Convert Vista Recovery Partition after W7 Install

I got the Windows7 disc from Samsung and performed a clean install on my laptop without major issues. However, the recovery partition which is convenient for a quick recovery in case of major issues is still on Vista. I erased Vista and tried what is mentioned here:

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/4093-windows-7-create-a-recovery-partition

However, the bootsect command did not work for me. I am now stuck with a dual-boot laptop with an empty recovery partition with Vista boot files.

Ideally, I'd get a W7 recovery partition image from Samsung but I am not sure they will do it. Plan B would be to do what is mentioned at the link above (a copy of the W7 disc with W7 bootability on the recovery partition) but how do I get there?

Any insightful advice will be appreciated. Thanks.

 

sorry you cannot make a Win7 recovery partition , the best you can do is get some software like paragon backup and recovery or acronis backup and recovery and make an image of you os partition for a quick recovery.

 

The best you can do in this situation is to create your own recovery partition and disk using a third party program.

 

Thanks for the quick replies although it does not look too good for me so far. Am I to understand that the process proposed in the link in my original post will not work? How about (re)installing W7 from the disc onto the recovery partition?

 

all the process proposed in link 1 does is copy the entire W7 dvd to a partition so you can re-install W7 without a dvd , but you will still have to install all the driver and system software and activate the key everytime, it might be a bit quicker than doing it from a dvd.

If you use recovery software you can get your windows perfect and then make an image of it.

 

The command prompt which you use for these commands, must have administrative rights.

Press start, find Command Prompt using quick search, right click and select run as administrator, that must fix it...

 

I ended up booting from the W7 disc and was able to run the "bootsect" command. However, I still get the dual boot message when my laptop starts. Obviously, there is something else I need to do... Maybe the W7 equivalent of the "Sys" command?

 

Yes of course, having a copy W7 on that partition is not the greatest. That's why I pointed out that I would ideally get a new recovery partition from Samsung (an image maybe). If had been able to use the Samsung recovery software (or another) to save on my recovery partition and get rid of Vista, I would've done that. But that did not work, thus the Plan B solution discussed in this thread.

My situation has evolved somewhat since my last post. After successfully running the Bootsect command (and making the partition active), I rebooted with the W7 disc and it "repaired" my recovery partition to make it bootable. I thought that was good news but my laptop now only boots from the recovery partition leaving my previous boot partition "C:" as system (not boot anymore). I thought I could change the status of the (now) bootable recovery section to inactive but it won't let me... The laptop is still working fine and booting a bit faster because there is no longer two OS to deal with but I am not sure I like the setup that I've got now...

 

There is an easy fix. Format the hard drive and reinstall Windows 7.

 

You actually need to combine both drives in Windows setup. To do that you will need to press advance drive options>format both drives>delete the recovery partion> Expand the other partion> install OS.

 

Pretty dramatic solutions MrSpock2002 and cloudbyday. I will just leave the laptop the way it is if I have to lose the recovery partition in the process. I was hoping there were other options...