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08-05-2016 12:58 PM
I am attempting to create hp recovery media on my pavilion g7 originally windows 8 upgraded to windows 10. I m trying to use a new 32 gig flash drive it starts formating the usb drive and never finishes stays at 0% any ideas
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08-05-2016 01:13 PM
Sorry, but that's not going to work.
If you're trying to create Win8 recovery media, that will not work because the Win10 Upgrade corrupted the HP Recovery information: HP Recovery Manager Blocked After Windows 10 Upgrade - HP Support Forum - 5170752
If you're trying to create Win10 recovery media, that will not work because it needs a Win10 Recovery partition with a compressed OEM image put their by HP, and your PC does not have that because it came with Win 8.
Your best bet at this point is to use a third-party product known as Macrium Reflect.
Macrium Reflect (MR) provides a FREE version that can be used to image and restore partitions or entire drives: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
What I recommend is the following:
1) Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR)
2) Run MR and choose the option: "Create an image of the partition(s) required to backup and restore Windows" to write a full backup to an external drive or USB stick
3) Use the option to create a boot USB stick or CD
My experience is that MR, when using the High Compression option, typically can compress the saved image file to about 50% of the USED space in the OS partition. This means if you have an 80GB OS partition, and 40GB is used, MR only needs about 20GB to store the image file.
I use this all the time and it typically takes less than 10 minutes to do the image backup and about the same time or less to do a restore.
Plus, MR has the option to Add a Recovery Boot Menu entry. This allows you then to boot into WinRE, and you can then use that to do a restore -- when you can't boot into Windows!
NOW, you have the means to restore a full working system from the external drive or USB stick in only a few minutes.
Good Luck
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
08-05-2016 01:13 PM
Sorry, but that's not going to work.
If you're trying to create Win8 recovery media, that will not work because the Win10 Upgrade corrupted the HP Recovery information: HP Recovery Manager Blocked After Windows 10 Upgrade - HP Support Forum - 5170752
If you're trying to create Win10 recovery media, that will not work because it needs a Win10 Recovery partition with a compressed OEM image put their by HP, and your PC does not have that because it came with Win 8.
Your best bet at this point is to use a third-party product known as Macrium Reflect.
Macrium Reflect (MR) provides a FREE version that can be used to image and restore partitions or entire drives: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
What I recommend is the following:
1) Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR)
2) Run MR and choose the option: "Create an image of the partition(s) required to backup and restore Windows" to write a full backup to an external drive or USB stick
3) Use the option to create a boot USB stick or CD
My experience is that MR, when using the High Compression option, typically can compress the saved image file to about 50% of the USED space in the OS partition. This means if you have an 80GB OS partition, and 40GB is used, MR only needs about 20GB to store the image file.
I use this all the time and it typically takes less than 10 minutes to do the image backup and about the same time or less to do a restore.
Plus, MR has the option to Add a Recovery Boot Menu entry. This allows you then to boot into WinRE, and you can then use that to do a restore -- when you can't boot into Windows!
NOW, you have the means to restore a full working system from the external drive or USB stick in only a few minutes.
Good Luck
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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