How to create recovery discs for windows vista

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Figure A. Editor's Picks. The best programming languages to learn in Check for Log4j vulnerabilities with this simple-to-use script. TasksBoard is the kanban interface for Google Tasks you've been waiting for. To create a recovery disc, follow these. Disk is created, it is now ready to use and will have all the features of the repair environment and is a bootable disk listed below: Startup Repair; System Restore; System Image Recovery. In the left pane, click Create a system repair disc, and then follow the steps.

Then, if you use Windows 7, click on the Start button and type recdisc. At the top of the start menu you should see the recdisc filename appear and should then double-click on it. Otherwise, if you are using Windows 8, type recdisc at the Windows Start Screen and then click on the recdisc search result when it appears. Select the drive that has the blank media inserted into and then click on the Create disc button.

Windows will start to create the repair disc, and when finished, display one of these dialogs depending on the version of Windows you are using. You can now click on the Close button and then remove the disc from your drive. Please label the disc and store it in a safe location. When you are ready to use it, simply insert it into your computer and reboot. Your computer should detect it as bootable media and ask if you wish to boot off of it.

Follow the instructions it gives in order to boot your computer with the repair CD. Posted by: wazzat 10 Mar Iso burning program? Try Imgburn it's fairly simple to use. No excuse on having to learn something new.

Somewhere you learned to use the computer. Here again, here's some learning to do. Plus you've got to download the program and install it. Or use Microsoft's built in restore program which is not as flexible or dependable. This is advice from a self taught computer user speaking from his own experiences. Let's see- how do you start this thing? Posted by: Tom R 10 Mar Might look at Microsoft's Windows Steady State. Get your machine set up the way you want it and Steady State can return it to that point at any time.

I've got a couple of "loaner" machines I use this on. Makes for easy cleanup so it can be loaned to the next customer. Also you can eliminate dvd's by going to a portable hard drive to store your recovery images in one single. Just make the portable drive a single use product. In other words put the image on it and set the drive on a shelf until it's needed.

Experience has taught me that a label identifying the contents and the date it was created can be useful. Posted by: SarahL 10 Mar I would be interested in a simple method to create a bootable USB key; when working on computers, it would be handy to have. Posted by: Mike 10 Mar Posted by: Geoff 11 Jun Posted by: Derek Stephenson 11 Aug Posted by: Dave 28 Oct Just created a recovery console for Windows 7 easy to do with precise instructions.

I just wish I created prior to having problems with my Windows 7 machine. Once again thanks. Posted by: Win7recovery 09 Nov The download links for the recovery disks that I gave in the article NeoSmart are the only ones I can recommend.

I'm not saying that the Win7Recovery site is bogus, but it does seem odd to create a site for that when one already exists.

Posted by: Bill Sivula 18 Feb I echo Jack Babcock 05 Feb Posted by: Markus Day 05 Mar Further, your site appears to be an affiliate link to another site that actually sells the discs.

And how do we know that the site selling these recovery discs is legit? Posted by: mir 22 May Personally, I would not use them. Posted by: Stan Rosso 19 Mar ImgBurn is an excellent free Iso burning tool. I vastly prefer it to IsoImageBurner.

Posted by: Adela 17 Apr Will a kind soul answer me please? If so, what type of disk should I buy please? I have win7. But if it isn't, what's the easiest way to create a recovery disk as being commented here?