For peace of mind you can use the DOS Command - CMD in Run - and navigate to the two drives and folders. You need to use diskmgmt.msc to Add a Letter for this partition.Ģ) If you are ultra cautious and chose to rename the *.prc files (instead of deleting them), Win7 does not give you confirmation of successfully renaming them. As a result, my search with the Everything tool didn't find the file-name on the un-lettered partition. However, as Win7 lacks a proper search (Find) feature, some may find it hard to find both files e.g.ġ) If you have partitioned your drive, you may have removed the drive (letter) for the Recovery Partition.
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On my (AMD 64) Pavilion with Win7 Home Premium, I found only the hpdrcu.prc files. How to create a password reset disk on Windows 10 Plug your USB drive or insert your SD card into your PC. Follow the steps below to create a recovery drive. Whenever you create a system image, you should also create a recovery disk along with it. As mentioned above, you’ll need a recovery drive in order to restore a system image in Windows. I'm guessing both solutions work (deleting hpcd.sys or hpdrcu.prc) depending on the version of Win7 and the model of HP. How to create recovery drive to restore system image in Windows 11. Thank you to all who contributed to this thread and helped me figure out how to run a 2nd DVD Recovery Copy. Run the HP recovery disk creation utility.īy the way credit goes to the website at for providing useful details on how to do this! There will be 2 copies,1 in C:\WINDOWS\SMINST and 1 in E:\ĭelete both copies of the hpcd.sys files. Set the folder options to allow viewing of hidden files and folders and show known file extensions. This information si strictly for legitimate HP owners who have purchased a laptop with an OEM version of VISTA/XP and have lost or ruined their original recovery discs. So if you have NOT deleted therecovery partion here is how you are able to create one more set of the discs without spending any money. THis is BS.you bought the rights to a legitmate set of installation discs. Order their recovery disc set from their website.
So if you were like me and left your handing carrying case with your recovery discs on the airplane according to HP you one choice. After the first set has been ccreated you are not allowed by the HP utility to create another set. This works for ONLY those legit HP owners who own an HP laptop and burned one set of recovery DVD's. How to create a 2nd set of HP recovery DVD's