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Questions tagged [recovery-partition]

Recovery partition is a portion of a disk drive that is set aside by the manufacturer to hold an image of operating system as it was shipped from the factory. Do not confuse with [partition-recovery].

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How to delete the Recovery Partition in Windows 10?

I need to convert the disk containing my operating system to a dynamic disk (from a basic disk). Unfortunately there is no room on the disk to convert the drive from basic to dynamic. Microsoft documents the problem, and notes the solution is to…
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What is this Recovery Partition for on a fresh installation of Windows?

I installed Windows 10 Preview on a fresh SSD and noticed that there is a tiny 450MB Recovery Partition at the end of C: (Ignore the Extended partition containing F:, as I added that myself afterwards) I'm pretty certain that no such partition…
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Can't remove recovery partition

My laptop originally came with Win 8.1, the 64Gb drive has a 15Gb recovery partition. I've since upgraded to Windows 10 so I don't think this recovery partition makes much sense - anyway I could do with the space! This question guided me to the…
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Restoring factory recovery partition (Samsung)

I have upgraded the hard disk in a Samsung laptop and would like to restore the "Press F4 for recovery" partition. My new disk has three partitions, System, Windows, and Recovery. I did a dd of the recovery partition from the old hard disk to the…
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Windows 10 update created a recovery partition - How to hide that partition?

There was a Windows 10 update which created (or made visible) a recovery partition in this PC. Since it is 449MB in size and only 35,8MB are free, every few minutes I get a warning that it is low on disk space. Now I found this: Disable the low disk…
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Windows 8.1 - Why are there multiple recovery partitions in the system?

DISKPART> list partition Partition ### Type Size Offset ------------- ---------------- ------- ------- Partition 1 System 500 MB 1024 KB Partition 2 OEM 40 MB 501 MB Partition 3 Reserved …
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Windows 8 recovery partition on main hard drive

I've recently been having a lot of trouble with my current laptop which has caused me to reinstall my operating system several times, and I'm getting sick of always burning installation disks or creating bootable thumb drives. This time, I would…
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Updating recovery partition in OS X El Capitan

The story I use MacBook Pro from 2012. By default, the recovery partition is OS X Lion (10.7). It is pretty cumbersome to revert back to Lion and then to El Capitan when doing any reinstall, so here comes my question... The question How to update…
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Add recovery partition to advance boot menu options

I want to add a WinPE automated recovery partition to a computer, can this boot option be added to "Advanced boot options"? (Like where Safe mode options are).
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Samsung Recovery Solution - create a custom recovery partition

I've got a Samsung notebook with Samsung Recovery Solution installed. It can create a recovery images for later system restore. The notebook has a service (factory) hidden partition, which can be used to do a system restore (F4 during boot). I…
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How to replace the laptop HDD but preserve the recovery partition?

I need to replace the HDD from one laptop, but the goal is to preserve the recovery partition, thus allowing me to re-install windows at any given time, just like if it was the original HDD. I've tried to copy the files to the new HDD after creating…
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Is there a way to backup the Windows recovery partition or recreate it on a Sony Vaio laptop?

My friend got a Sony Vaio laptop. Soon, I will install him Linux. But I want to back up the Windows 7's recovery partition that came pre-installed. But on laptop, normally, when we boot up, they ask to press Fx (where x is a number I don't know,…
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How to merge two Partitions which is separated by a recovery partition?

I recently reinstalled Windows 10 due to virus attack. Everything is fine yet. I also used Linux in dual boot, but now I no longer need Linux so I deleted its partition. Please see the Picture below.. As you can see, There is a C: and a Unallocated…
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How to restore the recovery partition in Windows 10?

I had to clone my hard drive from a bigger one to a smaller one and in the process I lost the recovery partition that was at the end of the hard drive. It was a 500MB partition. I'm running the latest version of Windows 10. Is it possible to restore…
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Saving factory Windows installation before installing Linux on new machine

I have a shiny new machine (Lenovo P53). It comes with a factory-installed Windows. I don't need Windows, and will install Linux. OTOH 4-5 years from now I could get a newer machine and pass this one to someone who prefers Windows. So I want to be…
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