recover partition

[lcsh]

Hi there, I deleted my recovery partition by mistake and failed to recover it by testdesk. how can I get it back please?

[banhien]

@lcsh 

Since your machine runs Windows 10, you can do a clean install W10 for free by using the media creation tool at the link below.

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

The tool will allow you to make a bootable installation media (USB/DVD) and you can use installation media to install.

During the installation process if you are asked to enter a product key, check the 'Skip' box and W10 will install and then automatically activate once you are connected to the internet using the key embedded in BIOS of your machine.

Then you can install the drivers and available software you need from your PC's support page.

Note: If you wish to keep user files and applications/programs, you need to select this option from the beginning.

Regards.

[iomare]

Hi,

You do not really need the recovery partition as you have many other options now. You have HP cloud recovery where you can create a recovery drive for your model. You could just leave it deleted or add the space to another partition.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06162205

You can also create a bootable pendrive the latest version of the OS on it directly from Microsoft:

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

Hope it helps,

David