How to transfer a RECOVERY partition to a new HD of a DELL Inspiron 1420?

How to transfer a RECOVERY partition to a new HD of a DELL Inspiron 1420?

My HD is about to die, and I am going to buy a new drive and install everything from scratch. I will like to use the recovery partition on my original drive, but I don't know the correct steps to use the recovery partition on a new drive since it will not be there and I don't know that just a simple copy of all files will work. If I copy all the recovery partition in a pen-drive (flash drive), will I be able to use it in my new hard drive?

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Guest [Entry]

"I've never hit exactly this situation, however, I think this will work. Get a new drive the exact size as the old drive, then using a linux live CD you can make an exact copy of the drives using a command like 'dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb' (be really careful you get the devices right).

There may very well be a better way ... but that's what I'd try ..."

Guest [Entry]

"If OS is XP or Windows try this:
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/asr.mspx

Just make sure that the replacement HD is the same size as the original, or closely matches the original HD in terms of specs and size."