Creating recovery drives from manufacturer's recovery part

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the methods and tools for creating recovery drives, specifically focusing on recovery DVDs or USB drives from a manufacturer's recovery partition. Participants explore the implications of using manufacturer-specific tools versus third-party options.

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  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant inquires about the best ways or tools to create recovery drives.
  • Another participant clarifies that recovery can refer to different processes, initially misunderstanding the context as data recovery rather than system recovery.
  • Some participants suggest using tools provided by the PC manufacturer for creating recovery media.
  • Concerns are raised about the limitations of third-party tools like Rufus in creating recovery drives from manufacturer recovery partitions.
  • Participants discuss the reasons manufacturers may restrict recovery images to their own tools, citing concerns about software licensing and the complexity of recovery processes.
  • There is a mention of the risk involved in relying solely on a single recovery partition, particularly if the external device used for recovery fails.
  • A participant expresses frustration over the discussion, suggesting that the focus should be on the manufacturers rather than debating the points raised.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the effectiveness and necessity of manufacturer-specific recovery tools versus third-party options. There is no consensus on the best approach to creating recovery drives.

Contextual Notes

Participants note the potential risks associated with creating recovery drives, including the deletion of data on the drive when creating a recovery image and the reliance on a single recovery partition.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in system recovery processes, PC maintenance, and those seeking to understand the limitations of recovery tools provided by manufacturers.

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What are the best ways or tools to create recovery drives such as recovery DVDs or USB recovery drives?

Thank you.
 
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What do you mean by recovery? Windows provides recovery drives as CDs. Knoppix can be downloaded to a USB stick to make a recovery drive that will boot your machine to Knoppix linux so you can get some of your lost files.

Some people will simply mount a USB stick and copy selected files to it using a script. Usually the USB stick is too small to hold all your files though.
 
Use the tools provided by the manufacturer of the PC.
 
jedishrfu said:
What do you mean by recovery? Windows provides recovery drives as CDs.

Sorry for poor explanation. Actually it wasn't about data recovery but about system recovery. PC manufacturer's might provide a recovery part as a hard drive partition, in mine it is called as recovery part and is almost 12 GB.

Thank you.
 
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And the manufacturer either provided you the tools to make a recovery CD/DVD/USB or they did not. If they did not, you are stuck.
 
Vanadium 50 said:
And the manufacturer either provided you the tools to make a recovery CD/DVD/USB or they did not. If they did not, you are stuck.

But what makes the manufacturer's tool so special and precise? Why cannot other recovery-making tools, such as rufus, work with them? What is the technical background and reasons for this precise situation?

Thank you.
 
They don't want you taking the recovery image to a different computer and using it to install bundled software. Furthermore, they don't want to unnecessarily complicate matters: if you can use it to do recovery on that PC, it's good enough. They don't have to work to add features beyond this.
 
Vanadium 50 said:
They don't want you taking the recovery image to a different computer and using it to install bundled software. Furthermore, they don't want to unnecessarily complicate matters: if you can use it to do recovery on that PC, it's good enough. They don't have to work to add features beyond this.

But I think the worst thing is that owners of PC can have only one recovery part, if I understand it correctly?

The note of 1 in the link: Everything on the drive is deleted when you create the recovery drive.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-pavilion-15-n000-notebook-pc-series/5401225/model/5443031/document/c03529751

This is a risk because what if the recovery part we carried from PC to an external device such as a usb stick break down or external device break down itself?

Thank you.
 
Why the heck are you arguing with me? Argue with the manufacturers.
 

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