{"id":30709,"date":"2012-05-01T17:25:58","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T17:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=30709"},"modified":"2012-05-01T17:25:58","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T17:25:58","slug":"windows-guides-recovery-tools-hidden-on-your-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/windows-guides-recovery-tools-hidden-on-your-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Guides: Recovery Tools Hidden on Your PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hard_drive_partition.jpg\" alt=\"recovery tools hidden on your pc\" title=\"recovery tools hidden on your pc\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30718\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Rich Robinson for Windows Guides<\/p>\n<h3>Copy Windows Setup, Drivers or Bundled Software from the Recovery Partition<\/h3>\n<p>When I first bought my netbook from Acer it came with the Windows 7 Starter Edition. Luckily for me I had an extra Home Premium license I could use. Problem was that the graphics driver needed was not available for download, and was not available through Windows. A fact I only discovered once I had re-installed windows. Another irritating thing I discovered was that the bundled software that was pre-installed with my windows starter edition, did not run anymore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The solution? The hidden recovery partition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most new computers today comes with pre-installed Windows and bundled software. These licenses or programs does not come with an installation disk, package or user-manuals. Instead the setup files (or recovery disk) is stored in a hidden partition on your hard-drive, together with various extra drivers and tweak files. At the end of this article I will show you where to look for the files and how to retrieve them, but first lets unhide the partition. To unlock or get access to this hidden partition we need to unhide it. This can be achieved using the built-in DiskPart Tool. You can choose to get access to the disk on a one-time basis or permanently assigning a drive letter for it. In most cases you are able to assign a drive letter using the Windows Disk management tool. The Recovery Partition is normally set to have no drive letter by default. We can override this feature by using Diskpart.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30715\" title=\"recovery tools hidden on your pc\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hidden-500x2811.jpg\" alt=\"recovery tools hidden on your pc\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hidden-500x2811.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hidden-500x2811-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/windows-7\/7security\/unlock-hidden-recovery-partition-harddrive\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This excerpt appears with the permission of Windows Guides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" 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