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Recovery CD Questions
Hi,
I'm new to Windows 7, with my dad purchasing a new laptop about 4 weeks ago and myself planning to buy one this Friday.
I wanted to see if I can find out some answers I have about creating a Recovery CD, in order to Restore either my father's laptop or my soon to be laptop back to its original factory settings.
My last Laptop came with the disks, so I didn't need to create anything, whereas with these I do, if I do not purchase the disks from the manufacturer.
(1) Is a System Repair Disc able to do this (This is what I have made so fare for my father's computer)?
I used these methods:
What are the system recovery options in Windows 7?
Create a system repair disc
- I realize this adds start-up repair options to the Disk, but the more I read and look, this doesn't look like it actually made a Recovery Disk, or Way to completely go back to Factory Settings (what it was like when we first turned on the laptop)
- From what I have read, most people refer to multiple DVD disks...while this took only one regular CD-R...so I know something isn't right here
(2) I found this information about creating a System Image, I realize the Start Up Repair Disk and System Image are different, can someone go into a little detail about how these are different?
Here is where I learned about the System Image:
What is a system image?
Back up your programs, system settings, and files
(3) Is the System Image what's needed to create the Recovery CD, to go back to original factory settings?
In case there is some confusion about what I mean by Recovery CD, the last time I used a Recovery CD on my past laptop (the CD came with the laptop), I just put the CD in the Disk Drive and then started the computer, it then proceeded to format the HDD and install Windows, the Drivers, and Software that came on the laptop in it's Original Factory Settings.
From what I understand, we now are required to make this Disk, unless we purchase it separately from the manufacturer.
This is My Father's Laptop: Sony - VAIO Laptop / Intel® Core™ i3 Processor / 15.5" Display / 4GB Memory / 640GB Hard Drive - Black - VPCEH14FM/B
This what I plan to get Friday: Sony - VAIO Laptop / Intel® Core™ i5 Processor / 13.3" Display / 4GB Memory / 500GB Hard Drive - Silver - VPCSC1AFM/S
Thank You for your Help, I appreciate it.