Windows 7 - System Repair Disc - Create

**Brink**

How to Create a Windows 7 System Repair Disc

Information

This will show you how to create a Windows 7 system repair disc to use to boot to the system recovery options if you don't have a Windows installation disc, can't find your Windows installation disc, or can't access the recovery options provided by your computer manufacturer.

Tip

If you would like to create this on a USB flash drive instead of a DVD, then also see this post here.

EXAMPLE: System Recovery Options screen
NOTE: Using the System Repair Disc that you have created below, you can boot to the system recovery options screen below.

OPTION ONE

Manually Create One in Windows 7

NOTE: If you have a OEM Windows 7 instead of a retail Windows 7, then you may need to use OPTION TWO below to create a System Repair Disc with instead.

1. Open the Start Menu.
A) In the search line, type recdisc.exe and press Enter. (See screenshot below)

B) Go to step 3.

OR

2. Open the Control Panel (All Items view), and click on the Backup and Restore icon.
A) Click on the Create a System recovery disc link in the left blue pane. (See screenshot below)

3. Insert a blank CD or DVD into your CD/DVD drive and click on the Create disc button. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: If you are prompted to insert a Windows installation disc, it means that the files needed to create the system repair disc cannot be found on your computer. Insert a Windows 7 installation disc.

4. It will now start creating the System Repair Disc. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: If a AutoPlay window pops up, just close it.

5. When it's finished, click on the Close button. (See screenshot below)

6. Click on OK. (See screenshot below)

7. Remove and label your new Windows 7 System Repair Disc from the CD/DVD drive.

OPTION TWO

Create One with a Download

NOTE: This option is perfect if you do not have a retail Windows 7 installation DVD and only have a OEM Windows 7 recovery DVD or partition.

1. Download the same 32 bit (x86) or 64 bit ISO file from the link below for your 32-bit ot 64-bit Windows 7 version.
NOTE: This will be a torrent download. Be sure to read the instructions on how to download and use the torrent file at the site below.
Download Windows 7 System Recovery Discs — The NeoSmart Files

2. Follow the instructions at the site above to burn the ISO to a DVD disc.

OR

3. You can use the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool to burn the ISO to a USB flash drive.

4. You now have a Windows 7 System Repair Disc on a DVD or USB flash drive.

That's it,
Shawn

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**Mark** · 01-15-2009

Very nice, thank you Shawn.

**echrada** · 01-15-2009

Thanks just made mine.

**Brink** · 01-15-2009

You're welcome MR GRiM and Echrada.

**Brink** · 07-19-2009

Hello Rakcs,

Unfortunately this method will only let you create one using a DVD. However, you can create a Windows 7 installation USB key to use to do the same thing with instead from your Windows 7 ISO file.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Oblomow58 · 08-30-2009

Hi all,

I have a bunch of questions on that repair disk issue.

Does that procedure include 3rd party disk drivers (like the Intel storage management drivers for RAID) include into that repair disk.

Is it necessary to produce one DVD per installation or is it a universal approach, where I can produce the repair DVD just once?

In WinXP it was possible to do something similar by entering
WinNT32 -cmdcons and you got a second instance of the OS for repair tasks - that was very useful some times (disable freshly installed hardware services which prevent XP from boot).

Is there a similar option in Windows 7?

Or is it possible to
manally generate the Repair DVD,
transfer that content to a VHD-File
and
enable that VHD as a addition boot option in BCDedit

Actually I run the Ultimate RTM x64 from MSDN so VHD-boot is allowed

Thanks for your comments and advices

Oblomow

**Brink** · 08-30-2009

Hello Oblomow,

This only creates a repair disc that boots to the System Recovery Options screen to allow you to only repair any Windows 7 on any computer with. It does not install Windows 7, but you can use the command prompt option to run commands though.

igorotak · 09-17-2009

nice tutorial, thanks for sharing

**Brink** · 09-17-2009

You're welcome Igorotak. Thank you.

**Eneswar** · 09-18-2009

Thank you for this!