Hey,
I backed up the recovery partition on my HP desktop computer to free up some space now need to recover the PC. My issue is I dont know how to put the recovery partition back so that I can run the recovery.
Is there a simple solution to this problem?
Any help would really be appreciated.
Thanks
Scott
Welcome to TenForums @scott7saunders
We need some more information before we can say.
Was this PC supplied by HP with Windows 10 pre-installed?
How exactly did you 'back up the recovery partition'.
HP changed how all this works in 2018. Previously they came with HP's proprietary Recovery Manager installed, starting in 2018 this has been dropped in favour of the conventional Windows 10 reset/refresh built-in methods.
If this PC was supplied with W10 pre-installed and if it was from 2017 or earlier with Recovery Manager installed and if by 'backed up the recovery partition' the OP means they user the Recovery Manager to 'Create recovery media' then it should be possible to reset this PC.
That's an awful lot of 'if's - until we get more details from @scott7saunders we're just guessing what the current situation is.
HP's Recovery Manager (up to 2018)
HP PCs - Performing a System Recovery (Windows 10) | HP® Customer Support
resetting an HP from 2018 on...
HP PCs - Resetting Your Computer (Windows 10) | HP® Customer Support
Hey,
Thanks for the replies - really good to know there are people who will kindly offer their expertise.
The machine was purchased in Dec 2017 and the partition was removed using EaseUS partition manager, I basically clicked on the option to back up the entire hidden recovery partition in an attempt to free up space on the hard drive.
As it stands there is a complete mirror of the recovery partition on a separate USB drive however before I have wiped the machine after back and deleted the HP recovery program then I am left with a bit of a quandary.
HP have stopped posting their recovery software on their website and EaseUS has no way of restoring a partition.
Hope that this gives me info.
Thanks
Scott
Then it should be still under warranty. You should be able to order the recovery media for your machine direct from HP support. As I understand it, it may be free if you make a claim under warranty.
https://support.hp.com/gb-en/
If not, it starts from £41.
https://www.best2serve.com/en-gb/page/rcd_landing
Before spending monies, there might, possibly, be a long shot solution set: If the backup is a real-deal full image of your recovery partition, then it might be possible to create a partition with the original recovery partition name, then restore said image onto that created partition. Now, I have no idea on how to access that restored partition to kick in the recovery you want done.
And, before embarking on such a factory recovery attempt -- make sure you have restorable full images of your present partitions, all the Windows 10 hidden partitions, the present OS partition (which is commonly, inaccurately, called "c drive"), the present Data partition(s) on external media which is then disconnected from the computer before embarking on any factory recovery attempts.
Did you use EaseUs to create an image backup or to Delete the partition? If you created an image backup then you can restore it using a EaseUS recue boot disk.EaseUS has no way of restoring a partition.
windows 10 restores itself from the winsxs folder - the OEM included a Customization *.ppkg in the hidden Recovery Folder
If you have the customization .ppkg you can restore the OEM customizations to a Clean Install of windows 10 OR after a System Restore/Reset of Windows 10
I guess my point is that you do not need the partition - but rather the customizations made by OEM
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