Help with recovery!!!! [ Edited ]

[xxnicknixx]

Hey this is my first post so yea here goes,

I want the all the softwares that came with my laptop (ho-dv6-6178ca) when i bought it, but recently i reformatted my PC and installed a retail version of win 7 home pre. and now i cant revert back. I still have the d:/ drive intact and untouched  but i noticed a base.wim file and i was wondering is there any way to use that file to restore my computer.

ohhh and btw the base.wim is round 20 gb 

Thanks

[CherylG]

1.Right-click on "Computer" icon and select manage.
2.This will launch the Microsoft Management Console.
3.On the left side of the MMC, click on "Disk Management" and it will show you all of the partitions.
4.Right-click on the "HP Recovery" partition and select "Mark as Active Partition."
5.When the warning prompt appears, select "Yes" - Reboot and it will automatically boot into the Recovery Manager (without pressing F11).

[xxnicknixx]

Hello thanks for the reply but i dont get any thing such as `mark as active``

and when i press f11 at boot up i get sumthing like this  

File: \Boot\BCD

Status 0xc0000225

An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.

[CherylG]

You can either install your drivers/software from your drivers page HERE OR, order Recovery Media from the page to restore the laptop back to factory specs.

[xxnicknixx]

if i order the disc would they come with all the other things such as adobe photoshop and element , norten and things like that

[CherylG · Accepted solution]

Yes, Recovery Disks will install back to factory shipped state.

[CherylG]

I can see your screenshot now_you have added a partition & your hdd partiions have been converted to Dynamic instead of Basic.Possibly why you can't set it as Active.