Question: Can I create my own Windows 7 recovery disc without all the bloatware? I recently purchased an HP desktop PC to replace an old Dell. It came with Windows 7 and, unfortunately, a lot of bloatware came preinstalled on it. I would like to do a clean Windows 7 install. The only disks I have for the operating system are the recovery disks that I created from the factory install partition. Unfortunately, it installs not only the Windows 7 operating system, but also reinstalls all of the bloatware.
I have seen utilities that will create a Windows XP install disk from an existing installation. I would like to do the same for Windows 7.
Are any of your readers aware of a way to create a Windows 7 only reinstall disk from the existing system installed on a Windows 7 machine? If there are, can you please recommend them and tell me why you recommend them? Download crazy taxi 3 pc cracking. Are these types of utilities simple to use and reliable? Please let me know if there any things I should made aware of about these utilities before I proceed. Thanks for you help.Submitted by Rick Z.
Here are some featured member answers to get you started, but please read all the advice and suggestions that our members have contributed to this question. It's possible to create Windows 7 recovery disc -Submitted by thljcl Making a clean recovery disk -Submitted by Fireboss Use the Official MS Windows 7 ISO image to make a Disk -Submitted by charleswsheets Use Windows System Image in Backup and Restore -Submitted by jasper Thank you to all who contributed! If you have an answer for Rick, please submit it here. Be as detailed as possible when providing a solution. If you are recommending a specific utility, please include a link for reference. Being considered bloatware.
I recently got a new HP laptop and really accept for a few external links, there really wasn't all that much bloatware. I remove the anti virus first then the office activation then Office trial. I will agree HP does put a lot of customer help programs that I am not a fan of but really they can be removed along the way and will take much less time them reimaging etc. I also got a Compaq business class laptop with no crapware and it had Windows 7 basic and used Windows 7 disk image as it's restore route so I removed everything off it then did the disk image. The easiest and best way to create this is to use Acronis True Image Home 2010.
It will create an image at any time and will also run on a schedule if you so desire. There are other imaging programs but this one I have used and know it will do the job at a reasonable price (not free). It can create a stand alone image at various times or, if you so desire, it can create incremental or differential backups on your schedule. You can, and should, create a boot disk, which this program will create for you, in the event your computer will not boot such as when (not if) the hard drive dies and then you can restore your image and you are back up and running in an hour or so right at the point in time your image was created.
I think this program is on sale now also. Google Acronis True Image Home 2010. You will need one CD and one or more DVDs. Reinstall Windows 7 with the recovery partition. Don't install any softares just yet.
Uninstall all the softwares that are preinstalled in your PC. Search for 'backup' in Start menu. Select 'Backup and Restore' under 'Programs'. On the left side, select 'Create System Image'. You will have two options here: 'On a hard disk' and 'On One or More DVDs'. Select 'On One or More DVDs'. You will have to choose which drive to backup.
Since you are going to create your own recovery disc, you only have to backup the drive with Windows 7 installed and other drives that you cannot opt out. After the backup process complete, it will ask you if you want create system repair disc. Put a CD in your DVD burner. You can then proceed to create system repair disc. Then you are done.
There are several ways that you can reinstall your Windows. Of course, you can always use the Windows 7 installation Disc. But doing so you must backup the activation file first. After reinstalling the Windows 7, you can restore the activation file so that your Windows will be activated.
You can download the tool here: You can also use the Windows 7 recovery Discs that you created yourself. If you can still enter Windows 7, press F8 repeatedly before your Windows starts.
You will have an option to recover your hard drive from the recovery discs you created yourself. If you cannot enter Windows 7, boot from System Repair Disc instead. Hope this will help you. There are probably several ways to do this but this one works and costs nothing. I know this is for Win 7 but instructions are included for XP and Vista.
First download the free Paragon backup utility here: Once you have cleaned the garbage from your system either bit by bit or using something like PC Decrapifier use Paragon to create a complete backup of your system to an external disk, a partition, another internal disk or (I believe) a network drive. I recommend getting the free partition manager as well while you're there in case it's a new drive you're recovering to or you want to mess with the partitions. Then download the appropriate Paragon Win PE maker.
If you are booted into Vista/XP use this version: If you are booted into Win 7, use this version: Instructions are the same for both versions: 1. Copy the contents of the 32 BIT Vista/7 install DVD, OR 32 BIT Win7 repair disc onto your boot partition (the one you are currently booted into, usually C ).
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I actually left mine on a network drive and sourced the files from there instead. Right click and run as admin on the ParPeMakerVistaXP.cmd, or Parpecreatror7.cmd if you are using the Win 7 version 3. You will be asked to browse to boot.wim inside the 'sources ' folder of the windows install/repair disc files you have just copied onto your system. Then you will be asked to browse to the launcher.exe of the Paragon product you wish to include. The Paragon product you wish to include must be installed on your system already of course.
You can include Paragon Partition Manager 2010 Free, or Partition Manager 10 Personal as well. Y The windows 7 version ( parpecreator7 - which you can only run from within Windows 7 ) also offers to add 32 BIT drivers to the WinPE 3.0 media. IF you don't have an install or repair disc to hand, The 32 BIT Win 7 ( WinPe 3.0 ) Repair disc is available for download from here: You can burn the recovery program to a CD or DVD of course but you can also use a flash drive.
I hope this helps. Remove all you think you don't need using Control Panel. Make the system image. The system image will include the sys recovery partition.
I guess in the future if you will have to recover from the sys image, it first will reinstall the Win7 with all bloat, but after that it will restore settings from the image without bloat. Other way is to make a system recovery point. Look for Window Help. By a way, I also use HP machine with WIN'7. I just remove from a desktop Icons I deem not needed, and that was it. I have 1TB of disk space, so it does not hurt to waste little bit of it.
You never know what you will need tomorrow. Of course, promotions should go. But system, especially Win'7, does not crash every day. 6-11-10 I hve fooled with computers for a long time with the same bloatware problem that you are having. The only way I no of is to install and then take off all the trail systems before you get them installed and then run a GHOST and then you will a more or less clean install or as close as you can get. There are other backup programs that will work.
You can install back on a seperate drive if possible you can in on DVD's If you have extra drives you could them for a backup which is somtimes more reliable and which you can install for a double check Hope this helps Jim. The only way I've gotten Windows 7's Backup and Restore to work with optical discs is by waiting to insert the disc until asked, and then opting to first have it formatted (only NTFS-formatted media will work with Backup and Restore). It doesn't always work, so I recommend using rewriteable (DVD+RW) discs with Windows Backup and Restore, unless you have money to throw away making coasters on one-shot discs. The best free disk imaging utility that I have used is. It has evolved since version 9, and does much of the thinking for you. The free version gives you the option to create differential backups, saving space by backing up only changes since an initial full backup was made.
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When spanning an image across multiple DVDs, Backup & Recovery enables you to include the bootable recovery environment on one of them, so everything you need is included in case you ever have to replace your fixed hard drive. That said, while some of the best things in life are free, the best disk imaging utilities are not. The leader of the industry is Acronis True Image 2010, which has also evolved from its predecessor and includes a '1-click backup' option that does exactly what its name suggests. When installed on your computer, simply clicking (actually double-clicking, in most cases) on the 1-click backup icon automatically recognizes the Windows drive and proceeds to create a full backup, or an incremental backup if a full backup already exists.
True Image likes external hard drives. If you have one plugged in, True Image will detect it and want to save your images there. If all you have is your internal hard drive, and if you don't have its space divided into multiple partitions (which most people don't), then True Image can automatically create an 'Acronis Secure Zone' for you, borrowing space from C. You can also backup to DVDs if you like, and again have the option of including the bootable Acronis recovery environment on the last disc. Acronis True Image is designed with the consumer in mind, and keeps all the technical details to itself so you don't have to worry about them. It's the same software that Best Buy's Geek Squad uses if a customer requests an image backup. It is available at my local Best Buy store for as low as $19.99 (Acronis True Image Home 2010).
Hope this helps! Rewritable discs are indeed more expensive than one-shot discs. But they're good for over 1,000 rewrites, whereas one-shot discs are good for one. If you're only going to make one backup, say, a clean install sans bloatware, then maybe you would opt for a 10-pack of DVD+/-R and hope you don't burn too many coasters (preinstalled Windows 7 x64 will generally take 3-4 DVDs, not including the repair CD).
But if you made so much as one mistake while cleaning up the bloatware (e.g. Deleting shared DLLs, uninstalling a driver suite or useful OEM title), or if you intend to make more backups down the road, then one-shot discs may wind up costing you (and the environment) more. And you don't buy Acronis just to use it once. To each his own, really. I have a LOT of programs on each of my machines that took me a long time to accumulate and configure to my liking. I make new backups of each unit from time to time. Most of them stay on HDD, but sometimes I want to burn a pivotal image to DVDs.
After awhile, an image set that I burned months ago would be too far back in time to go. What do I do with the discs at that point, toss them? I don't care for the idea personally, especially since there are times when I will have created a whole new set before ever having the chance to run the old discs once. And I can't justify buying them and burning them just to throw them away. I also like having the recovery environment and last volume (really the first) on the same disc.
The choice is yours, whether you use Acronis or Windows Backup and Restore. Acronis won't make as many coasters, but again, you don't buy it just to use it once. With Backup and Restore, errors are far more likely. The user may slip up and forget to cater to the temperamental software's needs, and the unstable software may just produce a bad burn. In either instance, DVD+RW gets my vote. 'For your personal datas, I suggest that you save them separately to external hard drives, DVDs and online storage such as Windows Live SkyDrive.'
You suggest backing up frequently changing data files to one-shot recordables? This world does not have unlimited resources.
That said, I partition all my hard drives, and relocate My Documents and the like to D. Two of my units sync data files to a PassPort; the office machine syncs to iDrive. Unless you are a high-risk user who has to roll back Windows weekly to recover from malware infections, or an unproductive user who hasn't installed/uninstalled a program in years (not even those hundreds and hundreds of megabytes in MS Update and updates for third-party products), be aware that there are valid and practical uses for rewritable discs. For those less experienced than you and me, rewritable discs may in fact be the more economical (and ecological) solution, especially when dealing with a temperamental program like Windows Backup and Restore. It may not be for you, and that's just fine. But your point of view is not the only one.
I will respect your needs and preferences; I'd appreciate if you would respect mine. In my opinion, the problem with using optical discs for transporting data is that you can't simply add and delete files as you please, unless every machine you use has Nero InCD.
You may be able to format the disc so you can keep adding files, but some drives won't be able to read discs that are 'finalized' like that. And it's way too much work to offload the entire disc contents, quick-erase, and then reburn. You could spend as much as an hour doing that! Flash drives are indeed more expensive per megabyte than optical discs, but it's hard to beat the convenience of mass R/W storage that fits in your pocket. Zip and Jaz succeeded floppy disks; flash memory succeeds Zip and Jaz. Optical discs aren't very closely related to these kinds of media.
There's nothing wrong with them; they just serve a different purpose. They're cheaper, they have a long shelf life, they can serve as a ROM backup that you'll never lose, and they can boot a computer.
Quick data transfer, however, is not really their function. They're also slower than flash memory and large-capacity magnetic discs. I see you like to compare everything dollar for dollar, but that doesn't really work when you're comparing apples to oranges. A flash drive is a different animal than an optical disc; the utility offsets the cost IMO. P.S.: I still use floppy disks. I do have a few USB Flash Drives. Installing Windows from USB Flash Drives is way faster than from optical discs.
Due to its size, it's fairly convenient to make it as a companion device that you want to carry from one place to another. However, for backup purposes of large amount of datas, it's fairly natural for me to think of a way that will save most money. They are useful but they are just not suitable for backup purpuses unless you don't really care how much money you spend. Besides serving as installer for Windows, I practically leave my USB Flash Drive blank. I put data on it when I need to bring some data to another place where there is no high speed Internet Connection.
I wasn't talking about using flash drives for backup purposes. You're better off using another hard drive for that (and possibly a set of optical discs every few months or so), be it internal or external.
I was talking about porting individual utilities, updates, software installers, and bits of data like HJT logfiles, Unknown Devices logfiles, driver backups, DLL files, etc. (especially in the absence of a fast Internet connection). Flash drives are especially useful for students, and also for some office workers who don't have remote desktop connections. For backing up large amounts of data, money is definitely an object. So let's put our money to work for us.
Excluding online stores, where you have to wait and often pay shipping, one of the best deals you'll find on DVD+R discs at a physical store is at Big Lots! You can get a spindle of 50 DVD+R discs for $9.99 pretty much anytime. In this case, excluding tax, you're paying about 4.25 cents per gig; this is assuming you use every last bit on each disc, and never burn a single coaster. The latter is unlikely, and the former is definitely not going to be the case.
One of the best deals I could find on a hard drive was actually not an internal drive, but a Seagate FreeAgent 1.5 TB external at Costco for $99.99. In this case, you're paying 6.67 cents per gig. If you want a whole 2 TB, a good deal can be found at Best Buy, in the form of a WD Elements 2TB external for $144.99.
If you want to save a few dollars, you can get a Caviar Green 2 TB for $139.99. Here, you're paying either 7.25 cents or 7 cents (6.9995). Again, think of the money you might be saving on slack space and bad burns. Also, there's something else to consider.rewriting. Which brings me to my next point. Unless your files never change, you're losing more optical disc space on duplicates.
Needless to say, if you run out of space on one-shot discs, you have to buy more. If you would rather dump some obsolete files and rewrite, then you'll want to go DVD+RW. At Best Buy, you can get a spindle of 25 Memorex DVD+RW discs for $22.99. Here, you're paying a whopping 19.57 cents per gig, not to mention the extra time you'll be spending on disc swapping, erasing, and simply the slow comparative speed of optical vs.
Magnetic storage. And time is also money. I still stand behind what I said before about using DVD+RW for pivotal images.
After five uses, you will have made up the difference in price between rewritable and one-shot discs. But for everyday backup jobs, you can't beat a hard drive. There are some files that rapidly change. There are some files that hardly change at all.
Depend on the nature of the files, I decide where to store a backup copy. You use both Windows Live SkyDrive and external hard drives to store the files that I constantly make changes. Some files, for example, your photos that were taken months or years ago, you may never want to change them.
DVD-Rs are the cheapest option out there. Frankly speaking, they do occupy a lot of spaces. So I use external hard drive. Sooner or later, it may stop working. Hence, I'm thinking of replacing my external hard drives once in a few years to ensure that I won't lose any datas.
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By If Windows 7 won’t start or starts with significant problems, you may need to use the System Repair Disc to fix problems with Windows 7. The System Repair Disc is designed to let you boot up Windows — even if nothing else works — and provides you with several options for repairing your failing system. You need to create the system repair disc. If you don’t create one, you limit your recovery options. The system repair disc is not the same thing as the recovery disc that came with your computer. It won’t reinstall Windows 7 and it won’t reformat your computer. It’s simply a gateway to Windows’ built-in recovery tools.
Insert the System Repair disc in the DVD drive and restart the computer. If necessary, turn off the power, count to ten, and turn the power back on. For just a few seconds, the screen displays Press any key to boot from CD or DVD. Press any key. If you aren’t quick enough, you’ll have to restart the computer again.
When Windows is finished loading files, the first System Recover Options dialog box appears. Note: Change the keyboard input method if US isn’t correct. When System Recover is finished searching for Windows installations, click Next. Choose Use Recovery Tools That Can Help Fix Problems Starting Windows. Windows will provide several tools that you can use to repair your system, including using the system image, if you have one available.
Choose a Recovery Tool: Choose the tool that best suits your situation. Best recommendation: Use the first three options in the order listed, restarting after each one. Startup Repair: A good first attempt.
Automatically fix problems that are preventing Windows from starting. System Restore: Restore Windows to an earlier point in time. Choose this option if Windows 7 starts, but something has changed since a recent installation or update. You’ll pick a restore point based on date and time (start with the most recent).
You may lose recent program changes, but not your data. System Image Recovery: Recover your computer using a system image you created during a backup.
Choose this option if the first two don’t fix a problem and you have a relatively recent system image. With System Image Recovery, you will lose data created or changed since the image was created, unless you have that data on a separate device, such as a flash drive.
Windows Memory Diagnostic: Check your computer for memory hardware errors. This diagnostic tool won’t do any damage and might uncover the reason your PC hangs, freezes, or crashes. Command Prompt: Open a command prompt window. Use this if you’re familiar with typing commands at a prompt.
After using any of these tools, click Restart. Click Shut Down if you’ve had enough for the time being.
Contents. Our recovery disk supports x86 and x64 platforms and all Microsoft Windows 7 editions, including 32-bit and 64-bit editions: Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional, Home Premium, Home Basic and Starter. Easy Recovery Essentials (or EasyRE), is a 55 to 135 MiB ISO image ready to be downloaded. You can burn this ISO image to any CDs, DVDs or USB drives and boot from it to recover or repair your broken computer.
We provided instructions on how to do this below,. With the Easy Recovery Essentials you can :. Automatically find and fix errors using Automated Repair. Recover your PC from infections using its built-in antivirus. Restore your PC to a working state. Access and backup your most important data (like documents, pictures, music, videos and so on) Easy Recovery Essentials comes with powerful tools that computer technicians or IT experts can use straight away:. Fully-featured visual partition editor.
Scriptable command line. Advanced recovery options. Web browser You can. What is a recovery and repair disk Major PC manufacturers no longer give customers a real Windows 7 installation DVD along with their purchase of a computer. A Windows 7 installation DVD can be used to recover your PC, not just install a Windows 7 copy. The DVD has a “recovery center” that gives you options to Automated Recovery (attempts to fix automatically any errors found), System Restore (restores your computer to the last working state) or you can access a command-line for advanced recovery options.
Instead, customers are expected to create a recovery media themselves – on a CD, DVD or USB drive. Your computer’s hard drive might have a recovery partition added by the manufacturer, but what happens when your PC or Windows isn’t working or you’ve lost the disks you had? If you can’t boot into Windows or your PC isn’t working, only a bootable recovery and repair CD/DVD/USB can save you. Download recovery disk for Windows 7 Easy Recovery Essentials, our recovery and repair disk, uses a non-destructive repair process that can recover your PC without formatting your hard drive or reinstalling Windows. It comes with our powerful Automated Repair feature, an antivirus scanner built-in, the ability to access System Restore, tools to browse the Internet (a web browser) and back-up your most important files (documents, videos, pictures, music and so on), memory diagnostics and a command-line tools for advanced options.
Some of its features include :. One-click Windows repair. System Restore.
Web browser. File backup. Antivirus scanner. Partition editor Update: Please note that this disk is no longer free, due to licensing restrictions imposed upon us. Hi Ryan, None of our software is free for us to make. This is all custom software developed in-house by our software developers and tested by our QA team designed to fix Windows computers.
It’s not provided by Microsoft or by the manufacturers of your PC – it’s our solution to shortcomings on their part. You can bet it has cost us considerably more than $20 to make this, and that it would cost a whole lot more than that in time and money for a computer professional to try fixing your PC. Charging for our software lets us pay our researchers, developers, testers, and support professionals so we can continue to create software solutions that help our customers around the globe, and we thank you for supporting us. Hello there, Well my goal was to do a clean format and reinstall windows to factory setting.
I had done that before with the Windows 7 recovery disks that I burned when I first got my Asus laptop. But this time I could not find the recovery program, being fraustrated I tried to restore it using the F9 key, it wanted to restore by making a system image, and then it ended up overwriting the harddrive. Now windows will not boot at all. It goes to a black screen asking for media to boot. Now the question is will your software help me? Also can I still format and reinstall windows to a clean state? Sorry about the long post.
Hope I get a reply and thank you! I have a Compaq CQ57 I wanted to put an SSD. I did and could not run anything because no Windows. I used Easy RE 7. It was impossible to use a USB (maybe missing a driver) so I burned to a CD, THAT worked fine. However, NOW I have to get the drivers to even make the ethernet connect so I can update to a reasonable working system.
I’m having trouble doing this. I am at the HP web site and you can find a location with a bunch of drivers but I cannot find one to make the ethernet connection work! Please advise.
Please read this first as I have since removed the original Repair Disk links to the files due to a that I received. See link above to download a full Windows 7 DVD that will do the same job. Bear in mind that the download is bigger (max 3.1GB for Win 7 Ultimate x64) Last year I received a DMCA take down notice via Microsoft’s Anti-Piracy department for one of the Recovery Disks that I had uploaded to Mediafire.
This was for the Windows 7 32bit Repair Disk.ISO. I complied with their request, but left the mirrored links on Rapidshare.
I spoke to their Senior Program Manager for Online Piracy Peter Anaman, who I have to say was very courteous and understanding as to why I created the disks. Here is a snippet of the emails discussing the notice: Hi Peter. Thank you for your message and bringing the present matter to our attention. I believe that your message is reference to the file that was entitled “Windows 7 32-bit Repair Disc.iso” and was located at The file in question contains Microsoft copyrighted code and is not authorized for redistribution in the manner detected and for this reason, action was taken to have the file removed.
You are correct that Microsoft authorizes genuine customers to create their own system images and instructions on creating these are contained in the documentation found within the operating systems help files as well as several online resources such as. As you may appreciate Microsoft offers operating systems that work on numerous hardware configurations and each of these, require specific drivers as well as configurations. In light of this, it is advisable for a user to create their own system image to better reflect their configuration rather than using a standard image that may not be appropriate for the system in question. We would encourage you to direct your readers to these instructions. Can you please tell me who you contacted and what was asked as I may be able to assist you?
We thank you for your understanding in advance! Kind regards, Peter So as you can see, I wasn’t threatened in any way with criminal proceedings, but after a lot of thought have decided to remove the allegedly infringing links. It also appears that Microsoft’s anti-piracy team are still confused between what a Repair Disk is and a System Image disk (which they linked to in their reply) I firmly believe that these disks should be made available by Microsoft on their servers for ease of access, as they give the user the ability to freely create them, but as you can imagine, most people either don’t realise this or don’t bother.
I also believe that the PC manufactures are also very much to blame in the fact that they do not supply the full installation disk (90% of the time) with the computer that the user purchased. You can still download these disks, but at a small cost via who were the first people to make these disks freely available.
However, they too were contacted by Microsoft’s Anti-Piracy department and asked not to link to the file. It is for that reason that they now have a licence via Microsoft to sell the disks. The price of the disks are $9.75 (£6.21) for (32bit and 64bit). The reason for the costs is simply for the bandwidth and hosting of the files. If you don’t want to pay for a Windows Repair Disk then you can always of your choice freely and legally from Microsoft’s Tech Bench, which will work the same as a repair disk.
Instruction on how to use a Repair Disk are below: Once again, I am sorry that I have had to remove the links to the disks, and have put off doing so for a while as I know just how much they can help. If you are having issues where you require one, either use the link to Neosmart above to purchase one, or simply find a machine running the same version of windows as you are running (remember to check to see if it’s 32bit or 64bit OS) and. Sorry if this has caused an inconvenience and, should you have any questions please comment below. ———————————————————————- Having a Repair or Recovery disk for Vista or Windows 7 can be a lifesaver when it comes to an issue with your computer running either of these Operating Systems if they refuse to boot.
The trouble is, even though Microsoft have now given the user the ability to, most people won’t bother, and will instead rely on the Windows Installation Disk that they bought. The trouble with this is that people tend to either loose disks over time or, as will affect a lot of people, they simply didn’t get an installation disk with their new computer, so are left to their own devices should they come to use their computer just to find it won’t boot. People who have bought their PC’s from HP, Dell or some other manufactures will know this. The main reason that I have uploaded these disks to different file hosting sites is due to the fact that should people need one of these disks in a hurry then there will be a safe place for them to get one. The other reason is that even though you can find them via torrents, some people will either not wish to install a P2P client on their machine and then download it, or are restricted for other reasons and are unable to use P2P.
Please note that this is not a disk that will let you reinstall your operating system, but instead has some great tools built into it that will hopefully get you up and running again. The use these disks is very simple. Just download the disk that corresponds to your operating system, for example you have a Windows 7 64bit OS, then you will need to download the corresponding Windows 7 64bit Repair Disk ISO.
Once you have downloaded the ISO, burn it to a CD with a decent program like or whichever you prefer and then boot to it. How to use the Windows 7 Repair Disk: Let’s say that you have started your computer one day to be greeted by the following message ‘BOOTMGR is missing’, or you need to make some other repairs to your machine via the disk like repairing the MBR or want to access the command Prompt or do a system restore. Place your System Repair Disk in to your tray and then boot the PC, making sure that you have set your computer to boot from CD in BIOS.
If you are unsure as to how to do this please go to see which button you need to press as your computer is starting to boot. On most computers it will probably be either DEL, ESC or F2. Once your computer starts to boot with the disk in, you will be asked to ‘Press any key to boot from CD’, just tap any key (eg spacebar) a couple of times and it will start to load the information from the disk. Once it has loaded you will be asked to choose your language. As I am from the UK, the only option I changed was for the keyboard layout.
Hit Next once you are ready. Now this is important. You are using the disk as a Repair disk, not to install, so choose the Repair your computer option as indicated in the image below. Once you have selected the Repair your computer option, the System Recovery options will appear.
Use recovery tools that can help fix problems starting windows. Select an operating system to repair.
Restore your computer using a system image that you created earlier If you have previously created a Restore Point then try choosing the 2nd option and follow the prompts. If you haven’t, then choose the first option which will let you use the recovery tools.
For this article we will be choosing the first option. These are great and will hopefully help you out. I have only had to use this disk once, and I chose the first option and selected ‘ Startup Repair’ (That was what helped me, and you should try this first) This will attempt to fix your startup problem (for me it worked the first time, but you may have to repeat it).
If you believe that your MBR is damaged then you can choose the option at the bottom ‘Command Prompt’ and enter “bootsect.exe /fixmbr” (without the quotes). The ‘Windows Memory Diagnostic’ option is similar (but not as good) to Memtest86+ and is used to check your system memory (RAM) for problems, which can also be one of the many causes for your system to not be booting/ working correctly. This is NOT a be all and end all fix for such errors, but it’s a very good place to start. Here are a few screen shots for you:- Main Window Startup Repair Running (Note that this is the main go-to option that you should try first. You may need to run it 2 or 3 times for it to work, although when I used it it worked on the first attempt) Using the Command Prompt via Main Window example, type bootsect.exe /fixmbr at the prompt to attempt to repair a corrupted MBR Restore using a System Image Using Windows Memory Diagnostic. No problem, I’ll try and help you if I can.
Firstly, the ISO is basically a full disk image of the official Windows install disk, of which there are a few to choose from. (Windows 7 Ultimate, Home Premium or Professional) This article has ISO files for the three different versions of Windows 7 To find out which version of windows you currently have, do this: StartControl PanelSystem When you are at the system window, you should be able to see which version of windows you are running. This will be displayed at the top under the heading ‘Windows Edition’.
Let me know which version you are running and I can give you the correct link. Also, when you say your PC says it has some corrupt files on it, can you tell me the exact message, or better still upload a screen shot some where. Is this your computer telling you this, or a program like an anti-virus?. Pingback:. Hi Ernie, The links to the Repair Disks had to be removed as Microsoft forced me to remove them, which is a shame as they could have helped a lot of people out without the need to download a full version of Windows 7/Vista. You can however download any version of Windows for free using the link below: Those disks include the Repair functionality, so just make sure to download the correct one. (the same version that you currently have) No need to join Rapidshare.
(it’s not a great service anyway). Over time many things can go south due to things like a virus or hyjack so when things don’t seem to look right we have no option. Take my machine as an example. Brought it home plugged it in,turned it on and BSD. Yep instore damage is common so a recovery disk is useless if made afterwards. LOL so here i am with a 6 yr old machine repaired by me at home with a lot of lost sleep.
ISOs do take time to download if the image is good. I have installed Ubuntu,Windows 3.1 to 7, Unix,Mac Lion and Mountain Lion and am now over 400 yrs old ? Take your time.read! And process the words and mapping and no problem.as for that silly NT file missing.there is a simple fix.burn another ISO you have a corrupt disc burn as all ISOs come with all NT files.that happens as i have had to burn 3 to get 1 to work sometimes. And have fun its not really work just stress ?. My PC began to shut itself down a few weeks ago.
I decided that it must be heating up, cleaned the fans, and now it’s fine again. Except that during its shutdowns some files seem to have disappeared or been corrupted.
For instance, it can no longer run iTunes because of a missing file. So I turned to my Windows 7 rescue disk, which I made shortly after I got the machine. But the computer can’t see the CD drive either. System Restore is turned off – don’t know why – and my rather long-winded question is this – if I download the repair disc can I run it off a pen drive or another hard drive? Hi Bruce, sorry for the late reply but I was out on site. How did you create the bootable USB stick?
Have you set your BIOS to boot from the USB. Normally it will try to boot from the HDD (hard drive) first. To do this you will either have to press ESC/F2/F12 or DEL when the PC boots to get to BIOS. You should see what key you need to press when the computer first starts (it will show a message telling you that will last for about 2-3 seconds) 3. Can you take a picture, with your mobile, showing me the screen you are stuck on if required.
After you select Repair Windows, you will be shown a new window. The options are: 1. Use recovery tools that can help fix problems starting windows. Select an operating system to repair 2. Restore your computer using a system image that you created earlier I would select the first option. (top one) This will then show you a list of built-in tools that Windows 7 gives you which will hopefully fix your machine.
In the list of tools, select Startup Repair. It will then start to try and fix your boot issues. Most of the time it works on the first try, but it can take 2 or 3 runs on the odd occasion. Can you tell me why you are having to recover the OS in the first place? Was it a virus issue, bad HDD or just unable to boot all of a sudden? What does the error message say when you try to boot?
Can you take a picture with your mobile phone and upload it, then add the link in your reply. Also, does the hard drive make any unusual noises when the machine first starts? Have you opened the machine to check to see if you have a build up of dust inside as this can cause a machine to not boot as well. It may well be a hardware issue. Do the fans turn on when you first boot the machine?
If you have more than one RAM stick in the machine, have you tried booting the machine with just one stick to see if it loads. If it doesn’t remove the stick you have just tried and try and boot using another one. Sometimes a stick of RAM can go bad/faulty which will cause the machine to fail to boot. Do you get any beeps at start-up?
Two Methods: If you've encountered serious problems with your Windows 7 computer, or just want a fresh start, you'll need a recovery or installation disc. A Windows installation disc will allow you to reformat your computer and reinstall a fresh copy of Windows 7. Some computer manufacturers allow you to create recovery discs, which will restore Windows with all of the essential drivers already installed. If you can't create one of these, you can create your own custom installation disc that contains the drivers and programs you need. Understand what this disc does. A Windows 7 installation disc allows you to install Windows 7 from scratch using your product key. You can create a Windows 7 installation disc legally by downloading the necessary files from Microsoft.
You can use the product key that came with your computer to reinstall Windows. The Windows 7 installation disc does not contain any drivers for your specific computer, but you'll be able to download the drivers from the manufacturer's website. You'll be able to use this disc on any computer as long as you have a valid product key. If you want to create a recovery disc that contains all of the necessary drivers for your computer, see the next section. Find your product key.
In order to create an installation disc, you'll need your Windows 7 product key. If you purchased a prebuilt computer or laptop, you can usually find the product key printed on a sticker affixed to the bottom of your laptop or on the back of your tower. It may be included with your computer's documentation. If you purchased Windows 7 from a store, the key will be in the DVD case or in your confirmation email.
If you can't find the sticker, download ProduKey from NirSoft for free. Unzip the file and run the program. Your Windows product key will be displayed in the ProduKey window.
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