Repair Install after SP1

[jsquareg]

I installed SP1 using Windows Update. I have the original retail W7 installation DVD.

I am very confused after reading 'Slipstream Windows 7 SP1 into a Installation DVD or ISO File' from the Tutorials about doing a Repair Install. So to keep things within my own understanding, can I use the original installation DVD to do a repair install of a SP1 installation and then let Windows Update re-install SP1? If not how do I go about doing such thing without having a slipstreamed W7 DVD or a SP1 DVD?

BTW, slipstreaming W7 SP1 seems very complex compared to XP. Some kind soul produced a standalone unitliy that would do the job quite easily.

Thank you very much.

 

[seth500]

You would have to have a slipstreamed Windows dvd in your case cause it would cause all kinds of issues if you didn't. A program called rt windows lite for sp1 would do the job very easily for you there's even a tutorial on the site for it.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...ows-7-sp1-into-installation-dvd-iso-file.html

Thats about as easy as it gets...

Hope I helped.

Regards Seth

btw all you need is your windows 7 disk and the correct version of sp1 x86 or x64 for your machine...

 

[Brink]

Hello jsquareg,

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

(all tested and verified)

• You can use a Windows 7 SP1 installation disc (ex: Technet (available), MSDN (available), or retail (when available)) to do a repair install with on a currently installed Windows 7 SP1.
• You cannot use a slipstream Windows 7 installation disc to do a repair install with on a currently installed Windows 7 SP1.
• You cannot use a slipstream Windows 7 installation disc to do a repair install with on a currently installed slipstream Windows 7 SP1.
• You can use a Windows 7 SP1 installation disc (ex: Technet (available), MSDN (available), or retail (when available)) to do a repair install with on a currently installed slipstream Windows 7 SP1.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[jsquareg]

You would have to have a slipstreamed Windows dvd in your case cause it would cause all kinds of issues if you didn't. A program called rt windows lite for sp1 would do the job very easily for you there's even a tutorial on the site for it.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...ows-7-sp1-into-installation-dvd-iso-file.html

Thats about as easy as it gets...

Hope I helped.

Regards Seth

btw all you need is your windows 7 disk and the correct version of sp1 x86 or x64 for your machine...

Thank you/

Well, in the Tutorial, I find the following:

Tip
You cannot use a slipstream Windows 7 installation disc to do a repair install with on a currently installed Windows 7 SP1.

You cannot use a slipstream Windows 7 installation disc to do a repair install with on a currently installed slipstream Windows 7 SP1.

You can use a Windows 7 SP1 installation disc (ex: Technet (available), MSDN (available), or retail (when available)) to do a repair install with on a currently installed slipstream Windows 7 SP1.

The second tip is what confused me. I read it to say i won't be able to use a slipstreamed disk for a repair install. Do I misread it? (wouldn't be surprised here.)

 

[Brink]

Jsquareg,

Sorry, but no. In all of my testing, a slipstream disk would not work to do a repair install with. A slipstream disc is great to do a clean install with, but it appears you must have a retail SP1 disc to use for a repair install.

 

[jsquareg]

Jsquareg,

Sorry, but no. In all of my testing, a slipstream disk would not work to do a repair install with. A slipstream disc is great to do a clean install with, but it appears you must have a retail SP1 disc to use for a repair install.

Thanks again, Brink!

Does that mean if I use a retail DVD to repair install an SP1 system I will then have to reinstall SP1?

Seems like that would be the way to go and that would be fine with me.

 

[SIW2]

If you have sp1 installed already, I don't believe you can do a repair install with a dvd that doesn't also have sp1.

Unless you use one of the preintegrated sp1 iso - such as from Technet, the only other way is to uninstall SP1.

Then you should be able to do a repair install with a non sp1 dvd.

 

[Brink]

Jsquareg,

No. As Simon posted above, you would have to have a retail copy of a Windows 7 SP1 installation disc to be able to do a repair install on a Windows 7 SP1 installation. A normal Windows 7 installation disc without SP1 will not be able to do a repair install on a Windows 7 SP1 installation.

 

[alphanumeric]

If you created the System Repair Disk, after installing SP1, could you not use that disk to repair your system? I made one but haven't booted from it other than to make sure it was bootable. It probably doesn't have all the options the full Windows 7 DVD has but I would think in a pinch its better than nothing. I actually have two, a pre and a post SP1 disk.

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

 

[theog]

If you created the System Repair Disk, after installing SP1, could you not use that disk to repair your system? I made one but haven't booted from it other than to make sure it was bootable. It probably doesn't have all the options the full Windows 7 DVD has but I would think in a pinch its better than nothing. I actually have two, a pre and a post SP1 disk.

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

You can not do a
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3413-repair-install.html
from a Startup disk
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html

 

[SIW2]

Hi Alpha,

The repair disc you run off from within windows is really a startup repair disc.

The repair install is the same as an upgrade install - you need full installation media for that.

 

[kado897]

Hi Alpha,

The repair disc you run off from within windows is really a startup repair disc.

The repair install is the same as an upgrade install - you need full installation media for that.

Hi SIW2,

Does that mean that the old repair disk is still OK or is a new one needed?

 

[alphanumeric]

Hi Alpha,

The repair disc you run off from within windows is really a startup repair disc.

The repair install is the same as an upgrade install - you need full installation media for that.

Yes I know, I should have elaborated on what I said. I was just thinking if you have the repair disk, but not the correct version of full DVD, using the repair disk might save you from having to do the repair install in the first place. I guess it just depends on how bad your system is messed up. If you are between a rock and a hard place it couldn't hurt to try it could it. Like I said I haven't had to use mine as of yet and hope I never do. I burned them so if need be i can use them to fix somebody else's messed up system.

 

[SIW2]

Good point Alpha - always worth trying it .

Kado - the original repair disc is fine.

 

[kado897]

Kado - the original repair disc is fine.

That's a relief.