Hp partition

[iagbetunsin]

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.

 

[SIW2]

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?

 

[theog]

Hi SIW2

OP's other threads.
http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/208872-repair-recover-hp_recovery-partition.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/208887-hp-factory-restore.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/208702-hp-mini-100-3000-factory-restore.html

Looks like Vista is on D:

Ray.

 

[wanchoo]

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.

 

[iagbetunsin]

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.

 

[iagbetunsin]

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.

 

[seavixen32]

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)

 

[SIW2]

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.

 

[gregrocker]

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.

 

[SIW2]

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.

 

[gregrocker]

Thanks Si. Any changes required for the partitioning operations we help with here?

 

[SIW2]

No - just keep doing the same.