How to recover after accidentally formatting/deleting the HP Recovery Partition?

Situation where the HP Recovery Partition is deleted/formatted

Tom's Hardware - "Hi, I deleted the recovery partition and upgraded from Win 7 to Win 10. How can I get the recovery partition back?"

Recovery - "I accidentally deleted the recovery partition on my HP netbook. I want to restore it to its original condition."

< strong > SevenForums - "I have an HP laptop with Windows 10. Accidentally, I formatted the 2GB HP Recovery Partition. The partition is still there but it's empty. I want to get the data back. Is there any way that I can make it a recovery partition again? Please help as I am a bit nervous about it."

Everything about Recovery Partitions in Windows 10/8/7

A recovery partition is a special partition on a system hard drive used to restore the system to its factory settings in case of a crash. To prevent modification or deletion, a recovery partition usually doesn't have a drive letter and typically only offers a "Help" option in Disk Management. Generally, there are two types of recovery partitions.

One is created by installing Windows on a GPT disk. This recovery partition takes up only a few hundred MB of disk space, because it contains a stripped-down version of the OS.

The other is created by computer manufacturers such as HP, Dell, and Lenovo before they ship their machines. This recovery disk contains copies of all the software that came pre-installed on the computer, including the Microsoft operating system and add-ons.

This partition allows you to restore your computer to its factory settings, including the operating system, drivers, and some pre-installed apps. The recovery partition takes up more space than a Windows Recovery Environment partition and is usually labeled "OEM."

1 - How to Restore Deleted HP Recovery Partition

What if you accidentally deleted the HP Recovery Partition? Is it possible to get it back? Relax! It's not a big deal. To successfully recover the deleted partition, you don't need to reformat the partition or rebuild its partition table after deletion. All you need is professional partition recovery software. How can you find a good one? Here we recommend you try AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard, a professional partition recovery tool designed to recover deleted or lost partitions, which is the safest way to restore your partition and data. Please follow the detailed steps below to recover HP Recovery Partition:

Step 1: Run the Partition Recovery tool on your computer.

Select the hard drive or device where you lost your partition, and click “Scan” to proceed.

Select the hard drive where you lost partitions

Step 2: Wait until the scanning process is completed.

Have the program scan the selected disk and find the lost partitions.

Step 3: Preview and recover the lost partitions

Please double-click on the partition that is labeled as "Lost" but with "Good" recoverability.

Preview the content of the lost partition. Click “OK,” and then click “Start” to recover the lost partition.

Select the partition to recover

Step 4: Click on "Start Recovery" to finish the partition recovery process.

Note: If the tool warns you about conflicts, back up the listed partitions with important data to an external drive first. Then proceed with the final step to recover the lost partition.

2 - How to Retrieve Formatted Data from HP Recovery Partition

When you format the recovery partition, the partition itself is not lost. Only the data on the HP partition is erased. In this case, it's recommended that you use a data recovery app to restore formatted data. This professional data recovery software has helped millions of users resolve data loss issues. It can easily recover files from formatted hard drives, partitions, SD cards, USB flash drives, and other storage devices compatible with Windows. Watch this video to recover data from a formatted recovery partition.

Step 1: Select the recovery partition.

Step 2: Start the scanning process.

Step 3: Recover the data to a safe location.

Extra Tip - Copy the HP Recovery Partition to a New Hard Drive

You may delete or format the recovery partition. Besides partition recovery, it's a good option to copy recovery partition to a new hard drive. In this way, you can have a backup and don't need to worry about losing the recovery partition. Todo Backup allows you to clone recovery partition easily and quickly.