Windows 10: WINDOWS 10 OS messed up after extending system recovery partition

hello

its going to be a long post I apologize but I need help so sharing as much details as I can.

running DUAL OS machine (PC desktop) with Ubuntu and windows 10 PRO on a 480Gb SSD

I was having issues to update from 1809 to 1903 because of an error code leading to not enough space on system recovery partition.

To cut long story short, I did extend this partitioon within Windows over 500Mb as I saw it recommended in a imilar update error case and my OS went from bad to worse after that.
Could not boot in Windows anymore since

1. tried bootrepair in Ubuntu didnt fix it
2. tried bootrec in CMD didnt fix it

I never did a image backup of my system since I had some Windows Programs installed on another 2TB sata drive connected to my MB and the backup function in windows was asking me to capture the SSD Windows system plus the entire 2Tb hard disk so i never bothered doing it

I did backup my Libraries though but the last update I recall was from last year so I am potentially losing a lot of personal files if I cant find a fix to this issue

I have managed what i thought would be a progress, creating an USB boot disk that allowed me to boot in repair mode and run CHKDISK but after that it looked like all my Windows install was wiped away.I recall that no disks errors were found but tahst about it.

I am writing this post from inside UBUNTU, the snapshots showing whats left in my Windows partition and the system recovery partition as well which doesn't seem empty but that doesn't help me to boot in Windows properly either.Or at least I didn't find a way to do so.


I had an USB disk with a Windows10 image used on my company laptop but when I tried to use it, the image restore function says that my PC hardware is not compatible, as I expected anyway


where should I start from here in the hope for fixing this mess I created?

thanks so much


Olivier






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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.

 

Recovery Partition: Would like to get rid of "Recovery" partition, because it's using 10.74GB of space.

Hi,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community.



Recovery partition is provided by the company manufacturer. It will not affect your OS after deleting that partition since Windows 10 is installed in C: drive.

Recovery partition consists of some important boot files and other tools. Recovery partition is created by the System Manufacturer, in case you may want to revert back to the factory settings and for troubleshooting purposes.
It is not recommended to delete the recovery partition. If you wish to delete this partition, then you will have to get in touch with the system manufacturer or
follow the steps below to delete a hard disk partition,



Step 1: Open Run command by pressing Windows Key + R.

Step 2: Type diskmgmt.msc and press
Enter.

Step 3: Right click on the disk partition you want to delete and select
Delete option.

Step 4: Select OS(C disk partition, right click and select
Extend Volume.



This should delete your recovery partition, and the space that was there on recovery partition will be extended to
OS(C partition.



Hope this helps!



Get back to us if you have queries regarding Windows, we will be happy to help you.



Thank you,

 

recovery partition in windows 10

Hi Edgar,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community.

We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.



Recovery partition is provided by the company manufacturer. It will not affect your OS after deleting that partition since Windows 10 is installed in C: drive.



To delete a hard disk partition, follow the steps below:



Step 1: Open Run command by pressing Windows Key + R.

Step 2: Type diskmgmt.msc and press
Enter.

Step 3: Right click on the disk partition you want to delete and select
Delete option.

Step 4: Select OS(C disk partition, right click and select
Extend Volume.



This should delete your D: partition, and the space that was there on D: partition will be extended to
OS(C partition.



Hope this helps!



Get back to us if you have queries regarding Windows, we will be happy to help you.



Thank you,

Microsoft Community.