How to create Recovery drive in inspiron 1525

Bad news Im afraid. Once you delete the recovery drive(partition), you cannot create a new one, or download it from Dell. When , and if, the time comes for you to reinstall your operating system you will have to use the disc supplied with the machine.

  Acronis True Image can build a recovery partition for you to recover from. I don't know of other software vendor options, as I've never had an issue restoring from True Image and has always worked for me. ~ I also make and copy another image to another drive, and an external one too.

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@Xelkos wrote:
  Acronis True Image can build a recovery partition for you to recover from. I don't know of other software vendor options, as I've never had an issue restoring from True Image and has always worked for me. ~ I also make and copy another image to another drive, and an external one too.

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This assumes the recovery partition is still intact. If the MBR or partition has been altered this will not work.

     Correct, True Image won't recover a partition that has been deleted, or from another vendor's image. True Image creates its own recovery partition, and modifies the boot parameters for an action key to press to start the recovery. F11 is usually the key to launch the Acronis Recovery partition.

 

When the user has installed a functional OS, and files, and are secure with the setup; the user would create a recovery partition, and True Image would copy the current OS' partition into the Acronis Secure Zone. The user has the option to start the recovery process via a User Created CD, using Acronis CD (if a physical purchase), or by having the Acronis Secure Zone prompt the user with a hotkey on boot-up (F11 usually).

 

   This is using Acronis to create the recovery partition, this is not a Dell program, but another program that can be purchased and installed for recovery. Really helpful for those of us who upgraded to Vista x64 but the system originally came with Vista x86.

Thanks all,

As i have all original dvd's, So only option for me is I should backup the system with True Image or any other ghost software. This will work for me right? or any other best solution for it?

    Once you get your OS rebuilt to a state that you are comfortable with, it is recommended to get some sort of recovery method in place. Should you need to recover another time, you can use the recovery option you have created.

    Of course the smaller sized OS would be the quickest to recover from, as having a smaller recovery partition would mean less wait time. This does not mean you can't have a larger OS build imaged, just means longer time to create, and recover from.

 

    I have used True Image since version 1.0, and it's always gotten better with each build. There is no system degradation or conflicts like those sold by Symantec. (I would never put another Symantec product in an OS again, too much bloat and system instability with their line of service they have to stick in with every program they sell.)