Download recovery partition

[David Rittenhouse]

Does anyone know if there is a downloadable factory recovery partition anywhere on the net? Or has anyone uploaded and shared theirs?

I have a 64 gig DV8P and due to self-inflicted issues, my recovery partition is FUBAR...

Update:
Never mind, found another Venue owner who graciously helped me out.

 

[Memitim]

I can upload an image to restore the DV8P from USB if anyone is interested.

 

[maxmin]

I have been having a real hard time restoring my Dell Venue Pro 8. I have a restore USB drive I made but I still keep getting a missing partition error when I try to create the partitions. If you have a complete image that might help me. I think I need to repartition the c: drive.

 

[Memitim]

Sent you a PM maxim

 

[Alfred C]

Memitim, if I can get a copy of the image, I would greatly appreciate it. I accidentally erased my usb backup... Actually I erased my usb restore because I believed that the restore partition was recreated when I restored my tablet. That was an error. Thanks!

 

[shaffera1]

Memitim, Can I get access to your restore image? That would be awesome. Thanks!

 

[Memitim]

The image is still busy uploading, the upload failed the first time.

Will post the link here once it is finished.
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[Memitim]

Start downloading the 43 files from here: https://mega.co.nz/#F!FARQgQCC!MVeKesUeds30EuSTrMsYpQ

​Will post the rest of the instructions tomorrow when I'm sober.

 

[Alfred C]

Downloaded and unrared. Looking forward to your instructions.

Update. Created USB key from the IMG file and was able to restore my DV8P to factory. Thanks!

 

[Memitim]

Once you've downloaded and unrared the IMG file, download USB Image Tool from here: alex's coding playground » Download

Then use it to restore the image to a flash drive

 

[winetaste69]

HOW DID YOU UNRARED IT? I WASN'T ABLE TO UNRAR MINE it says The Archive is either in unknown format or damaged

 

[Memitim]

HOW DID YOU UNRARED IT? I WASN'T ABLE TO UNRAR MINE it says The Archive is either in unknown format or damaged

Get the latest version of WinRAR from WinRAR archiver, a powerful tool to process RAR and ZIP files

 

[orionbg]

Memitim, Every time I boot from the Flash Drive that I have made with your Image, I get a message that AC Power Is needed and I can't do that with a sigle USB... What is the correct way of doing this?

 

[Memitim]

Memitim, Every time I boot from the Flash Drive that I have made with your Image, I get a message that AC Power Is needed and I can't do that with a sigle USB... What is the correct way of doing this?

Apparently you can restore it using a SD card although I haven't tried this.

What you can do is this:
How to use USB devices with your Dell Venue 8 Pro and charge it at the same time - Todd Klindt's SharePoint Admin Blog

You will need these:
USB Male to Micro USB Male Charging Data Cable w/ Switch for Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 - Black (100 CM) - Free Shipping - DealExtreme
CY U2-166 USB Female to Micro USB Female + Micro USB Male Adapter Cable - Black (15cm) - Free Shipping - DealExtreme
USB Female to Micro USB Female Adapter - Black - Free Shipping - DealExtreme

 

[orionbg]

And is there anything that I can do without waiting 1 moth for these cables to be delivered? maybe some do it yourself cable specs of something?

 

[Memitim]

And is there anything that I can do without waiting 1 moth for these cables to be delivered? maybe some do it yourself cable specs of something?

Not sure where you live, maybe try getting the cables from an electronics store.

 

[orionbg]

On the backside of the geography! In Eastern Europe. Will try with a MicroSD card first and then if it fails I'll be looking for another solution.

Update: I can be very stupid some times.... all these tries I was selecting the Dell recovery option and every time it asks for AC Adaptor.... Several minutes ago I decided to try the Reset you PC Option and the selected Wipe the drive! Now I'm with a new completely stock OS again!

Thank You for the Image!

 

[ToddKlindt]

As often as this comes up I've thought about buying some of those cables and keeping them on hand for people. That wouldn't have done you much good on Europe though.

 

[raffyraffy]

hi alfred c...did you just put all unrared files (x 43 files) to the thumb drive? can you give me the steps you did? thanks alfred c

 

[Michael Maurier]

hi there I recently screwed up my dv8p and I am in need to that file if u could please upload it for me