Recovery media windows 10

[rogjoh]

Hi,

After a BIOS update the PC does not start correctly. When it starts it askes for windows recovery/repair media. How and from where can I download that?

Br

Roger

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

You can make W10 reinstallation/repair media from the link below.  Use the Media Creation Tool.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

[WAWood]

rogjoh

The HP DV6s came with Win7 preinstalled, not Win10.

So, as Paul indicated, you have to make your own media for Win10.

Personally, I prefer using a third-party tool known as Macrium Reflect as it is FREE and has a lot more options that built-in or MS solutions:

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

[rogjoh]

Hello,

My came with win10 installed in Sweden at least.

Paul

I don't the license key will it work any way? Will it recognize the license key from the pre installed windows?

Br

Roger

[Paul_Tikkanen]

H, Roger:

Since you had previously upgraded to W10 and as long as it was activated, if you need to reinstall it, you don't need a product key.

There will be an option to enter a product key but there is also an option to check 'I don't have a product key.'

That is what you select to reinstall a previous installation of a W10 upgrade.

To use the repair option, you do not need a product key either.

Paul

[rogjoh]

Thanks for quick reply 🙂

Will I be prompted to choose repair when I boot from dvd ?

Is it possible to find out the license key in any way? I have the serial number of the laptop.

I have not upgraded it came with W10 when I opened the box.

Br

Roger

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome, Roger.

Someone must have upgraded your dv6-6c75ea, because that model originally came with Windows 7 from the factory.

When you boot from the W10 disk you make, on the lower left side of the installation window, there will be a repair option.

You would select that and from within that menu, there will be a few repair choices.

But if you have to reinstall Windows 10, as I wrote earlier, you won't need a product key as long as W10 was previously activated.

[rogjoh]

Thanks quick help 🙂

It is up and running again!

Br

Roger

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime, Roger.

Glad to have been of assistance.

Best Regards,

Paul