This is an HP laptop delivered by Amazon India on 16 Jul 2014.
HP 15-d005TU
-3rd Generation Intel Core i3-3110M Processor (2.4 GHz)
-500GB Hard Drive Toshiba MQ01ABF050
-4096MB DDR3 SDRAM
-DVD Optical drive hp DVDRAM GU90N
-Windows 8.1 64bit
On delivery it had 9 Windows updates installed ( 8, dated Nov 13 and the last one dated 07 Mar 2014, perhaps just before it left the factory). My first priority was to update Windows. A total of 78 updates including the last major Windows 8.1 update 1 akin to a Service Pack - KB2919335 and all this took a lot of time. All updates went on well with no problems.
Now I find that Windows Disk Management lists two OEM recovery partitions D: ( What it was earlier, I did not notice but I presume it was showing one correctly since any abnormality would have caught my attention.)
Diskpart lists all the partitions correctly. And so also bootice.
Now what is causing this and how do I fix it?
I find there is a Intel Manageability Firmware Recovery Agent - https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2013/02/06/intel-manageability-firmware-recovery-agent My own guess is some Intel driver/firmware may be causing it. As I said it is only a guess. I tried the update with it but so far Intel servers could not be reached though my internet connection is OK. Perhaps someone here may be able to throw more light on the problem and fix.
(.I have just another 48 hours before the intended recipient - my house-maid's son - drops in here to pick it and take it along to his distant college. My next access to that lappy may be after 20 days. He regularly visits his parents, residing in my quarters every month to snatch money for his college fees, but still I am the owner of the lappy till it is paid up . I had created an MS ID and set it up in his name.)
HP 15-d005TU
-3rd Generation Intel Core i3-3110M Processor (2.4 GHz)
-500GB Hard Drive Toshiba MQ01ABF050
-4096MB DDR3 SDRAM
-DVD Optical drive hp DVDRAM GU90N
-Windows 8.1 64bit
On delivery it had 9 Windows updates installed ( 8, dated Nov 13 and the last one dated 07 Mar 2014, perhaps just before it left the factory). My first priority was to update Windows. A total of 78 updates including the last major Windows 8.1 update 1 akin to a Service Pack - KB2919335 and all this took a lot of time. All updates went on well with no problems.
Now I find that Windows Disk Management lists two OEM recovery partitions D: ( What it was earlier, I did not notice but I presume it was showing one correctly since any abnormality would have caught my attention.)
Diskpart lists all the partitions correctly. And so also bootice.
Now what is causing this and how do I fix it?
I find there is a Intel Manageability Firmware Recovery Agent - https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2013/02/06/intel-manageability-firmware-recovery-agent My own guess is some Intel driver/firmware may be causing it. As I said it is only a guess. I tried the update with it but so far Intel servers could not be reached though my internet connection is OK. Perhaps someone here may be able to throw more light on the problem and fix.
(.I have just another 48 hours before the intended recipient - my house-maid's son - drops in here to pick it and take it along to his distant college. My next access to that lappy may be after 20 days. He regularly visits his parents, residing in my quarters every month to snatch money for his college fees, but still I am the owner of the lappy till it is paid up . I had created an MS ID and set it up in his name.)
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