OEM Recovery Partition Creator for Windows

If you get an error try to see exactly what the error is so we are not troubleshooting in the dark.

 

Thanks AnarethoS this is a great & useful tool!

As I have used a couple of things from this site already & this will b a 3rd I'd like to contribute if I can.

I'm a professional software developer so if you haven't sorted out the issue about a GUI for partitioning the hard disk then I'm willing to create it for you which will then generate or edit the files. The same GUI could also be run in unattended mode to use the file to re-create the partitions. Let me know what you think.


Had an idea about those that want to have a data directory & during a restore don't want that data partition I was looking at the ResetPartitions.txt for how this could be achieved. Except I don't know in which cases of the restore process the ResetPartitions.txt file is used.

Original script as follows for MBR. Will try GPT next, not sure why Windows x86 wasn't GPT compatible (tested under VMWare only). LIST PART returns the same result if either the original or the updated script is executed. It does mean the original partitioning has to be done by hand first though. Note GPT doesn't allow extended partitions which is why the GPT data is a primary.

Original MBR
SELECT DISK 0
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=12000
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK LABEL=RECOVERY
SET ID=27
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=150
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK LABEL=SYSTEM
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=32768
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK LABEL=WINDOWS
CREATE PARTITION EXTENDED
CREATE PARTITION LOGICAL
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK LABEL=DATA

Alternate MBR
SELECT DISK 0
SELECT PARTITION=1
DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE NOERR
SELECT PARTITION=2
DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE NOERR
SELECT PARTITION=3
DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE NOERR
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=12000
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK LABEL=RECOVERY
SET ID=27
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=150
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK LABEL=SYSTEM
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=32768
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK LABEL=WINDOWS

Original GPT
SELECT DISK 0
CLEAN
CONVERT GPT
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=12000
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK LABEL=RECOVERY
SET ID=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
CREATE PARTITION EFI SIZE=150
FORMAT FS=FAT32 QUICK LABEL=SYSTEM
CREATE PARTITION MSR SIZE=128
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=32768
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK LABEL=WINDOWS
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK LABEL=DATA

Alternate GPT

SELECT DISK 0
SELECT PARTITION=1
DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE NOERR
SELECT PARTITION=2
DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE NOERR
SELECT PARTITION=3
DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE NOERR
SELECT PARTITION=4
DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE NOERR
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=12000
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK LABEL=RECOVERY
SET ID=de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
CREATE PARTITION EFI SIZE=150
FORMAT FS=FAT32 QUICK LABEL=SYSTEM
CREATE PARTITION MSR SIZE=128
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=32768
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK LABEL=WINDOWS



I read this entire thread from start to end in about 3 days.

 

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Your better off leaving it as fat32 anyway. That way UEFI is properly supported.

 

I was trying to help come up with a way to be able to use most of the DVD space. The problem I read later (20 or so pages) on was due to the splitting not using the requested size. If he chose 4000 MB sometimes it would generate a file that wouldn't fit on the DVD.

 

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AnarethoS where are the partitions deleted in the different restore modes. Are they done by you in the CMD files? Bear with me as I haven't read any of the documentation or checked the files as I'm writing these comments while they're fresh in my head after reading all the pages.

 

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If you are trying to use the oem folder on a legit legal win 8.x machine (with oem-dm key in bios) then you will HAVE to include a pid.txt file with a install key that you can find just by googling (lol). Add that to the pid.txt file and put in in the source folder of the iso....now your oem folder will work. If this is the case. You really need to provide more info like with os and version you are using and if it is legit oem activated. I'm shooting in the dark here. lol

 

No we're like a small computer store we use Asus & Gigabyte motherboards. We use OEM media then attach product key license to side of PC see attached image of Windows 7 & Windows 8.1 media we use.

View attachment 29188

 

Then in that case in the xml file put complete path so the os knows where to find it....put in oem folder as to the path of the image file. The xml file and oem folder location with the image in it should match.

 

How do I change entering to recovery environment from F7 key to F11?

P.S. found in thread. Thanks go to cerberus8855 and google.