How to Create a Recovery Partition in Windows 7

Creating a recovery partition is a two part process. The first process is to create a partition if you do not have an additional Hard Drive to install the system image which is the the second part of this tutorial.
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[@aliabdelbari6757]

A very "clean" and clear tutorial, thank you very much ... Keep doing great job :)

[@mezoooadel]

thanks that's what i am searching for since many months

[@sciencemansandera]

Nice Video glad to see someone keep it simple

[@cool-jd8hg]

Thank you, I know that this was made in 2012 but it's still useful, I never knew how to create a partition like this 🙂

[@cheeyonglai7231]

Thanks a lot man. this video really help me a lot!

[@krissysxi4808]

appreciate this easy step by step guide!

[@maurotoscanini7364]

So I use the "Windows 7 installation CD", I can format my Hardisk “C” and then I can restore my previous image backup "Z". 1 The image backup includes also all driver (videocard, audio…ex)? 2 Can the image backup restore all advance setting I did on Outlook or Mozilla Firefox.. ex? Thanks a lot for this video

[@Darkangell74]

continue the great work,thanks for sharing ur knoledge

[@TheWordprophet]

Thank you so much...so this is something that I could use to restore my pc if it crashed, seeing that I have no Win7 disc to repair it with? (a tech put Win7 ultimate on my PC. I have the product key, but no disc.) The disc I can create with this method will restore my Win7 OS, and all the files I have presently?

[@MsJazzy1962]

Awesome !! I definitly have to do that. Thank you so much

[@GUAYAPA]

Thanks very much, i love your tutorial, but please, I have 2 questions: Firsth: when you say at minute 6.20 / 6,21 " REMOVE THE DISK FROM THE DRIVE" I didnt see when was the disk installed in the drive, and 2nd. in this back up, are included all additionals programs installed after OS and data storred ? Thanks for your answer, and please, excuseme, I am not english speaker and reader.

[@testkid588]

Great Tutorial! Pardon my ignorance but how do I know what MY operating system partitiion size is so that I am able to set the new partition 5gb bigger than such. Thanks!

[@skylark304]

YOU ARE PRECISE AND PRO****** GOOD TUTORIAL thanks

[@Sakura13kohime]

Thank you so much. Your video tutorial is very clear and detailed.

[@Avoiderrors]

thank you

[@stainless0521]

IT' SNOT!!! He skips over things!!!

[@bob8559]

Awesome info and help! Thanks!!

[@LuisMSoler-hf2zs]

Very Helpful. That's muy bueno and clear mi hermano.

[@brandoncook2830]

1,000th like, great video, easy to understand and simple. Thank you

[@Avoiderrors]

thanks

[@lemberts]

Hey thank you Miguel, this is the types of videos i like Good keep making good videos.

[@chilito10k]

MrCodaman since you cannot upgrade from 32Bit OS(W7) to a 64bit what you will need to do is to perform a clean install over the same C partition which will erase all data "this will not affect your D partition". Remember to move whatever files/folders you want to keep to your D partition and once the clean install is done all your files will be available from the D partition. A good rule of thumb is to partition the HDD in at least 2 so on C you have the OS and programs and D all your data!!!

[@quadravhs]

Thanks for this Miguel. You are AWESOME!

[@Avoiderrors]

thank you

[@akramsalim77]

***** thanx iam from iraq i so love usa

[@SuperYGOD]

Good explanation of a complex procedure.

[@shafiqsaidee]

thanks from making useful video, it did really work! nice, well-done!. I was trying to make a new partition in my computer hard drive, I got a problem during making new partition Drive C. I've shrink-ed the volume and got unallocated drive, but when creating new sample volume, giving drive letter and so on and finally clicking on " finish" button I got the message < you can not create a new volume in this unallocated space because the disk already contains the maximum number of partitions.

[@minasoma305]

if i were to do this on a fresh laptop and make a backup/repair disc while it had a recovery partition still installed and some way somehow later on down the road when/if my partition got deleted would i be able to use that disc to get my recovery partitton back? Or would it only install everything but my partition back onto the laptop?

[@krptas]

Great videos miguel,keep up!

[@vint7054]

Thanks for the concise information

[@Rahman9082]

Hey thanks for your video i want to change my hard drive from 500 GB to 1TB but i cant create the recovery partition to 1 TB as same like my 500 GB hard drive is?

[@domcizek]

excelent tutorial, thanks again

[@dan212121212121]

what i want to do it put a back up of windows onto a dvd so if my hard drive gose i have a back up of my windows for a new hard drive can you a tell me how i can do this or do you have a video on how to do it

[@BarzinPirayesh]

thank you so much it was great toturial may you post a learning vidio to how to creat flash memory usb recovery drive for windows 7 all the best

[@Mohammadkashifkhan2093]

sir actually i wanna ask that if i create a recovery disc of my windows from backup and restore , would i be able to recover the company's add on softwares that i got with my laptop I have got a recovery partition already but the thing is my stuff and windows are on same drive therefore i have total 2 drives one of windows and the other recovery partition , if i want to create another partition from my one and only drive , can i install windows afterwards using my recovery partition, if i dont create recovery disc and i just want to install windows from recovery partition afterwards then what should i do ?

[@thomfroi]

Very nice video! Thank you. What tool are you using to create such smooth highlighting and zooming effects?

[@SiroyViews]

thanks 4 your valuable video

[@kaj07071130]

Thanks it helps me a lot.

[@1000mjf]

thank you very helpful tutorial

[@sweetyredhead]

Excellent Miguel you gracias amigo...

[@rajale2083]

thank u so much mr.avoiderrors

[@jb-tech3083]

hi, i have a question, say i already made the image backup, then i installed a new program in the local disk C, it will not be included or added into the image backup, right???? the content of the image backup is just exactly on the time you created it??? hope you will answer, and understand what i mean,

[@TheDeca300]

Hey thanks for the great video! Just a question. I would rather like to use a option/feature like what Dell or HP user where you have a recovery partition but do not need the windows& CD or repair disc. So its like you boot from the "recovery drive" is this possible?

[@uvriteshnim6074]

I like your video but can we upgrade from 32 bit to 64 bit

[@AcuarioMarinoTV]

you do not need the CD, before windows start press F8 to have repair option then you can do it from there

[@lastorderfan]

If you have a System Recovery Partition already in place (correct me if I am wrong). My laptop came with no windows cd and had been upgraded by the seller to Windows 7 Pro from Vista. The seller erased the partition that allowed restoration to factory condition and never replaced it with a wndows 7 version. F8 will most likely not be sufficient in a worst-case wipe-the-drive scenario. You need the disc or a partition containing a recovery image with windows for that.

[@ArabDude123]

lastorderfan That's my situation. I was looking for an answer to that. Thanks.

[@43oun]

thank u sir that was really helpful

[@debbiewilson4832]

Near the end of the video (at 6:25), you say you'll have your OS the same as before. But what about everything else? What if I reformatted C right before the restore? Would I have all my data, all my settings, and all my installed programs also restored? (Or just the OS restored... as you stated in the video?)

[@Musashiist]

thanks for the very informative video. is there any way to hide the image partition so it cannot be untampered with. how can we do that and how can we unhide the partition for recovery? or can we recover from hidden partition as well? thanks

[@DarkSorrowDark_Sorrow]

hi there thanks a lot for this awesome video tutorial, you helped me very much with it. finaly a recovery like on a laptop. i use a ssd, dont have much space, so i created on my hdd. is this also okay? best greetings

[@MumaidAmnasfa]

Great video.... Thanks

[@Slim_Tim]

Great video! you've got yourself another subscribe. going to do this on the public computer so if it won't start up i just start the CD and repair it from that partition. but one question: is this also possible with Ubuntu? doesn't matter wich way.

[@PRmoustache88]

Will you keep your data if you restore the backed up system?

[@pavankumar9492938028]

Thanks This Video Very Helpfull

[@darylcrum573]

I have a windows 8.1 upgraded to 10 and my recovery d partition is over 20gb and is telling me I'm low on disk space . l am thinking it has a lot of data I don't need now. what would be my best options..? thanks

[@TheOneeyedclay]

Great Vid ! ! Can you use this to restore WIndows 7 to a "clean" install state like when the laptop was new?

[@luckys5353]

well it say i need more space to back up the thing my hardvie is 2terbaatyes so what do i od

[@chilito10k]

Your best bet is to backup your files/folders/pics etc. to an external drive then perform a clean install of the OS on the HDD and as you do it partition the HDD. In 1 partition the OS and in the other your "Recovery Image" and even on a 3rd all your data. I always recommend to partition to keep all important data separate from the OS in case it crashes and need to re install. The only thing, any pre-bundled manufacturer software(crap) will not be present on the "Recovery Partition".

[@myqueenkiller]

Hi Paul, can you make a tutorial where you show how to make a WIM file for recovery and integrating that into the bootup menu on Windows 7, that'll be so awesome.

[@rdtvshow1997]

Finaly i found the right video thank miguel

[@Avoiderrors]

thanks rdTV

[@iMRDY99]

this is very helpfull.... thanks for this..

[@haseeb6693]

Friends, all my laptops have all the data format. Please tell me what software I need to download to recover it is Windows 7

[@filmymaza6481]

Sir will it also activate windows which is activated at the time of making Image disk Drive

[@JeffTheHokie]

Great video. A couple questions. Does this image work with f11 (recovery from the BIOS), and is there a way of leaving an "untouchable" partition- ie restore your system without overwriting your data partition?

[@ligidtoron413]

I've just accidentally converted my one and only laptop hard drive, from basic to dynamic. And I want it to convert it back to basic.The problem there is I need to delete all the volume.(especially the boot,page file etc.). I need to ask , that kind of method is can be apply?.

[@moroeljaguar]

thanks 4 the helpful video

[@zoobi2u]

gud one... it works... thanks

[@TIMESLICES]

cool job Miguel

[@ProgPena]

Thank you for showing us but how can i do it if i don't want to save No files from my computer only Windows 7 on the partition?

[@TheDjSuccess]

i did everything you told me to do but i want me my laptop to format back with its factory settings is this process going to do that?

[@jacobc221]

Most computers allow you to press the F8 button for advanced boot options (like safe-mode). If you see a "repair my computer" at the top you can select this. Then there are options like "system image" that you can use to load your system image and restore from it. Obviously if you don't see the "repair my computer" option when pressing F8, then that is not available

[@dancrucifix]

My image doesnt use the entire space that it said it would require initially which was 95gb but the image is only using 20gb can i get that space back on my c drive if so how would i do this

[@Annettesmusic]

Excellent tutorial. Clear visual and simple instructions. I'm having a problem due to a screw up at Lenovo repair where they changed my motherboard but didn't link my Operating system to the new motherboard so now, Windows is acting like a new install and is asking me for a product key on a laptop I've had Windows 7 installed on for over a year! Anyhow, long story short, I saw in your video that you have that 100mb partition in front of your C driver too. I thought, because I recently partitioned my C drive into C and D that the partition software created that file and that was what is stopping me from using my restore disks (official Windows 7 disks from Lenovo), since I can't reformat because it can't find Bootmgr) The Laptop boots with no problem but the recovery disks can't find Bootmgr??? So, is that 100mb drive supposed to be there and it's something else preventing the restore disks from finding Bootmgr?

[@Avoiderrors]

+Annettesmusic is that 100mb drive supposed to be there? yes. fix the Bootmgr missing goo.gl/6ZSC6N

[@Annettesmusic]

+AvoidErrors Thanks for getting back to me. IGood to know the 100mb partition supposed to be there. That link you gave was for the error: Bootmgr is missing My error is: CDBOOT: Can't find Bootmgr I get this error when I put the Lenovo Windows 7 recovery disks in. It will not go past that screen so I cannot go any further with a reinstall of WIndows on my machine. I think I will have to send it back to Lenovo to fix this issue.

[@nigelphillips7454]

@@Avoiderrors hi i tried downgrading windows 10 to 7 but its not working please help me

[@martenwest2136]

Thank sir for this vary clear important video

[@crowneagle2]

Nice job!

[@adamlebonjustme9615]

you are the best

[@adnanmohamedhashi5520]

if i trying recovery partition in windows7 and then recover from it so what happens with my lap ton is everything removed with my data computer?

[@carlitoxxe]

The recovery partition can be executed with grub? For example, a samsung notebook has "samsung recovery tools" with windows and linux. In the grub I can see the recovery partition AND I can execute it in order to fix the computer. Can I do the same with the technique of the video?

[@arnicogiss4044]

you rock mate!!! But can you help me do that on a samsung rf511 laptop??? I installed a new windows and lost the recovey and now when i try to installl the samsung recovery solution 5 in=t says you have no partition on your gard drive! So is it the same process???

[@shafiqsaidee]

I have three primary partitions (OEM partition, Recovery drive and C drive which the OS is installed) and one logical drive, I don't have Extended partition. Now can I make a new partition ? actually I wanted to make it from drive C ? , which is primary partition with lots of extra space. thanks,

[@raghuprasadhn9004]

sir i want to know what is system reserved partition

[@ElFlacito12]

would this restore my laptop to factory setting?

[@selimwolela161]

hello would you help me how to resize C derive..? while i try to install win7 on it it's not allow me to do i think its size problem so i wanna resize it thank you

[@autumnsprings44]

Good Job Mig

[@docksaylor5190]

thanks this really worked good.

[@Avoiderrors]

+Dock Saylor great. im glad it worked. let me know if you have any questions

[@Avoiderrors]

+Dock Saylor great. im glad it worked. let me know if you have any questions

[@avishekbhattacharyya6166]

Hi.. This Video was truly helpful. but i want to know how can i add Some space in partition C from other partition

[@ncix2]

Im trying to fix a computer that has a virus already and a system image was never made on disc. Can I create a system image using another windows 7 computer and use the disk on the computer that is not working ? Or do I have to download a copy of windows 7 and burn it has iso image and use the product key on the computer.

[@sintu1234]

HI, I am having a question that is i am using 10 pc and same model so if make one image drive and then can i copy this drives file and copy in to all 9 .. is it possible or not in case of recovery or I have to make recovery of each system...

[@JessePedyfoot]

hey miguel. I am trying to create a image with a disk. is that possible if i follow the same way you did.

[@TheEB95]

My problem is, I do not have my recovery partition, and my computer has gone mad. I want to recover it to factory settings, which is impossible ofc. cuz I don't have the recovery partition. and this backups my entire hard drive! is there any way to just get the recovery files?

[@Revathi1418]

hello sir, I would like to confirm whether the same process explained above, can use for any device.. I mean like Sumsung windows7 laptop, del..etc..???

[@amitmity5157]

1. Does this save personal files as well? 2. Does the disk contain the personal files or just the software necessary for the repair with the personal files (if 1 above is yes) saved onto the recovery partition? 3. When I create a new system image, do I save it in the same location in the recovery partition - meaning will windows automatically rename/overwrite the previous system image?

[@edgarvillalba4234]

Muy buen tutorial loco, esta no la sabia, saludos

[@Avoiderrors]

+Edgar Villalba Gracias

[@Deadlywaterboy]

My computer came with a factory image on drive (D:). How do I back that up to a cd few cd's? When I do your steps, it tells me its going to backup C and D.....

[@Robokid309]

When I looked at the Image (z:) it says, 'Healthy (Logical Drive)" it doesnt say primary partition

[@zakaria1237895]

Hey, my question is, is this the thing if you want te remove everything and like reïnstall everything (back t windows 7 from the 'factory settings'?

[@Jiggs224u]

if you didn't have a recovery partition already in place you can't do this. What this does is take everything that is currently installed and backs it up to an image. When this process is done it gets the exact copy of what's on the machine. You would have to do this process after a clean install previous to installing anything else.

[@ChristianVillacis]

Thanks Buddy Recover my System is a important way to dont stop my business

[@Avoiderrors]

Christian Villacis Thank you

[@pratishchavan1835]

please say me how to backup and restore my data while upgrade xp to 7 my hdd is of 40 gb and my data of 38 gb

[@ohenesekyi9877]

hi miguel how can i recover my files from an unallocated partition

[@ThatGuyTheyareAfter]

Am I to assume its impossible to recover your computer without some sort of recovery or installation Disk? Because it seems like you created a system image backup, that can only be accessed with the recovery disk? I know Acer has PQSERVICE default factory OS and settings that you can boot and recover with.

[@swedencharlie]

hi and thank you, is it possible to create a start usb? how?

[@edgarkoterle]

You must have downloaded bootable system image and then create the bootable USB flashdrive using e. g. Rufus or PowerISO

[@ashishjishorts]

respected sir I am install window 7 ultimate I want to format HP recovery drive how I can save my data HP recovery drive format all drive erase but I want to save my old data

[@darrianegoh9248]

Can I use the USB? Or must it be a CD

[@nitej_]

thanks man!!!!

[@kameshavadhan8663]

Thanks for your video. But i am having C Drive, Recovery Drive and HP Tools Drive. now i want to format my laptop without loosing my data from C Drive. My total data is in C Drive only. how can i do this. hope u can help in this regard. Thank you.....

[@kalimeraHellas]

Hello miguel. Whats up about the galactic entities?