Problem Statement :
Hi Guys can I ask for a little help please
My Dell Vostro laptop was running Windows 7 (64 bit) professional but a few months ago I made a backup of the windows partition with True Image Plus 2013 as a back-up, I then upgraded to windows 8 all was working ok for a while but I decided Windows 8 was not for me and decided to use the true image backup I had made of windows 7.
I booted my computer with the true image boot cd and selected the relevant backup image file, all was ok until One second from completion and then true image said the restore had failed.
I then tried to boot my computer but the MBR was missing I then tried to use a Windows 7 system dvd to repair the MBR but it would not work.
I then found out that when the restore failed it had destroyed my windows partition and my factory recovery partition, and a partition I had my data stored on, so now I am unable to restore my computer with the factory restore option.
Fortunately I had made some rescue dvd and I have my computer working again but I would like the recovery partition back working if I can
I you look at the disk management screen shot I have attached you can see that I have a partition with a size 750.0 MB and 750MB free.
But now I am using Macrium to make my backups and when I run a back-up it reports that a partition is called Recovery and it is 750.0 MB with 212.0MB used and 537.0 MD free please see second screenshot
Can anyone tell me what’s going on and can I get the recovery partition to work again
Regard’s
Link : http://www.sevenforums.com/backup-restore/319235-lost-dell-factory-recovery-partition.html
Solution :
"Recovery" is just the label, it could be called anything.
Some oem machines have various tools on there - possibly winre.wim as well.
The partition containing the os files needed for installing would have been much bigger.
The "recovery" partition you see there will have a special partition type to stop users messing with it. That is why it looks strange in disk mgmt, which doesn't report the used space.
If you want to create your own recovery partition, you can. Just create a partition, copy the contents the dvd onto it. Copy the highlighted files/folders and paste onto your home made recov partition.
Then you register the OSIMAGE with the path to the FOLDER containing install.wim. In your case it will be driveletter:\sources
At elevated command prompt:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
C:\Users\SIW2\reagentc /setosimage /path W:\sources /target c:\windows
Directory set to: \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition8\sources
C:\Users\SIW2\reagentc /enable
REAGENTC.EXE: Operation successful
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REAGENTC.EXE: Operation successful