SOLVED: HP Pavilion dv6-1355dx Windows 7 Recovery Partition Failed, Windows Partition Formatted

Hello everyone. I just joined the community, so I apologize in advance if I am in the wrong place or if I do not supply all the needed information about my computer and problem in this first post.
I have an HP Pavilion dv6-1355dx Entertainment Notebook PC, which came with Windows 7 Home Edition, and an HP Recovery Partition. Today, I decided I wanted to start from scratch, as the system was getting pretty slow, and the User folders were becoming very unorganized. So I followed the instructions found at the HP website and used the program HP Recovery Manager. However, after the Recovery Partition formatted the Windows Partition, and had three minutes left to copy the files into the new partition, a message popped up declaring the recovery failed, and the computer had to be rebooted. So now I have a computer with no operating system on it at all, and the Recovery Partition continues to fail. I have used the Recovery Partition before, and this has never happened.
Has anyone encountered or know of a similar issue? Does anyone know a solution? Am I out of luck, or is there someway to ask HP for a copy of the installation media?
Thank you in advance.
EDIT: Never mind. I found a forum post with my answer. Sorry to anyone who spent the time to read this post.

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[SOLVED] How Do I Prepare Windows Recovery Environment on Windows 10. Taking Backup Measures on Your Windows Using ReagentC Tool and PowerShell

Howdy,
I'm trying to enable my system with WinRE but all to no avail. What could be wrong?
The partition layout is as follows:
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Partition -DiskNumber 4
DiskId: \\?\scsi#disk&ven_msft&prod_virtual_disk#2&2e87576f&0&000002#{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
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2 525336576 100 MB System
3 630194176 128 MB Reserved
4 E 764411904 95 GB Basic
5 102769885184 4.29 GB Recovery
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abel RECOVERY -Force -Confirm:$false
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Directory: R:\Recovery
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
d----- 13.01.2015 20:15 WindowsRE
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E:\Windows\System32\Recovery\winRE.wim
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Information:
Windows RE status: Disabled
Windows RE location:
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
And also:
PS C:\Windows\system32> .\ReAgentc.exe /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Disabled
Windows RE location:
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 6a7e9cfb-700d-11e4-95e0-00155d095900
Recovery image location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk3\partition4\RecoveryImage
Recovery image index: 4
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
Why is that? What am I doing wrong here?
How do I properly prepare OS for recovery?
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The target drive with location of WinRE.wim file MUST be NTFS formatted.
Here's what you need to do to enable WinRE.wim that is located on another partition (Partition 1 in my case):
1. Disable the current setup:
C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /disable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
2. Check the status:
C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Disabled
Windows RE location:
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Recovery image location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk4\partition5\Recovery
Recovery image index: 1
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes'?>
<WindowsRE version="2.0">
<WinreBCD id=""></WinreBCD>
<WinreLocation path="" id="0" offset="0"></WinreLocation>
<ImageLocation path="" id="0" offset="0"></ImageLocation>
<PBRImageLocation path="" id="0" offset="0" index="0"></PBRImageLocation>
<PBRCustomImageLocation path="" id="0" offset="0" index="0"></PBRCustomImageLocation>
<InstallState state="0"></InstallState>
<OsInstallAvailable state="0"></OsInstallAvailable>
<CustomImageAvailable state="0"></CustomImageAvailable>
<WinREStaged state="0"></WinREStaged>
<ScheduledOperation state="4"></ScheduledOperation>
<OperationParam path=""></OperationParam>
<OsBuildVersion path=""></OsBuildVersion>
<OemTool state="0"></OemTool>
</WindowsRE>
This is an incorrect config (this one demonstrates an already configured WinRE and OS Image configurations and cannot be reused to set another locations of WinRE and OSImage:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<WindowsRE version="2.0">
<WinreBCD id="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}"/>
<WinreLocation path="" id="0" offset="0" guid="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}"/>
<ImageLocation path="\Recovery\WindowsRE" id="0" offset="1048576" guid="{a235fafb-a690-11e4-95dc-00155d095900}"/>
<PBRImageLocation path="\Recovery" id="0" offset="102769885184" guid="{a235fafb-a690-11e4-95dc-00155d095900}" index="1"/>
<PBRCustomImageLocation path="" id="0" offset="0" guid="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}" index="0"/>
<InstallState state="0"/>
<OsInstallAvailable state="1"/>
<CustomImageAvailable state="0"/>
<IsAutoRepairOn state="1"/>
<WinREStaged state="1"/>
<OperationParam path=""/>
<OsBuildVersion path="9926.0.amd64fre.fbl_awesome1501.150119-1648"/>
<OemTool state="0"/>
<IsServer state="0"/>
<DownlevelWinreLocation path="" id="0" offset="0" guid="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}"/>
<IsWimBoot state="0"/>
<ScheduledOperation state="4"/>
</WindowsRE>
4. Assign a drive letter to Partition 1.
C:\Windows\system32>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.9926
Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: EH
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
Disk 2 Online 931 GB 0 B *
Disk 3 Online 930 GB 0 B *
Disk 4 Online 100 GB 0 B *
DISKPART> sel disk 4
Disk 4 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> list part
Partition ### Type Size Offset
Partition 1 Recovery 500 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 System 100 MB 501 MB
Partition 3 Reserved 128 MB 601 MB
Partition 4 Primary 95 GB 729 MB
Partition 5 Recovery 4390 MB 95 GB
DISKPART> sel part 1
Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> assign letter="R"
DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
5. Remove existing Recovery folders on R:
R:\>rd Recovery /q /s
6. Prepare folder structure:
R:\>mkdir Recovery
R:\>mkdir Recovery\WindowsRE
7. Copy WinRE.wim image to WindowsRE:
R:\>xcopy /H C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\Winre.wim R:\Recovery\WindowsRE\
C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\Winre.wim
1 File(s) copied
8. Copy config file:
R:\>xcopy /H C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\ReAgent.xml R:\Recovery\WindowsRE
C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\ReAgent.xml
1 File(s) copied
4. Set WinRE recovery environment:
R:\>reagentc /setreimage /path R:\Recovery\WindowsRE /target C:\Windows
Directory set to: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk4\partition1\Recovery\WindowsRE
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
5. Check the status:
C:\Windows\system32>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Disabled
Windows RE location:
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
6. Enable the specified WinRE:
Here's what you'll get if your target partition (with volume labeled R: in this example) is not formatted in NTFS:
R:\>reagentc /enable
REAGENTC.EXE: Windows RE must be installed on a simple volume formatted using NTFS.
That's what you'll get if it is formatted into NTFS:
R:\>reagentc /enable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
7. Check the status:
R:\>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Enabled
Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk4\partition1\Recovery\WindowsRE
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: e2b06021-6f56-11e4-82ee-abb7ebf625e8
Recovery image location:
Recovery image index: 0
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
Your Windows setup has just been enabled with WinRE pre-boot recovery environment located on the first partition of your drive:
8. Specify location of OS Image file (the install.wim one copied from Windows Setup DVD):
R:\>reagentc /setosimage /path \\?\Volume{A235FAFF-A690-11E4-95DC-00155D095900}\Recovery /index 1 /target C:\Windows
Directory set to: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk4\partition5\Recovery
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
9. Check the status:
R:\>reagentc /info
Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:
Windows RE status: Enabled
Windows RE location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk4\partition1\Recovery\WindowsRE
Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: e2b06021-6f56-11e4-82ee-abb7ebf625e8
Recovery image location: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk4\partition5\Recovery
Recovery image index: 1
Custom image location:
Custom image index: 0
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
Your Windows Recovery Environment is now located on the 1st partition of 4th disk drive and recovery image file the can be used to re-image Windows installation from that WinRE environment is located on the 5th partition of the same 4th disk.
See also
Configuring Windows Recovery Using PowerShell
Proper Configuration of Partition Layout on a GPT Disk under UEFI
Deploy a System Recovery Image
Thank you, Michael for your help!
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Dear/All
I've little pit serious issue and I wish o receive the answer here.
my Laptop is DV6-2105ee and I formatted the HD fully (I mean recovery partition also deleted) and becomes one partition only with 500GB capacity
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Recovery Manager could not restore your computer using the factory image.
Pleae contact H support. Error code: 0xe0ef000d
and when I going to restart the device the following msg. coming:
No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key
FYI : I Bios setting on Default
PLZ
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Answer the questions from the previous post before you ask questions beyond the original one. If you don't answer then I will move on to a thread where someone whom needs help will cooperate in trubleshooting an issue.
If you have anything plugged into a usb port remove it. Do not touch any keys while performing a system recovery.
Why did you ask the questions about the partition types? Did you modify or change the partition types? If you modified the recovery partition to dynamic then a recovery will not work.
Did you make a recovery disk set or a usb recovery media flash disk?
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HP Pavilion DV6 Restore/Data Recovery

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I would love to simply perform a system restore but I have two problems. First, I need a way to back up the important user files. Second, I need a functioning method for performing a restore.
I'm able to boot into Linux from a USB but I can't get the HDD to mount. I don't know if the drive is encrypted or not. If anyone has advice for me on this I'd be grateful cause I'm not sure how to go about it. I don't have any hardware to connect the HDD to another system so I'll need to get the current OS working or find a way to boot to another that can access the drive.
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Hi:
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See if rubbing the product key with a jelly bean works. It does from time to time if the key isn't too obliterated.
If you have a W7 home premium disk already (that you just used for a fresh install), just use the product key from the notebook to activate.
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http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool
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Windows 8 Recovery:
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HP Pavilion dv6-6100 se recovery kit

Please I bought my Laptop from Dubai, and its warranty has expired, I can't order a recovery kit niether from US nor Middle East, The option of the recovery kit or recovery disc is not available in the middle east site, and the product itself is not recognized in the US site, please help me ordering a recovery kit for my laptop.

As the computer was purchased in Dubai, you will have to contact HP in that country / region to purchase HP Recovery Media. HP Recovery Media will not be available in the US and can't be sent to the US by HP. Please contact official HP Customer Support in the country / region was purchased in, via the HP Worldwide Support Portal, to see if HP Recovery Media is available. You will need to supply a local address of a friend or relative and have them ship you the recovery media. Software may not be covered by the warranty and there may be a charge for the HP Recovery Media.
Alternatively, if you can still read the 25-digit Windows product key on the Microsoft COA affixed to the bottom the computer, you can install Windows 7 using this key. Please see "How to Install Windows 7 Without the Disc" for instructions on how to download Windows 7, create the installation media, and install Windows 7 using the 25-digit product key from the Microsoft COA on your computer. Using this method will not install any HP customizations or value-added software and you will have to manually install all needed drivers.
Links to Windows 7 SP1 downloads can be found HERE and HERE.
Direct link to Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool.
If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
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