Recovery Usb Disk

[Alexandrie Gallup]

SoI am in the same camp as others, seeking a way to create a Recovery HD parition on my one and only, built in HD (not on an external media!), the same one as Lion installer created or should have created in the first place.

I'm talking about the recovery partition that was supposed to be created when installing Lion. I hsould be able to startup THIS computer into the Recovery partition, but the Recovery HD on THIS Mac is mysteriously gone.

This message means the installer cannot create the Recovery HD partition on your hard disk. Recovery HD offers on-disk recovery tools, allows you to restore from Time Machine backups, reinstall OS X Lion over the Internet, or set a firmware password. Recovery HD is not needed to install and run OS X Lion, nor to access most of its capabilities and new features.

I just called Apple on this same problem. They advised that you cannot create a new Recovery HD without doing a fresh install of Lion. My new iMac does not have the Recovery HD and it came with 10.6 media. If I want to create an external Recovery HD my options are:

Since my MBP has a Recovery HD, the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant worked nicely. I partitioned a 4GB USB SanDisk flash drive with 1 partition 700mb and the other partition for the rest of the space. Used the assistant and it created the Lion Recovery HD on the 1st partition of the USB SanDisk. So, if you're using a USB flash drive larger than 1GB, you might want to partition it so you don't waste the whole drive. Otherwise, the assistant will use the entire drive.

To get my recovery usb created I installed my copy of 10.6 on an external drive and booted to that. Then, I downloaded Lion from the app store. I upgraded my 10.6 install on my external drive then used the Recovery Disk Assistant to make my usb drive. I also used the Lion package to make an install dvd since I had the file handy.

I used a Lion install DVD that I created from the InstallESD.dmg file found in the downloaded OS X Lion Application. Rebooted then pressed C when I heard the boot chime. The system rebooted from the Lion install DVD and I started the install. You can also reinstall on top of itself by clicking on the saved InstallESD.dmg file while in Lion instead of rebooting from the install DVD. You can execute the Install Mac OS X Lion.app file.

So my neice called me a few days ago and asked if I could stop over and chek her computer out. When trying to start the pc she was getting a no bootable device found. After doing the usual troubleshooting and a few unusual ones, I concluded the drive is dead. The PC is past warrenty so I ahve ordered a new hard drive for her but there is still one small problem. She has no backup disks. She doesn't think it came with any disks and with a dead drive, the recovery partition is out of reach. Does HP have any options to help her out in a situation like this such as downloading or ordering the original set up files?

Another thing she is concerned about is her personal files. Pictures, saved games, other documents. Does anyone have any crazy tricks for recovering files from a dead disk? I pulled it from the PC and installed it in an external enclosure and tried a couple different pc's with Windows and 1 with Linux and nothing.

HP does not provide downloadable recovery media. If the hard disk crashed, recovery solutions are usually quite specialized and expensive. The cost of professional recovery would exceed the value of her notebook from even when it was a new product in the box.

If the twenty-five character license key for the operating system is still visible on the Microsoft certificate of authenticity, you may be able to use a downloadable ISO from Microsoft to reinstall Windows 7. Use the following Microsoft link.

Thanks for the reply. I have the Windows 7 ISO downloading now and her new drive should be in Tuesday morning so she will be up and running again soon. Hopefully she learned her lesson and knows why backups are a good idea.

I initially tried the search with "HP 2000-369wm" and "HP2000-369wm" but came up with nothing... Then tried it with just "2000-369wm" and it came up with the result. I guess the way the search parses the data is at fault.

I wish you always got an OS Installation disk but that's not the case anymore. I've bought hardware and been given a restore disk, or even instructions on how to burn my own disk with their software...

I depends - I have a Lenovo L512 laptop and needed to replace the hard disk in a Lenovo W500 at work but could not find its original installation CDs. I reinstalled Windows 7 using my L512-branded recovery disk without any problems.

However, in addition, as a system builder, you are only allowed to use the media shipped with the licence, whilst I do not know anyone who has been sued/fined, it is a grey area. (Technically, MS are no worse off from you doing this).

The big companies are typically BIOS locked, so you can (typically) use any Lenovo disk with any Lenovo laptop and just skip over activation. If the disk is from another manufacturer, you can try using it, it will most likely fail automatic activation, and you have a small chance that it will work by typing the code manually (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't), the only downside is the machine may be "branded" if there are OEM customisations on the setup disk.

The terms Recovery disc (or Disk), Rescue Disk/Disc and Emergency Disk[1] all refer to a capability to boot from an external device, possibly a thumb drive, that includes a self-running operating system: the ability to be a boot disk/Disc that runs independent of an internal hard drive that may be failing, or for some other reason is not the operating system to be run.[2]

The focus of recovery or rescue is not to lose the data files on the hard drive; the focus of restore is to restore the operating system's functionality (and subsequently restore the contents of one's latest backups).[3]

The rescue/recovery tool uses media containing a backup of the original factory condition or a favored condition of a computer as configured by an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) or an end-user. OEM supplied media are often restore tools shipped with computers to allow the user to reformat the hard drive and reinstall the operating system and pre-installed software as it was when it was shipped.[4] Many modern systems have eliminated use of a physical recovery disc and instead store this software in a separate partition on the hard disk itself.

As an alternative to using media supplied with a system, it is possible to make one's own rescue/recovery disk. The Macintosh computer tool's name is Disk First Aid; on Windows systems there is a Create Disk function.[5]

When a factory reset is done, user data is lost. The term"OEM recovery" refers to that type of "recovery." What is "recovered"is the original system.[6] Hewlett-Packard,using the term System Recovery, describes it as destructive[7] recovery.[8] They even advise removing "extra hard drives"to prevent loss of this too.

Although non-destructive alternatives do exist,[8] the standard OEM Systems Recovery of Microsoft Windows-based operating systems involves booting from a separate hard drive partition, CD-ROM, or DVD, reformatting the hard drive and then copying operating system and software files. After the recovery process is completed, configuration such as the Windows Out-Of-Box Experience wizard is first run (along with any other additional setup the computer may perform), as it was on the initial startup of the computer. Most recovery systems use specialized software, though Toshiba and Dell licensed Norton Ghost technology for their recovery systems at one point.[9] As of Windows Vista, Dell uses a Windows Imaging Format based image on a partition along with a tool launched from the Windows Recovery Environment's command prompt.[10]

Most modern PCs store their recovery (non-destructive) or restore (destructive) tool on a hard drive partition rather than on bundled CD-ROMs or DVDs. They're typically accessed by using a specific key combination during system startup.[11] There's less cost to the OEM, but exposes the user to hard drive failure.

An application used to create recovery discs or flash drive is sometimes offered to allow a backup of the recovery data.[12][13] Recovery CDs can also sometimes be ordered directly from the OEM. For some computers, they can also recreate the recovery partition. Other recovery systems, such as those included with recent Apple Macintosh models, permit users to download the recovery partition over an internet connection, enabling successful recovery even if the hard disk fails or is replaced.

The advantages of OEM recovery media can be had, without some of their disadvantages, by using disk imaging software such as Mondo Rescue or Acronis True Image to create a bootable recovery CD containing an image of the machine in the desired initial state. For example, a user can install their operating system, install all device drivers for their hardware, install other desired software, and configure other personal settings. Some smaller OEMs even use bootable CDs generated by this software as the actual recovery CD or DVD itself.

Many manufacturers do not supply a physical "recovery disc," but instead store the "recovery" (destructive) software tool on a partition of the hard disk. Some software that was preloaded may not be included; likewise some device drivers.

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