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Dear C. Grenier,

My laptop's "Recovery Partition" got deleted and I want to recover it and have it written on the Hard Disc as it was earlier. I tried TestDisk and found the "Recovery Partition" on Deeper Search; it is shown as "D". On reading the Help Document, I came to know I have to change the "D" to other type. I couldn't do that - I don't know how to do that.

I did the followings;
(A) "Analyse" ---> Detected 3 Partitions;

1 * HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 35 126 37 407552 [System],
2 P HPFS - NTSF 25 126 38 91188 19 31 1464526848
3 P FAT32 - LBA 91188 19 32 91201 48 31 210672 [HP_Tools]

(B) With "Quick Search" selected pressed Enter --> then "Deeper Search" selected pressed Enter; after nearly 4 hours "Analyse cylinder" reached 100% and showed the following;
Partition Start End Size in sectors
D HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 25 126 37 407552 [SYSTEM]
D HPFS - NTFS 25 126 37 50 220 41 407552
D HPFS - NTFS 25 126 38 9946 169 15 159383552
D HPFS - NTFS 25 126 38 88997 238 9 1429342208
D HPFS - NTFS 25 126 38 91188 19 31 1464526848
D Linux 69789 79 51 70702 249 11 14678016
D Linux 69807 40 58 70720 210 18 14678016
D Linux 69836 25 14 70749 194 37 14678016
D Linux 69871 234 60 70785 149 20 14678016
D HPFS - NTFS 88997 238 10 91188 19 31 35184640 [RECOVERY]
* FAT32 LBA 91188 19 32 91201 52 51 210944 [HP_TOOLS]

Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition.
Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:
*=Primary bootable P=Primary L=Logical E=Extended D=Deleted
Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files,
Enter: to continue
NTFS, blocksize=4096, 208 MB / 199 MiB

Now, to Recover the "Recovery" Partition back to this Hard Drive as it was earlier what should I do?

I don't know Why there are "D Linux........ 69789 ...."? Could you please let me know why & how?

Please be kind to give me a step by step instructions.

Thanks

It's highly recommended to backup your data before doing anything.

Use the arrow (left, right, up, down) keys to switch the partitions from D(eleted) to P(rimary) or *(bootable).
For each partition found, use 'p' to list the files. By example, Once it's ok and only if the partitions you want to keep/recover are listed, choose Write, confirm, Quit and restart your computer.