Windows 7: System Repair Disc - Create

Copy the contents of the DVD to a bootable USB

Use DISKPART to create a bootable USB

From the tutorial:

Thanks VistaKing, I will try.

marshmimar: That's odd, I tried searching for "usb" in this tutorial and it didn't found anything. Anyway, I don't think this is the same. On the link you provided it's mentioning it needs usb stick with at least 4GB of space. First thing is, I don't have that available (only 2GB) and for second this tutorial is talking about using CD, so I would expect it can be about 650MB in size. I will try virtual drive way first and see if it works.

Hello Fredy,

The USB flash drive size 4 GB was for a Windows 7 installation USB. That would also include the "System Repair Options" (WinRE) if you like.

If you only wanted a pure "System Repair USB", then it's a two part process. Create the System Repair Disc from this tutorial, and create an ISO file from it using the "ImgBurn" program. Next, use the same instructions in PART 1 of the USB tutorial with "Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool" program to extract the ISO to your 2 GB USB flash drive.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Sorry, but I am probably missing something. Does ImgBurn also offers some kind of virtual burner ? I didn't found that information on theirs site. Thing is, that "Create system repair disc" option allows to pick only drives and there is no option to create ISO or something else.

You would create a "System Repair Disc" to a DVD as usual in the tutorial first, then use ImgBurn to create an ISO from the DVD.

The ISO is what you would use to create the USB with using "Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool".

Um which part of "It's been like 5 years I had used any dvd drive and I don't have access to any currently." you didn't understand ?

Um, you asked, I told you, and gave you a secondary option since you didn't have a DVD.

You're best option would be to create a Windows 7 installation USB that can be used for the same, but it needs at least 4 GB USB flash drive.

Ok so we are back at original option of virtual burner with TotalMounter and than transferring the result to USB. Hope it will work, I don't want to buy another flash stick just to have repair disc on that.

FredyC, you asked you SHALL receive


Insert the memory stick into a USB port on your computer. Open Windows Explorer, right click on the drive and choose Format.

NOTE: Before formatting your memory stick, don't forget to backup your files as the process will erase all its contents.

In the Format Removable Disk window choose the NTFS format and click on Start. The other configuration options are not important, the defaults work just fine.

After you formatted the USB stick, create on it two folders named boot and sources

he Recovery and Boot folders on your computer will contain the files needed to be copied on the memory stick.

The first folder is located at 'C:\Recovery'. This folder is used by Windows 7 to load System Recovery tools.

The Boot folder is located at 'C:\Windows\Boot' and its contents is used to boot the operating system.

Both folders are hidden by default. To view them, open Windows Explorer and access Folder Options. In the View tab check 'Show hidden files, folders and drive' and uncheck 'Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)'. Press the Apply button to enable the new settings.
Next, you need to open the Recovery folder on your computer. By default it can't be accessed, even though you are logged on as Administrator. In order to open it, Take Ownership Shortcut


How To Put System Repair Tools on the USB Flash

Now you have all the needed files to create the bootable memory stick. First open the Recovery folder. You will notice a sub-folder with an automatically generated name (series of numbers and letters) with a standard length of 32 characters. Open it.

NOTE: The folder name will be different from one PC to another.

Next you have to copy the file boot.sdi to the folder boot from the memory stick.

Then copy the Winre.wim file to the sources folder from the memory stick and rename it to boot.wim.

Now open the folder 'C:\Windows\Boot\DVD\PCAT' and copy the BCD file to the boot folder from the stick.

Go to 'C:\Windows\Boot\DVD\PCAT\en-US' and copy the bootfix.bin file to the folder boot from the USB flash.

Finally, go to C:\Windows\Boot\PCAT and copy the bootmgr file to the root of the memory stick.

DON'T FORGET to test the memory stick .