Attempted boot into Recovery Environment gives 0xc000000e error - 'device not accessible'

[tanstaafl]

HP Pavilion g4-1117dx laptop 4Gb, running Win 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit

Tried to boot into the Recovery Environment via the HP Recovery Manager (Rebecca.exe v 2.0.9.0 3/25/12)

However, I get to Windows Boot Manager screen that shows 0xc000000e error - device is not accessible

I scanned the HP_TOOLS partition for errors, including a sector scan, but it did not detect any errors.

FYI - I have repair disks that I created.  Is it possible to repair or recover just the HP_TOOLS partition?

Just to be clear, the problem is with my Recovery partion only.  Win 7 in main boot is working fine.

Suggestions to fix or repair, please?

[Mumbodog]

HP tools is different than the recovery partition.

Try using F11 at boot to see if recovery partition will load.

[tanstaafl]

Duh, I realized after posting that it's not HP_TOOLS partition that is the problem.  It is the RECOVERY partition. Given that from what I have read, it looks like the ony way to fix the recovery partition is to do a complete factory reset.

If you know of some other way to fix the recovery partition without going thru rebuilding everything, I would appreciate it.  Not a big deal if there is not an alternate solution.  I have a set of recovery DVD's that I built.

[Mumbodog]

run a chkdsk on the recovery partition if you have not done this yet.

[tanstaafl]

Yep, did that this morning. Did both chkdisk w/file fix and sector scan. No errors...

[Mumbodog · Accepted solution]

Don't know what else to suggest other than using Recovery discs to reinstall everything. If you have recovery discs, the recovery partition is not really needed, more of a convenience than using discs, that's all.

[tanstaafl · Accepted solution]

Basically, I agree.  I have recovery disks so I do not need the RECOVERY partition on the drive.  And there is no way i want to rebuild my system from scratch.  No big deal.  Thanks for your help!