Recovering Laptop From Restore Partition?
Jul 15, 2011
I've been having problems restoring my laptop. It came with a system restore partition on it, but I've been unable to access it due to the laptop failing to stay on long enough to do so. So i wiped the laptop and installed my PC's copy of Windows 7 on there, didn't activate or anything. I did this so i could actually get in the laptop and restore it. When i installed it showed me the partition's still there for the recovery. So i installed on the main drive, leaving the recovery partition alone. Now I've got a fresh install I cant see how to recover it off that partition.
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Oct 16, 2011
I recently lost my partitions while resizing it using a software.Getting directly to the point, I re installed windows 7 on C: after formatting it. But the D: drive where all my files are backed up is now unrecognized. I have used another recovery software and recovered some photos & videos, but I'm sure some more important files are still remaining. Can I rebuild or re-structure the D: drive using a software so that I get it back in its actual state, i.e just like how it was before my resizing accident? If yes, which is the software I should use/buy ?
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Dec 28, 2011
I accidentally deleted a partition in Windows 7 (dynamic disk) using the disk management tools. That partitions is full of works and photos from the last 2 years. Are there any way I can recover the data? The space left by the deleted partition are still un-allocated at the moment. Do I need to create the partition prior to data recovery? I am using Active Partition recovery to scan at the moment. No result yet.
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Mar 17, 2012
I had lost my windows 7 partition after trying to put an XP install disk on a usb drive and the program wiped my partition. I then used testdisk to recover the partition and to my surprise it recovered the entire thing as the xp thing had just deleted the partition. I then tried to boot into it but since I've had said BSOD. I installed a new windows 7 install on a seperate partition since then and have been running from it but would love to get my old install back. I have tried running all fixboot options, etc. FixMBR will tell me it has repaired it but when I try rebuildbcd it tells me it cant locate the install, even though it'll ask me if the windows 7 install is the one i want. I have run a chkdisk which completed with no problems and an SFC on the installation which told me there were corrupt files it couldnt fix. I am attaching the CBS.log.
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Jul 24, 2012
My laptop was fried when it crashed during a BIOS update and I need to get the files off of it. I do not have a SATA adapter but I do have another laptop that I can plug the hard drive into (which isn't corrupted). Obviously I cannot boot the computer up since the Windows installation is going to differ but I was wondering if there was any sort of bootable CD software that I could run to recover files from the drive. The hard drive was running 64 bit Windows 7.
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Dec 19, 2012
I'm building a new computer. Can I partition the hard disk, copy my laptop HD to boot from one partition and run a new windows 7 pro os from the second partition?
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Jan 10, 2012
I am running windows 7 home premium, upgraded from Vista. This is a Dell inspiron 1525. I have a recovery partition on the hard drive (E). When I startup, choose F8, choose "repair my computer" I have no option to restore from the recovery partition. There is no "dell data safe / recovery" option. I have heard this is due to my upgrading to win7. Two questions: Am I right in believing that the problem was caused from the upgrade? (even though the recovery partition was untouched).....2nd Question: if I first format the C: drive will it cure the problem?
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Apr 25, 2012
I am installing Mac on my PC and that requires me to reformat and wipe my partitions. I made a backup of my whole windows partition and am storing that on a separate PC. When I install Mac I will have 2 partitions.Here is my question:Is there any way that I can restore my Windows backup (VHD) to a specific partition on my drive without wiping my whole drive? I want to set up a dual boot with Mac
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Aug 8, 2012
I was wondering if it's possible to make a restore partition in my HDD? Just like the laptops now that come with the restore already built into the drive, any way of doing this?
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Jul 24, 2009
i am using lenovo y510 laptop which comes with an hidden OEM partition which can be used for "one key recovery" process to restore original settings or to format the pc without any cd or dvd or usb and it is a very nice feature a laptop can have...
now my question is...
my laptop has vista home basic in its OEM partition...is there anyway to change it to Windows 7...so that it can format Windows 7 whenever i press recovery key ?
or is there anyway to do something like this ?
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Dec 1, 2009
So I installed XP, and can't log on to Windows 7 atm. I understand why now. However, if I just format the XP partition, will I be able to log onto Windows 7 again?
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Jan 28, 2012
Can I remove partition D were my original setup info is on.I have a vista configuration as original.Now i am running WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE.Made backup from day one on 3 disks.
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Mar 31, 2010
How to Restore a Partition Image From a HDD to a SSD ?
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Feb 8, 2012
i have recently format my windows partition on my laptop and installed the windows 7 again.the problem is one of my partitions lost . when im going to Control Panel>Administrative Tools>computer management > disk management i can see my "c:" partition with different capacity as shown in image below.this partition was 100 gb before and the lost partion was 120. what i can see here a total of those two in down . i need my data on the other partition. is there anyway i can see those and make backup ?
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Nov 21, 2009
i have a Dell 1520 that origanlly had Vista on it, it also has a D: partition that is a restore partiton of 10gigs (for Vista). i have upgraded to Windows 7 but that partiton is still there. my question is, is it poosible to create a Windows 7 restore partition to repace the Vista restore partition, and if so how? , or can i just reclaim that 10Gigs since i dont think i will be going back to Vista.
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May 7, 2011
I instelled kubuntu on a disk with Windows 7 installed. During the setup, I accidentally formatted the ~200MB partition with windows 7 boot files. The partition is still there, and I can access to it and to the windows 7 main partition. But Windows 7 (obviously!) doesn't boot! How can I restore the content of this partition? The Windows 7 dvd didn't work because can't recovery the boot files.
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Aug 28, 2011
how to perform a safe manual restore from the Dell Factory Image Partition. The problem is that i dont have the inbuilt option in the RECOERY MENU OPTIONS PAGE because i performed a fresh install of Windows 7 using the Resource DVD that shipped with the system The recovery partition is intact as the Fresh Install worked only upon the OS partition C:. The contents of the Recovery partition are visible in Command Prompt. In the Explorer it contains the following:
1. Recovery(Folder)
2. Info(Application)
Clicking on the "Info" opens a screen pop up which says: "Warning, This is dell recovery partition. Its contents must not be altered." The contents of the Recovery folder are hidden in the command prompt, but using dir /ah I can see the contents and it contains some of these folders and files as i am seeing it right now:
1. Autorun.inf
2. Desktop.ini
3. info.exe
4. A long list of "Protected.arabic" and like files
5. system 32 (dir)
6. windowsre (dir)
How can i restore the Factory image? After reading a lot of pages in different forums, i feel that it is possible to do a manual restore from this Recovery Partition.
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Apr 24, 2012
In Windows 7 SP1, I can not find a command that enables the restore system on a local partition.
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May 8, 2012
I have been fixing PCs for friends and family for years, some of them are really good at screwing up an OS a only couple months after i install a fresh copy of xp or 7. i would like to be able to create a restore method simple for them to use to reset there machine back to my initial installed state. was thinking something similar to newer PCs F11 restore method or something i could add to a bootloader in 7 or xp making it a "dualboot" with just the OS and the recovery.
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Feb 15, 2013
I am not sure if this is possible however is there a way of installing Windows 7, ctivating it with my OEM key and then created a recovery partition just in case I am ever in the situation where I need to run it using a hot key during boot?
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Jul 24, 2012
I was wondering if this would work as a poor man's backup system for Windows 7.
1) Take my daughter's laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate on it and partition the only hard disk to have a C: drive (125 Gigs) and E: drive (75 gigs).
2) Setup Windows 7 backup to backup data and disk image of the C: drive TO the E: drive.
Works OK on backup if the hard drive fails, you loose everything C: and E: but if you want a quick fix for virus attacks on the C: drive, or a quick way to restore files to the C: drive.the 64 dollar question... I haven't tested this part yet but can you RESTORE the E: drive image of the C: drive using the SYSTEM REPAIR DISK ?? Would the restoration reformat the entire hard drive, and in effect crash the restore before it starts? Or would it just reformat the C: drive partition??
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Aug 8, 2010
I have a computer with the F10 option when I first turn on the computer. The hard drive failed so I have replaced it and installed windows 7. I am wondering if I can create a recovery partition when I turn on the computer and use the F10 option to restore back to when I first installed windows 7?
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May 31, 2012
I currently have a windows seven cd disk that I purchased from retail and recently I have tried to see if I could use the data partition that came on my laptop in order to recover my pc when I tried to launch system recovery from the bios it would just boot to windows normally. instead of trying to start up system recovery using a partition I wanna know how do I make a partition on my pc, and how do I turn that partition into a recovery partition using my purchased copy of windows 7 that would all me to be able to use that partition instead of a disk in order to reinstall windows.
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Jun 19, 2012
I have a Dell XPS Studio MT 435 with a two HDD RAID0 system. It has three partitions:
1) C: System,
2) D: Recovery
3) Unnnamed.
It shipped with Vista Home and I upgrade to Win 7 Home. HDD1 was causing errors...the RAID0 was dying. I was getting many BSODs.I bought Acronis True Image Home 2012.I was NOT able to clone the entire disk as an image because of the BSODs.I was able to backup (sector by sector) the C: and D: partitions. I did not backup the unnamed partition.I was also able to have Win 7 backup save off the C: partition.I then replaced to the two hard drives (WD 640 GB) with two new hard drives (Seagate Momentus XT 750 GB) and reestablished the RAID0 with these new drives.First I used the Win 7 recovery CD and its backup to restore the C: partition. The restore was successful but it wouldn't boot. There was no MBR. Windows didn't ask about nor put a MBR back on the system.Next I used Acronis recovery CD and its backup to restore the C: partition.It did ask about a MBR, which I said to do. The restore was successful and when complete, it booted up to the Win 7 login.I logged in and checked things out.Everything seemed fine, my stuff was back. Until I tried Windows Update.If failed saying that the service isn't running.I checked, the server was running so its a false error report.
I found Fix It for Windows Update and it did stuff but no good. Windows Update still fails.I then got a clue that it won't run unless Windows thinks the software is genuine. So I ran the MS validation site. It reported that I was missing files and to fix that I needed to install Windows from a genuine DVD. Which I have.I ran the installer (in custom mode, it wouldn't install in express mode as the DVD was older version). The installation almost completed and I get a dialog box saying the Win 7 was not compatible with my hardware.I don't know what to try next. Of course I have compatable hardware, it was running on the old drives and running on the new drives with a broken Windows Update.I feel that I'm so close to being fully back up and I don't want to give in and start from scratch by install Windows on a wiped disk and then loading all the programs and data file one by one back onto the system.
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Apr 15, 2011
I would like to reformat my computer to speed it up again. Does reformatting slow down a computer after already being done? I want to keep some of my files, but I will not be using the windows reformat, I plan to use the "restore to factory settings" option. How would I do this? I have a "recovery" drive and I was wondering if I could store the files I want to keep onto that and when I reformat I could just transfer them over. How should I go about reformatting? I know there is a windows option for "restoring to factory settings." And I know that the last time I reformatted I used an hp tool to restore to factory settings.
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Apr 10, 2012
System Restore will not create a restore point or restore to a previous date & time.The error message was: A restore point could not be created: An error was detected in the Volume Shadow Copy Server (VSS).The problem occurred while trying to contact VSS writers. Verify that the Event System Sevice and the VSS service are running & check for associated errors in the event logs (0x80042318).Volume Shadow Copy is started & running (done in system events).Event System Sevice and the VSS service are started and running. But no cigar, SR still broken.
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Dec 7, 2012
i Have HP DV6 laptop..when i received the laptop it had just one partition C: to save all the data the other partition was for system restore as i had heavy softwares and networking based applications which might have proved to be a risk to my os i made another partition of 220 GB now C: has 223GB and new partition has 220GB and the rest is occupied by system restore disk.Now comes my doubt.i want to restore my laptop to the fresh factory settings...want to clean and remove all apps.my question is....if i restore..will the laptop delete the partition i made or will continue.
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Jan 5, 2013
My brother wants me to restore his computer by re installing windows over it. He has a laptop with windows 7, and i have a windows 7 disc I got on amazon that did not come from his computer. Is it safe to re-install windows w7 on his computer and use his product key that he already had on his oem version.
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Jun 24, 2010
My new Samsung laptop with Windows 7 is asking me what proportion of my HD I want as c and d. It is 232GB in total and the d drive has to be minimum 40GB.... I have no idea what sizes to make them as have never come across partitions before. It says I can't change the sizes once I have set them (although I gather from reading other forums that this may be possible with other software).
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Feb 12, 2012
My wife has a Compaq Presario CQ61 laptop computer. Windows Explorer shows a D: disk called Recovery. I am assuming that is what is used to restore the system to new by pressing one of the F keys on startup. Is there a way to create a backup disk using this partition? If this hard drive was to fail, I would lose everything on C: disk and would also lose the recovery partition. Have Googled this, but all I can find is the procedure to reinstall using the F key.
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Aug 5, 2012
I have an HP laptop (model HP G56 Notebook PC) that I am having a manner of problems with. There's definitely something wrong with it, but virus scanners are not picking it up.So I've decided to just reformat it and start from scratch (I've been planning on doing it for a while anyway). The problem is, the "Restore to factory settings" doesn't work properly. I go through the steps, backup etc then it says I need to restart for the process to start (which has worked fine before). The problem is that when the system restarts, the computer just sits at a black screen. Nothing happens, I've tried leaving it for ages but eventually I'm left with no choice but to switch the powerbutton off and then it starts up as normal.I've also tried going directly from the boot-up screen and selecting system restore that way, but again it just takes me to a blank screen until I hit the power button. It's like it's impossible for me to reset the computer.
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