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05-09-2026 04:52 PM
Salve io contatti per chiedere aiuto riguardo all'HP Pavilion dv7 1015el, praticamente a causa di varie installazioni windows e problemi ho perso l'OS originale e la Partizione di ripristino originale Hp. Ora non ho più windows vista home premium e il system recovery, è possibile riaverle in qualche modo, qualche sito di aiuto?
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05-12-2026 06:28 AM
Okay, so there's nothing more to do. Okay, thanks anyway.
05-10-2026 10:48 AM
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05-10-2026 10:54 AM
Hi, I'm contacting you to ask for help regarding the HP Pavilion dv7 1015el (I know it's out of support but I hope you can help me anyway), basically due to various Windows installations and various problems I lost the original system (Windows Vista Home Premium) and the recovery partition (the one with F11), now I hope you can help me with some recovery site or file, I hope you can help me in some way, I don't know what to do anymore.
05-12-2026 05:13 AM
Hi @uomoalbuio2,
Welcome to the HP Support Community.
Thank you for posting your query. I will be glad to help you.
I hear that your HP Pavilion dv7-1015el, unfortunately, no longer provides the original recovery partition or media directly — that model is over a decade old (Vista-era), and HP’s OEM recovery sets are typically only available for 5–7 years after release.
Here’s what you can do:
What the “original” system was
The dv7-1015el originally shipped with:
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit (Italian in your case, since it’s the “el” model sold in Italy)
HP’s preinstalled software suite (HP QuickPlay, HP Advisor, CyberLink DVD, etc.)
Recovery partition (D:) with HP Recovery Manager
Currently, Microsoft gives support for Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS only.
I hope this will help.
Take care and have a good day.
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05-13-2026 02:50 AM
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