Create HP Recovery Partition


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    Windows 7 Professional 32bit
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    Create HP Recovery Partition


    Hello All,
    I have seen this thread: request: HP Recovery partition/dvd of Windows 7. I want to make a recovery partition on a clean install of windows 7. This is what I did:
    1. Download HP Recovery Manager for Windows Vista
    2. Install it.
    3. Go to C:\Windows\SMINST\RAMDSK\Windows\SYSTEM32
    4. Run Shrink.exe

    Before when I ran it it said it couldn't create a recovery partition. To run it asks me to click next when it says "This installer will create a recovery partition and an initial restore point" and I did. But now when I run it as administrator it says its verifying the file system and it says it is preparing the harddrive for recovery partition creation and gives me an error : "Resizing of the windows partition failed or the disk is not recognized!The recovery partition cannot be created.you may try to delete files i the Windows partition, defragment the drive and/opr use a 3rd party tool to reduce the windows partition in size.". I tried everything.

    On the screen it gives me the error it said it will restart the PC in a few seconds and it counts down and it shows click finish to restart. When I wait or click finish it just closes and does not restart my computer.

    I reinstalled it lots of times.

    In Shrink.exe.log it says this:
    Code:
    __________________________________________________________________________________________
    
    Shrink.EXE - 4, 0, 2, 59 - Compiled on Feb  7 2007 14:08:38 - Executed on May 16 2012 19:26:18
    
    UP is C:\
    RP Extra size=0 MB
    CGen::GetDirSize : ENTER CGen::GetDirSize(CString strDir=C:\WINDOWS\SMINST\RPFiles)
    CGen::GetDirSize : RETURNED 0
    
    Size of [C:\WINDOWS\SMINST\RPFiles]=0 (0 MB)
    . - 0 (0 MB)
    .. - 0 (0 MB)
    install.wim - 2188587580 (2087 MB)
    Size of [C:\System Recovery\PRELOAD]=2188587580 (2087 MB)
    CDisk::CloseDiskInformation : ENTER CDisk::CloseDiskInformation()
    CDisk::CloseDiskInformation : EXIT
    
    GetRPSize=3971166780 (3787 MB)
    RP Size : 3787
    UP locked
    001-Estimated RP size=-1 MB
    CDisk::CloseDiskInformation : ENTER CDisk::CloseDiskInformation()
    CDisk::CloseDiskInformation : EXIT
    
    
    -> 16/05/2012 - 19:26:30
    Also I have a 32-bit computer.
    Any help will be appreciated.
    Bye.
    Jacob.
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  2.    #2

    Why do you want a Recovery partition on the same HD, which can fail and lose the ability to recover.

    A much better plan is to save a Win7 backup image externally so you can reimage with the Win7 boot CD/DVD in 20 minutes to the same or a replacement HD.

    I would also consider with HP getting a far superior Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7
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