From: Keith Nuttle <Keith_Nuttle@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Recovery partion Windows 10

I recently bought an HP laptop with Windows 10 reinstalled, and have a question about the contents of the recovery partition.

With older versions of Windows, the OEM operating system, all of the
drivers, and OEM installed 3rd party software was contained in the
recovery partition.


On the recovery partitions of OEM Windows 10 computers is the Original
OS in the recovery partition? OR When a recovery is performed will the
OS be downloaded from MS and the recovery partition only includes
drivers and 3rd party software.

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Subject: Re: Recovery partion Windows 10
From: Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca>

On 2017-01-02 10:12, Keith Nuttle wrote:
[...]

When a recovery is performed will the
OS be downloaded from MS and the recovery partition only includes
drivers and 3rd party software.

Unless W10 does things radically different from W7/8, it will use the
Recovery Image, which is a hidden OEM partition. Regardless, make that recovery media DVD or USB flash drive.

HTH

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From: Keith Nuttle <Keith_Nuttle@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: Recovery partion Windows 10

On 1/2/2017 11:30 AM, Keith Keith wrote:

Hello Keith,

I recently bought an HP laptop with Windows 10 reinstalled, and have a
question about the contents of the recovery partition.

With older versions of Windows, the OEM operating system, all of the
drivers, and OEM installed 3rd party software was contained in the
recovery partition.

On the recovery partitions of OEM Windows 10 computers is the Original
OS in the recovery partition? OR When a recovery is performed will
the OS be downloaded from MS and the recovery partition only includes
drivers and 3rd party software.

I read, many moons ago, that taking the W10 upgrade route and NOT
reverting to the previous version of windows with the 30 days grace MS
zapped the recovery partion and replace it with a W10 version.
So, does " I recently bought an HP laptop with Windows 10 reinstalled"
mean that it was originally W10 and W10 reinstalled from either the
recovery partition or from a purchased W10 licence, or was upgraded from
a previous version of Windows? Either way I think you are stuck with W10.

The reinstallation of Windows from the recovery partition is an
acceptable way of "cleaning" a PC before disposal, as opposed to using a degaussing hammer on the hard disc(s).

After I posted this request I checked my desktop which came with Windows
8 The recovery partition seems to be intact.

When you upgrade from Windows X to Windows 10 what is removed from the
disk is the Windowsold folder which allows you to revert back to the old OS.

There seems to be one heck of alot of Keiths floating around this
newsgroupg ;-)

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From: Keith Nuttle <Keith_Nuttle@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: Recovery partion Windows 10

On 1/2/2017 11:30 AM, Keith Keith wrote:

I recently bought an HP laptop with Windows 10 reinstalled,

SHOULD BE "I recently bought an HP Laptop with Windows 10 installed."

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From: Keith Keith <noddy@noddyland.com>
Subject: Re: Recovery partion Windows 10

Hello Keith,

I recently bought an HP laptop with Windows 10 reinstalled, and have a question about the contents of the recovery partition.

With older versions of Windows, the OEM operating system, all of the
drivers, and OEM installed 3rd party software was contained in the
recovery partition.

On the recovery partitions of OEM Windows 10 computers is the Original
OS in the recovery partition? OR When a recovery is performed will
the OS be downloaded from MS and the recovery partition only includes
drivers and 3rd party software.

I read, many moons ago, that taking the W10 upgrade route and NOT reverting
to the previous version of windows with the 30 days grace MS zapped the recover y
partion and replace it with a W10 version.

So, does " I recently bought an HP laptop with Windows 10 reinstalled" mean that it was originally W10 and W10 reinstalled from either the recovery partiti on
or from a purchased W10 licence, or was upgraded from a previous version
of Windows? Either way I think you are stuck with W10.

The reinstallation of Windows from the recovery partition is an acceptable
way of "cleaning" a PC before disposal, as opposed to using a degaussing hammer on the hard disc(s).



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Subject: Re: Recovery partion Windows 10
From: Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca>

On 2017-01-02 10:12, Keith Nuttle wrote:

I recently bought an HP laptop with Windows 10 reinstalled, and have a question about the contents of the recovery partition.

With older versions of Windows, the OEM operating system, all of the
drivers, and OEM installed 3rd party software was contained in the
recovery partition.

On the recovery partitions of OEM Windows 10 computers is the Original
OS in the recovery partition? OR When a recovery is performed will the
OS be downloaded from MS and the recovery partition only includes
drivers and 3rd party software.

The recovery partition contains data used to

a) Refresh the machine: Recreate factory fresh OS, but keep all your
personal data (documents, images, etc). Programs you installed will be removed. You'll have to do some updating, and reinstallation of programs.

b) Reset the machine: remove everything, including personal files and
data, and reinstall Windows. The machine will be like new. You'll have
to do major updating, reinstallation of programs, and restoration of
personal data folders/files.

Advice:
Before you do anything else, make recovery media, just in case. Then
install Macrium or similar, and set up a regular backup/imaging plan
(this is where external drives come in handy).

FWIW, I didn't follow the above advice in the past, which is why I now
urge other people to follow it.

Have a good day,

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Wolf K
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Subject: Re: Recovery partion Windows 10
From: Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca>

On 2017-01-02 11:47, Keith Nuttle wrote:

On 1/2/2017 11:30 AM, Keith Keith wrote:

I recently bought an HP laptop with Windows 10 reinstalled,

SHOULD BE "I recently bought an HP Laptop with Windows 10 installed."

... which means an OEM version and licence. Under Administrative Tasks > Computer Management > Storage, you should see recovery partition(s) and
a Recovery Image partition. None of these can be accessed via Explorer.
The recovery partitions are generally a few hundred MB. The Recovery
Image should be 2.5 to 3GB, since AFAIK it's a copy of the OS.

HTH

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Wolf K
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From: Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Subject: Re: Recovery partion Windows 10

Keith Nuttle wrote:

I recently bought an HP laptop with Windows 10 reinstalled, and have a question about the contents of the recovery partition.

With older versions of Windows, the OEM operating system, all of the drivers, and OEM installed 3rd party software was contained in the
recovery partition.

On the recovery partitions of OEM Windows 10 computers is the Original
OS in the recovery partition? OR When a recovery is performed will the
OS be downloaded from MS and the recovery partition only includes
drivers and 3rd party software.

It's faster to just look inside the partition in question yourself.

No, this is not the partition you're interested in, it just
shows the results of me looking at something I couldn't
see from Windows. There's always a way to get here.

http://s15.postimg.org/pwvs3fee3/recovery_partition.gif

Some partitions in the past, actually contained PowerQuest
or Ghost images. As their source materials. I don't think
that's necessary any more.

Paul

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