Windows 10: Missing recovery partition

I have a dell inspiron 11 3147. I swapped a new Samsung evo 850 ssd into it, using the cloning software that came with the ssd. Everything copied over fine, the laptop boots into windows just fine. I was going to wipe it and start off with a fresh version of 10 because when I updated the drivers, I lost the dell touchpad OEM app, and I’m doing so I lost the ability to two finger scroll, which is why I was going to reinstall 10.when I went to reinstall it, the dell recovery software could not find the recovery partition, so there was no option to restore/reset the laptop. When I ran Diskpart, I

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How To: Create recovery partition.

it worked when i copied all the files of the disk to the recovery partition i created, but i had to use WinPE tab to add the entry.

Type: WIM Image (Ramdisk)
Name: Recovery
Path: Z:\Sources\boot.wim
and hit Add Entry
I tried it in VirtualBox and it worked.
At first, it would add a second "Windows 7" entry to the list, but when the installation is finished, the old one is deleted. (I formatted only C: partition)

 

Lost recovery partition

Hello, I see that you are having issues with recovery partition. I would suggest you using the diskpart command in the command prompt. First, open up the comand prompt as an administrator, then type in diskpart. Now, type in list disk, and look for the
recovery partition drive. Follow the steps in the link below:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-and-fo...

Hope this helps, and let me know if you have further questions!

 

windows 10 missing recovery partition

well i always have desktop , never laptop and i format my computers like over 100 time in the past 10 years and i remember windows 7 and 10 ( i never use 8) , create partition called recovery when you install windows you press New - apply and then is when windows create partitions , so basically the partition recovery is for factory reset ? i always do clean install

but here an example of what i mean







other people clikc on next and dont press new (obiosly no matter beacuse windows make the partition automatically , but i pref to clikc step by step) and always when i install windows , i disconected all my sotrage HHD