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I've got a laptop with pre-installed Windows 7 and the recovery partition. The laptop doesn't have a Windows Key sticker on it. I'd like to re-partition it and install Linux, and I don't want to keep the recovery partition: instead, I'd like to create a recovery dvd, just in case I need to bring the laptop back to its initial state.

In Windows 7, there is an option "Create a System Repair Disc", but it asks for the "Windows Installation disk" which I don't have.

So is it possible to create a recovery DVD having recovery partition?

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  • Not possible with all factory recovery partitions , Dell, HP etc. Just make a disk image of the entire drive.
    – Moab
    May 16, 2016 at 17:07
  • The recovery DVD isn't enough to recover your laptop back to it's initial state. Just download a Windows 7 .ISO that is all you need. If the laptop came installed with Windows 7, then it must come with a sticker, if it does not the installation isn't likely legitimate.
    – Ramhound
    May 16, 2016 at 17:08
  • "The recovery DVD isn't enough to recover your laptop back to it's initial state" I do it all the time with HP recovery DVD's
    – Moab
    May 16, 2016 at 17:15
  • Some laptop manufacturers are putting the Windows sticker under the battery. Did you look under the battery for it?
    – CharlieRB
    May 16, 2016 at 20:45
  • @CharlieRB, just checked, but sadly, no sticker. It's Lenovo ThinkPad T520 btw. Ok, I was hoping it'll be easier, but will look into making a disk image of the entire drive, thanks all.
    – Dmitry Frank
    May 16, 2016 at 20:57

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