HP laptop - Can't access to Recovery partition

Hi there.

I tried to install Manjaro Linux first and than Fedora 25 on my laptop, but after that I was not able to boot Windows anymore neither to access the Recovery hitting F11 at the boot. Furthermore, I couldn't find any Windows entry hitting F9. I think the problem is that I formatted the EFI partition, and even it had been created by Manjaro Linux installer I messed things up.

Finally I used a USB installer for WIndows 10 and followed this guide:

https://blog.d0zingcat.xyz/2015/09/28/Windows/How%20to%20repair%20the%20EFI%20Bootloader%20in%20Wind...

The system works perfectly if I boot Windows 10 now, but I can't access the recovery partition and I have two boot entries , just one working. I'm thinking that one could be the original one, and the other one was created when I used the Windows 10 iso downloaded from Microsoft's website to restore the boot.

When I try to access the recovery partition hitting F11 I receive this message:

Boot configuration file doesn't contain valid information for a OS
File: \BCD Error code:0x0000098
It's necessary to use restore tools

Please note this is a translation from Italian


From HP Recovery manager, started from Win10. there's written the restore is impossible because the Recovery partition was deleted, but I can actually can see it from partitioning tool. I've also tried to restore to a restore point preceding Fedora installation, but nothing changed.

Below, the HP Recovery Manager running on Windows 10 and the partition manager screenshot:



Is there any way to boot into the recovery partition? I tried to clone tje partition and transfer it to a bootable USB, but it doesn't work. I have also read that somewhere on the internet it's advised to simply activate the recovery partition, but I'm not able to do it wheter using Windows partition tool, MiniTool Partition Wizard or command line.

Thanks in advance!

Unfortunately, the HP Recovery Manager is hypersensitive regarding anything that tampers with the Recovery partition. Folks have tried stuff like copying to an external disk (for safekeeping), and then later, when F11 didn't work anymore, copying it back -- but that apparently does not work.

The only proven way to restore it to working state is to do a complete factory reset using HP Recovery Media -- but that starts out by reformatting and erasing the entire contents of the hard drive -- but to get that, you would have to contact HP to order it, and since the US number does not ship media outside the US and Canada, you would have to contact HP support in your country to see (1) if they have it, and (2) if they will ship it to you.

Good Luck

pressing f11 is set in the mbr so if you mess with it it wont work do you want to use it you can just download the lates win10 iso and do a clean install with updates built in. Setting the recovery parition to active then reboot should work as it will boot straight to recovery but it will be an out dated version the ms iso is uptodate Access Denied

Samuria said:

Setting the recovery parition to active then reboot should work as it will boot straight to recovery but it will be an out dated version

Notice that @milazzo87 has 5 primary partitions on the hard drive. Therefore it can't be MBR.

cant read italian

Samuria said:

cant read italian

Neither can I. I looked at the colored bars

I've found WinRE.wim and install*.swm files, but I can't find others. Below, you can find some screeshot shwoing the content of the two recovery partition. Can anyone help me to find others? Thanks to everybody for your help.