Reinstalling Windows 7 starter - how do I create a recovery partition

Golden said:

Lets have a look at the partitions first:

Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image

theog said:

hazel123 said:

Hi Golden. I don't seem to have a snipping tool in my accessories folder - I did a search for it and nothing came up - maybe because I haven't done the Windows updates yet. Anyway, if this helps, what I have is:

1) Volume - (blank space), Layout - Simple, Type - Basic, Status - Healthy (EFI System Partition), Capacity - 16mb, Free Space - 16mb, % Free - 100%, Fault Tolerance - No, Overhead - 0%
2) Volume WIN7 (C:), Layout - Simple, Type - Basic, File System - NTFS, Status - Healthy (System, Boot, Page File, Active, Crash Dump, Primary Partition), Capacity - 232.87GB, Free Space - 218.32GB, % Free - 94%, Fault Tolerance - No, Overhead - 0%

Then underneath, in the boxes it says to the left "Disk 0 Basic 232.88GB Online". In the next wider box it says "WIN7 (C:) 232.87GB NTFS Healthy (System, Boot, Page File, Active, Crash Dump, Primary Partition). Then in the smaller right hand box it says "16mb Healthy (EFI System Partition).

Reinstalling Windows 7 starter

Windows 7 starter is not x64, only x32,
What Windows 7 have you installed?

Golden ask you to post a screenshot of Disk Management on NETBOOK with Windows 7 Starter, not your NOTEBOOK with Windows 7 x64.

When registering on here it asked what equipment and software I had. The Windows 7 64 bit is on my laptop. The Windows 7 starter 32 bit is on my netbook (well - trying to be!)

hazal123 said:

As I now have £35 worth of recovery disc I may as well use it - I like the idea of doing a system back up image instead of having a recovery partition. The recovery disc isn't as bad as the original Windows Starter that was on the netbook. Hardly any bloatware - just Asus Hotkeys and the other Hotkey program thingy - and that's it.

When you reinstall with the Microsoft official ASUS Recovery disks, the Recovery Partition will be remade.

Are you sure the Recov disks didn't restore the Recov partition as they normally will? We can help you check for sure and also spot anything else and advise you best when we see Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image

Hi and thanks for the replies.

• Yes, the 'screenshot' info I posted was from the netbook (I'm not that silly that I posted info from perfectly working laptop!). Sorry I didn't have the snipping tool.
• The reinstallation was with official Asus Microsoft disc. I described how it was partitioned above. The Windows 7 is on the main 232.87GB partition. The only other partion is the '16mb Healthy EFI System Partition'. Does this mean Windows 7 starter recovery is on the 16mb partition then?
• Sorry I couldn't do the screen capture - as I mentioned, the snipping tool isn't in my accessories folder, so I wrote out the info above.

If it's installed in UEFI mode, yes, it must have one. The size seems a bit odd, though.

Boot into BIOS setup, see if there are UEFI settings like Compatibility Support Module (CSM) or Legacy Mode disabled, and whether in the BIOS Boot Priority order the DVD drive is booting in UEFI mode.

There really wouldn't be a EFI partition unless it's installed in UEFI, though.

Thanks, John. I'm not that familar with Starter except reinstalling it.

Sweet find on PW screenshot, SIW2.