Thread: How to Create a System Repair Disk in Windows 7 and Vista

You can form a system repair disk in Windows 7 as well as Windows Vista to guard against being not capable to start Windows properly. The repair disk loads the Windows Recovery Environment, which encloses the recovery tools to repair/recover your unbootable Windows system.

Kindly note down that you can also make use of the Windows 7/Vista DVD to boot to Windows Recovery Environment. This guide is for those who own an OEM PC (with no Operating System CD/DVD), as well as those who want to keep a CD completely for recovery scenarios.

Creating a System Repair Disk in Windows Vista

Windows Vista clients want to make use of the process of creating the System Repair Disk. As the Repair Disk creation tool (recdisc.exe) does not run in Windows Vista SP 1, you have to download as well as run the pre-beta version of the file.

Creating a System Repair Disk in Windows 7

Click on the Start button in the left pane of your desktop, All Programs, and Maintenance, and produce a System Repair Disc and after that slot in a CD/DVD into the burning drive as well as press the Create disc



This makes the System Repair Disc. To start on the Windows Recovery Environment, and insert the System Repair Disc into the CD Rom as well as restart the computer by using the CD/DVD drive (Hint: Set CD/DVD as the intial boot device in BIOS).

Choose your Windows installation from the listing when being provoked. The System Recovery Options are currently displayed. These are the recovery tools presented:

1. Startup Repair
2. System Restore
3. System Image Recovery
4. Windows Memory Diagnostic
5. Command Prompt

Create System Repair Disc

In Start menu >> Type system repair disc >> press enter.

The one pop window comes where you choose the right drive and click Create disc. A CD will be contain 142MB of space.


Using the Disc

If you have some system problem just pop in the recovery disc and boot from it and enter into Windows Setup.


Once it boots up you can use recovery tools or restore the computer back to a system image.


Now you can select different recovery options to help you get your system back up and running.


Having a System Recovery Disc to boot from must be part of your backup and recovery toolbox in case it does.

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