Ever since we first made available the Windows Vista Recovery Disc for download back in January, we've been inundated with requests for an x64-compatible version. Flash-forward to three months later, and it's finally here!
If you don't already know what the Windows Vista Recovery Disc is and what's used for, take a quick look at the original article - good luck catching up on the half-a-thousand comments there!
What it does: The Windows Vista Recovery Disc can be used to access a system recovery menu, giving you options of using System Restore, Complete PC Backup, automated system repair, and a command-line prompt for manual advanced recovery.
What it doesn't do: You cannot use the Windows Vista Recovery Disc to re-install Windows - it only fixes (not replaces!) Windows.
Why you need it: If you bought your PC from a major retailer, you didn't get this CD with your hefty purchase.
Download Links
Windows Vista Recovery Disc 32-Bit (x86) Edition
Windows Vista Recovery Disc 64-Bit (x64) Edition
Please note that the above links point to .torrent files. Torrent files are like a shortcut, they tell a download manager on your PC where to download the actual files from. Downloading large & important system files with torrents is highly recommended since torrents are protected against corrupt downloads and tend to be faster when well-shared.
(All torrents are being seeded by 100mpbs servers, they should be blazing fast).
Instructions
- Download the appropriate .torrent file from above that corresponds to the version of Windows Vista you have installed.
- Download and run µTorrent.
- Open the .torrent file you downloaded with µTorrent. (File -> Add Torrent)
- Select where you want µTorrent to save the Vista Recovery Disc.
- Wait for it to download.
- Burn the .iso file that µTorrent downloaded to a CD using these instructions.
- When you want to use the recovery center, put the CD in your drive and boot from it. This is usually done by pressing F8 at startup, or changing the boot drive order in the BIOS.
Support
Please don't ask for help below, it'll get real cluttered real soon! Open a support thread at http://neosmart.net/forums/ and we'll help you resolve your problem ASAP.
Yay!!!
Well i saved the torrent earlier and was going to start downloading later, and when i did, there were no seeders.
There are currently 40 seeds for the x64 image (and 260 for the x86 one), are you sure your downloader is contacting the tracker fine?
Well, turns out it wasnt. I removed that torrent and downloaded it again and it seems to be working now. Thx.
I hope this will work with SP1.
Don't worry, it was created from and with Vista SP1 in mind.
That is great, Mahmoud! Thanks for the information.
Will this disk work on ia64 as well, or just x64?
We don't have an IA64 server to test it on ;)
Oh thats ok. I dont have an x64 or ia64 machine. I havent been able to test any of the 64-bit stuff. I dont even know if mine works. :-\
Hello Guys,
Sorry but I was following the whole issue since the beginning and I did and still have some issues on my desktop which runs on Vista Ultimate, I downloaded the first Image posted, then followed up till in here and downloaded the x86 Image and burned for more than once, using once alcohol120% then Imgburn. In both cases the image didn't work, it does load fine, then the normal message of Drive:/Sources/Install.Wim. The file does not exist. Error code 0x80070002
I thank you for the great effort though even though I wasn't benefited, but still I am sure a lot others may not have the same problem.
Jaser
i need a solution for the error 0x0000C1F5 HEEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEE PLEASE
I can't download torrent at my place is there any other way to download the Windows Vista Recovery Disc x64 Edition? please help..
I just wanted to give you guys a big thanks for making this tool available, it saved the day for me (or should I say long, long night ;) I will be sure to keep both x86 and x64 versions in my toolkit, thanks again!
I'm glad to hear the recovery disc has come in handy... Needless to say, it'd be much appreciated if people would continue to seed the torrent once they've downloaded it for themselves.
Thank you; I can finally fix my laptop, hp in its infinite wisdom sold me a x64 vista ultimate machine but crippled the RE with their own customizations (which I could have dealt with if hp's own system recovery disc worked but it doesn’t).
as much as torrents annoy the heck out of me, this seems like my only choice.
openSUSE screwed with my Vista partition, so i'm pretty much out of luck until this is done downloading.
thanks a bunch!
Followed all the instructions, and now I have two nice little files on my disk, one is 20KB, the other is 12KB size. Both showed that the entire file downloaded. What am I doing wrong???
Read the article carefully - it explains what to do.
Thanks for the response. I transferred the file to Win XP and burned it flawlessly. Not sure why it didn't burn with Vista.
I download recovery disk and writed it on cd. Vista shows that it starts to boot but it ends with Windows Error Recovery. Selecting "Start Windows Normally" makes computer restart and selecting "Launch Startup Repair" gives me blue screen.
I appreciate any help.
Artti, is your system set to boot off the CD drive?
Yes it is. It shows: booting from CD.
Wow... this is such excellent work. It worked great on my Vista x64 SP1 dual booting with XP. I installed XP after Vista, but for some reason couldn't run EasyBCD on my XP install, though I was able to use it from within Vistax64. Another person couldn't run it on his XP either, I wonder if it has anything to do with having OS's installed on separate hard drives? Anyway, this worked very well as well, just repaired the Vista boot and automatically it also recognized the XP install, giving me the option to boot either one.
Truly great work here at Neosmart.net! Providing us with repair iso's for both x86 and x64 is truly a gift. Thank you!
your links to downloads do not work???
Your ISP (are you in a university or at work?) is most likely blocking access to non-standard ports.
Try this mirror: x64 torrent x86 torrent
Thanks beyond thanks. HP Support told me there was no option but to restore factory settings and lose all my data (work product and hundreds of pictures of my first child). I followed the instructions you provided and now my laptop is back in business. I've since backed up all my files to an external drive.
Your solution saved my family so much. Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!
Hi D/L this and burned ok to disk the only thing i would like to know before i go ahead and use it is this: im having trouble with vista updates with error message saying that"WINDOWS COULD NOT SEARCH FOR NEW UPDATES" with this error no:80070424, im guessing no one would actually know but will this solve my problem or not???? has everything els is running fine?????
Will this work for VISTA 32 bit as well? I bought a laptop with VISTA Home Premium 32 bit and would like to download a backup disk. Thanks.
I downloaded x64 recovery disk but it doesn't seem to be an ISO file. ImgBurn doesn't recognize it as an image file and therefore I cannot burn it to a CD. I don't know what to other then try to download the x84 version and see what happens.
hey guys i was wondering where is the 32 bit i cant find it anywhere
Onixie, for 32 bit you'll need the x86 version i think.
Colin, the file you are downloading is a torrent. You need a program (like Bittorent) to use that torrent to get the ISO file, then burn the ISO.
I downloaded, and burned the img file for Vista x86 But I get the Error Code: 0x80070002 and cannot read from e:\source\install.wim WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? I really need my laptop to work asap!
This is probably a silly question but my Vista is 32bit so what file do i download.
John you will need the x86 version, also an Bittorrent client like Bitlord hope that helps
thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much,i just pretty much downloaded a virus on my brothers laptop (vista) and it poped up the blue screen of death every time it booted up allowing me to do nothing, right now its in the stages of finallizing and if it works i will LOVE YOU 4EVER TO DEATH (seriously) thanks so much now i can finally go to sleep.
THANKS!!! 50% av vista services couldnt start after a reboot. It has been running for three weeks without a restart.. I started my computer in failsafe, with no success, i couldnt get restore to work cause services that resore depend on didnt start... I was nervous that it wouldnt work with the resotore cd either, but it did... three hours later. Thank you!
i dont know what this is for? correct me if im wrong, i bought a hp pc that originally came with xp but upgraded to vista now i cant recovery back to xp using f10, so if i download and use this it will fix it and i can do pc recovery using normal methods(f10) upon boot?
Just wanted to say thank you very much for putting this out!
I have an HP Media Center with Vista Home Premium 64 Bit and just like the previous HP machine I had owned, it didn't come with the recovery discs. On top of that, I had gotten this as open box and the guy at Frys didn't mention that the previous owner had made recovery discs from the disc creation interface. I didn't find that out until I tried to make one and I got the message saying that I can't do it because HP only allows ONE set to be created. So then I checked with HP and they want 17 bucks for the disc.
Being as I'm not a huge fan of paying for something that is SUPPOSED to be included with the stuff I buy, I kept looking around for it and I stumbled across this site, downloaded the torrent, tried it out, it works great and everything is just dandy.
Now, I can get rid of that partition which isn't a problem yet, but it's a gig and a third away from being full so I figure instead of dealing with it, I'll just go ahead and say goodbye to it so that I may have 10 free gigs lol
So, thanks again! And I will spread the word to my fellow Vista users who have also been cheated of their recovery discs!
hhheeeyyyyyyy PPPLLLEEEAASSEEE
this happend when im installing the windows vista from that cd..I get the Error Code: 0x80070002 and cannot read from e:\sources\install.wim
pleas letme know what can i do..please
MD5 for x64 download??
In this comment for the x86 Repair disk for published it's MD5.
Are you able to publish the MD5 for the x64 repair disk, or do you already have those on-line and I've just missed it?
If you download it via bittorrent, you don't need to check the MD5 - bittorrent does hash checking by itself, automatically.
Being security minded, I tend to use EFS to encrypt my personal files in windows...
I'm running dual-boot with Debian Linux Etch and Vista Ultimate x64. Somehow I managed to delete my c:\boot directory and faced the \boot\BCD 0xc000000f error message of death.
To make things worse, the HP recovery DVD's had been put in 'a safe place'. So safe, that I have no bloody idea where the hell they are...
Downloaded your magical x64 recovery CD and gave it a whirl. It worked like a charm!
My life is now worth living again, Thanks! :]
clicks the 'donate' button
I'm having trouble downloading the file. I was able to get through insturctions 1 to 4 (the instructions above), but the file isn't downloading.
No, it will not work on IA64, aka Itanium.
Itanium is a 100% different architecture than x86. The two architectures are as different as x86 and PPC.
There is no IA64 port of Vista. IA64 is essentially a "server only" OS, and the only Windows that supports it are server OSes, such as Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. (There is Linux support.)
A copy of Windows Server 2003 or 2008 for IA64 will not boot on any x86 system, 32-bit or 64-bit.
Hi.. does this recovery work with acer notebook?
just wanted to say thank you so much... you guys are lifesavers. i was just about to give up untill i found this site. thanks again! -dave
Thanks for the boot cd worked great for me. I used power iso to make the cd.
How long is the recovery process supposed to take?
I've got a mouse cursor, but a black screen, after about 10-15 minutes of waiting.
Should I try again?
i had the CTRL (both, left and right) & P (key) not working. And after the fix my keys numbers; 1, 2 and Q, W, S, Z, got them not working at all. Any ideas? does it mean i have to order for a replacement keyboard for my 7 yrs old VAIO? Please advise, i'll be thankful!
We have Microsoft Open License (which is just a Vista upgrade), and there is no way to get to the repair console. I was 'Ghosting' the OS to put on the multitude of machines (thought it would be easier that way). Needless to say there were booting errors. I was just about to give up until I found this site. I just wanted to say thank you so much... you guys are lifesavers.
Thanks again!
pheel
A thousand thank you's, once I worked out that the torrents file wasnt the bootable file itself and followed the process to download the actual bootable repair file, burned to a CD not a DVD ( wouldnt work off a DVD for me), eventually got my system to boot from the CD, selected repair my computer and all fixed within 15 minutes.DO NOT USE THE REINSTALATION DISC OR SIMILAR AS YOU WILL BE RECOMMENDED BT MANY SOURCES IT WILL WIPE ALL YOUR FILES AND INFO, THANKS TO THESE GUYS YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO THAT!!.Once again thank you thank you, over 400 gb of info and files would have needlessly been lost.
Thanx guys/girls ....
I really need this to make my laptop to dual-boot , cuz the cd/dvd was not included ...
:)
I downloaded the torrent and made the CD. When I start the computer with the CD in I can hear the disk drive began but I am still getting the Windows Error Recovery page That lists all those "safe mode"....... "Start Windows normally." After not choosing it automatically attempts to start and then the screen reads that file: ntoskrn.exe is missing or corrupt status: 0xc0000098
Is it not loading from the drive??? Is the reboot disk not working??
Thanks
You guys kick ass!
thank you very much from mexico yeah i installed xp on a usb hard drive and this caused that windows couldn't boot but this just worked great
Can anyone help uploading the CD image to the internet since my network admin. doest not provide access to torent site and server...
Hi,
Could it be possible to put the file obtained from the torrent posted above, and get the bios to boot from a usb key instead of a cd?
Just a friendly reminder to all those requesting help with the use of the recovery CD here in the comments - support requests on the blog are ignored due to the large quantity of posts and the difficulty of keeping track of them.
Please open a support thread at our forums at http://neosmart.net/forums/ instead, and you’ll get your problems hopefully solved.
Man I am elated! Yoy guys rock. Yuor Vista Boot Disc worked like a
charm. I could not believe my eyes. I almost shelled out money to
Gateway to puchase a Recovery CD and you saved me. A thousand thanks to
you and may god bless you.
I love to test Linux Distro Live CDs, however...I thought it was safe
to do so untill one day a Distro had altered the MBR and made my life
hell. I could not do a System Repair or even Factory Rcovery because
with the new a Rcovery Cd is nolonger shipped with the PC. Instead I
have PC Angel Partician with the recovery CD installed there.
Unfortunaely when I pushed F8 I got a big suprise. I got something like
this: Stop:C0000ZLA {Fatal System Error} The NT Initial Command Process System Terminated Unexpectedly With
Status of 0X0000001 (X000000000 0X00000000). System Has Been Shut Down.
I could not reach PC Angel for Recovery or to make a copy of Recovery
disc. I was livid and at my wits end. I figured I should scoure thenet
for a solution. Went to Gateways "Support" site which turned out to be
no support whatsoever. I even did a livechat with there so called
"Teachs". They were anything but knowledgable about a solution for me
other than cough up some money and we'll send a Recovery CD.
On that note I was somewhat hopeless but I could not totally believe
there was not a solution to my problem. I searched for a way to get
past PC Angels protection to image orcopy the partician to make a disc
with no avail. The I searched for a Vista Boot Disc and stumbled upon
your site. It worked for me. I must stress that the burning software is
crucial. I used Magic ISO for my fist disc which failed to work. Second
burn I used CDBurnerXP and it worked perfectly. Thanks again.
Using your instructions, which are very easy to follow, and CDBurnerXP, the VISTA Recovery Disc worked like a charm. I just wanted to say thanks.
Hi Folks, thank you so much, you saved me a whole lot of trouble.
There are two lessons to be learned here that I should have known better but hey, under pressure and all that...
Even if you think you are safe with a brand new RAID5 system, multiple disk failures are still possible if you get a batch of dodgy disks. I suggest people stay clear of Samsung F1 Spinpoint 500GB drives.
When implementing a new O/S that you are not familiar with, (Windows Server 2008 x64 in my case) just doing a backup and saying "I will do a practice restore when I get time" is not good enough because you can never tell when your brand new super-resilient production server is going to fail dramatically :-)
Thanx guys saved my bacon...... Good tool. Very useful. Agains thanX
Not many seeds................. can someone seed?
There are currently 153:28 and 339:32 (Seeders:Leechers) for the x64 and x86 images respectively - should be plenty fast and plenty reliable.
If you can't get it to download then there's a problem with your connection.
Once again - a trillion thanks to all you guys and gals out there seeding the images… We love you!
i got this problem
will this thing fix the problem?
Hello,
Very nice to have something at time notebook is delivered without Vista DVD and doesn't support any advanced partition changes.
Well, in my case, I have a Toshiba Satellite L300. My goal is to install a multiboot (using System Commander) with Vista, XP, 2K and Fedora.
So, my first steps have been those :
1) I set the BIOS to IDE compatibility mode, rather than the Intel AHCI one : just because it add problem without any real improvment in my type of use.
2) I do a full backyp of entire HDD using Acronis TrueImage 11 Home ; so, I'll be able to retrieve original state easily.
3) I delete the usual WinRE and DATA partitions.
4) I reduced the Vista partition using the Vista disc management tool ; so, now, my Vista is a 20GB one (was 55GB) and all sounds right.
5) I do a new Acronis Backup because I know problem will come.
6) I move the Vista partition at the beginning of the HDD using Gparted Live CD 0.3.9-4 (the last one at this time, I think).
7) When I reboot, of course, I obtain the well known error about winload.exe
8) So, I burn the Vista Repair Disc and run it... But ther's several problems :
a) There's not the French language in the firt list (at top) ; others two one about keyboard and region are ok. Well, maybe this is not important !
b) At next step, it doesn't find the HDD... I've tried to indicate (using the "load driver" button) several drivers burning a CD with all appropriated drivers from Toshiba, but it remains the same. Well, however, I click "next" anyway...
c) I clic on the first entry : "Repair startup"... It tells me it's OK, but, in f&act, it seems nothing happends, because at reboot it's always the same : winload.exe error :-(
I suppose the problem is that it doesn't find the HDD, then Vista, but not sure at all... What to do, please ?
Solved ! I've moved the Vista partition using EASEUS Partition Manager from within Vista and all sounds right :)
I downloaded the torrent using Utorrent. I opened the RAR file with winrar and extracted it. I am now trying to burn it to a dvd but I don't see an ISO file anywhere. What is it called. I see two folders and another file separate. I open the folders and some other files show up but none of them are ISO. What am I doing wrong?
just like to say thanks for your help.
Ummm would the 64 work if I'm only running Home Premium 32?
If not can someone tell me a link where I can get one?
My sister accidentally formatted our Recovery Drive D: So everything in it got deleted...
I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium x32 on HP Pavilion dv6000
Please...
My e-mail is
thamzgarcia32@yahoo.com...
I might not be able to find this place again so can someone send the info in my e-mail as well...
My computer (Sony Vaio) wouldn´t start after having installed a new version of a torrent software. Of course Sony are near enough not to supply us with a recovery cd / Windows installer cd, so I was stuck...:(
Luckily I found your website, via my second computer. Your CD worked perfectly!. Thank you so much - you REALLY saved my day!!!!!
/Peter
Just downloaded the torrent for the x86 and after downloading through utorrent it did not contain a .iso file. There is a RAR file which after extracted yielded:
file - bootmgr
folder - boot
….file - bcd (contained in boot folder)
….file - boot.sdi (contained in boot folder)
….file - bootfix.bin (contained in boot folder)
folder - sources
….file - boot.wim (contained in sources folder)
bootmgr, boot, and bcd appear to have no file extension, which is just a bit confusing. Anyway there is no .iso file (and yes I understand how torrents work - I saw someone else post a similar problem and get a response about downloading torrents).
Thanks for your tech advice, but your bullshit ad about "Israel's massacre of innocent women and children in Gaza" is not appropriate for this forum. Those Arabs never had it so good until Israel assisted them. Keep your politics separate from your technology.
Hello Great People at Neosmart, Thank you a million times for the Vista recovery disk. I just had the infamous "an error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data" problem. You saved my day !!! The recovery disk downloaded without problem, and after burning to CD and booting it in the troubled portable, the Vista problems were solved. Thanks!!!
i cant download it at nashs its blocked and my computer needs it some one help.
can any one help me
Thankyouuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! managed to fix my fiances computer after several hours o downloading differant burning programs.
now we're going to locate the donate-button :)
could u e-mail me the whereabout if u doesn't see any contribution within a few days??
forever grateful, M & J in stockholm sweden
Hi.... we want to leave a donation... how do we do that??
Ever so grateful after managing to recover all data.... blood sweat & tears please e-mail us and give us the information we need; eban number and a BIC- code for transfering funds abroud. xoxo from marie
I just wanted to thank you for having this site with the download vista recovery software I did not have. As you said I bought my desk top at best buy with no cd's of any kind. My window vista key is attached to the side of the desk top if people can't find theirs. Also I did not have a torrent opening software I got it free at http://www.bittorrent.com. Thanks again.
Worked great. Vista seems unstable and often corrupts one small part of the load routines when upgrading over the internet and so locks out the machine even though very little has gone wrong.
Your download was the simplest and quickest solution, thanks again,
Peter
Well it sounded good but won't work...can't open the torrent file so that I can burn the iso to a disk.
ok...ummm i play world of warcraft alot and i just got the new expansion and a day after i installed it my computer crashed..it keeps giving me the big blue screen of death and sometimes is goes black and i cant start it out in safe mode..it eventually ends up just showing the cursor and nothing else..i have Vista it does say i need to uninstall WOW but i cant get to the screen will the recovery disk help me out.
@Drew: You know that you need to have a torrent program installed in order to get the ISO, right?
Regardless, I've used this a number of times to assist people with Vista issues when they do not have OS discs.
Sean Et Cetera...
Did everything as asked above...downloaded appropriate torrent file...downloaded uTorrent...ImgBurn...
Just won't let me do everything as described above...can't run uTorrent to begin with
Well got the disc burned successfully however it didn't help to fix the problem...thanks anyways
Thanks to this great forum, my problem started when i try to burn my set of Recovery Disc from my 7 months old HP 530 laptop operating on Windows Vista 32bits. The process of the burning crashed along the line but not knowing to me because i thought the set of the Backup and Recovery CD is just only one DVD CD since the process stop on one DVD CD but later got it that it should be two DVD CDs. Foolish me, I was rest assured that I have the Backup and Recovery CD with me until that very ill-fitted day that I tried to recover my laptop. Along the process, when it got to where there is REINSTALLING THE ORIGINAL CONTENTS in the Recovery Manager screen, my computer just show ''ERROR xxx100083 IF PROBLEM CONTINUES, CONTACT THE HP CUSTOMER SERVICE''. The next option it gave me is to click OK or CANCEL. Of which if I did , It reboots and stop at the first black screen that usually show: PRESS F11 FOR EMERGENCY RECOVERY. Of which if I did not press the F11 button, It shows: ''BOOTMG FILE MISSING'', ''PRESS CRTL+ALT+DEL TO REBOOT'' and it will be going through this loop throughout. And to my HOPELESS burnt Backup and Recovery DVD CD, is as empty as blank CD and as useless as garbage. Please, can this your Recovery CD solve my problem???, if it will really does, I will be the luckiest and happiest man in this world. Looking forward to hearing from you as soon as possible because my hope lies in God and your hands Mahmoud Al-Qudsi. Don't you think so??? Thanks once more......lol
Hi Darrell,
Please open a thread with your problem at http://neosmart.net/forums/ and someone will be along shortly to help you.
Hello I cannot get this to download, can anyone else?
Hmm..I hope this Helps. I was changing sound card son my HP Pavilion dv1000 and it deleted something. Nw whenever i cut my computer on, the login screen is just a black screen with a cursor. Sooo I downloaded the torrent & burned the ISO file. and i got two folders and another file on my cd..is that whats supposed to be there.
I am gonna go home and try it..
J.Stokes
Thank you so much! It worked and very well :-) .
You saved me so much time...
Not having Windows Vista installation disk but what was included in my new Toshiba laptop package (which does install Vista again while erasing all your data), I should have to format my hard disk (according to Toshiba customer support call centres, pc shops etc etc).
Grazie!
nadia
Any kind soul out there to advice? My HP labtop showing me a black screen with funny characters'/numbers. Happened to read this site & forum.I had downloaded the recovery above and burn in the 'iso format in a dvd disc. How can i go about it? After i press F8, there are options as below
-Startup Repair -System restore -windows complete restore -windows memort dignostics tool -commond prompt -recovery manager
how to go about rescusing my labtop :(
Lost Girl...
Download links don't work...
Download links don't work :-(
How do I find if I have a 32x or 64x version of Vista Home premium?
when I download the recovery file via uTorrent, I do not get a ISO image but a .sdi type file with some folders. Am I missing something? I need the x64 Vista RE ISO image and prefer to not use the WAIK method as I have a lot of developing to do and time is an issue. Are there any alternative sites to get this image in an ISO format? Thanks for your reply. chuck
Hi, what should i download if i have windows vista home premium 64 bit,and its (86x)? reply to my email please "alfredo_03_25@hotmail.com" thanks
Is there a similar sort of thing for Windows Server 2008? Or, will this work for Windows Server? I seem to have somehow hosed one. Which is, um, a bit embarrassing.
Would this work against a Windows 2008 server? Or is there some other method to recover from my symptoms - to wit, Windows 2008 does not boot fully; instead, it likes to show a completely black screen with a tantalisingly movable mouse cursor. Same if I use F8 to try to boot to safe mode; same even with safe-mode-with-command-prompt or last-known-good.
All I want to do is get to a command line to run chkdsk and some things like that, frankly. A desktop so I can uninstall a recent video driver would be a bonus, too.
Hey, everyone, I have a HP Pavilion DV9690EN. Recently i had an accident - somehow i managed to hit it with my belt, at the spot wheres the LSHIFT key is, so after that, like 5 minutes later, it freezes, and when i restart it the system checkup thing is shown. I tryed to do that, but it doesnt help, its like i do the repair, but when its complete, and it restarts, im on the same spot again. I booted the recovery partition, and somehow i got a graphic interface, so im like browsing the pc, and i cant access the C: drive where the OS is, but i can access the D: drive, so i have the recovery and os both on C: drive, but when i tried to acces it, it told me that if i want to use that drive i should format it. I went on with the format, i rebootet the pc, pressed F11 - the recovery manager, i choose - recovery, so it went with the formatting/re-installing. So the PC reboots and starts performance check, and it looked like very long process, and since it was like 2 at night so i left it by itself, and went to sleep, when i woke up, i went to check the PC. Performance checkup is still running, almost ended though, but it didnt seem that it was still working, looked like it just freezed, so i restart the pc, the start windows normally or system checkup screen appeared, so i choose win-norm, it starts loading, but it won't load, he asks me if i want to do the system checkup. Any sugestions? :/
Pete, you should be good to go with the same disc used for Vista recovery.
OMG Thanks thanks and thanks, I did all the process then instead of a CD I downloaded PowerISO and extracted it to my USB key. it worked fine. I almost die when this computer stopped working it's an ACER with no DVD to do recovery for Vista. Thanks 2 all of you who contributed to that Peace Dave
Thank you guys for making this CD !!!
You really safed my ass. After installing some crappy program i wasn't able to boot vista. Then i found this website, followed the instructions and burned the cd. Everything went fine and now i can write this comment from my pc, that wasn't able to boot half an hour ago :)
Thanks thanks & thanks !!!
Note::
To download this you need a "Torrent Client"
If you don't have one go and download @ Http://www.Utorrent.com
Just helping people who don't know what to do ^_^
i have downloaded utorrent and opened recovery file but it is not downloading. please help
help me i have downlaoded u torrent but it will not download revovery file
Email at Ice-54@hotmail.com
you need to open the small file download by your interent browser with Utorrent
Email at Ice-54@hotmail.com ^^ thats if you need help...
you need to open the small file download by your interent browser with Utorrent
Hello. this works if i have formated the hard disk and put XP? , i still have the partition wich came with the Laptop (HP DV7), but when i tryed to restore to fabric configuration it didn't work (pressing F11, to enter to the partition restore)
How do I change my boot drive order in BIOS? Anyone know?
Not sure if it still works for me,but going to try it. Does anyone know what else i can do if it does work for my laptop. My laptop catch a 2009 super virus and window vista crashed on me. My laptop didnt come with a reboot disc and when i was in the process of rebooting my laptop it got to 50% and crashed. It erased all the windows and the dll of kernal. all it says is error missing reboot mgr.
Anyone knwo what i can download for free to fix it because i didn't think this cheap laptop would make me so poor getting it repair so many times.
Stay away from the Eusing Free Registry Cleaner... It broke my Vista Home Premium 64 Bit HP by removing my entire Control Panel, and my restore pionts as well. A wise person somewhere on the web recently wrote "Don't use any registry cleaners; they're bad news." I'm a believer now!
Following the instructions provided on this webpage, though long and somewhat involved, I was succesful in creating a Vista Recovery Disk that allowed me to restore my OS back to a stable point (had to go back a few restore points to find one that worked). Thank you Neosmart!!! What I envisioned taking 3 days (factory OS re-install & loads of apps) took only about 3 hours. Thank you Neosmart!!!
If you find their info helpful (have I said "Thank you Neosmart!!!" yet?), hit their little "Chip In" button on the right side and make a donation. It'll be good for your karma. :-)
Saved my day! :)
Cheers, Roman
hello, I have the BOOTMGR is missing problem on my laptop, i do not have the vista disk so i downloaded the vista recovery torrent. i used imgburn to put it on a cd and booted it up, i get to the screen where it says 'repair your computer' so i click that and the next screen where it says 'select an operating system to repair', but there is no OS listed so i click load drivers and i get 'insert the installation media for the device and click ok to select the driver' (i assume i need the vista disk for this)there is nothing to click so i click ok and a window comes up with the option to search for a setup information file i am not sure which file to select, when i click on the dropdown menu i can see the laptops folders like 'desktop, system, public, computer, local disk (C:),hp_RECOVERY (D:), OS_TOOLS (E:), cd drive (F:), Boot (X:). I also tried the 'system recovery options' it says 'operating system: unknown on (unknown) local disk' i have tried all the options (startup repair, system restore, windows complete pc restore, windows memory diagnostic tool, command promt. none of these helped, this is a dead end now so if anyone can help i would appreciate it, thankyou.
PS. i have a hp compaq 6720s, windows vista basic
i am one of the gazillion people whose vista desktop search utility no longer works after sp1 installation. i have searched every forum i could find, and none of the fixes they suggest have worked, including to delete the update for windows search 4.0, fiddle with the indexing (my indexing doesn't work either, since sp1, so THAT's a dead end too).
Do you think that running the repair disk will do the trick? Microsoft tech support has a fix that tells you to download a patch which, when you try to download it, my computer says i don't need it and it refuses to install.
thanks for anything you can suggest.
Dear all, I tried to replace vista into windows xp. In this process i formated my Hp paviliondv6000 recover software which was located in D: Drive,When i tried to install windows Xp it was showing there is no disk when vista was operation good then i followed on post from one site posted some one and i went to disk management and srink drives , as i restart my laptop i got this damn massage (bootmgr is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart) after then i saw the above post which is on this site & i made recover CD but it dont boot on that CD and showing the same massage (bootmgr is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart),Now if some one solve me from this problem or instuct me how to install windows XP in this suitvation..i will really really greatfull.........
MSA
my windows will not start normally, can i do the recovery disc in safe mode?
Im trying to fix my bosses laptop, shes a complete computer novice and im not much better, weve got a packard bell easynote laptop, which we want to take back to factory settings, however when we press F11 on startup, nothing happens, and also we cannnot find the vista smart restore, there doesnt seem to be anything there, we can only assume that the bosses partner has somehow deleted the hidden partition where it would normally be kept,
Would this download be of any help to me?? any help would be greatly appreciated. thankyou
Thanks so much! Just wanted to know that I left utorrent active for hours after the download to facilitate reseeding and supporting others downloads. Haven't had a chance to use it (hope I don't need to...) but I know it'll be a loifesaver when I do. Thanks again
Hi all, I tried downloading this torrent for my windows vista 64bit . I got a brand new computer today and tried to partition gparted. But as a known issue, my 64bit vista responded with error, could not start after restart. Partition did go well but windows would not start up. I tried this 64bit torrent recovery disk, works smooth and perfect.
Thanks all.
For all of you that dont know how to use bittorent or it does not work on your computer, i have the 32 bit edition available for download send me a the linkmail to bhaduri88@live.com and i will give you
Hello, everybody! I read that this recovery disk is great, but I need to get it also, for my HP 32-bit laptop, so can anybody send this recovery disk .iso to my e-mail: arvis.lacis@inbox.lv! Thank you everybody! I hope, that ou will help me and that this recovery disk will work for my laptop!
Thank You! I was having problems with Windows not booting up and the disc solved my problems. Follow the intructions exactly and you should not have a problem. I was able to do a system restore once I got into my computer again.
@Arvis Lācis
It is not possible to do that because the file is TOO BIG, just download Utorrent ( www.Utorrent.com ) and open the ".Torrent" file with it.
If you need help email me at Ice-54@hotmail.com
Thank You. This is a good fix to a problem that Microsoft should have handled.
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Every time I click on the link to download, I get a "Failed to Connect" screen.
Can anyone explain to me as to why this is?
Since this hasn't been specified by NeoSmart, at least that I can find, I'm wondering if this Vista recovery download is a legal torrent download?
@blafo: Yes, it is of course.
It does not contain the Windows installation code.
i have been having a hard time trying to download the torrent files linked above. Many times i have tried clicking on the link to download the X86 and the X64 bit version link but all the time i get either "Network Time Out" error or "Oops the link is Broken" message.
So it would be appreciative if some good soul could either post for both the x32 & x64 versions of the WinVista Recovery Disk
1) working Torrent links which can be downloaded or 2) Direct download links (a better option)
Thanks beforehand
Hi all, I have a quick question. Can I upgrade my vista 32 bit to 64 bit by using the x64 recovery disc?
Thank you
nope if you want to upgrade go buy a NEW computer =P
Man worked like a charm thanks
I cannot believe it, I have it up and running. After numerous stumbling blocks to get my new harddrive formatted, the final blow was not being able to get past the ms block, I had the product key, but did not have the os cd. This worked like a charm....I thank you so much!!!
i need a product key thank you
this site is very bad i want help
fuck this site
sorry i was joking iwant only how windows vista work i download it by utorrent what i make? thanxx
Ah, now I remember trying this. It must work for many, but I can never get a port open that utorrent would accept. Firewall, or router, or nortons, or something is keeping the port closed. Why can't it use a port that works?
Yesterday I restored my computer and when it was complete it said restore successful then I turned off my computer and turned it on a bit later and nothing comes up. I tried to start it on safe mode, nothing happens. Its a blank screen with a blinking cursor on the left upper corner. I hope someone can help me, please The only reason I am able to send this is I have a laptop. Thank you in advance, Michelle
help me plz
i tried running the System restore and all i get is
Error code 0x80070002 E:/sources/install.win
i dont know wat to do now and i need to boot up fast plz explain!!!
do you have to unrar the file after you download it?
hello... how can i know wich windows vista i have? a mean if i don't remember what i had put! and i'm not able to get into windows because my computer has something wrong! help please!
yes....same question as him ^^^^^^ how do i know what version i need?
also, i tried doing a system recovery within the computer and it got about 40% done and sat like that for over an hour so i had to turn off the computer....when i turned back on windows is way gone. will this disk help me to get to the system recovery or am i wasting my time?
Well I have a Question, I have an HP Pavilion dv6500(HP Pavilion dv6500t CTO NB), also Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit, and I want to erase everything from my laptop does this will do that? erase everything? and also I just put more ram on my laptop So in total I have 4GB of ram, my computer is just recognizing that i have 3.25 of ram. I just investigate that in order to my computer could use the full capacity of the ram I need to have 64 bit. Could I Change from 32bit to 64bit? in other words if I use the recovery disk for the 64bit in this site would do that for me? Thank you I will appreciate your help.
Life Saver!!!! This seems to have worked great. Thank you so much, excellent job.
My laptop died and said 'Windows failed to start' and of course I did not have any recovery disks. But I just followed the instructions above and now is all working fine. all files and programmes etc are still there and working.
THIS DOES NOT WORK IVE TRIED EVERYTHING FROM A DIFFERENT BURNING PROGRAM TO DOWNLOADING IT TO A DIFFERENT PROGRAM! PLEASE POST DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE THANK YOU
******* A T T E N T I O N *******
Unbelievable, many of you people are seriously stupid. Firstly, Neosmart is only providing the x32 and x64 Vista Recovery Discs for people who do not have a Vista x32 or x64 discs and need one either because their operating system has corrupted system files. A lot of people on here are asking for a product key! Well just to remind you people, Neosmart is only providing these files for people who want to reformat or recover there system due to an error. If you want to reformat your operating system then you will of course need a product key, to hold one of those you must of purchased one from Microsoft or received one with a new computer with windows vista pre-loaded by the manufacturer. This site is not providing counterfeited versions of windows vista as freeware, it is providing windows vista x32 & x64 recovery files for users who need recovery discs to repair there vista operating systems and who do not physically own one to do so.
Thanks for reading, hope most of you people understand the purpose of these recovery files. But to worry, i'm most likely younger then all of you users on here. =]
Hi I have followed all the instrustions and when i boot it up it just stays there saying booting CD
Some info: used CD to burn image at maximum speed for 64x version of windows. Thank you!!!!!!!!!
i followed the directions to a T i used 3 different image burning programs with no luck? when i try to run it a bootup it says it either needs a key or i get this weird error message. very frustrating to say the least. i hope someone comes up with a more detailed tutorial on hoe to get this to work the right way. thanks is advance to who can get this to work..
hello guys , i have downloaded the rar file of the recovery disk from torrent and unrar it. but i did not find any image file in that. what should i do
hello... how can i know wich windows vista i have?
1)how do i know what version i need? (32 bit or 64 bit ?)
2)after rebooting thanks to Windows Vista x32 (or x64) Recovery Disc, will i still have my files in my pc ?
thank you very much !!
CAN I RUN IT FROM AN EXTERNAL HARDDISK WHEN I RESTART MY COMP?
Urm.. this sounds silly but I can't find the disc thingy in my files or anything.. is there a usual place where it automatically saves?? please reply :)
Hi, If you used Utorrent it should be in C:\Users*whatever_ur_username_is*\Downloads
if that still doesn't work ... ughh post another comment
Thank you X 1000! You probably saved me from having an actual heart attack. No thanks to HP, which doesn't give out OS discs w/ their computers (those assholes).
heh i've got a HP computer as well but (laptop) but the "F11 recovery" saved my ass like 4 times =P and also i made recovery discs from Hp's program to create them before moving from Vista Home Premium To >> Ultimate... Your Welcome
This is outstanding. Thank you a million times. Do I clap or just throw money. Regards, Todd.
Wait a second... who are you thanking is it me or the recovery Disc people?? anyways most new computers have a recovery partition.. i think my friends acer was ALt+ F8 or i think ALT + F10 ... this might help a few people passing by. Also HP's is F11
can someone help i got my recovery disc but when i boot it, it says is missing E:\sources\install.wim, why is that?
hi i want to thanks for much appriciated link and download. i also get rid from this problem.and the problem occurs after uninstallation of norton antivirus.i was unable to connect network. because norton has change my regedit setting after uninstallation.
perhapes it was revenge of norton :)
now it is ok with my new vista.
thanks a lot.:)
hi friend thanks for help.it really works. thanks to get rid of problem,while norton give after uninstalling norton :(
norton just did unfair:(
while neosmart help me to :)
thanks again
i have tried to install new copy - but it asks for product key, can you help me ?
when i downloaded something for my laptop to look like a mac then when i tryed to delete it it wount let me so i tryed to recover my latop then that wouldnt let me when i did it the screen was blank then i tryed this but theres somethings wrong and it wount let me download it is i tell you what error it is can you help me??
i found the code error errorcode 0x80070002
I have a Laptop HP 3 gb Model G60-214EM I would like a set of rescue disks, but dont want them downloaded, would rather pay for them and have them delivered, could you please send price including delivery. THANKYOU
sorry to tell you but... you are quite stupid... your LAPTOP has a " Create Recovery disk" option in the start menu.. geez.. you should read the manuals before you use your laptop. to prevent further stupidness
First of all - ROGER, there's really no need to be so bloody rude to that lady! Grow up!
Secondly, I managed to retrieve my complete Vista Ultimate system today, called Micro$oft $upport for help with the licence as it wouldn't accept the one I have, she told me to do a couple of tasks, and guess what? Yep, it completely F***ED UP my system!!
I've experienced a lot of the problems users here have had, so understand your frustration. If this works, I will NEVER USE Micro$oft automatic updates ever again!! They are the reason all three of my computers have crashed this past two weeks!!
I found your site and this download after MUCH searching of the net - it's in my Vista machine now 'Attempting Repairs' - I'll let you know if it works or not, but if it does, I'll be sure to keep it in my uTorrent for seeding.
I downloaded this recovery disc and burned it onto a cd...then put it in my dell inspiron laptop and I was pleased to see windows recovery boot up. I chose my language settings etc...then clicked on 'repair computer'. It recognises my operating system (which is windows vista) and when I highlight it and click 'next' an error comes up:
'This version of System Recovery Options is not compatible with the version of Windows you are trying to repair. Try using a recovery disc that is compatible with this version of windows.
I am positive that my Windows vista version is 'ultimate' hence why i downloaded the x64.
What is the solution to this problem????
All help very much appreciated!
i have problem with my windows vista. when i tried to change the harddisk partition, i could't finish it and my vista can not start again because the disk is deleted. so i need a windows vista recovery disk. but, the other problem is the connection to get the disk in internet does'nt allow me to use torrent program. so, can u tell me how can i get the recovery disk without use torrent program? tnx and vry tnx u
I ran Partition Doctor and then the vista recovery cd with no avail. I typed in recboot.exe /fixboot and /rebuildbcd and after the rebuildbcd it said something like:
Number of windows installations available: 0
Does this mean I have to reinstall windows or am I using the wrong recovery disc - I don't know which version of vista I have.
I'm pretty sure I did everything right. Any suggestions?
Hello can someone tell me how to use the recovery disc i downloaded im doing what it said to do but when i get to install it ask for the product keys which i dont have. What am i doing wrong? PLEASE HELP.................. THANK
You cannot install windows with the recovery disk - you need to get a copy of a vista DVD to install windows.
If you have a laptop, the serial number (SN) should be listed on the bottom. If it is a desktop, I'm not sure if it is listed on there. Technically, you don't need a serial number, just unclick the button that says to register online and pick whatever version you want.
As for how to use the disk, this depends on the problem and I am not entirely sure how to use it. Don't click on install, click on repair and use the features there to try and fix your computer.
Oh this just rocks.. :D It works oh it works!!!
this may be a really dumb question but is there anyway to download this without it being a torrent file? None of the computers I am able top use will abblow me to download torrents.
wat happens if u have a acer aspire 5735
I just replaced my hard drive and this doesn't seem to be working for me. I downloaded the torrent and uTorrent. I added the torrent to uTorrent, waited until it was 100% downloaded. From there burned the image using Sonic onto a disc. I booted my computer from the disc and it's still not working.I get the "Operating system not found" error message. What am I doing wrong?
I just downloaded the x64 file and I'm not seeing an .iso file anywhere. There is a .bin file and an .sdi but no .iso... Any ideas?
Has anyone installed SP2 and needed to use this disc? Will another version of the disc be required to run with it, or is the curremt version upward compatible?
It's compatible.
Loads great but when it loads the recovery page i try to do a full manufacture re-install and says no backup image available, friend had some numpty install xp on there system removing the vista, but still has a secondary hard-drive which is the recovery drive, any way to get this working, Laptop is a Compaq Presario F700
ty
No good. I cannot even download the torrent link.
Hello,
I'm going to place these on my website shortly for people who can't/won't download torrents. They'll be here: www.silverdollarsolutions.com/files as soon as I can get them there.
THIS IS AWSOOOOOME!!!
I downloaded windows vista ultimate and... it wasnt really that good. so now i want my home premium back.
this is awsome!
I cant seem to find the md5 checksum for the x64 download any where. Can some one post that when they get a chance thanks.
cmr, it's unnecessary. Bittorrent includes hash checks for the downloaded file - that's another reason it's preferred to direct HTTP downloads.
Thanks!
I saved the file to use uTorrent later, which is what Im trying to do now but its not downloading. This is fusturating I have never used Torrent before and have no idea what Im doing wrong. Can some one help or tell me where else I can download this program normally. Im trying to use the x32 bit one.
They're now on my website here: www.silverdollarsolutions.com/files The 32-bit (x86) version is simply called "Vista recovery Disc"
Hi There, i was giving a Laptop to fix, it will post and then go to 'Windows Error Recovery' and if i select safe mode it blue screens and if i select anything else, it just brings up the vista loading bar and just never stops loading, i thought i would download this Recovery Disc to see if it would work, tried to boot it but booted me into 'Caldera DR-DOS 7.03' and just leaves me at a command line, i am prosuming something is wrong, can someone help me, thanks
i get an error that says "failed to send que sheet" any ideas on how to fix this?
hi,can anyone tell me that does it work for the hp dv 2000 laptop.cause,i have already installed the windows vista on my laptop but i have nt got the windows vista cd when i purchased my laptop.so, i want to recover the vista on my laptop.but, i m unknown and unable to download the windows vista to my cd.
please anyone help me in this matter. kindely regards, BJ. sydney. australia.
How come the .iso file could not have been made available as a direct dowmload?
It cannot be because of speed as finding, installing, puzzling over the configuration of uTorrent BEFORE actually downloading the REAL file is WAY LONGER!
Not to mention that I have NEVER had to load uTorrent before for files much larger (Win 7 RC1, for example).
Thank you for the file, but please let's have options that don't all require us to jump through hoops!
Hey guys and girls,
Thanks for both OS's saved me alot of money buying the proper CD. When i tried to install i came to the product key section i typed in the key now its saying
"Windows cannot open the required file D:\Sources\Install.wim. The file does not exist. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code 0x80070002"
I need serious help guys, thanks again for your terrific efforts please reply asap!
Thankyou so much!!!!!!!!!
=D
what is the product key for it
I try the recovery but it did not work. I'm getting a biohd-8 error. its saying I don't have a hard drive can someone help
The recovery did not work for me. I get an error BioHD-8 It say i do not have hard drive can some one help
Coco, am not that stupid am giving the product key because if i do everyone will want it. Either find one yourself or go buy the proper CD. Am not trying to be mean or anything its nothing personal mate.
Ops excuse me for my bad spelling i mean to say
not that stupid am "NOT" giving the product key