Create a System Recovery Disc yourself!

[limneos]

No problems

I get it when I type Create too...

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Here's what I get when I make the disc through "Run"; create in Start/Search gets it.






Later :shock: Ted

 

[garysgold]

Just tried the disk and it seems to work fine. Went as far as getting to the repair/recovery options.

Hello Mike,

Just so you know, this is a bootable recovery disk in case you can't boot up your computer, not a restore disk. It doesn't contain the OS, just tools to try to fix your installation. Cmd prompt and such. It can be put on a CD or DVD. Having it on your hard drive defeats the purpose.

Gary

 

[Mike]

Thanks Gary, well now that we know it works I guess I should start making one

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

It seems to work on a CD, that's what I used.


















Later :shock: Ted

 

[garysgold]

I get the same through CP except in explorer when I check the disc I see this.



I used a CD also.

Gary

 

[SIW2]

Hi,

Maybe yours is corrupted Shawn - does it look like this?

This is the one I copied to my data partition - that was back in November, so it must be from 6801 build





Maybe it didn't work on 6801, but works on 7000?

Funny thing is , I didn't do anything with it - partly because you don't need it if you have the dvd, and partly because it hadn't worked when Shawn tried.

It will be useful for those with OEM preinstalls - they won't need to d/l the recovery iso from Neosmart like they do with Vista.

Strange so many people think it is in the 200mb system partition - it would be a very tight fit.

SIW2

 

[garysgold]

Haha. Guess what. After all this I can type 'system' into the search bar and Create a Recovery Disc is one of the options. Not the first, but its there. Makes me think even more that I just haven't given 7 enough down time to complete it's indexing. Think I'll leave it running tonight and see what it's like in the morning.

 

[Airbot]

Just tried the disk and it seems to work fine. Went as far as getting to the repair/recovery options.

Hello Mike,

Just so you know, this is a bootable recovery disk in case you can't boot up your computer, not a restore disk. It doesn't contain the OS, just tools to try to fix your installation. Cmd prompt and such. It can be put on a CD or DVD. Having it on your hard drive defeats the purpose.

Gary

Yeah, I screwed up the title, I put restore when I meant recovery.


Maybe Shawn will fix it.

 

[Brink]

Hi,

Maybe yours is corrupted Shawn - does it look like this?

This is the one I copied to my data partition - that was back in November, so it must be from 6801 build

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View attachment 2802

Maybe it didn't work on 6801, but works on 7000?

Funny thing is , I didn't do anything with it - partly because you don't need it if you have the dvd, and partly because it hadn't worked when Shawn tried.

It will be useful for those with OEM preinstalls - they won't need to d/l the recovery iso from Neosmart like they do with Vista.

Strange so many people think it is in the 200mb system partition - it would be a very tight fit.

SIW2

It's good to know that it works in the 7000 build now. It's just that it did not work in the earlier builds that I have tried.

I like the fact that you do not need a ISO or installation disk to make it to.

I will need to do a tutorial on this one soon.

 

[Airbot]

Shawn can you fix the title to recovery.

 

[Brink]

Done

 

[Airbot]

Thanks

 

[kintomaniac]

do i need a dvd to burn this or would it fit onto a cd?

 

[SIW2]

Hi kintomaniac,

It will fit on a cd.

If you already have a dvd with 7 on it, or an iso - burn that to dvd.

Do not format the dvd - just use an iso burner to burn the image straight to dvd .The iso burner built into your 7 installation will do. It provides everything the recovery disc does and more.

The recovery disc will be useful in the future for those who buy a e.g. laptop with 7 preinstalled and have no dvd supplied.

Hope it helps

SIW2

 

[djhallucn8]

I tried it & it did ask me for the Windows 7 DVD to copy files from, my disc boots fine.

 

[SIW2]

Hi,

You will be pleased to know it contains bootsect.exe, so you can use the commands which require that.

Bootsect.exe wasn't included in the Vista recovery download from Neosmart.

SIW2