How to recover or save Recovery Partition

Hey guys. I have an HP laptop and windows 7 and my drive D is Reovery Partition from which I recover OS in case of any problems of virus etc. So my question is that if I use an OS downloaded from warez-bb and do a clean install, my recovery partition will be deleted if I format all the driver (C and D). So is there any way to get the original OS back or the recovery ppartition back or any way to first make a backup of the partition drive and later restore it if I want to revert back to my original OS.
Im sorry if I sound confusing. Thanks for the patience in reading this thoroughly.
I want to install an Alienware OS so I am in this fix.
Answer #1
1. you don’t HAVE to format D AND c to install the OS
2. Acronis or Hirens boot cd will back up any and all of your partitions, back up both separately, then if you don’t like the installed version, put the images back.
3. it’s unlikely you’ll want to go back – downloaded from you’ll probably have ultimate or enterprise, the lappy would have the crappy home standard or home premium.
Answer #2
Oh ok. Yeah i got Home Basic with my laptop but I upgrade it to Ultimate with an upgrade keygen everytime. By the way do you know if I can install Alienware OS on my HP laptop?? I downloaded from here and the poster is not replying:
http://www.warez-bb.org/viewtopic.php?t=13636502
Answer #3
It’s an iso.
burn to dvd (ImgBurn)
(backup with hirens boot cd if you want to) (acronis, image on D drive)
boot to the w7 install dvd
format during install process (else you’ll have a windows.0 backup folder) (only format your c drive, not D)
install
nothing to it, really.
I presuming you have more than one usable partition – if you D drive is the hidden backup partition you’ll have to acronis image the the drive direct to burnable DVD.
Answer #4
Fluffbutt replied:
...if you D drive is the hidden backup partition you'll have to acronis image the the drive direct to burnable DVD.
Do as Fluffbutt has suggested using Acronis True Image Home, you can also save the image backup to an external drive rather than DVD if you have one.
Answer #5
Ok thanks. But there is no issue in installing an OS made primarily for Dell machines on an HP?
Answer #6
Well, you’ll have to make sure you have all your HP drivers handy (on a cd/dvd).
Some makers do make their own customised drivers, and you might find some ‘!’ in the dev manager until you install your HP drivers, but I’d say no – you won’t have any problems.
Even if you did, just replace the image – it takes about 5 mins to make one and about the same to replace it, give or take a little.
I ALWAYS image, when things fall over (and win 7 still does!) just replace the image and keep going.
Answer #7
To be honest, what is the point in keeping a recovery partition that maybe uses up 10 gb of your primary hdd space. Which would be a lower OS than you have downloaded from here (as Fluffbutt has mentioned).
First thing I do when I get a new lappy is to delete the hdd partitions and install with Win 7 Ultimate (need 2gb or more RAM) or XP SP3.
I haven’t downloaded and looked at that OS you are referring to, but it’s more than likely something someone has slipstreamed themselves as opposed to a Dell install. I would avoid OS’s like that if you want to be able to keep it activated.
As long as you have your HP drivers to hand before a fresh install, as mentioned, you can stick what you want on it. I would just use an untouched ISO, and then customise the OS after install.