Recovery Partition - Create

severedsolo said:

As an experiment, I just tried it, I got "bootsec is not recognised as a valid command"

It mat not be needed but it does exist
From the Easybcd "Power Console" /command line type
>bootsect /help
with a t.

In normal Windows 7 usage I think "bootrec" has effectively replaced it as an all in one boot fix tool.

severedsolo said:

As an experiment, I just tried it, I got "bootsec is not recognised as a valid command"

severedsolo, i apologize, the command is bootsect not bootsec, my fault, here it is again:

Z:
cd /boot
bootsect /nt60 Z:

once you restart it shows on the boot menu as a if it was a second OS, mine showed as Windows 7 [EMS Enabled], i followed the toutorial to change the name of the second OS and renamed it RECOVERY and change the time for the default OS as well. then i selected the RECOVERY and setup started as if it was from a CD.

SIW2 - it is there and it does work. i wouldnt have suggested it if i didnt know it worked

now, if anybody figures out how to add your own "bloatware" to that recovery partition and intall from there, please let me know!!!!

severedsolo said:

no problem, im thinking of doing a similar one explaining how to get rid of the old Vista recovery Partition and linking to this tutorial to explain how to replace it with a Win 7 one, would anyone be interested in that?

Yes I would love to do that mate

No problem mate it will be worth the wait

Thank You this worked Great for me and Faster than a dvd to load!!

Excellent tutorial. I had no idea it would only take ten minutes.

I booted the recovery partition to test it and my mouse and keyboard aren't recognized. Any ideas about why this would happen and how I can fix it?

They're wirelessly connected to a receiver which is connected via USB, of course. My BIOS aren't the standard ones, they're ASUS' custom BIOS so I sometimes struggle finding the comparable options. However, I did find "Legacy USB" and another USB-related option, which are both enabled. Other ideas? I'm not sure if there's a way to boot into the BIOS that are usually stock on PCs.