Windows 10: Reinstall Windows and Remove Dell Recovery Partition?

Discus and support Reinstall Windows and Remove Dell Recovery Partition? in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I have a Dell XPS 15 in production and expected to arrive in a few weeks. I know it will come with bloatware and I'd rather either do a Windows 10... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by mccnavy, Dec 8, 2020.

  1. mccnavy Win User

    Reinstall Windows and Remove Dell Recovery Partition?


    I have a Dell XPS 15 in production and expected to arrive in a few weeks. I know it will come with bloatware and I'd rather either do a Windows 10 refresh or simply reinstall from scratch than do manual uninstalls and have traces left in registry and elsewhere. If Dell still does what I recall there will be a partition for Dell Recovery that I believe is accessible from the BIOS. However, is it worth keeping or is reinstalling Windows from scratch, and wiping the entire drive a more reliable and higher performing option? I figure that if, after the clean install (using the license key that will be in the BIOS), I would just use Windows Recovery. I don't think clean install or removal of Dell Recovery partition would affect warranty. Thoughts?

    :)
     
    mccnavy, Dec 8, 2020
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  2. bhaalkc Win User

    Help accessing recovery partition

    if he deleted the recovery partition, you wont be able to access it. You will have to reinstall Windows from dvd or cd.....
     
    bhaalkc, Dec 8, 2020
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  3. Anusha Win User
    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)
     
    Anusha, Dec 8, 2020
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  4. Rexter Win User

    Reinstall Windows and Remove Dell Recovery Partition?

    Help with HP System Recovery partition

    I will try and cut this short:

    So i have this HP pavilion DV5-1987 laptop, that came with windows vista home premium 32bit. A couple of months later i installed a 64bit version, and about a week ago i installed Windows 7 x64 RTM. Both installations was a fresh install on the C partition, leaving the recovery partition intact and alone.
    Now i have regrettet and want the original os to be reinstalled. But it doesnt work.
    The bios options does nothing, i press ESC to get to boot options, choose F11 for boot to recovery partition, and it goes straight to windows 7.
    i search the internet for options and try these suggestions:
    Mark drive D as active partition (the rec partition). it still boots to win 7.
    boot to super grub from a boot cd, and press "AUTO MAGIC BOOTER" (something like that). it then shows me two identical "vista boot loader" to choose from, and both goes into win 7, and a third (other OS) that gives me and error and returns to grub loader.

    there a several other suggestions but either they wont work in my scenario or are another iteration of what i have already tried.

    So uh... help? please? if you need anymore information please ask.
     
    Rexter, Dec 8, 2020
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