HP Pavilion Laptop with Windows 10 Recovery

[Archie_Garg]

I have windows 10 pro, and I reinstalled windows using media creation tool but the recovery software that hp includes got deleted how do I bring that back?

Thanks, Archie Garg

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@Archie_Garg 

In simple terms -- you dont!  While the partition CAN be restored, that requires restoring the ENTIRE PC from HP Recovery Media. That works because it starts out by removing ALL the partitions and recreating them -- including the Recovery partition.  You will lose everything in the process, if you do that.

If what you want is a recovery alternative -- then read on ...

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I personally prefer to use third-party Backup solutions as they tend to be both more flexible and more reliable than any built-in solutions.

Macrium Reflect (MR) provides a FREE version that can be used to image and restore partitions or entire drives.

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 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 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 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.