I am a computer geek right? So it should come as no surprise that I deleted the "Recovery Partition" to gain space. I did at the time of purchase make the requested recovery DVDs, but I lost one of them. Is it fair that I should have to shell out $19.95 for replacement Recovery DVDs when they should have been included in the box and not placed on a "Recovery Partition". I have tried everywhere online to find someone with a copy to no avail. It was pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. Please Help. Thanks.
Reintsall and recovery from backup is most likely an easier bet than playing with partition recovery software - my 2c
You can use AOMEI Data Backuper to create a backup image of your system, that do the same thing as the recovery partition. And you save the image on your CD, external hard drives, so it would occupancy the disk space of your system disk.
You can find the freeware on this link: http://www.aomeitech.com/aomei-data-backuper.html
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did you do a system restore try that see if it works. go to the day before you deleted it
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Did you know you only get ONE shot at creating a recovery disc? And most of the time it is garbage, just like Vista.
He tried to put XP on it and failed? weird.
A couple things you can do...
1. Get your hands on a Vista disk. If you know anyone that works in IT, you can borrow a Vista disk. Do a complete fresh install. Use your "Product Key" and you will have your own Licensed, perfectly legal version of Vista.
2. Get yourself a copy of XP. Delete all partitions, then create a new one. Don't try to save that Vista recovery partition...it's toast. I recommend XP, but I'm a dinosaur.
If you know anyone that works in IT, you can borrow
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If you still have the original key, you should be able to use an original CD of Windows XP Home to wipe the drive and re-install the operating system.
When starting remember to have the software repartition the drive to a single partition, to salvage the space and to remove all remnants of the old operating systems.
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