Hi, i want to create a recovery partition with unattended install, something like these branded pc's with a hidden partition that you can access it push F6 from BIOS screen and has recovery tools and a unattended install. I installed WAIK for W7 but i dont know how to create that partition, i know it's possible with WAIK but i dont know how to do it, can you help me?

Take a look at Anarethos OEM Recovery over at MDL Forums. There are other software out there to make it easier. I bet Acronis trueimage has its own solution.

Hard disk based Recovery for Windows 7 is not in the WAIK. It was not made public until Windows 8 ADK which does not work for Windows 7. In order to have recovery for Win7 you'll need to use a software program that does it for you like Acronis.

Hmmm.

 

SetupFailOver.cmd (that can obviously be adapted it if needed to the specific needs) came out with Vista, maybe it isn't in 7 WAIK but only because they forgot putting it in, as at first sight I cannot see why it shouldn't be usable with 7 also:

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/128727-cant-access-repair-my-pc-option-via-f8-startup/

start from around here:

http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/128727-cant-access-repair-my-pc-option-via-f8-startup/?p=950779

 

The Windows 7 version is (publicly) documented here:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744525(v=ws.10).aspx

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744280(v=ws.10).aspx

etc.

 

Once you are booted in the WinRE, you are to all effects running a Windows PE in which you can do *anything* you want, including applying a .wim to another partition or run an install (attended or unattended).

 

jaclaz