Hi, I have a HP Pavilion dv5-1215ee, firstly there was windows Vista (Pack version) the OS that computer comes with, there was two partition disk drives, one is C 223GB where windows is installed & another is RECOVERY partition 10GB. I was trying to install Windows 10, before clicking install I formatted all the drives including RECOVERY partition also, during install it took restart & after that nothing works, it sits on HP icon bios black screen. I think this problem occured due to formatting the RECOVERY partition. Now what should I do?
How to create a 2nd set of HP recovery DVD's This works for ONLY those legit HP owners who own an HP laptop and burned one set of recovery DVD's. After the first set has been ccreated you are not allowed by the HP utility to create another set.
So if you were like me and left your handing carrying case with your recovery discs on the airplane according to HP you one choice. Order their recovery disc set from their website. THis is BS.you bought the rights to a legitmate set of installation discs. So if you have NOT deleted therecovery partion here is how you are able to create one more set of the discs without spending any money.
HP Pavilion dv5-2046la restore disk ISO complete factory reset. Windows® 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista or XP recovery disk media available in ISO format to download or in physical DVD and USB format. This factory reset system includes a Windows® restore disk ISO, a driver resource disk ISO and a free data recovery disk ISO. Available by download. Learn how you can get recovery discs for your HP or Compaq PC. IBM WebSphere Portal. HP has updates available for download to address the vulnerability. Look through the available software for Order Recovery Media - CD/DVD/USB. If the recovery media is available, click it.
This information si strictly for legitimate HP owners who have purchased a laptop with an OEM version of VISTA/XP and have lost or ruined their original recovery discs. Set the folder options to allow viewing of hidden files and folders and show known file extensions. Search for the following file: hpcd.sys There will be 2 copies,1 in C: WINDOWS SMINST and 1 in E: Delete both copies of the hpcd.sys files. Run the HP recovery disk creation utility.
- Mike By the way credit goes to the website at for providing useful details on how to do this! Thank you to all who contributed to this thread and helped me figure out how to run a 2nd DVD Recovery Copy. I'm guessing both solutions work (deleting hpcd.sys or hpdrcu.prc) depending on the version of Win7 and the model of HP. On my (AMD 64) Pavilion with Win7 Home Premium, I found only the hpdrcu.prc files.
However, as Win7 lacks a proper search (Find) feature, some may find it hard to find both files; e.g. 1) If you have partitioned your drive, you may have removed the drive (letter) for the Recovery Partition. As a result, my search with the Everything tool didn't find the file-name on the un-lettered partition. You need to use diskmgmt.msc to Add a Letter for this partition. 2) If you are ultra cautious and chose to rename the *.prc files (instead of deleting them), Win7 does not give you confirmation of successfully renaming them. For peace of mind you can use the DOS Command - CMD in Run - and navigate to the two drives and folders. Using the Attrib *.* command, you'll see both your files renamed, if that was your intention.
Hope this helps a little more.