I currently have a HP_RECOVERY PARTITION which is the only thing I have and which is set to active. Upon booting the system comes with winload.exe not found thing. I have checked the RECOVERY partition and discovered that there is no winload.exe in \WINDOWS\system32\.
What do I do.
You might find there is a .wim file on the recovery partition - that may be what is supposed to be booting.
Can you be a bit more specific?
What exactly is on the recovery partition - can you post a screenshot of it's contents?
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Please furnish a more detailed information about your problem.
Do you mean to say that your hard disk has only HP_RECOVERY PARTITION and nothing else? Please also post a screenshot of the partitions on your Hard Disk if you can.
I have these two files which are in the HP_RECOVERY partition.
C:\sources\boot.wim
C:\preload\base.wim
Can I use them to do a factory restore.
Thank you.
I have these two files which are in the HP_RECOVERY partition.
C:\sources\boot.wim
C:\preload\base.wim
Can I use them to do a factory restore.
Thank you.
Please post a screenshot of your expanded disk management layout.
HP recovery procedure here: Recover Windows 7 Operating System Using HP Recovery HP Pavilion dv7-1245dx Entertainment Notebook PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English)
It looks like you have the right files.
What you need to do is get boot.wim to boot - it will load into memory.
Boot.wim will contain a restore program of some kind - that restore program should know where install.wim is - and apply the image - probably using imagex .
If you cannot boot from that drive - it may be you have not set something up correctly.
A screenshot of disk mgmt window would help.
If you cannot boot into Win7 then get a cam snap of free Partition Wizard bootable CD's drive map and listings. Or just type them out in full.
In case you haven't noticed, Greg.
There is a new version of PW - supports gpt.
As far as I know it still uses legacy alignment - bit of a shame.
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