Solved The selected disc does not contain a valid Windows installation?

[Mike Lynch]

After creating a System Image successfully, Windows-7 Pro asks if I would like to create a System Repair Disc.
I respond that I would and W7P ask me to put a Disc in my Optical Drive which I do.
Then W7P gives me the message:

The selected disc does not contain a valid Windows installation?

At first I thought it was referring to the disc in the Optical Drive.
Now I believe it is actually referring to the C:\ drive which contains the Operating System.
Microsoft reports that my install of W7P is Valid.

With that having been said, why won't W7P allow me to create the Systems Repair Disc?

 

[SIW2]

If recdisc can't find winre.wim, it will ask you to put the windows installation dvd in the optical drive.

 

[samuria]

The other problem is an install dvd needs to be same SP update state as the windows

 

[Mike Lynch]

Here is the Version?
Does SIMPLEX alter or change this as I used it to create this install.

I will put in my Install Disk to see what it does.

 

[Mike Lynch]

No, it did not ask for it.
Here is what it said!



For whatever reason, I'm guessing it's saying whatever it want's is not on the Hard Drive.

 

[SIW2]

Put the installation dvd in the dvdrom drive.

 

[Mike Lynch]

I did!

Nothing happened.

Windows did not ask for any response(s).

You were correct!

I re-tried it, putting the System Disc in a second time and responding to Retry.

It's creating the Disk now.

 

[SIW2]

This is waht it says if the files are not on your pc

 

[SIW2]

This is what it says if you click continue before the dvdrom drive has had time to read the disc.

Dvdrom drive is mechanical device and it takes a few seconds to recognize what you have inserted.

 

[Mike Lynch]

It created the Repair Disc.

Sorry for the confusion.

Thank you for your explanation and help.