Recovery Manager: Program Reinstallation

[Dinu8]

I found this document about my computer: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05458307

In the software part it is mensioned that the operating system is not reinstalled by the Recovery manager if something goes wrong with the computer. Then what is meaning of having a recovery manager if the operating system is not reinstalled? I will not be able to use the computer if Windows 10 would not start any more. When I bought the computer I though that I paied for Windows 10 license too since it was preinstalled in the computer.

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@Dinu8

Hello;

Allow me to welcome you to the HP forums!

That must be a mistake -- because of course, the recovery function will reinstall the OS, as it would be pointles to  have it, if it did not.

However, you have an alternative if you want to create your own recovery media.

My suggestion is you consider using a third-party solution known  as Macrium Reflect (MR).
 
I prefer to use third-party recovery solutions for the following reasons:
1) More flexibility and reliabilty -- can make recovery media as often as you like, not restricted to one attempt, which if it fails, then you are stuck.
2) More media options -- can create media in DVD, USB stick, or external drive format
3) Mounting option -- can "mount" the save images as virtual "drives" and extract individual files and folders
4) WinPE boot option -- can install a special boot option that allows you to boot to recovery information and do a repair or  restore from there -- when Windows will not boot
 
What I recommend is the following:
1) Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR) from here: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
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, USB stick, or DVDs
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 15 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 WinPE, 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, USB or DVDs stick in only a few minutes.
 
Good Luck

[Dinu8]

Hi.

Thank you for the answer. That is great news!

Br Dinu.