System Repair USB not working but System Repair disc is.

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  1. Posts : 18
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       #1

    System Repair USB not working but System Repair disc is.


    I have decided recently to create a system repair disc in case something goes wrong with my computer. Using recdisc.exe, I created a system repair disc and everything worked out fine. Once I booted with the repair disc, I got a screen that looks like this:


    This is what I wanted

    I decided to make a recovery USB as well for convenience. (USB is much faster and is less bulky than a regular DVD)

    I copied everything in the DVD, and pasted in my USB (the USB is an active and a primary partition). When I boot into the USB however, I do not get the System Recovery Options screen, but the HP Recovery Manager screen. I personally dislike HP recovery manager and want to get the Windows System Recovery Options screen.

    If I try to close the HP Recovery Manager, a dialog pops up asking if it should close HP Recovery Manager and reboot. Can someone tell me if I did something wrong to create the USB Recovery drive? I don't know what I did wrong, I copied everything from the disc (which works perfectly) to the USB (which suddenly decided not to work.) In case anyone was wondering, the HP Recovery Manager looks like this:

    I don't know if this is relevant, but the CD drive is first in my boot order. Once I have a repair CD in my computer, it automatically loads. For me to access the USB, I have to manually boot into the USB using BIOS. Thanks for reading.
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  2. Posts : 1,670
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       #2

    Hi

    you cant just copy and past it into the usb drive it has to be bootable. i have not done it before but see if this helps you. Boot Windows 7 System Repair Disc from USB Using Grub4Dos
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  3. Posts : 18
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       #3

    oscer1 said:
    Hi

    you cant just copy and past it into the usb drive it has to be bootable. i have not done it before but see if this helps you. Boot Windows 7 System Repair Disc from USB Using Grub4Dos
    Thanks for the quick reply! I will follow the tutorial and will update whether I was successful or not.
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  4. Posts : 18
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    Thread Starter
       #4

    Gandolf said:
    oscer1 said:
    Hi

    you cant just copy and past it into the usb drive it has to be bootable. i have not done it before but see if this helps you. Boot Windows 7 System Repair Disc from USB Using Grub4Dos
    Thanks for the quick reply! I will follow the tutorial and will update whether I was successful or not.
    This partially worked out, I managed to get to this screen:

    System Repair USB not working but System Repair disc is.-hp-usb-repair.jpg


    On my CD Repair disc, Windows Recovery Options detects the OS fine. It cannot on the USB however.
    Last edited by Gandolf; 22 Jan 2015 at 20:27.
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  5. Posts : 6,330
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       #5

    Is a screen print missing in post #4 ?
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  6. Posts : 18
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       #6

    DavidE said:
    Is a screen print missing in post #4 ?
    By screen print, do you mean the PrntScreen function on the keyboard?
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  7. Posts : 1,670
    win 10
       #7

    in post 4 the image is not showing
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  8. Posts : 6,330
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       #8

    TY @oscer1 !

    @Gandolf - Look at what you see in this thread for your post #1 and post #4...
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  9. Posts : 18
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       #9

    DavidE said:
    TY @oscer1 !

    @Gandolf - Look at what you see in this thread for your post #1 and post #4...
    That's strange... On my screen, it shows up clearly.

    EDIT: I just posted actual links to the pictures I was talking about.
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  10. Posts : 6,330
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       #10

    Well, here's what i see for post #4
    System Repair USB not working but System Repair disc is.-sp_error_sp0a.png
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