Hello
I have Dell XPS 8300 and made a set of dvds when I got the machine. I don't remember if I made them before or after a Dell tech deleted my recovery partition.
I have since made a Win 8 dvd from the downloaded iso file and using the library, moved to Win 8.1.
I am asking if there is a way I can restore or obtain the recovery partition.
I have the original Win 7 cd, the 2 dvds I made when I got the pc and the Win 8 dvd I created.
If the recovery partition is not in the Win 7 dvds(as I said above) is there any way to get that partition back?
When I moved from Win 7 to 8 with the disc I did not see any opportunity to create this recovery disc.
I thought if I selected 'custom' after 0 unallocated space, then 'drive options adv', 'new' and 'apply' it would be automatically created.
I never saw anything like that so just 'next it' to Win 8.
I read Brink's tutorial but either I made and error or I can't do it.
So, can I get a recovery partition?
Thank you
Peter
P.S. I have a Dell Laptop which is similar to the desktop and it has the recovery partition. Could that be of any help? It has Office and another licensed program so I doubt I could use the image in my desktop. I have current Macrium images of both pcs.
I have Dell XPS 8300 and made a set of dvds when I got the machine. I don't remember if I made them before or after a Dell tech deleted my recovery partition.
I have since made a Win 8 dvd from the downloaded iso file and using the library, moved to Win 8.1.
I am asking if there is a way I can restore or obtain the recovery partition.
I have the original Win 7 cd, the 2 dvds I made when I got the pc and the Win 8 dvd I created.
If the recovery partition is not in the Win 7 dvds(as I said above) is there any way to get that partition back?
When I moved from Win 7 to 8 with the disc I did not see any opportunity to create this recovery disc.
I thought if I selected 'custom' after 0 unallocated space, then 'drive options adv', 'new' and 'apply' it would be automatically created.
I never saw anything like that so just 'next it' to Win 8.
I read Brink's tutorial but either I made and error or I can't do it.
So, can I get a recovery partition?
Thank you
Peter
P.S. I have a Dell Laptop which is similar to the desktop and it has the recovery partition. Could that be of any help? It has Office and another licensed program so I doubt I could use the image in my desktop. I have current Macrium images of both pcs.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 10 Pro x 64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPS 8300, Dell Inspiron 15 R N5010
- Memory
- 6 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia GE force 420
- Hard Drives
- 1TB
- Browser
- Edge, Chrome
- Antivirus
- Defender, MBAM, Router