HOW TO REPAIR USING W7 UPGRADE DISK

[Birdulike]

My original OS was vista but up-graded to w7 home premium.

Currently I need to affect a repair to the system.

1 How do I use the up-grade disk to do a repair (Real w7 Disk)

2 I dont want to a complete re-install

3 I should change the boot order to cdrom hit F10 and enter

4 What should I do then???????????

I havent used an install disk as a repair before so I dont want to screw up

 

[johnwillyums]

Hello Birdulike,

What kind of repair? what is the problem you are experiencing?
Also, is this a full Windows 7 installation disk?
Be very helpful if you filled out your system specification in your user cp.

Cheers, John

 

[stormy13]

You talking Startup Repair,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/681-startup-repair.html

or a repair install,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

 

[Birdulike]

Hello Birdulike,

What kind of repair? what is the problem you are experiencing?
Also, is this a full Windows 7 installation disk?
Be very helpful if you filled out your system specification in your user cp.

Cheers, John

Hi John, Its a proper w7 install disk as far as I know. Whats wrong with my description in cpalso see http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers-mail/152564-ie-refuses-work-after-power-failer.html

 

[Bill2]

Repair install has to be run inside windows, you dont need to boot from the disk. Follow instructions here.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

If this a retail upgrade disk, it should work fine. Only thing is if you've updated to SP1, you need an integrated disk, the pre-SP1 disk wont work.

 

[Birdulike]

Repair install has to be run inside windows, you dont need to boot from the disk. Follow instructions here.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html

If this a retail upgrade disk, it should work fine. Only thing is if you've updated to SP1, you need an integrated disk, the pre-SP1 disk wont work.

Thanks how do I get an intergrated disk?

 

[johnwillyums]

I mean the system spec you will see if you click on the "my system specs" at the bottom left of the box.
It's helpful to know what kind of hardware you are running is all.
In this case I'd follow the links in Stormy and Bill's posts above. There are full tutorials there.
Cheers, John

 

[johnwillyums]

OK . Have you installed Sp1 from Windows update. You can check that by opening Windows Update from your menu and
looking at update history. Sp1 was quite recent so you should see it in the list. If you haven't installed it, don't and let us know.
cheers, john

 

[Bill2]

Thanks how do I get an intergrated disk?

Thats a million dollar question- how do pre-sp1 customers repair their installs post-sp1? MS has yet to release the integrated SP1 disks for general availability so the only source could be somebody with a technet/msdn subscription that can lend you such a disk. Otherwise google around or wait till you can order media only disks or do a clean install with the old disk.

 

[gregrocker]

You can also uninstall SP1 to do the Repair Install, then reinstall it easily via Updates: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/99064-windows-7-service-pack-1-sp1-uninstall.html

Reports are that you can also Repair Install using installer slipstreamed with SP1 and it will add SP1 in the process: http://www.sevenforums.com/windows-...-sp1-install-fail-0x8007000e.html#post1261843