Hp Probook 450 Recovery

[Jannet Nevels]

Installeda new hard drive, the old one had failed. Started the recovery via the USB drive HP sent me, after a couple of hours the screen popped up and read THE RECOVERY ATTEMPT HAS FAILED. SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BUTTONS. and the options are, SAVE LOG, DETAILS, OR RETRY. i have retried several times over and over and still same thing. The first time this happened I thought the new hard drive I got may have been bad, so i bought another one and installed it and testarted the recovery process again. So tell what you guys think, I think the recovery drive I got from HP is bad.

Your Windows 10 license key is embedded in BIOS and you can reinstall Windows without HP Recovery Media. Microsoft provides the free Media Creation Tool to download files and create a Windows 10 usb flash drive.Advantage is you will have latest updated version of Windows 10. At least 8gb flash drive required:

-us/software-download/windows10

Select Download tool now,save it,then Run.

If you agree to the license terms, select Accept.

On the What do you want to do? page, select Create installation media for another PC, and then select Next.

Select the language, edition, and architecture (64-bit or 32-bit) for Windows 10.

The Guide here shows the steps.Pay attention to Step 5 since you will be using another pc:

-create-bootable-usb-flash-drive-install-windows-10-a.html

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When the flash drive is prepared insert it in a usb port. Power on the laptop and immediately start tapping Esc key. From the menu tap F9 key and use the arrow keys to move to and select usb. Tap Enter key.

When installing and you go through first few screens- choose Custom and select each partition and delete each (if you have more than one).Install on the unallocated space left from that process.Continue with installation.It should pickup the key from BIOS but if it asks at any point just choose "I don't have a key". It will continue and should activate once you are online.

Note that the recovery media is protected by a software mechanism that means that you cannot apply it to a different hardware model so this is not a means to clone illegal, activated, copies of Windows!

If you have a system hp running. Best choice is to use recovery disk option within operating system.

If you messed up with your system but you still have the recovery partition, the best way is to order a recovery cd with hp.

However, you can do another solution which is :

1) first install the same os on your system from a usb stick

2) modify your windows recovery environnement to point to the os image within the recovery partition

3) burn your recovery disk (or usb) with this modified windows recovery environnement

4) restart your system from windows recovery environnement to restore hp os (or from your just burned usb/recovery disk).

The HP Recovery Disks will install Windows and even give the original 60 day free Norton again. The recovery procedure is not without faults though ( it requires you to know how to partition the hdd ).

If you use the recovery procedure as is ( out of the box ) the recovery partition will be created and Windows will be installed but...the partitions will not be correct. In my case the primary partitions on a 500G drive were created as C: 48.8G (20.6G free) and D: 9.76G (9.20G free). Now, do you know how to partition a bare drive?

Start by downloading an ISO file ( you do know how to burn an ISO to CD media don't you? ) from partitionwizard.com ( remember to donate ) called Minitool Partition Wizard Bootable CD 7.8 . Create one primary ( not logical ) with all the defaults partition of the drive. According to HP ( run the HP tool Cyberlink Recovery Tool and if you don't get the green check mark ?call HP ) otherwise follow the directions included with the recovery disks from HP.

The easiest solution is to create recovery media using the built-in recovery media creation tool. Type recovery media into the start menu and you will get an option for Recovery Media Creation. Run this program. It will give you the option to create recovery media using blank DVDs or a USB flash drive. In your case, since the dm1 has no DVD drive, you will want to use a flash drive. Unfortunately, this can only be done once per computer, so make sure that you do it right and don't lose the flash drive.

If the need to reinstall your computer with the default image arises, you will boot off of the USB flash drive and be guided through the reimaging process. Your computer will then be exactly how it was when you first received it.

You may also be interested in using the built-in Windows Backup to run regular backups. These backups create full disk images, and can be used to restore your computer to the exact state it was in when the backup was made, even if you have to restore to a completely new disk.

In case you ever want to do a clean re-install, you should also back up the C:\swsetup folder. This is where all of the drivers for your computer are stored. Many of them are available online, but a few may be difficult to find, such as the WLAN driver on some Pavillion models.

The only real way to do it, without doing that, i suspect is either to make recovery disks from some tool which HP provides within the windows install (the restore also restores the recovery disk), or to just use DD on the whole disk from a livecd

It may be too late for you, but others may benefit. Within the first 30 days of getting your HP computer, you can call HP customer support and receive all the recovery media for free. That includes the OS and program and drivers discs. After the 30 days, there is a small fee.

Use a live Linux CD/USB to get at the hidden partition - you can make a copy onto a USB hard drive or simply toggle the hidden flag within gparted (this ships with Ubuntu - not sure about other distros)

Hello all, I'm trying to revive an old laptop (HP ProBook 4540s) that was running an old version of Windows 10. This is my first time running Linux on a PC (outside of some small virtual machines). I downloaded Ubuntu 22.04, flashed it onto a USB using balenaEtcher, and installed the OS onto the laptop from there. My BIOS was configured to boot with UEFI. On booting from USB, I was given a few options at the GNU GRUB menu. I first noticed something wrong when my computer would freeze up after selecting the top Ubuntu option. I went through several restarts before deciding to go with Ubuntu (safe graphics). My laptop was able to go through the regular Ubuntu installation process after this.

The cursor would blink for a while, and then completely freeze. I then tried to reboot the computer in recovery mode, and resume the boot from there. I was able to get onto the desktop, complete the setup, and use Ubuntu like normal (i.e., installing applications, browsing). Unfortunately, I can ONLY complete the boot through recovery mode. Trying to boot normally causes the computer to completely freeze and become unresponsive after the same line. I can't even access TTY with ctrl+alt+f2 or other shortcuts. I've looked at all the solutions under this thread, but haven't found success with any of them. I went down a rabbit hole thinking it was a graphics issue (and it might still be), but I couldn't find a solution that worked since I don't have an Nvidia card. I've looked for additional drivers in Ubuntu's software updater, but nothing comes up. I've even tried a fresh install and ran into the same exact issues. I'd appreciate any thoughts on what be going on, and how I might be able to fix this problem.

The screen becomes unresponsive again, and no keyboard shortcuts work. I have to power off from here to reboot. I've actually noticed that, during this process, the font type changes before freezing, which is odd.

If I go to the advanced options for Ubuntu during the boot, and use the same command, I can see that gdm.service is loaded but it's inactive (dead). I have no idea if this is expected, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

Ok, I was able to solve my own problem after fiddling around with the BIOS settings. I assumed the whole issue had to deal with my graphics driver or something. So, in my BIOS settings, I disabled switchable graphics in the device configurations menu. After that my computer has booted up normally and works perfectly as expected now.

The hidden recovery partition on your HP computer lets you restore your business machine back to its factory default condition. The recovery program resides on its own partition, so it is accessible even if Windows 7 is corrupt and unable to boot. Although performing a system recovery will erase your primary disk, you'll have the option to back up your files during the recovery process and quickly place the computer back into service.

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