How do create hp recovery media

[Austin124]

just purchased hp pavilion 15 cw1500sa. pc world staff said that I can create hp recovery media. Cannot find how to do this. HP site indicates that HP cloud recovery not available for this model ?  Any suggestions

[Mans]

@Austin124 

Hello,

In order to create the HP System Recovery Kit, please use HP Cloud Recovery Tool.
I suggest you use HP Cloud Recovery Tool because your laptop is supported by the HP tool.

I remain at your disposal in case of need.

Best regards,🤠

[RuskinF]

There is one more way of creating recovery media. Just Ensure you have a 32 GB USB 3.0 ready.

Click on the search box near Cortana in Windows 10 and type "Create a recovery drive"

Select the first result.

Follow the steps according to the prompts displayed by the computer from time to time.

A recovery media would be created and copied to the USB stick.

Click finish in the end.

Hope this helps.

[Austin124]

Thank you for your reply. I will try that tomorrow and let you know if it works. It was just that when I checked if my model was compatible in hps checker it came up with not compatible. Also in the manual it said was only available for select models which I don't think mine is.

[Austin124]

Thank you for your reply RuskinF . Does your solution also include preinstalled software by hp or is it  just windows 10 recovery.

[WAWood]

@Austin124 

Personally, I would not waste my time on using any Microsoft backup/recovery solution as they have proven to be unreliable.

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.

[Mans]

@Austin124 

Thanks for your return,

If your computer is not detected with HP Cloud Recovery Tool, please select the I need to enter Product ID for my HP System. check box, and type the product number as follows: 6TC71EA#ABU.

I remain at your disposal in case of need.

Best regards, 😎