Cannot create system repair disc

[TambourineMan]

I am unable to create a system repair / recovery disc by either running recDisc.exe or using the option to create a recovery disk in Backup and Retore. It says System Repair Disc could not be created. "The parameter is incorrect (0x80070057)" I have tried using both a blank CDr and a DVDr. I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. I am wondering if this is caused by how I setup my dual boot system. I installed Win 7 to a clean HD first. I noted that it set up a 100 Mb recovery partition. I then realized there was no good way to convert this to a dual boot, so wiped the partitions and set up four news ones: one for XP, one for Win7, one for data, and a 133 Mb one in hopes that the installation process would find and use it for the recovery partition. I installed XP first, and then Win7 and directed that installation to the partition I had previously setup for it. Any ideas?

 

[Brink]

Hello TambourineMan,

You may be able to use the download in OPTION TWO in the tutorial below instead to create one.


http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[TambourineMan]

I am a belts and suspenders type guy. I use Terabyte's Boot It NG to image my OS partitions (which I keep small to speed the process and to reduce storage space for the images). But I like to have backups of backups, so I am downloading the system recovery disk - although I have the retail (Microsoft Store) version of win 7 Ultimate so I should not need this. Thanks for the link.

 

[Brink]

You're welcome. I hope that works better for you.

 

[edbarcik]

system repair disc

I am unable to create a system repair / recovery disc by either running recDisc.exe or using the option to create a recovery disk in Backup and Retore. It says System Repair Disc could not be created. "The parameter is incorrect (0x80070057)"

I have exactly the same problem. Have you solved this problem, if not what did you finally have to do, I'm facing the same situation.

 

[Brink]

Hello Ed, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You can try either option in the tutorial below to see which one works for you.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Randysea]

Solved!

I had the 0x80070057 error, too. I just got the SP1 update and still got the error. I thought it was an access issue but even using my default administrator account made no difference. This is the account that Windows 7 forces you to create upon installation or first use.

The solution for me was to activate the hidden (also called "built-in") Administrator account. Log on to that account and I could create both a repair CDROM and repair DVD. Go back to my default administrator account and I get the old error message.

Note that switching users from your regular account to the Administrator acccount does not work. You must initially log on as Administrator.

For information on activating the hidden Administrator account, see (among many sites)
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/507-built-administrator-account-enable-disable.html

Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit, SP1

 

[silkman]

Nope running with administrator account didn't work for me.... same error...

 

[silkman]

However this fixed it from me:

Taken from m$ technet:
Cannot make a recovery disk with recdisc.exe


Here's the correct way to fix this problem for Windows 7 (and probably Vista too!)...

Open a command prompt.

Type bcdedit /enum all >C:\rec.txt
(silkman: improved the command so it creates a txt file in c:\ called rec.txt to easily copy the long string - read below)

You will see an entry (probably several) that says C:\Recovery\(some long string)\winre.wim,(same long string)
(silkman: In my system the two strings, before and after, were not the same, so ended up creating two folders and copying everything twice - continue reading)

Make the following directory based on the value (some long string) that is shown above. For example purposes only:

md c:\Recovery\0b3447fa-c429-11de-afd2-bdec487c77bb
(silkman: Did this twice in my system, may or may not be the same for you)

If folder already exists, great

Insert your Windows 7 install DVD and cancel any autorun prompts. Assumption is that D: is your CD/DVD drive - change accordingly

copy d:\sources\boot.wim c:\Recovery\0b3447fa-c429-11de-afd2-bdec487c77bb\winre.wim (or just open in explorer and drag d:\sources\boot.wim to the folder on your HDD and rename it to winre.wim - this is the all important part!

copy d:\boot\boot.sdi c:\Recovery\0b3447fa-c429-11de-afd2-bdec487c77bb

copy d:\boot\bootfix.bin c:\Recovery\0b3447fa-c429-11de-afd2-bdec487c77bb

Remember, the folder "0b3447fa-c429-11de-afd2-bdec487c77bb" will probably not be the same on your machine...run bcdedit /enum all and find the correct name of the folder from the list (which will have "C:\Recovery" and "winre.wim" in the entry)

Ruin recdisc.exe and voila you can make your recovery CD/DVD

Also, this may also fix problems booting to the recovery partition (100MB) using "F8" (W7 only) - at least it did for me
______________________________________
This worked for me, waited for the dvd creation to finish before posting this. The problem probably was that at some point, I deleted the contents of the c:\recovery folder. And I will do it again.

The recovery disk created for x64 was 164MB, so no need to waste a dvd-r disk, use a cd-r.

 

[Randysea]

Nope running with administrator account didn't work for me.... same error...

Are you sure you first activated the hidden administrator account? If you did, you'd now have at least two admin accounts. It is that newly revealed account that worked for me.

 

[silkman]

The files for the system disk were missing, as I showed in my second post. How can running an admin account fix that?

Anyways the recovery disk is not really needed if you have a win7 setup disk, the tools are also on the standard setup disk.

Also make sure that your backup works by testing by moving a couple steps in the restore process. Mine didn't and I lost my system drive.

 

[Randysea]

The files for the system disk were missing, as I showed in my second post. How can running an admin account fix that?
. . .
Also make sure that your backup works by testing by moving a couple steps in the restore process. Mine didn't and I lost my system drive.

Sorry, I did not understand from your second post that the files were missing.

As for restore, I don't use Windows built-in backup because it doesn't encrypt the backup. I use Norton Ghost. I haven't tried a system disk restore under Windows 7 yet, although I did it many times during the beta testing days of XP. Ghost worked flawlessly every time. I also keep all my data on a D: partition. Whatever one uses, Silkman is right that backups should be tested before they are needed in real life.

 

[brj]

hi all,

silkman's solution did not work for me. i do not find a winre.wim entry when e execute bcdedit /enum all
what can i do to solve this problem ?
jakob

 

[Brink]

Hello Jakob,

If you like, you could use the ISO file and the link in OPTION ONE below to create a Windows 7 installation USB or DVD that can be used to boot to the "System Recovery Options" screen the same as a startup repair disc.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2432-usb-windows-7-installation-key-drive-create.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[brj]

hi shawn,

after reinstalling the HP Recovery Partition i'm now able to create the Recovery Disc.
I will now try to create a Recovery USB Stick.

Jakob

 

[Brink]

Great news so far.