Samsung recovery problem doesnt work

Hello , first one sorry for my bad english , be patient with me please haha
I have one doubt , today i was partitioning my hd for install windows 8 and i have done some changes so now the Recovery Solution doesnt work. I try to use the F4 key in the initialization and only a black screen appears.
Let me tell you guys what i did..
I saw the "Samsung Recovery" partition and i have changed the size of the partition, but i haven't deleted the partition or changed its files, i just increased the partition size it had 21,69 gb and now it has 22 gb . I also changed the partition from Primary to Logical and also renamed the partition from None to F: .
So.. when i saw that my samsung recovory in the initialization wasnt work anymore i tried to revert what i did , but it haven't worked.

Is there anything that i can do to solve this problem?


Thanks!!

 

Hi Drodrigu, welcome to NBR.

Changing the size of that partition may have been harmless; but once you changed it to logical, you essentially merged it into a larger extended partition, instead of being a partition on its own. But the bigger problem is, even if you are able to change it back to exactly the way it was before, most likely your F4 still will not work, since it relies on information in the partition table, which was destroyed when you made the changes.

There may be a way to get that recovery back, but it requires quite a bit of work, and it probably will wipe the entire disk in the process. So absolutely, definitely back up all your data first. ALSO, it requires you to backup the contents of the Recovery partition, so be very careful not to make any further changes until you have all those backups.

If you're prepared to take those steps, we can help you. Otherwise Samsung can re-image your drive for a fee (I think I heard $50, but I'm not sure). Of course that will also wipe the disk.

You didn't mention which model you have and whether it was delivered with Win7 or Win8. This is important, because if tells me which version of Samsung Recovery Solution you have: SRS5 (or SRS4) if your PC was delivered with Win7; SRS6 if it was delivered with Win8. SRS5 uses only a single Recovery partition, while SRS6 uses two.

Assuming you have SRS5, the procedure to re-create your Recovery is described in this post. Please read that post carefully before you even begin, and ask if you have any questions. I want to make sure you understand the process.

As you can see, you need a so-called USB Admin Tool; and this tool must be created in Recovery -- which is currently broken. So our first step is to find a way to temporarily boot your Recovery. This post describes how you can add Recovery to your Windows Boot Menu -- even when F4 is broken. (The discussion in that link is about SRS6, but this particular step applies to both versions). Of course this assumes your Recovery partition is still intact, and I don't know if it will work after you changed it to a logical partition. If not, you will have to change it back to a primary partition. But don't change anything unless you have to.

The other thing you need is a file and folder backup of everything on that Recovery partition. It is described briefly in the first post I linked, and in more detail in this post.

Once you have a file and folder backup of the Recovery partition AND a USB Admin Tool, you can boot that USB to re-create your Recovery with working F4. In your case, you probably have to use the option to completely re-partition the disk, which will wipe all partitions. But afterwards you should be able to F4 boot Recovery and restore the factory Windows installation.

Once again, you have some work ahead of you to make this working again. Let us know how it goes.

Oh, and don't worry, your English is fine