The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Upgrading Hardisk: How to create Recovery Partition on new HDD

    Discussion in 'HP' started by parag385, Jan 13, 2009.

  1. parag385

    parag385 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    27
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I am changing the hard disk of my laptop from 80gb to 320gb. for the primary drive i.e. c: i can use the recovery disk that i created to load the os and the drivers.

    Now the question is how can i create the recovery drive d:

    I would prefer to have the hp recovery partition. if there is use of some other software like norton ghost then i would prefer to use any free software.
     
    parag385, Jan 13, 2009
    #1
  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    769
    Messages:
    5,851
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    206
    easiest thing to do would be to use a program like DriveImage XML to backup the recovery partition (and normal drive, if you wish) to an external HDD; and then move it back to the new HDD.
     
    whizzo, Jan 13, 2009
    #2
  3. kevinf

    kevinf Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    11
    Messages:
    662
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    use your recovery discs
     
    kevinf, Jan 13, 2009
    #3
  4. RXT_IAN

    RXT_IAN Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Im about to install a new HDD into my DV6000 too, does the recovery disk re-create the partition?
     
    RXT_IAN, Jan 13, 2009
    #4
  5. Pranalien

    Pranalien Notebook Veteran

    Reputations:
    20
    Messages:
    706
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    No only the factory settings in your primary partition.
     
    Pranalien, Jan 13, 2009
    #5
  6. deeastman

    deeastman Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    977
    Messages:
    1,095
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    The purpose of the Recovery Disks you made (I am assuming you are talking about the HP Recovery Disks created with the maintenance program) is to reload ALL of the notebooks original software onto the same or new HD in case a problem arises. A complete format of the new or original drive will take place.

    The software on the HD will look just as it did when you purchased the notebook new. As long as your notebook bios will support the larger harddrive you will have no problems and ALL the partitions will be created during the Recovery installation process.
     
    deeastman, Jan 13, 2009
    #6