Purpose of huge (> 15GB) recovery Partition?

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• marked as raw - recovery partition cannot do a system restore

  Hello

  I have a HP Pavilion Notebook PC g6-2252sa. I would like to restore it to factory settings. Unfortunately, I can't access the drive d: (recovery partition). It is marked as raw. I have no recovery disks. Is there anyway that I can activate the partition so that I can run a recovery? The laptop is running Windows 8.

  Any help would be appreciated.

  Kind regards

  Parry

  Since you have not created a recovery media, you will need tobuy HP recovery media or HP partner.

  If the recovery partition is marked as raw, it seems to have made changes for him.  It must be NTFS as pronounced. Since it's RAW, it is currently useless for recovery purposes.

  The following image shows how a valid recovery partition should appear. The picture comes from my laptop loan Envy17-3002ea of current HP product.

  

• 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.

• How to re-enable loading the recovery partition after stock mSATA SSD HDD cloning?

  Dear community,

  This weekend I managed to install mSATA 80 GB Intel SSD on my older X 220 of 1 month. With the help of the Intel Data Migration Software my HARD drive 320 GB stock has been cloned on mSATA SSD 80 GB with the downsizing of the system partition main Windows7_OS (66GB instead of 287 GB) and the preservation of the windows loading partition SYSTEM_DRV and ThinkVantage Rescue & Recovery partition Lenovo_Recovery in place. Later, I removed the HARD drive to stay on the SSD system only for testing purposes.

  While Windows loads fine, the BlueButton seems to be a malfunctioning now: instead of loading the partition of ThinkVantage Rescue & recovery it shows me the message of Windows loader telling me that it cannot find the target system more. What's wrong? Is there a way to remedy this?

  NOTE: When I'm pulling HDD inplace and pushing the BlueButton then R & R support very well! It seems that ThinkVantage seeks R & R partition on the disk instead of SSD.

  Thank you!

  OK, answering my own question: Reinstall ThinkVantage Rescue & recovery could help as soon as it re - initializes the boot partition as well.

• How to make a windows vista recovery partition

  Hi I have a windows vista desktop computer and I need to do a recovery partition. There is currently no a. How can I make one? My computer has slowed down at the stop and I need recovered

  Hello

  You can't do a recovery Partition.

  A recovery partition is copied onto your hard drive from the computer manufacturer at their factory.

  If you do not have to purchase recovery disc are to make sure that you do not have alreasdy have a recovery hard disk Partition?

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  There are several methods to reinstall Vista.

  There is no Windows Vista downloads available from Microsoft.

  You can contact your computer manufacturer and ask them to send you a set of recovery disks.

  They should do this for a small fee.

  To reinstall Vista using their recovery disk/s, you start from the 1st recovery disk they provide and follow the manufacturer's instructions to reinstall:

  You need to change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order:

  How to change the Boot order in BIOS:

  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/SS/bootorderchange.htm

  "How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and replace product manuals.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/326246

  And if you have never received a recovery disk when you bought your computer, there should be a recovery Partition on the hard drive to reinstall Vista on how you purchased your computer.

  The recovery process can be started by pressing a particular combination of the key or keys at startup. (Power on / start)

  Maybe it's F10, F11, Alt + F10, etc., depending on the manufacturer.

  Ask them to the proper key sequence.

  And if you do not score a manufacturer of recovery on your hard drive, you should be able to make your own recovery from her disks to reinstall the operating system.

  Go to programs > name of the manufacturer of your computer > then their system or recovery tools software topics for them, depending on how it is formulated.

  If you can't find any reference to it, contact the manufacturer for advice on how to make these recovery disks.

  Some manufacturers have more available Vista recovery disks.

  If this happens, you may need to try this instead:

  You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, which contains the files for the different editions of Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) must be installed. The product key on your computer / Laptop box determines what Edition is installed.

  Other manufacturers recovery DVDs are should not be used for this purpose.

  And you need to know the version of 'bit' for Vista, as 32-bit and 64-bit editions come on different DVDs

  Here's how to do a clean install of Vista using a DVD of Vista from Microsoft:

  "How to do a clean install and configure with a full Version of Vista '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117366-clean-install-full-version-Vista.html

  And once the operating system is installed, go to your computer manufacturer's website and get the latest drivers for your particular model or laptop computer.

  And phone Activation may be necessary when you use the above installation method.

  "How to activate Vista normally and by Activation of the phone '

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/84488-activate-Vista-phone.html

  See you soon.

• My e-machine computer broke down and I'm unable to access the recovery partition. How can I reinstall my operating system?

  I have an emachines el1200-07w that crashed. It has windows Vista Home Basic. I can not access the recovery partition and emachines has no recovery for this model CD. can someone help me?
  original title: windows vista problem

  Hello

  Some manufacturers have more available Vista recovery disks.

  As happened with eMachines, you may have to try this instead:

  You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, which contains the files for the different editions of Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) must be installed. The product key on your computer / Laptop box determines what Edition is installed.

  Other manufacturers recovery DVDs are should not be used for this purpose.

  And you need to know the version of 'bit' for Vista, as 32-bit and 64-bit editions come on different DVDs

  See you soon.

  p.s. Here are some reviews of Recovery - Disks.com.

  Beware of who you buy on the Net

  http://www.Yelp.com/biz/recovery-disks-com-Vancouver

• I need to reinstall the OS, but have no recovery partition

  My Mac is about 6 years old. Recently, my hard drive has failed and has been replaced but I have no recovery partition. Just a blank hard drive, I can boot from a bootable device but I have no way to reinstall Yosemite because I don't think I had an installation with her DVD. All I see on the web uses the recovery mode to reinstall. I tried using the recovery of internet as well, but it doesn't connect. I know that this could happen to anyone before. Any ideas how I can reinstall my PC friends before know my mac is dead

  If you have a family member or a friend with a Mac with Yosemite you can create a bootable USB Installer: create an installer for OS X - Apple support bootable

• Published: Recovery Partition do not have day

  I posted this under Yosemite, instead of El Capitan - very sorry.

  I ran updates on iMac 10.11.6 10.11.5

  The update has not changed the recovery partition, it is still at 10.11.5

  Ran 10.11.6 combination update, still do not update to recovery partition.

  What should I do to get my recovery partition in harmony with my primary OS version?

  Thank you!

  What makes you think that your recovery partition is not up-to-date?

• did not update recovery partition

  Update my OS to 10.11.6

  The update did not update the recovery partition, it is now incompatible (currently at 10.11.5). How can I update the recovery partition?

  Ran 10.11.6 combined together, he did not update recovery partition.

  (Sorry, it should be under El Capitan)

• Rebuild the recovery partition

  Hi all

  Since my macbook pro in construction since a backup time machine, I have no recovery partition. Not sure if the recovery of time machine is the cause, or that the guy who has this laptop (work) in front of me he erased accidentally.

  I tried to use the script of "Recovery Partition creator" on several occasions, but it did not work. It becomes very urgent to get the recovery as soon as I'm running into several issues that require me to have the partition:

  • Disk errors on my internal drive that requires a correction
  • Need to encrypt my hard drive
  • Try to resize my disk internal, so I can install El Captain next to my current OS X I just need to test before you lose access to the work of the features (earlier version cannot be installed as he does not like our proxy for example).

  Happy to go all the way to 'clean up' and then to retrieve locks of tiem machine, but no idea how to do things right :-(

  Any ideas?

  I feel that you are not the first user or 'owner' of the MBP.  If this is the case, I suggest the following:

  Back up all your data.

  Erase the HARD drive and start in the recovery of the Internet (OPTION-COMMAND-R) which will connect you to the Apple servers.  Following the directions, you will be able to erase the HARD drive and install the original OSX the MBP came with.  The recovery partition must be created.  (I guess that the MBP is a 2011 late model or newer).

  Install a more recent OSX (as appropriate).

  Reinstall your user data.

  Ciao.

• Recovery partition

  Is it possible to have the desktop visible recovery Partition?

  Thanks in advance.

  Apparently Yes, but I won't have one to try it.
  proceed as you see fit.

  http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/23/view-mount-hidden-partitions-in-Mac-OS-x/

• Cannot turn on FileVault 2: "some disc formats do not support the recovery partition" version of the OS - 10.11.4

  Hello

  I went to turn on FileVault encryption for the first time, and when I click on restart (by FileVault guests) I got a error message that says "FileVault can not be enabled for the drive. Some disc formats do not support the required encryption recovery partition. To use encryption, reinstall this version of Mac OS x on a reformatted drive. »

  I found an article from apple support for this problem with El Capitan who recommended first aid running in disk utility.  I tried this but then received the same error message.

  a little history:

  -Mac OS 10.11.4 installed running on the brand/model ADATA SP 550 SSD

  -This SSD is a 250 GB drive partitioned into two, with one of these partitions being my OS

  -J' ran this BONE of a Bay external thunderbolt

  -ssd is formatted as HFS journaling +.

  I am really confused about this error message and couldn't find much online about it.  I use a fairly recent OS install.  I installed the operating system clean and made all my preferences and install so that I can encrypt and then back up this pristine OS environment in time machine so that I could always go back to it on the line in case where things are bunk too upward.  I'd have to install yet another OS to clean and do all my long software installs and system preferences settings... SIP.  I don't know if that makes a difference, but this version of the OS that I have been cloned by superduper to this SSD partition.

  What is the brand of SSD that I?  Might that matter?  I appreciate all the comments.  I'm really scratching my head...

  Thank you very much

  To enable FileVault, you need a recovery partition, which you don't have. You can create one by reinstalling OS X.

  If you do not already have a current backup, please backup all data, and then reinstall the OS. * you don't need to erase the boot volume, and you won't need the backup unless something is wrong. If the system has been upgraded an earlier version of Mac OS X, you may need to the Apple ID and password to use.

  There are ways to back up a computer that is not fully functional. Ask if you need advice.

  If you installed the runtime Java distributed by Apple, and still need, you will need to reinstall it. It goes the same for Xcode. All other data will be preserved.

  Related support article refers to OS X 10.11 ("El Capitan"), but the procedure is the same for OS X 10.7 ("Lion") and later versions.

• How to manage the recovery Partitions?

  Have a Mac Pro 5.1, 2010. Facing a somewhat complicated storage situation, here are the details:

  Pair of SSD drives on a PCI card for my boot volume

  Pair of disks spinning for my Time Machine

  2 discs of rotation 1 t, one that contains my old 10.6.8 System (just in case, got a LOT of Eudora mail in there, never know when I might need to go scrounging), a reader, I'll use later to a windows partion and a clone of my boot volume which now contains a box stock install of 10.11.5. FWIW, this is a drive Bay 1 I read some say it is better to have his windows running of this Bay.

  In utility disk or system report I can see what is really where. When I have the startup key option, I see 2 separate recovery partitions, one for 10.11.5, for 10.9.4. As I said, unless someone can point me to some use, I have no idea where those residing in fact.

  My goal is to eliminate the 10.9.4 partion and keep the 10.11.5 a. The question is how can I do to fix this? Is AAND possible to actually see what is happening with my storage... like exacly what is the case with regard to these recovery partitions?

  Use the Terminal and enter one of the commands:

  sudo diskutil list

  sudo diskutil info-all

  and check with your password. The first displays a list in the configuration terminal. The second will give you much more that you can use.

  HTH

  Leo

• can I use the external drive and a recovery partition on

  I'm doing a recovery on my internal hard drive.  The command + r keys when restarting do not bring up the recovery mode.

  The diskutil command terminal list, we get:

  wish list: diskutil

  / dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * 1.0 TB disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_HFS GB HDD 999.9 disk0s2

  / dev/disk2 (external, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: CD_partition_scheme * MB 804,4 disk2

  1: Apple_partition_scheme disk2s0 700.4 MB

  2: Apple_partition_map disk2s0s1 32.3 KB

  3: Apple_HFS WD SmartWare 289,0 MB disk2s0s2

  / dev/disk3 (external, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * TB 2.0 disk3

  1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk3s1

  2: Apple_HFS 999,4 GB disk3s2 Yosemite

  3: disk3s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650.0 MB HD

  4: Apple_HFS model 998,8 GB disk3s4

  5: disk3s5 Apple_Boot Recovery 650.0 MB HD

  I have Yosemite and model on 2 partitions of disk3.  They each have a recovery partition.  Some how we use these?

  Restart the computer and hold down the Option key. That should bring up a window where you can choose the recovery disc.

• Bootcamp error: "the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition" and Windows recovery partitions

  I have Setup with Bootcamp Windows 8 and then upgrade to Windows 8.1, and then upgrade to Windows 10.

  When I want to restart the training camp that I got the error message: "the startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

  According to this page, it is because of Windows recovery partitions added during the 8 to 8.1 migration and 8.1 to 10.

  I check with diskutil and I found 2 partitions of Windows Recovery:

  diskutil list

  / dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 500,3 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD 419,4 GB disk0s2

  3: disk0s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650.0 MB HD

  4: Microsoft database BOOTCAMP 79.1 GB disk0s4

  5: Windows Recovery 471.9 MB disk0s5

  6: Windows Recovery 472,9 MB disk0s6

  / dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD GB + 419,0 disk1

  Logical volume on disk0s2

  C961E459-1E0D-4060-A467-3B4A705264AA

  Unencrypted

  I tried to delete the Windows Recovery 2 partitions with disk utility tools but the button "-" to remove them were leaving is disabled.

  Is it a good idea to remove these partitions? If yes how?

  1. What is the year/model of your Mac?

  2. you are trying to install a new copy of the W10 or remove the existing installation?

  3. do you have the W8 or installation/upgrade W8.1 had problems before the upgrade of the W10?