created correctly and the recovery partition is intact on HDD 2 (Windows Disk Management shows the recovery partiation as "Hard Drive 2"). I try to browse for an image and it' asking me for a driver that has system info? I can't get it to find the recovery partition, and it doesn't look like the USB disk has enough information to restore an entire OS.

I believe I have solved this problem by using a partition manager, making a copy of the recovery partition to the primary drive. Then "reset pc" seemed to recognize it.

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