F11 HP recovery doesn't boot into recovery partition

[santarosanative]

Thanks, you saved me on this one. GREAT JOB ! ! !

[CherylG]

You're welcome.Happy to hear you are back up and running. Next you might want to look at burning your OS Recovery Disk set using HP Recovery Manager in your Start ,All Programs. Usually takes 3-4 dvds. I have good results with Sony DVD+R.

[Damnwepon]

I've clicked right on the boot patition. But there are no such a option says "Set as active partition". I guess recovery partition is not a primary partition. So please tell me how to make it primary and active. Please....

[CARLOST]

Hi

I suppose you are using windows seven?? no?

I have the same problem than you and can not find how to set it active.

Did you find a solution finally?

Cheers

[vkalessa]

per cortesia potete inviarmi il software recovery manager da installare sul mio pc compaq 6720 s hp

perche' mi hanno sostituito hard disk  cosi f11 dara il via al suo ripristino

grazie alessandrini davide via boselli 12 4  savona 17100 italy

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[Afino]

Hey! Thanks a lot. it actually worked for me. U're the best .

[hackerpro]

[SOLVED] hi i had the same problem...it just got solved.Actually a dynamic disk means that it can boot from the partion in which the main operating system is there.(for you it is the c drive).so when you try to boot it from some other partion it shows you an error.From the factory your hard disk is preconfigured to be a basic disk.But when you make a partion all the partions change to dynamic discs:

REASON:the laptop can have only 4 basic partions.So when you try to split your c drive your laptop's hard disk gets dynamic.the disadvantage of dynamic is that you cannot boot from some other drive containing the alternate operating system(or in your case the recovery drive).in dynamic type it can boot from only c drive.

SOLUTION:As you have the recovery partion in your computer try to make recovery disks using the Hp Recovery Manager(from start menu).take care of the recovery disks because the laptop allows you to make only a set of disks.Then make a backup of all the files(like movies) that you want to keep and then restart your computer putting the first recovery disk(please remember to boot from the cd drive).the option to boot from cd is available in the BIOS(it is available by pressing esc key or f2 repeatedly,etc when the laptop starts booting).After that it will recover your system back to factory settings.

After that there are two ways in which you can proceed:

WAY 1:if you want your F11 to work dont split your c drive beacuse already 4 basic partions exist in your laptop post recovery.Store all your files in c drive AND your F11 will work!!!!!

WAY 2:

this is for those who want an extra partion for only files.

after that please delete the recovery drive(because you have already made disks and also because it stops you from making a basic partion).(IN THIS CASE F11 WONT WORK...)then you will remain with only 3 basic drives namely hp tools,c drive and system. As i told you earlier we can make 4 basic partions,you shrink the c drive to make one more drive for your files .In this way your recovery drive is not present in your computer(in other words F11 wont work),but to recover you can use the cds.Also for xtra backup you can make disk images of the recovery disks using Daemon Tools and store them into your computer. 

🙂

[hackerpro]

[SOLVED] hi i had the same problem...it just got solved.Actually a dynamic disk means that it can boot from the partion in which the main operating system is there.(for you it is the c drive).so when you try to boot it from some other partion it shows you an error.From the factory your hard disk is preconfigured to be a basic disk.But when you make a partion all the partions change to dynamic discs:

REASON:the laptop can have only 4 basic partions.So when you try to split your c drive your laptop's hard disk gets dynamic.the disadvantage of dynamic is that you cannot boot from some other drive containing the alternate operating system(or in your case the recovery drive).in dynamic type it can boot from only c drive.

SOLUTION:As you have the recovery partion in your computer try to make recovery disks using the Hp Recovery Manager(from start menu).take care of the recovery disks because the laptop allows you to make only a set of disks.Then make a backup of all the files(like movies) that you want to keep and then restart your computer putting the first recovery disk(please remember to boot from the cd drive).the option to boot from cd is available in the BIOS(it is available by pressing esc key or f2 repeatedly,etc when the laptop starts booting).After that it will recover your system back to factory settings.

After that there are two ways in which you can proceed:

WAY 1:if you want your F11 to work dont split your c drive beacuse already 4 basic partions exist in your laptop post recovery.Store all your files in c drive AND your F11 will work!!!!!

WAY 2:

this is for those who want an extra partion for only files.

after that please delete the recovery drive(because you have already made disks and also because it stops you from making a basic partion).(IN THIS CASE F11 WONT WORK...)then you will remain with only 3 basic drives namely hp tools,c drive and system. As i told you earlier we can make 4 basic partions,you shrink the c drive to make one more drive for your files .In this way your recovery drive is not present in your computer(in other words F11 wont work),but to recover you can use the cds.Also for xtra backup you can make disk images of the recovery disks using Daemon Tools and store them into your computer. 

🙂

[kaushall]

what is smart hard disk problem and how can i get rid of it?

my hp laptop is 1 year old and it has this problem!!!

[mdlewin]

Thanks for that - it's the first logical explanation I've seen. (Even tho' HP Support told me it was a bug in their software on WIN7 machines)!  I believe that what you are saying in simple terms is: (1) You can't boot from F11 if you have repartitioned your C: Drive (probably to keep data separate from the OS). (2) by creating an extra partition, you turn the whole disk into Dynamic and a Dynamic disk will only boot from C: (where C: contains the main OS). (3) in order to avoid this problem, make your Recovery disks at the first opportunity after you start using one of these machines.// The only difficulty with this solution is that users are only going to find this out when they have a crashed machine. If HP Support ever read this, PLEASE INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION IN YOUR INITIAL INSTRUCTIONS on "How to use your new HP Laptop".