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• What happened to the recovery of the Options software Dfault factory to win 8.

  We recently bought a C50 - B Satellite laptop for one of our boys to use at school (since they decided that the laptop replaces the need for text books) and needed to be implemented. It will be his only machine and it will also use to play games and surf the net. Past experience with his games, he done always something that slows down the system and finally makes it almost unusable, a State that I can't leave because it is necessary for school. I thought I would dualboot, one system for school only and the other for its games so that if its OS is messed up games he can still do his school work on the other OS.

  Microsoft say that, since the OS will be installed on the same computer twice, but that an installation can be run at any time that it does not violate their license agreement, so no problem with legal issues.

  System recovery, in Win7 under "Recovery of Factory Default Software" has three options.
  1 get out-of-box state.
  2 recover without changing the hard drive partitions.
  3. recover a custom size partition. The memory option 2 or 3 allows a 2nd installation of the operating system even though I think as the BCD needed some changes to both work.

  My problem is that the C50 - B comes with Windows 8.1 and the recovery procedure and options have changed. Win 8 / 8.1 seems not to have option 1, or an equivalent, as it says Win 8 s reset is similar to the recovery of Win7s, but this removes the partitions and the existing operating system, so I can't get two operating systems on the computer by using this method.

  Does anyone know a way to dual boot to help to win 8 / 8.1 recovery partition?
  OR is it possible to modify the script to allow options 2 and 3 of Win7?

  Win 7 was not ideal for this, but the deletion of these two options, it is difficult to use other operating systems such as Ubuntu, Linux etc.

  I would like to see the recovery for the other operating systems partition, do not assume that it will be the only OS that requires the user on the machine.

  Help with this will be appreciated.
  Thank you.

  Windows 7 recovery option is different of options of recovery available in 8 Win / Win 8.1 but of course possible to use a dual boot system (Win 7 / Win 8.1) on a laptop computer.

  Here are a few beautiful /TSB FAQ I found on the Web from Toshiba site on the process recovery running Win 8 / Win 8.1

  How to recover a portable device or Tablet from Toshiba with the HDD recovery procedure
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/HTD1303440001R02.htm

  Windows Recovery 8 & repair
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB2A03ES0000R01.htm

  Steps to install Windows 7 on a unit of Windows 8
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB2B03EX0002R01.htm

• p028tx: my laptop came with 8.1, how to create the recovery partition in windows 10

  My laptop came with windows 8.1 innitialy.

  I had updated my operating system Windows 10.

  Few days back I had to 'restore factory settings' on my pc due to some problems and my pc with windows 8.1 restarted.

  So, how can I creat recovery partition which would recover my pc back to windows 10 with out going back to windows 8.1.

  Please help me as soon as POSSIBLE.

  Thank you for visiting the Forums HP's Support and welcome.
  You can find the frequently asked Questions for Windows upgrade 10

  http://WWW8.HP.com/in/en/Ad/Windows-10/learn-more.html#! & pd1 = 1 & = 1 pd3 pd4 = 1 & pd5 = 1

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• hP Probook 5330 m no recovery partition? No option F11 for recovery

  Madam, Sir, I have to perform a factory reset on my HP Probook 5330 m. The other suggestions in this forum (activation recovery partition or by using the F11 key) doesn't seem to work. I guess because there is no partition recovery on this laptop?

  Can someone please advice me how can I restore my windows system 7 on this laptop?

  Thanks a lot for your help/time/energy :-)

  Hello:

  Call HP for the country that you live in the link below.  Call the phone number for the Business PC.

  http://WWW8.HP.com/us/en/contact-HP/WW-contact-us.html

  See if you can order a set of recovery disc for your Probook 5330 m.

• HOW TO CREATE THE RECOVERY PARTITION IN WINDOWS 7

  Hello world

  Please suggest me the recovery partition created in windows 7 64 bit... or please give the Hp software uses to create the recovery partition...

  - -
  Kumar fabf

  Either use the builtin for 7 imagery or try my choice Custom recovery options

• Is the recovery partition, all that I need for a complete reinstall?

  Hello!

  The purpose of the message in fact more or less add up to my problem, but I guess being a little more specific can not hurt.

  I need to format a hp laptop. It seems G700.  I do not have anyone record but I don't have the recovery partition. My question is simple: is this partition and (the software on it) enough to format & reinstall or recovery tool still expected I have a few discs at hand during the installation?

  You don't need any drive that the recovery partition is sufficient to format and reinstall the OS.

  Note, there are many people here who does not realize that the formatting of the hard drive will erase all their personal data. Every time that I am addressing this kind of things, I always mention to make sure that people understand.

• What happens if I delete the folder "windows.old"?

  I upgraded my windows Vista. Now on the local drive, I can see a "windows.old" folder that does not use a lot of space. What happens if I delete this file?

  Hi Alexandre Reddy.

  The files that were used in your previous version windows are stored in the theWindows.old folder. Remove the Windows.old folder will not cause any problem you have taken a backup of the previous files as well as all the important files.

  See the article mentioned below and follow the steps to remove the folder.

  How to use the disk cleanup feature to delete the Windows.old folder after the installation of Windows Vista:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/930527

  Kind regards
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• XPS 12 / Win 8: how to boot from the recovery partition / reinstall Windows?

  Messed up things on a newly purchased 12 XPS in Windows 8, and I want to boot from the recovery partition and reinstall windows.

  Support online pages point by pressing F8 during startup, but this does not at all.

  How can I access the recovery partition?

  To access to the menu of, , press F2.

  To enter the boot options menu, press F12.

  Because the XPS 12 boots so fast, it is better to repeatedly press F2 or F12 after restarting the machine. During the startup process, texts for options should appear at the bottom right of the screen. If you enter Windows, you will need to restart again and press F2 or F12 until it works. However, I don't think there is an option in the BIOS to restore the computer to its factory condition. The previous post by DELL-VIKRAM M describes how to properly restore the machine to its factory state.

• What happens to the documents stored in Windows 7, if the computer is upgraded to Windows 10

  What happens to saved materials under Windows 7 if I switch to Windows 10?

  Answer: the documents and applications remains, or installs required app

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

• What happens if I install a new windows on a computer product key OEM windows laptop?

  I bought a laptop in 2009 with Windows Vista Home Basic OEM on it (I still have the sticker of the portable product key).

  This year, I bought a larger capacity HARD drive and installed on my laptop.

  I thought it was the perfect time to upgrade to Windows 7, so I bought a DVD of Windows 7 Ultimate.

  I installed Windows 7 Ultimate on my HDD new and used the new Windows 7 Ultimate DVD product key.

  My questions are,

  What will happen to the product key Windows Vista Home Basic OEM?

  If it is replaced with the new product key?

  Is the OEM product key became invalid?

  Now I use Windows Pro 10, as a free upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate, so...

  What my new Windows 10 Pro registered product key?

  I know that since windows 8, the product key is installed on the BIOS (am I right?).

  then, how it actually works?

  Thank you very much for the reply.

  Kind regards

  NIRWAN H

  Hello

  No matter if you did a clean Windows 7 or updated installation to upgrade to windows 7 from Vista, this OEM Vista product key is blocked on this computer and cannot be transferred to another machine.

  You can only use this key OEM of Vista to reinstall Vista on this particular machine and start over.

  Licensing rules (my words)

  If the computer/laptop comes with the preinstalled Windows operating system (Dell, HP, Acer, etc.) or is licensed to OEM System Builders, that the product key that came with the computer/laptop is preinstalled OEM license and is not transferable.

  OEM license/product key (systems of operating pre-installed on Dell, HP, etc.) and the license OEM System Builders are related to the first machine it is installed on and dies when machine who dies.

  Only retail Operating System license that you buy and install yourself, are allowed to be transferred to another machine.

  And retail licenses also can be installed on a machine at one time.

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  Rec would be the free upgrade to 10 7 as Vista never qualified for the free upgrade to 10.

  The key/license Windows product to describe the operating system, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, etc. is absorbed by upgrading Windows 10 during the installation process and becomes an integral part of the active Windows 10 final installation.

  The license qualifying operating system, either Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, etc. cannot be used anywhere else, or in a dual boot with Windows 10.

  But there is no product key for your free upgrade to 10.

  Hardware configuration you laptop is stored on Microsoft servers and how your machine will be recognized if you always want to reinstall 10.

  See you soon.

• What happened to all the gadgets in Windows 7?

  It helps to have lots of gadgets that you can download on the Windows 7 website and now there are only about 30.
  What happened to all the others?

  All here... http://www.Neowin.NET/news/Microsoft-shuts-down-Windows-Live-Gallery

• ProBook 650: Drive Partitions and Windows 10 upgrade

  Hello

  I'm here to find some information on Windows 10 because I want to upgrade my system, now it's Windows 7 Pro (64 bit). I downloaded the Windows ISO 10N Pro yet and before doing the upgrade, I'll create a complete backup of my drive using Macrium Reflect.

  I have now four partitions:

  1. Active NTFS, 500 MB system
  2. (: C) primary NTFS
  3. (: D) HP Recovery - NTFS primary
  4. (:) E HP Tools - primary NTFS

  In which partition Windows 10 installs?

  I have to choose, or it's an automatic installation?

  I should delete some of the partitions?

  W10 upgrade will remove one or more partitions?

  Thank you very much for your help!

  PS: how to check if the driver are compatible with W10?

  I upgraded to win10 of many PC Win7 - and everyone had some issues that needed to be overcome.

  Your plan to make an image with MR backup is the best approach, because, although Microsoft says that there is no risk in the upgrade of Win10, because they allow you to believe that you can always go back to your original OS and setup within 30 days, the ugly fact of the matter is that the Win10 GoBack feature turned out to be unreliable - and when it fails She can let the machines in a corrupt State - which is not always the case, it happens often enough to be a problem, but you will get no warning beforehand that he goes to the trash your PC!

  With regard to your questions:

  (1) installation partition: you already have 4 partitions at a higher level, so unless your drive is formatted in GPT (which is probably isn't), you WON'T get a meaningful choice about where to install Win10, because only the C: partition will be enough space.

  (2) deletion of partitions: while you can migrate HP tools stuff it into the C: partition and then delete HP_TOOLS, which really won't help much because this space is much too small to be useful.

  (3) with the recovery partition.  Don't count on that it works. The Win10 upgrade is known, in some cases, corrupt the partition of recovery that are stored by the OEM that built the original machine.  It's pretty much guarantee that no HP recovery will work. Thus, based on the recovery of Win7 partition back to Win7 is a mistake.

  Your backup of Mr. is safest and most reliable way to have a backup plan to return to Win7.  You do not mount the image to a restoration, instead, you start from media that you have created using MR, connect the external hard drive and then use the restore option to select the backup that you did.  So, be sure to exercise the option MR to create bootable media, you will need later to do a restore.

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• Remove several recovery Partition in Windows 10

  Hi guys,.

  I was wondering is it good to delete these partitions of such recovery shown below? (especially the 12.98 GB one)

  

  I don't know what's inside this partition but I guess it could be a recovery for Windows 8 image, because my laptop was running Windows 8 since I bought it in November 2013, but then I transferred all the data from the disk HARD original came with the laptop in a new SSD in December 2015 , and since then these partitions begin to appear there.

  I tried to perform a clean installation of Windows 10 on my laptop, but these scores are still sitting here. Will my operating system fail/crash if I decided to remove them? I'll always be able to proceed with an installation complete reset or own on Windows 10 if they are not longer exists?

  My laptop model: Dell Inspiron 15 7537 (2013 mi)

  Thank you!

  You must perform a new installation of Windows 10 RS1 and delete all partitions during the installation. See here for more details:

  This system has its UEFI BIOS updated to the latest version before you perform a clean installation of Windows 10. You can clean install Windows 8.1 following the instructions here:

  http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/download-Windows-10-OEM-and-retail-ISO/

  See the video 4 and 5:

  https://www.YouTube.com/playlist?list=PL1RkaknDn7v-Ucth4gt0U3BHVSY7oNkWr

• What happens to the apps that only game center used for their data backup?

  I downloaded iOS 10, but game Center has disappeared, what about all my save data for the apps that I have and who has not used a site of social media for data? I apologize that it is in the community of evil, but I couldn't understand where this issue would go

  e-invites-are-managed-by-messages http://AppleInsider.com/articles/16/06/20/Inside-iOS-10-with-Game-Center-App-Gon

  Hope this helps

• What happened to the Option "Associate a Windows Live ID with a user account".

  Ideas:

  • You have problems with programs
  • Error messages
  • Recent changes to your computer
  • What you have already tried to solve the problem

  Remember - this is a public forum so never post private information such as numbers of mail or telephone!

  Hey Skyjumper31,

  You can associate a Windows Live ID to your account here: (under Windows 7)

  ·         Click on the Start Orb

  ·         Search for user account in the search field

  ·         Click on the link ID online (on the left column)

  ·         Click Add an online ID provider

  ·         Select the version you want to download (32-bit or 64-bit)

  ·         Install the Connection Wizard

  ·         Return to the window link ID online

  ·         Click on the online ID provider that you downloaded

  ·         Click on the link Online ID

  ·         Enter the connection information

  ·         Click on connection

  Hope that helps, I look forward to hearing from you.

  Steven
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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