how do i create a 'recovery' partition?

[cammykool]

i have a year old hp pavilion a6425n and it shipped with a 250 gb hdd witch i later upgraded to a 500 gb hdd and i lost my recovery option.. can i make a new recovery partition using my win7 disk so if i press F11 during boot it takes me to setup?

 

[DustSailor]

Hello cammy,

Here is a tutorial that may apply to you from this very website, try it out: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/58455-recovery-partition-create.html

Credits:
"Recovery Partition - Create" tutorial creator - severedsolo

 

[cammykool]

thanks! and 1 more thing i have a HP mini 110-1125NR running win7HP and when i installed i lost the recovery manager to install from the syste,m recovery and i cant install it...

 

[DustSailor]

Hello again cammy.

You are saying that you lost the recovery manager to install the system recovery, and now that it is gone, cannot install another recovery manager? I don't believe there is a way to get it back, as I am sure that is one of those things that come pre-installed on a computer. If interested, you might look into purchasing software that does this sort of thing for you.


Some of these tutorials may come in handy for you, take a look:

1. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/697-system-restore-point-create.html
2. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html
3. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/663-backup-complete-computer-create-image-backup.html

Credits:
All linked to tutorials (#'s 1-3) created by Brink

 

[cammykool]

no it has a backup partitioon i cant do anything with.. i wanna take it back to starter becayuse its better on battery

 

[cammykool]

and i performed the steps omn the origional post can i make it so it only loads it when pressing F11 at boot witch was the shortcut from bios to my old partition

 

[seavixen32]

You might find it easier to buy a set of HP recovery discs.

HP and Compaq Desktop PCs: Looking for Recovery Discs? - HP Customer Care (United States - English)

You don't say where you live so you'll need to change the region if you don't live in the USA.

Failing that, you say you have a Windows 7 DVD. You could just carry out a clean install with that, and then create a system image backup.

 

[DustSailor]

Hello cammy,

no it has a backup partitioon i cant do anything with.. i wanna take it back to starter becayuse its better on battery

Did you say your Windows 7 starter came with any DVDs, and if so, what is it called exactly (what does it say on the CD)?

and i performed the steps omn the origional post can i make it so it only loads it when pressing F11 at boot witch was the shortcut from bios to my old partition

Unfortuanately, I am not aware of any method of making this possible.

I recommend following "Seavixen's" suggestions

 

[cammykool]

i have it set up with easyBCD but it does it withn a bootloader that could get annoying