If you're like most PC users, you probably got Windows Vista with a new PC or laptop. And if you're like 99% of the population, you get your new machines from one of the major manufacturers. Dell, Acer, HP, Toshiba, Lenovo, they all have one thing in common: they don't give you a real Windows Vista installation disc with your purchase. Instead, they bundle what they call a "recovery disc" (that's if you're lucky - otherwise you'll have a recovery partition instead) with your machine and leave it at that.
It doesn't matter that you just paid a thousand dollars for a machine that comes with a valid Windows Vista license - your computer manufacturer just don't want to spend the money (or perhaps take on the responsibility) of giving you a Windows Vista installation DVD to accompany your expensive purchase.
The problem is, with Windows Vista, the installation media serves more than one purpose. It's not just a way to get Windows installed, it's also the only way of recovering a borked installation. The Windows Vista DVD has a "recovery center" that provides you with the option of recovering your system via automated recovery (searches for problems and attempts to fix them automatically), rolling-back to a system restore point, recovering a full PC backup, or accessing a command-line recovery console for advanced recovery purposes.
Microsoft seems to have realized this problem, and have thankfully made a recovery disc for this purpose. It contains the contents of the Windows Vista DVD's "recovery center," as we've come to refer to it. It cannot be used to install or reinstall Windows Vista, and just serves as a Windows PE interface to recovering your PC. Technically, one could re-create this installation media with freely-downloadable media from Microsoft (namely the Microsoft WAIK kit, a multi-gigabyte download); but it's damn-decent of Microsoft to make this available to Windows' users who might not be capable of creating such a thing on their own.
NeoSmart Technologies is hosting a copy of the Windows Vista Recovery Disc for your convenience. It is a 120 MiB download, and in the standard ISO format.
Windows Vista 32-Bit (x86) Recovery Disc Torrent
Windows Vista 64-Bit (x64) Recovery Disc Torrent
Please see this post for info on how to download and use .torrent files.
You'll need to burn this ISO image to a CD or DVD before you can use it as a bootable recovery medium. NeoSmart Technologies has published a guide on how to burn an ISO image to CD or DVD with your favorite burning program, which you can read if you need more information or help on this topic.
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This is great and useful. I'm wondering though, does one have to boot from it to use it, or can it be run live to restore the internal quirks of a working windows session?
You'll need to boot from it.
Guruji ur great ... simply great
first easybcd and now this ... u should now be neosmarter
Usually you can create a recovery CD/DVD from a recovery partition, however.
Yeah, that's usually the case with the newest PCs. But even then, that will be an OEM-specific system recovery CD/DVD - not a Windows Vista installation/recovery disc; and can usually only be used to wipe your system clean and start again from scratch - it doesn't give you the option of actually repairing your Windows installation.
The good thing is that the good ones will let you do some repair, for example entering the recovery console. In fact, the ones based on WinPE, such as Lenovo's, will lets you do much more than XP's recovery console can do. But I am talking about WinXP recovery discs here. In Vista, it is even easier because most PC manufacturers use WinRE for recovery and that allows access to a Command Prompt. Still, thanks, because I am sure that not all use WinRE and I am sure there are still some that still use DOS for recovery, even with Vista.
I didn't know that Lenovo's were WinPE based - thanks for the info. For us, the biggest advantage to everyone using a standard recovery CD is that we can easily provide support and instructions on various recovery procedures.
The nicest thing about the Vista DVD is the ability to use System Restore without being able to boot into Windows (safe mode or otherwise) - I don't know if this is a feature available in the OEM recovery discs?
BTW, only the latest version of Lenovo's recovery discs (in particular, those coming with T60 and later) are WinPE based. Older versions were only DOS-based and more limited.
>I don't know if this is a feature available in the OEM recovery discs?
I think the WinRE based recovery discs and partitions can do System Restore.
BTW, Lenovo's recovery discs and partitions are part of a feature called ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery and provides more than just Windows reinstall. Only version 4 and later are WinPE based.
http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/think/thinkvantagetech/rescuerecovery.html
Anyone actually get this to work? I have so far attempted two Disk burns of the ISO, and neither on of them will boot. The files seem to be there, but it is not bootable, so I am unable to repair my notebook. All I need is that bootsect.exe to allow me to repair the MBR. Ugh.
No floppy drive on the system either. Please let me know if you were able to get this ISO to boot.
Hi John,
You need to make sure that your BIOS is configured to boot from a CD or DVD. Also, you did burn it as an ISO image and not as a normal file, correct?
i upgraded my notebook laptop to vista from xp and now the system wont even let me log in
as it says that this system is not a genuine windows product and i was wondering if this recovery
disc download will let me restore my system without buying the xp or vista installation disc
all over again as i didn't do a back up disc of my xp from when i purchased the laptop
No, that won't work.
Computer Guru,
Yep, I burned it as an ISO and I'm set to boot from CD/DVD. I had no problem burning and booting the UltimateBootDisk ... but unfortunately the UBD does not work with Vista.
I lucked out and found out a friend of mine had a Vista Install DVD and ran the repair ... which solved my problem... but I still never got the Vista Recovery Disk to work. I even tried booting it on another computer with no luck... it just gave me a flashing cursor at the top left of the screen.
When I view the contents of the disk it lists a "/boot" directory and various files that look like they might be appropriate, but like I said... it just won't boot.
Anyway, my problem is solved, but you may want to check the ISO to check for yourself.
-John
I don't know - we've been using the ISO image in the forums for support-related purposes for a couple of months now, with great results.
John, I just re-downloaded and re-tested the ISO myself on a real PC and in VMware... it works fine.
The MD5 for the ISO image should be aff5ceef6dbf202cc1beb9fc81e8d02b
As a matter of fact, it's been downloaded over 300,000 times since we posted this story, no one else has reported any problems. Perhaps you can try downloading it with the bittorrent link above to ensure it doesn't get corrupted along the way?
I tried to use the disk but when I went to repair my computer (I'm trying to do a complete PC restore) it says it isn't compatible and to try to use compatible media. Dose this disk only cover 32 bit versions of windows (I'm using an x64 version). If so, can someone point me in the direction of something that can help me?
Yeah, that's (unfortunately) a known issue. We're working on getting an x64 edition up ASAP.
Computer Guru, I bought a new HP 9576ea laptop which started to teeth with some problems. Gave it back to the ever useless PC World Tech guys who replaced it with a hard drive, and didnt bother copying the recovery partition. So with no recovery disc, i thought I would try the one here. Unfortunately I have come across the same problem as John did. I burned the image on nero to a cd. When i tried to boot from the disc, all i got was the flashing cursor on the top left. Could it be the disc only works for certain types of machines i.e desktops but not laptops?
I have ordered the recovery discs from HP but it will be 10 days before they arrive!
Shanni
Shanni,
I'm not glad that you experienced problems, but I am glad that someone else is experiencing the same problem I had. Both PCs I attempted to use the disk on were notebooks/laptops, so you may be onto something.
I downloaded the file again... but have not yet had time to retest.
-John
I stand corrected. The ISO for the Vista Recovery Disk using the original link worked just fine this time. Booted as expected.
I re-downloaded and used Roxio on this computer to burn the ISO instead of Nero which was on my girlfriend's computer during my attempts to repair this one. (Although I doubt the choice of burning tools had anything to do with it.)
It is nice to have this in case of future disasters. Although now I wonder if I will be more risky in my future endeavors, knowing I have the Recovery Disk in my back pocket (figuratively of course).
Thanks guys!!!
-John
Hi Computer Guru,
I am using Nero. Do I have to burn the ISO File as a bootable CD-ROM option in Nero?
Many Thanks, Lim
Thanks to NeoSmart Technologies. The recovery disc has helped me a lot.
John, glad to hear that's been resolved. If you do end up with any problems needing a recovery.... just gives us a shout in the forums; we're there to help.
@Lim: I recommend using the free ImgBurn, instructions on the best way to burn a (bootable) CD w/ ImgBurn can be found in the NeoSmart Technologies Guides Center at http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/G/Burning+ISO+Images+with+ImgBurn
@Shanni: Either verify the MD5 or your downloaded ISO image with MD5 calculator and compare it to the one I posted above, or verify the download by checking it against the .torrent files by following these instructions: http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/recovering-corrupt-downloads-with-bittorrent/ (or just download it from bittorrent from scratch).
What burning application did you use, btw, Shanni?
I've got an HP Pavilion dv9000 which came with Windows Vista Home Premium and one of those useless recovery partitions.
At one point, I had to use something to recover some permissions on some system files. The recovery partition on my machine did indeed contain the repair system -- I could roll back, attempt automatic recovery, and (if I waiting through enough menus) get to a DOS prompt as SYSTEM.
Nevertheless, this looks like a useful tool. I'll have to download it and burn myself a copy just in case I can't find my recovery DVD (I burned one and deleted those partitions.. I paid for that disk space!).
Hi I am woundering if you can redirect me to some one that can give me a link to download the windows vista kit it came with my computer and now i am trying to use it cause i wiped out my hard drive do to alot of spyware on the system. come to find out my disk driver ca not read the disk now. Please tell me if there is away to load it from a link. Microsoft said that i would have to pay $70.00 for a new one. even thought it can this way from them in the package.
@JR: Sorry, you won't find a legal download link for Windows Vista online anywhere.
Hi, I wonder if he same exists for XP, I have an HP system and don't like the CD recovery system.
Thank you
Windows XP's own CD doesn't even have a real recovery center - just a command prompt.
As like most tosspot companies Toshiba failed to include a disc in my purchase, I downloaded your recovery disc file, tested it... and it all works fine.
Stats:
Toshiba Equium A100 Windows vista Home Premium Italian Version.
"Anyway, my problem is solved, but you may want to check the ISO to check for yourself."
Hold down “F12″ while booting to open up your “Boot To” menu prompt. Select “CD-ROM” and then continue by pressing enter.
Computer Guru,
I am going to redownload the file and burn it with Nero, which is the application I used previously. I am burning it using the Burn Image. Lets see if it works this time.
Thanks Shanni
I think Nero has a problem burning bootable ISO images - I advise you to attempt to burn it with ImgBurn instead (it's free and a tiny download).
Also, please check the MD5 of the downloaded ISO if it still doesn't work.
And Lo Behold, there was LIFE!!! Thanks Computer Guru, the error was being caused by Nero. It works fine :)
Shanni
Glad to hear it worked for you. You used ImgBurn?
I was Thinking, Maybe someone can make a CD Cover for this Great Recovery Program, Something Cool and Awesome Looking.. That Would Be Great To Have too. Thanks.
Guru, Yep your chosen program was the saviour! I think you should point it out at the top in the commentary, that program will not work on Nero. Just a thought.
This saved my laptop!!! I have been looking for this forever and i finally found it! My laptop hasn't been working for a month and best buy would have charged me over $130 to do the same thing as it took me to do with this download in 15 minutes! Super Duper Gang!!
So here is something interesting to ponder... I have a Sony VAIO laptop, which has the Vista recovery partition that required me to use this download last weekend when nothing else would work.
Well... on the "Sony Updates" site for this model, they have just released "by popular demand" an XP downgrade DVD for those who want to escape Vista. I ordered it "just incase" (only had to pay for shipping). I'm not sure if it will let me do a "dual boot" (Sony tends to modify things to only work "their way") ... but I'll probably give it a try when the disk arrives knowing I have my Vista Recovery Disk for an emergency.
Anyway... back to the Nero discussion... it is curious that Nero does not work with this ISO ... when it worked fine with the UltimateBootDisk ISO (which booted fine) .... which I tried JUST before the Vista Recovery Disk. Seems like with 300,000 downloads that it would be unusual for only 2 of us to use Nero. If I get some extra time, I'll do some experimenting and report back.
-John
We created the ISO with MagicISO (CD to ISO image conversion), if that helps any...
Excelente... muchas gracias.
Thank You downloaded and tested work great here
won't boot from it. still says: WINDOWS FAILED TO START
it says you need the installation disc but i don't have it (FILE: \boot\bcd) THIS IS VISTA, BY THE WAY
helo I had preinstalled vista on my laptop
ltr on i have installed WINDOWS XP .. now its not booting vista at the startup
i hav recovery disk of vista with me
but wen boot using that..
IT shows only
1:computer chkup 2: system restore 3 : file backup prgm 4: system recovery -> it recovers computer to its original factory condition..all user created files will b lost
SO PLZ TELL ME WAT TO DO
Hi guys, Thanks for this, However, I am wondering, I have virus' in my system, if I run this, will this cure them?
Thanks
Hi Mark,
No, it won't. For any support-related issues, please start a thread in our support forums at http://neosmart.net/forums/ and you'll be sure to find the friendly help you need :)
Downloaded ISO in 5 minutes ....works fine 1st time as stated using Easy Media Creator 10
i booted it and everything went well until during the installation it said it was missing a file of some sort but i looked every where in the download to see if it was corupted but didnt find it at all
Check the MD5 of the ISO image that you downloaded and use a program like ImgBurn that can verify the contents of a burned CD against the original content on your hard disk.
Hey I was wondering, does this work with all versions of Vista, ie: Home basic, home premium, ultimate, etc??
hi i just downloaded this and burnt it to disc and then tried to run it but it just opens my burning software program. so i oppened the file from where i downloaded it and it just does the same thing. opens my burning software.. any help? i just want a recovery disc :(
Hi Dont open the file itself, it will not run on its own...... use the software to select it and " burn iso to disc" The downloaded file will have the icon of the burning software loaded on your system. it should not be opened separately.
Manish "Repair start up" will fix and allow Vista to be re seen and selected in dual boot systems
thanks. but i still don t understand. i have burnt it to a disc so what should i do next?
if you have vista and xp and vista breaks. then try using xp's HDD and use xps startup troyubleshooter
that made absolutly no sense to me at all... i have the recovery disc burnt on to a disc . what do i do know?
You need to boot from it. Depending on how your BIOS configuration is, you either press F12 before boot (at the POST screen) to boot from the CD, or edit your BIOS settings to boot from the CD first then the HD.
Does this work with all vista versions
Yep, all x86 editions of Windows Vista. We're still working on getting an x64 version up, unfortunately.
Amazing!!!
I have a DV2313CL Pavillion from HP and a bad driver update for their Conexant (horrible sound card) HD audio card caused me to loose my audio output through the speakers. Thanks to Vista's driver install module no amount of roll back, etc. would fix the issue. So I did a system restore. Well that totally fried the graphics drivers and no amount of safe mode booting (regular, networking, or command prompt) would bring up anything but a black screen with a nice mouse pointer icon. Thanks to this little tool I was able to restore my system without having to follow HP's dumb practice of formatting the drive when all else fails.
how do i change my bios settings?
Lisa,
I am assuming that you need to change it to boot from CD first? If this is so please let me know the make and model of your machine.
hey when i run the disk its saying the install.wim is missing how do i fix this
Download it again from the torrent, and burn it with ImgBurn (make sure to use the [x] verify option)
If anyone is having any problems with the CD, download it again from the torrents and burn it with ImgBurn, making sure that ImgBurn's "verify" option is checked.
Bittorrent downloads cannot get corrupted. When you download it via bittorrent, you can be 100% sure that it isn't damaged or missing any pieces.
hi, would like to check, my fren just bought a new laptop fitted w/ Vista Home Basic. But we decided to re-partition the C drive into 2 drives, and install WinXP instead. The recovery partition is still present.
Now, we realised the audio isn't working correctly in XP, and wanted to revert to Vista. However, the problem was tat we thought that as long as the recovery partition is there, we need not burn a recovery disc. Now, pressing F11 at the bios startup doesn't work.
Will the recovery disc be able to help us read the info from the recovery partition and reinstall Vista? Thanks in advance!
Itried that its still saying the same thing
whazzup-
When you install XP after Vista, XP overwrites the boot information because XP is not aware that Vista boots differently (MS recomends installing XP before Vista)... but if you have done the reverse and you want to boot back into your Vista partition you have to fix the boot info... this ISO will help you do that. Then once you're able to boot Vista, you can then configure Vista boot process to be aware of the XP install. (Google it for details).
Here's another trick I figured out... when I boot into my recover partition it just gives you a menu for recover options but not much other access. I needed a command prompt in order to repartition my drive... and the other boot tools I used did not recognize my vista-only hardware.
So, I pressed CTRL-S in the recovery menu... which gave me a windows save dialogue box. I then created a short-cut to one of the files in the directory... changed the properties of the short-cut to run CMD... and then opened the shortcut ... which gave me access to do all kinds of fun things.
Dear Sir/Madam, I have vaio laptop model no : VGN-FE855E. windows vista license version already loaded and its all backup inside laptop. some errors in my o/s. so, i formatted my hard disk. and after open vaio recovery centre for install original factory loaded software. but some problem create for its recovery time. windows vista's 1 system file corrupted, so, no longer process in my laptop. and i have not any external recovery disc. so what i am doing for resolve my problem. u know any one software for repair my system file or run vaio's recovery centre for complete installation. any web source for downloading so mail to me, pls help me.
my problem is that the disk is saying the install.wim file is missing no matter what i do and the disk wont boot into the install program how do i get the recovery disk to work
I downloaded the recovery disk through a torrent when i go to use it it keeps saying that the install.wim is missing and wont let me do anything ive burt the disk 4 time someone help please
Hi - great tool, but I'm wondering if there is even a multi language/German version be available? Thanks - Jens
girish
i also have a sony vaio so i understand your situation
unfortunately if you have formatted your main partition and there is also an unrecoverable error on the recovery partition then your only hope is to either get a replacement install disk from sony or purchase your operating system of choice
one last thing you might try is to run chkdsk on your recovery partition
there are other web tools out there that might help fix errors on the drive
but as i understand it the above iso file will only repair an installation of vista that already exists
apologies for the lack of punctuation i"m having keyboard "issues" at the moment
hi, i have figured out how to get into my settings and boot from cd but when i do it nothing happens it just goes to setting up as normal?
Lisa,
You probably need to reburn the Windows Vista Recovery ISO to a CD. An ISO is a special type of file and needs to be burned as an Image to a CD. A single ISO file when burned properly to a CD will result in a CD with multiple files and folders. Think of an ISO as a package of files all stored as one when not on a CD. You can locate the specific instructions for properly "burning and image" to a CD in the help section of your burning software. If you use Roxio for example you will find the "Burn CD from Image" option under the file menu. This will ensure that your CD has all the proper files.
Here's a guide on properly-burning ISO images with most popular programs: http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/G/Burning+ISO+Images+to+a+CD+or+DVD
Just don't use Nero because it's not working with this one for some odd reason.
ok first i would like to say thanks heaps for the people that hve been helping me todo this myself! thankyou. right so i have burnt the disc using image burn .. successful.. went into my bios settings and found where to change it to boot from cd. it says to select hit enter on boot from cd rom but i do that then go to save changes and exit but then when the computer starts up it still doesn t boot from disc... hmm so i am thinkin i must not be changing the settings somehow. but when i am in bios it doesn t seem to let me do much.... if anyone could help a litle more would be a champ. and if it would helpmy laptop is an acer aspire 3680
ok firstly. i fgured out how to change my settings. i put boot from cd rom as number 1 then saved an exited... then the computer does something a little odd. it sounds like it is reading the disc then it just comes up after a few seconds and then runs as normal . i so don t understand... what the hell am i doing wrong?
Lisa,
If your system is booting from CD-ROM correctly then on startup (when you are still in the black screen) you should see a prompt that says "Press any key to boot from CD..." The periods on this are like countdown timer. Each period it adds to this message is a second and it usually only displays this for either 5 or 10 secs. This should help clarify some stuff. If you are not seeing this message displayed then it means we are still having a problem either with the CD itself or the boot order is still not correct.
Hi there,
I downloaded your rec. disc, burned it and booted from the cd. Everything looked fine but now my OS couln't be found. (Select an operation system to repair and click next - window) My OS is just not listed but it is installed on my harddrive. I don't have a dual boot system, I got a preinstalled vers. of vista on C:.
What could be the problem? pls help
That's a known issue with the recovery media - it just means that there is something wrong with your installed Vista and the recovery system couldn't detect a valid and working installation of Windows.
You can still use the command line to recover your system :)
I am using Microsoft Virtuial PC. I inserted the ISO image into the cd slot, it came up saying that there was a error. Is there anything that I can do?
This is a great way of getting round having no cd.
Thanks for sharing
hi. well firstly i burnt the disc using image burn and clicked the x to verify. then i changed my bios settings to boot from cd rom. then when the black screen comes up after i have exited bios and before windows starts up. it gives me a boot option. but it only gives me 1 option. windows vista. no recovery disc no nothing so i click it anyway and it just runs windows as normal.. its driving me nuts
Nero worked fine for me in burning this. I do use Nero 6.6.15 to avoid the "bloatware" nature of more current Nero versions.
Some of these boot problems could easily be overcome with the F12 key.
Lisa, that boot option is from the hard drive's boot menu - not from the CD or anything.
It's still booting from the hard drive.
I can only get as far as 'Justin' above. I've burned the disk serveral times all using different methods.
used the direct file, used the torrent, used alcohol 120 (which i already had), and tried ImgBurn with the Verify option selected. Each time it told me that the file "Install.wim" was missing after i keyed in my Vista key. It's just so frustrating because I know im so close! hahaha!
I am having problems with the .NET framework when I used the recovery that was on my PC from Gateway.
I want to correct this.
I burnt this recovery disc and it came up. I pressed the repair the computer and it recpgnized my o/s but did nothing. Do I need to use the install feature to overwrite the bad .NET overlay from my last recovery.
You cannot "repair install" Vista the way you could with XP to fix your Windows install after breaking it. If .NET really is broken (and installing 3.5 doesn't help) then you'll have to format.. sorry.
I really need help with this whole "install.wim" problem. All the other tools don't seem to work. I can't even do a system restore because I get another error. (something about I/O).. There is absolutely nothing I can do!! I've only had this laptop for about a month and I need it for business!
Is there a way for u to swap out that drive u r trying to boot it with? The I/O error and the inability to find the install.wim lead me to think it may be the CD/DVD drive causing issues. Ive also seen issues like this caused by things as simple as the speed in which the disk is burned as well.
For everyone having install.wim problems, is unable to boot from the CD, or otherwise cannot get the recovery center to load (x64 users excluded): we're working on a method that lets you boot into the recovery CD without needing a CD drive at all (and, hence, not needing to boot from one either).
It's great stuff, thank you whole team and computer guru. Well done.
hi all i have burn the vista ISO image using Magic ISO, and i can boot from the cd but when it start installing vista an error massege appear said there is a missing file, can any one help me please bye
What happens if my hard drive crashes and I need to install a new hard drive? How will I install Vista on the new hard drive if I dont have the full Vista DVD?
You don't.
Well it should be illegal to sell a new PC without the original Windows DVD. Because when a persons hard drive crashes, and they need to buy a new hard drive, they would have to also buy a new Windows, which is not proper. It should be illegal to sell a new PC without Windows on a DVD.
Any luck on a disk for 64bit vista yet? I have a preloaded copy of vista w/my HP DV9000 and have had this exact error: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927391, but of course my "system recovery" dvd does not come with the bootrec.exe that I need. Anyway I can get the bootrec.exe file for vista somewhere??? Thanks!
i still didn't moved to vista becaude is resources but thanks for the link
thanks for the files
I have booted up using your CD, and it opens a display tha tgives me the option to Install Windows or Repair Windows. I chose to repair and it took me to the same System Recovery screen I had been to when booting my system on its own without the CD. It's asking me to load my drivers and I'm not sure where I need to point it to. Should I have chosen to install instead of repair? Would you happen to know what driver(s) I need to point it to in order for it to boot up properly? Thanks!!
i need vista recovery dvd for x64. thanks,
This literally saved me, well done, thank you, really great stuff
Hi, my Acer laptop needs a recovery disk to start working again and Acer have tried charging me £50 for this and also said it will take up to 40 days to actually arrive! Can I download this and it will work? I don't want to make the laptop worse so it cannot be fixed...if you can help email me on linekar_9@hotmail.com please. Thanks Corinne
Actually, I don't know about the other guys, but my computer that I bought from Dell does come with an OEM copy of Vista. It's not a "recovery DVD", it's a full copy of Vista, that is just branded for Dell. I'm surprised that no one clued into this slight error in the article. Now, the recovery CD seems like a great idea, and I've seen these over the years in my computer career, but Vista comes with a lot of interesting tools in the WinRE. As well, there are lots of 3rd party tools that one could mount onto a CD, DVD, USBKey, etc in order to repair a computer.
As well, repairing a Windows installation is usually a band-aid solution at best. It usually is good enough to gain enough stability to remove your data and back up everything before doing a full reinstall of the operating system. I haven't seen is actually fix anything in the long term.
Good luck, though.
Corinne, thanks for the warning
My VAIO laptop is really busted - it won't start cause of corrupted windows, I really hope this works.
I downloaded the ISO file from the above link and used it today. My Vista windows got corrupted in the registry while editing HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.pip section for security fixes. After that some error came to run "msiexec.exe/unregister" command. I did but, but a big problem arose with .exe, .ink and .zip types of files. So I repaired it by using this heavenly recovery disc. Although it took a long time to understand using it. I was almost about to reinstall the windows newly. I burned into CD by transferring to my friends PC with USB disk. Thanks to this saviour disc which saved from reinstalling windows.
Hi, I was just wondering if there was a solution yet for those of having the "install.wim" problem. I downloaded the recovery disk both ways and copied them to cd's using ImgBurn with no luck. Could you please let us know when there is a new file to use? Thanks for all of this, it is a life saver!
i have windows vista home premium and media player 11 is a bit messed up. I have yet to find a solution. Vista will not allow me to reinstall wp11, says my version is newer. there is no place in the OS to uninstall it either. will this recovery disk fix wp11?
I bought Acronis TrueImage Home 11. I love it. If anything happens to Vista, in 15 minutes I am up and running again. Acronis TrueImage is fantastic.
"but it's damn-decent of Microsoft to make this available to Windows' users who might not be capable of creating such a thing on their own."
hahhaha decent is a word M$ don't understand
I bought a lenovo $1000 laptop, came with no restore cds, didnt matter i installed my Ububtu CD and in 15 minutes I had OS, office suite, wireless and internet working easy.
"but it's damn-decent of Microsoft to make this available to Windows' users who might not be capable of creating such a thing on their own."
Hahahahhahahahahhahahha
Microshaft ONLY serve the stock market, ps i bet the above download links are illegal
Americans are utter wankers, us brits pi$$ on them
Hello, I downloaded the disk twice and there is no sub-menu for "Repair", and the only way to get to a command prompt is to hit Shift + Rt Click, then the only thing you can run is Notepad. I have a HP-preloaded with Vista Home Premium. I had a working dual boot for a couple of months, then I had problems with Xubuntu 7.10 AMD64 X-Server, so I lost my cool & just reinstalled Gutsy. That's when I lost the main Vista loader. I still has the Recovery partition, but I tried to fix the MBR with an XP system disk, now it says it's not even formatted on one program, but all the sectors are still there. I used EasyBCD before the first install of Linux & loved it. I've tried for days to get some kind of boot loader to work in Wine & CX-Over, with NO success. I would just install XP on free space, but I don't want to mess things up even more. Anyone know where to find the full-menu version Repair Disk that was mentioned above? I can't wait to be rid of MS once and for all, but for now I need to get back into my files again. They're only about 75% backed up.:-(
Thanks.
Hi everyone i have windows vista ultimate and when it was installing i was tidYing up my computer leads and the power cord for the hard drive came out! When i went to turn my pc on it said windows installation is not complete please reinstall. And then it restarts and the says the same in some sort of loop - but i dont have a disk - will this recovery iso repair my vista? Any other help needed ~thanks~
the download keeps freezing.
I really liked your program, and wrote about it on my site. I will be seeding this torrent for a while to help out.
Keep up the great work.
If the download freezes, use the torrent. It's very well-seeded (thanks guys!) and should finish in no time.
Thanks, my problem i deleted xp (while i had vista isntalled) ( xp was broke somehow) and the problem to start vista was removed to, so there was the 2 hours of stress. but finaly found something usefull :)
When i boot from this disk (and the 'repair' option on f8 boot menu) it show the windows loading screen then gives me a black screen with a white cursor. anybody know whats up with that?
Mike,
When I fixed my Vista MBR (through TestDisk in Ubuntu) I had to use the Vista Recovery Boot Disk to get back into the Vista Recovery. My F8 Option stopped working.
Hope this helps!
gday, i downloaded this file and burnt it as a image, the program work no problem however after inserting my product number the error E://Sources/Install.win file does not exist error code 0x80070002 comes up
if anyone can assist please do. Ben
Hi all. Last week I bought an HP Pavilion dv6625ep laptop which, as you know, comes with that recovery partion thing (heaven forbids HP from including a couple of DVD's containing the Vista I PAID for). I was doing some tweaking and remembered it was a good idea to backup that recovery app to a couple os DVD's. Since I had removed Roxyo from the computer, the "Create Recovery Disc" application simply wouldn't run. Instead, if posted the erros "This system does not have a unit capable of recording CD or DVD", or something like that. This despiste I had installed Nero and a couple of other burning software.
So... rolled back to Roxyo, tried to create the recovery discs again, and it worked. Crazy, huh? So I guess I'll be sticking to Roxyo, and a lot of other apps that Vista is apparently forcing me to use. God, I hate Vista...
Just a correction to my text: where it says "Instead, if posted the erros (...)" it should read "Instead, IT posted the ERROR". Kind of sleepy and mixing portuguese with english, sorry about that :)
Ben, did you switch disks to your own Vista Recovery disk after booting with this one? You can only recover the boot files from this disk. If you want recover the whole system, you have you switch to your own Vista Recovery disk -- that has your product number verification. If you don't have the DVD, you can start from F8 or F11 when booting up & it should open your Recovery partition and give you a menu. That will restore your system if you can get to it.
thanks scott, i have wiped off my recovery of my hard drive there is nothing on my hard drive. and yes i only used the software which i downloaded off here. My system was inbuilt with vista home premium. any ideas?
thanks scott, i have wiped off my recovery of my hard drive there is nothing on my hard drive. and yes i only used the software which i downloaded off here. My system was inbuilt with vista home premium.
Everything works fine for me but when i reach up to the point of almost getting it done it stops in the middle of everything and tells me there's a problem with my disk. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Same for me, it asks for my product key and everything and starts loading up, but at the final stage it says something like a component error and cannot complete the process...Really need to get my laptop working again, so any suggestions would be great! Email me on linekar_9@hotmail.com. Thanks :)
Well guys, the ONLY way you can get your system disks is from the manufacturer of your laptop/desktop (HP, Dell, etc.) and give them proof of ownership. Then they'll either send you the DVDs (for a nominal fee) or let you download the ISOs. If you bought your laptop second-hand, you'll need to go the the original owner and have him/her get you the disks, or prove somehow that it's yours. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
Yeah I know that but Acer are trying to rip me off for £50 for a disc which I'm not willing to pay at the moment. Any other advice would be great.
Hey Guys can u pls help me on this one, if i use this recovery disc and if this run on my PC, does it will erase o return my system to fresh one or my it will only repair some problems at let my installed programs intact.pls help me im new in this process ive never try any recovery disc and im afriad to lose some programs and files on my system, im totally rookie on this matter, can someone email me. eckszever@hotmail.com Thanks Guys
Corinne, it is illegal for them to try to make you pay extra money. Kick up a stink and demand it for free, or else you will report them to dept. of fair trading etc. Be courageous and demand the disc for free from Acer.
Corinne, it is illegal for Acer to do that to you. They must by law give you what you paid for. Kick up a stink and demand they give you the CD, or you will report them to the dept. of fair trading etc. Be courageous and demand what you are entitled to. If you demand it and threaten them with legal action, they will give you the CD for free.
Corrine,
You can always go with Linux, Xubuntu is just like Windows, even better because it's FREE, all of it, and it's almost 100% Microsoft compatible. You can download the ISO for free at http://www.xubuntu.org/get and if you want the disk sent to you, I think it's about $5.00 US.
This website is the closest thing I have found to help, but I need somebody to tell it to me straight.
I run Vista Home Premium on an Acer laptop from compusa.com. I also use Windows Live OneCare. No recovery disc or Vista disc came with my purchase. Everything was already installed.
After moving to New Orleans and using a free public wifi hotspot, OneCare did an automatic update and asked me to reboot. After reboot, OneCare could not start; I had strange programs listed in my "blocked programs list" (inihid); my tray icons would not update (like when you plug in a USB device), the start menu would freeze if I tried certain run commands, like msconfig; my volume control and function buttons on the laptop would no longer work; my network center is completely inaccessable; the dollar sign/euro sign button on my keyboard has no response; I can only run a select few programs; and other strange anomolies.
I've spent a few hours with the OneCare tech people, each of their attempts to download a program from the internet and open it leads to simply no action on screen. They just can't seem to help.
Here's the point. I would love to move my important documents and music files, 20gb or so, onto a external hard drive, and do whatever it takes to make my laptop functional again. Is it possible to start over? Wipe out everything and go back to a time before I had this debilitating problem? (The only program I can use now is an ancient version of MS Word).
If I can follow the instructions on how to burn this .iso image onto a blank dvd on a friends computer, am I on the right track? Is there something I don't know about in a partition somewhere on my computer?
I have no attatchments to my configuration or anything else except what I can shuttle over to a external hard drive. Is anyone listening that can tell me if I have the freeedom to format and start over?
Thank you. Your experience is valuable to me.
Sincerely,
Danny
after downloading it on a cd and than inserting in to my laptop how do i go about that how do i recover the windows cos im trying to do this cos i forgot my password anyone help me with the steps please
Danny, I'm afraid this CD will not help you reinstall Windows. You're going to need to contact Acer and get a recovery DVD (assuming you don't have a recovery partition).
Thanks for the advice. Tony, apparently I would of been prompted when I first got my laptop to make a recovery disc so it's my fault really as I didn't do that. I'm no 'technical wizz' so had no idea the importance of this. So I'm not entirely sure if I can actually threaten them with legal action at this stage... I hae just ordered a CD from Ebay that should hopefully recover my hard drive and system, it only cost £2.99 so I thought I would give it a try. Corinne
Hi! After a resent power cut my computer will not restart the loading vista screen pops up then blackscreen for about 5 secs ,as if its goin to load then BAM! blueescreen to fast to read the computer wil not start now and do the samething ova and ova will this recovery disc help this problem.
running windows vista
thank u
Thanks for providing this utility!
I'm having a small problem with it, which I thought you might be able to help with. I downloaded and burned the image, booted to it, everything seemed to be working. It took a very long time to boot, and now I've been staring at a black screen with a white mouse pointer for a long time.
The pointer works, moves around and such, but there's nothing else going on, and it doesn't seem like the computer is doing any work (the disk light is off, the CDROM doesn't seem to be reading...).
I did use Nero to burn the image, but since it booted normally (up until the end) I didn't think that was the issue. Any thoughts? This is a brand new Sony Vaio VGN-FZ140E, with what seems to be a bad hard drive. Any help you can give would be appreciated.
I have HP Compaq nx7300 and Vista Business came pre-installed. A set of one recovery disc is allowed for each PC, when I purchased this notebook PC, someone has already made a set of recovery disk. When I tried to do it, it said only 1 set allowed per PC. What shall I do now? Please tell me the way of making one new set.
Secondly, my system has one recovery partition which is around 8 GB big and total hard disk size of 120 GB. I want to create one more partition where i will keep my documents. Incase, any dangerous virus gets in, i can easily format the C drive where Windows is installed and recover it later. Tell me the procedure of creating one more partition without destroying the recovery partition.
When I purchased my notebook, the shop person installed HP windows XP Sp2 saying that Vista might cause compatibilty problems with my old peripherals. I have realized that Vista is superior than XP and all of my devices will work properly with Vista. The recovery set discs option is already used and recovery partition too has Windows Xp in it. I have Windows Vista sticker near my keyboard and Vista Business seal (including product key) at the bottom.
Is it possible to request HP to send to me the HP Windows Vista CD (OS which came preinstalled) and drivers CD as I didnt receive a single CD from HP
Hi everyone,
I tried the burn twice with Nero and cd was not bootable. Then I used ImgBurn and it is bootable. Now I have another problem if you can help.
After selecting Repair, I have a window asking me to select an OS to repair but there are none. There is a message it says "If you do not see your operating system listed, click Load Drivers to load the drivers for your hard disks.
I pressed load drivers and it is asking me to "Insert the installation media for the device and click OK to select the driver."
I do not know what to do?
Please help,
Calvin
Hey Guru, for some reason I keep getting an error when I go to burn the CD-RW it keeps saying this...
"Device error:(16580608) Could not write to Disc (LBA: -150 Length: 26). Unkown Error. -0x072700" -This was for CDBurnerXP, there was a similar problem with ImgBurn also. What do you think is wrong? When I burnt the image to a regular CD-R disc it worked for Nero but when I ran it on my notebook it didnt do anything, just sat there with the lil blinking -... Then it said
Calvin, when you try to boot to the HDD, does it say "NTLDR Mssing"? If so, the way I fixed my problem was to download the Linux Ubuntu Live ISO for free, then boot from that disk. Open a terminal window (in a full screen) and type "sudo testdisk" and choose ANALYZE. It will show you what's wrong with your disk/partition. Then go to ADVANCED and REBUILD NT BOOT SECTOR, then LIST, then WRITE. This is a radical solution, but it will rebuild your NT Boot Sector, which sounds like what happened. After you rebuild the NT Boot Sector, you can boot with the Vista Recovery Disk and your Vista installation will show up and it will repair any damage.
Hope this helps!
Can I install Windows Vista from this Cd to a notebook which has Windows XP currently installed and was shipped with Windows Vista product key....
For more details ready my post above.......
Hi Scott,
Thanks for the reply. Even though it did not find any OS I still clicked next and did some repair. After restart I got this message "BOOTMGR is missing". I booted from the cd again and did another repair. This time in the middle of repair, I got a window saying the recovery can not fix all the problems and asked me whether I want to report it to Microsoft like all the other error reporting they have.
I tried to do a recovery from the built in tool which comes with Vista by pressing F10 which is supposed to take me to the Utility. But something amazing happened and windows started. I logged in and now all is fine. No idea!!! But hey I am happy.
Calvin
DELL Doesn't provide recovery discs with machines. They provide Vista re-installation disc with which you can either repair or even format your hard drive and reinstall clean windows. The disc doesn't include any promotion software or device drivers. The drivers need to be installed separately from a driver CD (provided separately)
Anyone who has the the Windows Vista Anytime Upgrade disc also has a bootable Vista recovery environment, the same one that is one the Vista installation disc.
Some manufacturers may include this Anytime Upgrade disc with the PC, even if they don't included any other disc containing the recovery environment. For example, HP is notorious for not including a true reinstallation disc (one that is capable of doing a clean install), but apparently does ship Microsoft's Anytime Upgrade disc with at least some systems. See: http://h20219.www2.hp.com/services/cache/456746-0-0-225-121.html
In any event, one can buy (for $7) the Anytime Upgrade disc from Microsoft, among other vendors: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/windowsanytimeupgrade/faq.mspx https://na.windowsanytimeupgradestore.com/WAU_DIRECT/Purchase.aspx
What if I already formatted the drive and deleted all partitions? I did this to install another OS, but now I want to go back... Any ideas? I have the OEM serial number that is attached to the PC tower. It is an emachines computer.
Computer Guru:
where did you find the program , crc , that will scan this iso file to provide the hash number??
thank you. james
Before i was bored with Windows vista, whereby i have to reinstall Vista whenever i encounter systematic error,till when i came across neosmart vista recovery disc through techrepublic. I am highly impressed, and wish to get more from you.
I'm really glad I found this.
Quick question, though: will this upgrade my XP (I had Vista but removed it, now I need to restore Vista to use my warranty) or do I have to format and clean install?
Either works for me, I just would like some pointers to getting Vista up and running before I send my laptop back to HP.
Hi, I have been dealing with a problem on my vista(home)for some 3 weeks now,it just suddenly started having problems with opening windows explorer files,with a cycle of windows explorer is not responding then windows explorer is restarting and in few sec back to the not responding so i can do anything,i cant even reach the recovery disc partition without having the same problem opening that part itself,in a bid to attempt to fix this i tried re-installing the operating sysytem but this caused my recovery partion to be full and now i cant install needed programmes,so i'm wondering if this recovery download can work for this
Thanks for this altruistic download it has just saved me parting with a lot of cash for a technician.
After suffering five or six mini power outages in succession my Vista Ultimate PC would not boot up I just got an error Oxc000000f windows\system32\winload.exe missing or corrupted.
The rescue disc fixed everything in minutes.
Thanks again, James.
I downloaded the torrent version. It showed a size of 20KB instead of 120MB. Any ideas? Thanks.
You should all switch to UBUNTU and life will be much better for all.
Hello,
I updatede my vista with windows update causing it to go in an endless loop of rebooting
"Vista constantly rebooting after this week's updates - "Configuring updates stage 3 of 3""
Took the visa recovery and was able to restore my vista else it would have costed me 300$ for a reinstall.
Thanks Computer Guru.
Thanks Rupesh.
Hi I bought a Vista Home Premium upgrade disk to upgrade from XP. If I needed to recover my system would I be able to use this DVD download or would I have to reinstall XP from the original recovery disk supplied with my laptop and then use the Home Premium upgrade disk again to reinstate Vista?
Thanks
Larry, you'll need to open the .torrent file with a bittorrent client like µTorrent: http://utorrent.com/
Hey Guys.
I downloaded the ISO and wrote it to a CD, configured my BIOS or whatever so that it would boot from CD/DVD, got a prompt that told me to "Press any key to boot from CD", had a bar across the bottom that said "Windows is loading files" and then BAM....black screen with a cursor and no more.
Anybody know what the problem might be?
And if its of any help its an Acer Aspire Laptop.
Can someone help me please i did all of this. I burned this to a cd and put cd rom first in the boot order and I don't get any message like "Press any key to boot from CD...". I dont think it's the cd because i tried the one that came with the machine and this. Please help.
Can someone help me please i did all of this. I burned this to a cd and put cd rom first in the boot order and I don't get any message like "Press any key to boot from CD...". I dont think it's the cd because i tried the one that came with the machine and this. Please help. I have an acer aspire laptop too.
I was SOO hoping that the boor disk would solve my problem, but perhaps it is not vista that is the issue. I am running Vista home premium and woke up to the BSOD with error message 0X0000c1f5. The additional comments suggest i uninstall new hardware (none installed) and clear memory cache and shaowing (not an option in my BIOS). I was able to remove the drive and copy all of the data off of it, but without back up disks, i have not wiped it. The boot disk loaded the windows files but then the same error message came up. Anyone have any experience with thie error message?
Is it possible to restore a drive in an external drive case to an earlier point?
thanks.
Brian
this program is great laptop was restarting after 10 seconds after installing alcohol 120 couldnt do anything as no restore disk but thanks to this site it now works again many thanks
A bit of advice regarding CD/DVD burning -- S L O W - D O W N the burn speed to about 1/2 the maximum speed. This usually produces more reliable results. Also, make sure to check your CRC before you burn. Any little glich while you're downloading can mess up the whole ISO.
--Good luck!
To Brian... Check your memory. Loose conection probably, remove them and stick them back in securely. Still having problems, use a pencil erasure to lightly polish the contacts before replacing.
Hi Fred,
If you are burning using Nero then that might be why it is not bootable as it happened to me and a few other people previously. Try downloading ImgBurn (link at top in this site) and then burn it.
cool! :) but still i am with win XP. But thanks, will be useful when i got vista.:) i have actually seen vista... but still waiting for somethings to resolved.
Techdudes
Fred,
The reason you dont see "Boot from CD or DVD" is because your laptop isnt configured to do so.
When you see the ACER logo at the start, press F2 to go to the Configuration screen. Then go to the BIOS tab and make sure that the name of the DVD drive is at the top of the list you see(by using either F5/F6 to move it to the top).
Then go to Save and Exit and your computer should restart and give you the "Boot from CD or DVD" prompt.
Hopefully that helps
After unsuceesfully contacting acer I can't seem to find a way to undowngrade my laptop. I downgraded it to xp. Now I have decide i wish to dual boot vista and xp. My system came preinstalled with vista home basic. I low level formated it and installed xp. Can i use this disc image to reinstall vista? If not do you have any suggestions for me.
Thanks Natedog
I downloaded this file to 'recover' my laptop and it loads through all the screens asking for a serial code and info about the laptop and then it shows that there's a component error and there's part of the file missing. So this disc does not work...Any advice? I also ordered a disc from Ebay, however this does nothing at all, doesn't go past the black screen after the Acer screen loads...that's as far as I can get. Email me, dancergirl86@googlemail.com Thanks
Were not worthy!!! Were not worthy!!!
Guru your the man! sorted my computer last night with your disk save me having to get vista for £150 + need my computer in a hurry as I was travelling for work and did not have my disks with me... worked first time the only thing that caught me of guard was that Vista was convinced that my copy was not genuine so make sure you have a copy of your licence key as vista will let you log-in but wont let you do nothing else on your system until you resolve this issue....
After failing night after night to re-install the Vista OS I downloaded, of course w/o the installation disk, I finally found the 1 website out of 200+ i checked that actually had instructions to create a disc to do a clean install!!! All you need are the 3 files...
Which can be found there as well. hopefully this will save you the stress I had to endure to find it. I have over 10 "recovery disks" that I burned, on my desk which as I found out were USELESS!!! after finding this sight, I had the full Installation disk in 15 minutes. I only wasted 3 nights, close to 20 hours searching for it. Here is the site, good luck!! http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/08/ windows-vista-free-direct-download-link/
In my honest opinion I can't believe the amount of people relying on someone else's attempt to recover pc's and laptops. It's a waste of time and causes too many problems. The best thing to do when you buy a new computer with an operating system on it is to make a recovery disk/disk's yourself. Get something like Symantec Ghost or Acronis Trueimage. These 2 programs are brilliant and do all the work. You can install the programs you want and save the whole thing as a bootable image of the Hard Drive, including the operating system on to either 1,2,3,4 or as many CD's/DVD's as it needs. Then you just put the first one in and boot it up and follow the instructions. It will restore the pc to exactly as it was when you made the disks. If you have'nt installed anything it will restore it back to how it was the day you bought it. Simple and no messing about, and you know that it's only your stuff and nothing added from someone else's files. If you loose all your stuff after using someone else recovery disks you only have yourself to blame. How important is your data?
Hi, i have new HP HDX9130EO try to install XP but cant find drivers, so deside return to Vista, ofcose recovery CD dont have :( all weekend try return to preinstaled Vista and not succesfull - F11 not work, as i imaging some hp stuf was in mbr and XP instalation replace it, so now i try to some how find the way to restore my laptop, and try to use you image, but it not work - black skreen - do nothing :( any idea?
Hi!
The tool is just fine. It solved my problem withou losing data. But I've noticed it changed my 'Product key' number. I had to go to the Control Panel and re-type my correct Product Key.
Thanks for your help!
Vista Nightmares
Thanks for links! It helps to install Vista, no try to found all needed drivers!
P.S. then i burn this subj. image with imgburn - its start work, burned by nero (2 cd, 1 dvd) not start :(
I wonder if there might be something wrong with the image here. Since so many people were having trouble and a friend of mine locally had the same trouble, i made the WinRE myself and it worked for him where this one didnt. The one i created was 141mb in size tho. Not 120.
downloaded files and recorded to disc with Active ISO Burner which is a free download from http://www.download.com/Active-ISO-Burner/3000-2646_4-10602452.html (which seems fine) as I am not too happy with the offering from HP which returns only to factory settings - however I have made an HP recovery disk from the partition ... just in case.
THIS DOESN'T WORK!
I've downloaded this file burnt it using numerous burners and still get a message saying something along the lines of "(blah blah blah) could not find the file F:\Sources\Intall.wim"
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi,
I have a problem with Vista. My computer hangs up on start up. It gets past the Windows windos, 2 seconds into the Vista window and screen goes black. Mouse pointer is there and moveable, but nothing else happens.
I downloaded Recovery CD and booted from that. I got into diagnostics but could not make any progress. System recovery gave same error message whichever point I select...not all files etc, try another point.
Start up repair achieves nothing,
Command prompt shows computer working from X drive !!
Any suggestions? Would purchase of full dvd work? or is there some other problem.
Thanks in advance for any help
I downloaded both files at the top of this page. Using ImgBurn I burned 2 CDs. Neither will boot on my laptop. Yes, CD is before hard drive in the boot order.
There were no error messages. The computer just goes to the Vista login screen.
The Torrent file could not be burned by ImgBurn. Said it is not a valid file type or some such. I did change the name and took off the Torrent at the end.
Thanks Mary
P. S. Go to www.terabyteunlimited.com and check out their imaging products. I find them more reliable than Symantec's Ghost or Acronis True Image. There is a Newsgroup where you can get good tech support. You can use USB, Firewire and internal devices. It can burn to all types of DVD plus CDs.
There is also a program called BootIt Now NG that does a lot of what Partition Magic used to do. It is even more flexible as a boot manager.
Create your own images so you can go back to a good state from a few days ago providing you image regularly.
webguru=====I have a lenovo running vista-I tied to use paragon to clean up my hard disk. It crashed on defrag leaving me an apparently corrupt drive C file structure. When I try to boot I just get a blinking cursor-downloaded & burned the recovery disk & it booted Ok =ran the part that supposedly fixes boot/startup issues but it says I have recently installed camera or music player & to disconnect it. I don’t have anything like that-so im stuck-should I use chkdsk to fix the file structure? Help?? Steve gompertz sgompertz@usa.net
I used NTI CD Maker that came with my laptop with Bootable CD checked to burn the ISO. It boots and goes to the repair menu. I did not click further since my system is working OK.
This could prove useful although since I have System Restore turned off I am not sure how far I would get using it. Mary
I was able to get a bootable CD using the burning program on my laptop, NTI CD-Maker. I checked Bootable CD, then burned the ISO.
It booted into the repair menu OK. Mary
Thank you! Thank you! THANK YOU!!! This is exactly what I needed after spending 3 1/2 hours on the phone with Compaq trying to convince them that my laptop's wireless card under warrenty was bad. Used an older copy of Ghost to create a clone of my hard drive since it is configured with quite a few programs, and then followed HP's advice to restore the Windows install back to factory just in case it was a driver issue. That didn't help the wireless card come back to life. I cloned the drive back only to get the file corrupt or missing winlogin.exe error. I didn't know MS changed the way that they handle the boot sector, and the older Ghost version didn't handle it correctly. This image had the error fixed in 5 seconds flat.
Thank you for hosting a copy of this!
Just purchased a HP Pavilion dv9000 hours ago. Started it up and got to a screen where the only thing I could do was set up my Ease of Access options. Obviously, I tried to recover from the recovery partition but the result was the same. I've been trying to download the recovery disc from this site but it freezes up at various points. My desktop is running XP but that shouldn't cause a problem should it?
If the download is hanging, use the torrent version.
Thanks everyone. My laptop auto-downloaded some Vista update files and crashed in the middle of the configurations. I bought Symantec's System Works, 360; Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, and Acronis True Image Home. After about $200 and an hour trying to reboot from those, nothing would do the trick. I found this website and did exactly as told, from another computer (to download and burn the CD), and 5 minutes later everything was repaired, restored. Could I sue Toshiba laptop division for being so negligent, so uncaring about its customers? It should know and MUST know that the Repair CD is essential, more than 100 softwares it included in the Restore Disks (which has everything except this Repair feature!) which are nothing more than a bunch of craps?
Let's be honest, this simple CD is more valuable than any stupid "utilities" softwares on the selves of any computer stores.
Hey guys. AWESOME disc. Really beneficial (even though it didn't restore stuff for me due to a virus). I just wanted to know if anyone can put up the link to Microsofts page where I can get a Vista Recovery disk for my own systerm so I can restore it to factory settings? Or are there torrents for this as well? Any help would be great! Thanks guys hutton.jason@yahoo.com
Microsoft does not have a complete restore disk. That should come from your computer manufacturer. If you can't get on the computer, you need to call HP Support.
HP had an option with XP so you can create a bootable CD/DVD in their restore settings. I would do that as soon as possible. Check your instructions for your laptop since I know Acer has a similar option on my Vista notebook. Of course, you want a working system to do that.
The files you download here are part of the Vista System folder. If you cannot access Vista itself, this is one way to fix problems. Mary
Okay I know this aint relevant
It is a bit though
H a v e i b r o k e m y l a p t o p ?
My laptop read a disk so it uploaded But
I tried uploading some others but it doesnt read
Now I tried the first disk i did , and now it wond read!!!
Please someone give me advice I need help
Have i broke it??/
Give me something to fix i need to upload disks but it says it cant find a cd drive?!
Help
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Please help, It seem that a lot of people have success with this image, i have not. My problem is that after i have keyed the activationcode in, I get an error message"e:\sources\install.wim" do not exist, and when i look on the disk there is a boot.wim firle but no install.wim. What am i doing wrong?
Help please
It seems like a lot of people get good use of this image, i do not.
After keying the product key in, i get an error message e:\sources\install.wim do not exist.
And when i look on the disk there is no install.wim only a boot.wim.
What am i doing wrong.
I have given up with trying to repair system and have bought a system disk to do a complete installation
yeah I tried recovery disk yet my problem is that it always crashes, when at the windows vista load screen.
It seems we are all having similar problems. Vista Home Pro crashed on me, and the Hewlett Packard partition drive did NOT allow me to repair the fault. I had no recovery disks (my fault!) and so I tried to restore to factory defaults. That also did not work. Then I stumbled on this forum and decided to create your recovery disk. It created it fine, but then I was presented with the install.wmi issue (not on the recovery disk). I formatted my C: using a command prompt, and tried to load XP. No Luck. I then took note of Vista Nightmare's link, and decided it was worth a try as all else seemed useless. After creating the DVD image I loaded it up. It all seemed so promising, and went through the installation guide. However, when it tried to restart (during the installation process) it all went south. I thought this might be because the DVD was still in the drive and was possibly trying to boot from it. SO i re-installed it from the Vista DVD and made sure I removed the DVD before it restarted. This seemed to work, and the installation seemed to 'complete'. But then it just proceeded to a blank screen. The PC eventually restarted itself, and presented an error message explaining Windows shut down un-expectedly. Trying to restart Windows just leads to a blank screen. Safe mode also does not work - it 'does not allow installation to complete'.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I have tried most of the options here.
hello i have got my lenovo 3 months back and iam unable to open my windows vista,it is showing that some drivers are uninstalled and is not allowing to startup the windows vista.I did not got any reapir cds from the manufacturer ,can i use this recovery software ,and if i install this on my system for repairing it do all my files will be deleated ,iam bit confused about this as i need the files on my computer .Please suggest me in this issue can i use this to solve my problem.
Claude, if you're reading this.... I've sent you an email regarding the steps you took to create your WinRE image (the 140 MiB one) so we can attempt to reproduce them for ourselves and post the results. I'd appreciate your help!
Spent the better part of a day trying to find a utility to repair a deletion I had accidentally made while using EasyBCD. I wasn't able to boot up OS to repair mistake. Initially thought this was going to be exactly what was supplied with notebook. However, was able to boot from CD and make repair... THANK YOU for distributing this download!
after the regular Windows update last night, my Vista Home Premium that came installed with my HP Pavilion laptop would not boot anymore. the winload.exe seems to be missing or corrupted. the recovery disk that came with the laptop was not helping either because it only allows restoring the whole system to factory settings, which is not something i wanted to do. i figured out that i would need a Windows Vista installation disk but i did not have it either. which meant i would either need to buy one or do some magic tricks. then i came across this post and download the repair disk and boom! the problem was fixed in less 2 minutes! hopefully this post will help others by getting indexed in the search engines.
thanks a LOT Computer Guru and Neosmart!
Farhan S. I have also a HP Pavilion , the DV6000 is what I got, and well me still nothing works, I get the blue screen of death everytime it loads the Windows Vista loader, no matter if its through recovery cd, trying to boot in safe mode or anything, thought if I try to boot with Bert PE I can boot into it, so I know it must be an issue with Vista because on Bert PE I made tests and everything is fine with the hard drive, I can see all my files and such, yet I dont know the problem.
"Claude, if you're reading this.... I've sent you an email regarding the steps you took to create your WinRE image (the 140 MiB one) so we can attempt to reproduce them for ourselves and post the results. I'd appreciate your help!"
I just responded to the email. I was gone for a while. I sent 2 emails. Use the one that says "better instructions". One of the commands didnt work for me in the first email i sent u. I just went thru and created the disk again and then sent the second email with exactly how i did it.
It would be useful to have a recovery CD but I want to format my drive and remove the recovery partition. is it possible to make a Windows Vista Installation CD from the recovery partition and then format and make the drive one partition and re-install Vista.
I really hate the fact that Dell have forced me to use 10 gigs of my hard disk for the recovery partition rather than just supply me with a copy of vista.
Yeah the problem with HP/DELL and all is that they do NOT SUPPLY the vista cd, only recovery cds for the only reason that they dont want people to pirate Windows Vista. That's what they told me, which sucks ass !
Heres how i created the disk:
Make a folder called "downloads" in the root of C: (C:\downloads) and place the file boot.wim from a vista install dvd into it.
Open notepad and paste the following command in it:
[LaunchApp] AppPath=X:\sources\recovery\recenv.exe
Save that file as Winpeshl.ini and put it in the root of C:
Install the latest WAIK from microsoft. After installation find the command prompt shortcut (start/programs/microsoft waik/Windows PE Tools Command Prompt)
Copy and paste these commands one at a time into the command prompt window:
copype.cmd x86 c:\winre_x86
imagex.exe /export /boot c:\downloads\boot.wim 2 c:\winre_x86\winre.wim “WinRE”
imagex.exe /mountrw c:\winre_x86\winre.wim 1 c:\winre_x86\mount
copy c:\winpeshl.ini C:\winre_x86\mount\Windows\System32
imagex.exe /unmount /commit c:\winre_x86\mount
Then i had to manually copy the file winre.wim from c:\winre_x86 to c:\ISO\sources\boot.wim (i deleted the boot.wim file already in there and renamed winre.wim to boot.wim)
Then i entered this command in the command prompt window: oscdimg -n -bc:\winre_x86\etfsboot.com c:\winre_x86\ISO c:\winre_x86\winre_x86.iso
That was it. 141mb ISO was created and seems to work fine so far.
Ignore those numbers in my prior post. They were numbered 1-5. When it posted here, it messed up the numbers.
Also the AppPath=X:\sources\recovery\recenv.exe must be directly below the [LaunchApp], not next to it as it appears in the post.
[LaunchApp] AppPath=X:\sources\recovery\recenv.exe
(formatting issues here lol)
small correction
Then i had to manually copy the file winre.wim from c:\winre_x86 to c:\ISO\sources\boot.wim (i deleted the boot.wim file already in there and renamed winre.wim to boot.wim)
should read
Then i had to manually copy the file winre.wim from c:\winre_x86 to c:\winre_x86\ISO\sources\boot.wim (i deleted the boot.wim file already in there and renamed winre.wim to boot.wim)
I have the same problem as "Corinne"
"I downloaded this file to 'recover' my laptop and it loads through all the screens asking for a serial code and info about the laptop and then it shows that there's a component error and there's part of the file missing. So this disc does not work."
Please e-mail me at neatangel06@yahoo.com Thank you!
Okay. Now my laptop says that it needs a "product key" after I had downloaded this "recovery" thing for my Acer laptop. What do I do? Please e-mail me at neatangel06@yahoo.com Thank you!
so I messed up - Vista was slowing down my machine - tried to install XP on Vista system - formatted the drive without thinking at all !!! now XP wont install cause it does not support the new sata drives - so no XP and no Vista cause recovery does not do clean installation !!! so now either find a way to install XP or spend money to buy vista off the shelf !!! (there goes this month's pocket money !!!)
if you have a solution to my problem - do share please ...
your a life saver!!!
why the fuck does MS supply a service such as this. mate if it were not for you we would have all been screwed.
my situation is I have purchased a laptop with no vista disk or recovery disk supplied. the partioned recovery software is corrupted so this is the only way I can delete and re-install
cheers!
Hi everyone, Straywolf is absolutely right,all of you have serious problems must consider Ubuntu and it is fantastic. The manufacturers never give enough warning about this creating recovery discs and put the blame on the customers. The importance of creating this disc must be emphasised by the manufacturer and it is their responsibility because they have got our dosh.
"Okay. Now my laptop says that it needs a “product key” after I had downloaded this “recovery” thing for my Acer laptop. What do I do? Please e-mail me at neatangel06@yahoo.com Thank you!"
Enter the product key.
"now XP wont install cause it does not support the new sata drives"
When u try to install XP and the blue screen starts to load (in the beginning), u will see at the bottom something like
"press F6 key if you have a SCSI or other special driver to provide"
U must put the driver on a floppy disk or usb drive or burn it to another cdrom/dvd if u have 2 of those drives. If the machine is home made, these drivers might be on the motherboard support cd. If its an off the shelf brand name computer, check the website for that model and its drivers for what brand of SATA drive u have. U may have to get the drivers from that drive manufacturers website. It will work tho.
"Enter the product key."
BTW, Dina.... "product key" is fancy smancy computer lingo (lol) for serial number. Most computers have it on a sticker somewhere on the computer. If its not on a sticker on the computer itself, its in with the documentation that came with your computer. Should be on a sticker tho.
"If its an off the shelf brand name computer, check the website for that model and its drivers for what brand of SATA drive u have"
Its the SATA controller drivers u will need. Dont want to confuse u. I really need to work on writing documentation. Its my weak spot. :-|
I did all the step... One problem. When I was going threw the recovery part of the ISO. I picked my OS and then It came up with a message saying "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." My version is Microsoft Windows Vista.
"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."
Is your version the 64bit version of vista? This disk is for the 32bit version which is x86.
Okay. I entered that and it said that it is not found. What do I do?
I meant the product key, I entered my computer's product key and it gave me an error and said it was not found. What do I do?
"Okay. I entered that and it said that it is not found. What do I do?"
Depends on what "it is not found" means. If u have a newer computer with a SATA hard drive, u may have to load drivers for its controller so it can be seen. I need to know what u r referring too by "it" tho.
Hi! This worked… sorta. It boots the computer (a Lenovo 3000 N200 notebook), but it just sits there on a black screen. Nothing! I can see the mouse cursor and move it around, but nothing else goes. Any ideas?
"Hi! This worked… sorta. It boots the computer (a Lenovo 3000 N200 notebook), but it just sits there on a black screen. Nothing! I can see the mouse cursor and move it around, but nothing else goes. Any ideas?"
From playing around with this disk, and the one i made myself... i have found that sometimes it makes a difference whether its cold booted or warm booted. A warm boot would be putting the disk in a running computer and rebooting it by either start/shutdown/restart or ctrl+alt+del. A cold boot would be powering the computer completely off with the disk in the drive and then starting it again. I have no idea y that is happening in some cases. Appears to be a fluke and yet ive seen it quite a bit.
We've completed our own versions of the Windows Recovery Disc, which is basically a custom-built WinRE w/ some minor modifications, available for both Windows Vista x86 and x64 and it should be available for download shortly.
This should address the problems people have had with the missing *.wim file errors and several other things.
ok after fighting for 5 hours - I did it !!! installed XP but before you do that make sure you have all the XP drivers for your laptop available - cause in my case - they are not !!! but XP is running with whatever drivers that I have - I have ordered a vista CD thru customer support - but I take it as a training lesson!!! lol
see WinXP does not support SATA - so you make it !!! - most lapotops are not coming with floppy drive these days - so what you do? cut a bootable XP CD with SATA drivers on it !!! all it needs it this little bugger named "iaahci.inf" - and it's in the file called "sp36132" & you can find it on HP home page - after downloading dun run it - extract it and you will find the driver files in there - I have a HP machine so I looked it up on HP site - I dunno about other brands -
Download "NLite" - go thru it's tutorial if you dunno how to use it - burn your CD and you are done !!! too bad new machines do not have XP support anymore !!! I guess we have to get used to Vista now !!! and make sure you got plently of RAM on your machines otherwise even with 2GB DDR2 it feels like 1990 !!!
NOTE: the recovery image download from this site - works just fine !!! I do suggest people with limited skills to download "ImgBurn" - and then try doing it - but yes after going thru the process it asks for the location of installation files - which ofcourse are not there !!! so yeah - the recovery disk is working 100% -
cheers -
Bilal UAE
I wonder if there is a way to slipstream the SATA drivers from driverpacks.net into a recovery cd. Ive been making WinPE versions for years and im pretty sure u can do it on one of those builds, tho ive never tried to add a full driverpack to a winPE build.
Oh, okay. I'm sorry, I meant the product key. I put in my computer's product key from the sticker at the bottom like you had told me to, but it kept telling me that this product was not found or something. It goes from the logo and takes a minute or so (longer than usual) and goes to a black screen. It gives me the following:
Yukon PXE v5.12.1.3 (20060316) (C)Copyright 2003-2006 Marvel (R)All rights reserved. Pre-boot execution Environment (PXE) v2.1 (C)Copyright 1997-2000 Intel Corporation. PXE-E61: Media test, failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM Operating System not found.
It is an ACER Notebook. I called Acer and they tried to help me but it still wouldn't work so they told me to send it to them. But I don't trust them because they might just take it, you know? lol So, if you have any other suggestions, please help! Thanks!
Are u sure it found your operating system? PXE is usually associated with netwrok booting. In other words...booting from a NIC card. Seems strange in this case. Are your BIOS settings correct and did the disk find your vista installation at all?
Does this same PXE issue happen when u try to boot without the disk in? If it does, try to re-seed the hard drive.
I just googled this error: "PXE-E61: Media test, failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM Operating System not found."
Try some of these suggestions:
http://www.nocrash.com/ncbbs/msgs/3247.shtml
Basically what youre gonna have to do is get into the BIOS and remove "LAN Booting" and set CDROM/DVDROM to boot first and then Hard drive. I dont think youve even gotten to the vista repair disk yet while booting. The PXE booting u r seeing is how they have it set at the factory so they can put the install on many computers at once. Thats how manufacturers do this. Once u get the BIOS set right, u should be able to boot off the Vista Repair Disk. From the earlier comments, i thought the Vista Repair disk wasnt working for u, but it looks like u cant even get to it in the boot process.
Oh, okay. So, after I get that done, then do I still have to put in the recovery cd?
Depends on if that solves ur problem. U have to check the boot sequence in the BIOS. If the order of booting has PXE (Network booting) b4 hard drive, then changing that may solve the problem. However u mentioned that it takes a while for that to come up so its possible that PXE isnt the first boot device and hard drive is b4 that but your machine cant find it. In that case, try turning the computer off and taking the hard drive out and putting it back in. If PXE was the first boot device then i wonder if it would take as long as it does to display that message. Go with that advice for now and see what happens.
please neosmart im begging you guys to get the x64 recovery cd uploaded, ive been waiting since jan 18 , its been a long wait without my computer. pleasee you commented on the feb 28 saying 64 is done , its 29th now no link please
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Claude, the WinRE CD here has the SATA drivers... The way I see it, Bilal is referring to XP that doesn't have them.
Dear sir/madam,
How do I turn on my computer. , and if you have some time could somebody tell me if the shinny side goes up or down when I put a cd in? Thanks in advance. I looking forward for give some program a whirl now. sincerly, B.Gates
"Claude, the WinRE CD here has the SATA drivers."
Does it come with them by default or did u have to manually add them? Im used to WinPE and XP rec console or any of the other boot cds u can use to repair OS issues. WinRE is new for me. Never tried to make one til a week or so ago. Other than the cold boot/warm boot issues i mentioned above, i havent ran into any problems with customers computers. Id really like to be able to incorporate the WinRE files with WinPE and just have a combo disk but when making WinPE it doesnt apply (cant find) the SRT package and when making the WinRE it doesnt apply (cant find) the other packages from WinPE.
Okay. I checked the BIOS order and it says this:
Boot Priority order: 1: IDE 0: 2: IDE CDROM: Optiarc CD-RW CRX880A-(SM 3: Network Boot: B02 D00 Yukon PXE 4: USB HDD: 5: USB CD-ROM: 6: USB Floppy: 7:USB KEY: 8: Excluded from boot order:
I tried putting the "Network" one as my first one and restarting it and it was still the same. I then tried putting the "IDE CDROM: Optiarc CD-RW" as my first one and that still didnt work. I took out the hard drive and put it back in and it still displays the same "Yukon...Operating System not found" message. Then I put in the CD and it ignored it at first but now it is finally "loading files".
Okay. After it finishes loading, I get this screen and it says languages and country and that seems good. Then I click "Next" and I get to this screen that says "Window Vista Install now" , "What to know before installing Windows" , "Repair your computer". I clicked on "repair your computer". I come to this screen that says "System Recovery Options" but without any "Operating System" listed. I have the option of clicking "Load drivers" or "Next" . I click "Next" (because I didn't know what to do when I clicked on "Load Drivers") ...I get to this "Choose a recovery tool" ..."Operating System: Unknown on (Unknown) Local Disk" ...with all these other options. I click on "Startup Repair" and it is searching for problem. (I had done this before and it said it worked but it hadn't really fixed the problem). I went back to the screen that said "Load Drivers" and cicked on the "Browse". I found this folder that said "PXE" and it had all these files but nothing in the files. What should I do?
(I'm sorry! I know this is a lot but I really, really need to fix my laptop because I need it for school! I really appreciate your help, Claude!)
Oh boy Dina, this one is really a problem.....I wish i could get my hands on this computer. I like a challenge. I think maybe we should try this manually using the bootrec.exe tool. Since im terrible with giving instructions, let me see if i can find instructions online and give u a link. BRB (hang tight)
Ok i found some links that will tell u how to use the bootrec.exe tool. Its on the recovery disk u have from this site.
Read this one: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392
And read method 2 on this one: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927391
and for a non ms link: http://signpark.proboards81.com/index.cgi?board=windows&action=display&thread=1172516755
If those instructions on those links seem confusing... its as simple as choosing command prompt off the WinRE disk System Recovery Options and then entering commands like:
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /rebuildbcd
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /scanos
chkdsk /r
(chkdsk can take a while)
Looks like the post with the links didnt show up so ill try it again.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392
method 2 here- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927391
And a non MS link: http://signpark.proboards81.com/index.cgi?board=windows&action=display&thread=1172516755
(hopefully this one will show up)
Ok ive tried to post links to documentation for u twice now and neither one is showing up. Grrrrrr
Ima give it a while to see if they show up later. I dont know y they arent showing up.
:(
Still not showing up. Lets try leaving off the http and see what happens. :-|
support.microsoft.com/kb/927392
support.microsoft.com/kb/927391 (methdod 2 on this link)
signpark.proboards81.com/index.cgi?board=windows&action=display&thread=1172516755
(a non microsoft link)
To Bhs/Bilal re: your Feb 28 post....
I also have an HP system (notebook) with Vista, and while I haven't yet started to try to set up an XP dual-boot I'm doing a lot of reading about the potential problems. I appreciate your post about the XP SATA drivers.
One question....the HP instructions say that for XP use you need to put the drivers on a floppy disk (they propose an external USB-connected floppy)...presumably so that when the installation process calls for the drivers you can simply insert the floppy -- since the CD drive is in use with the XP system software. You burned a CD. What steps did you take when you had to insert the CD....in other words, how did you keep from interrupting or pause/restart the XP install process that was already using the CD drive?
Many thanks
You are more than welcome to come and fix it! lol Because it is giving me a hard time!
Okay, so I went to all three sites and used all the command prompt codes. It says...
Please wait, since this may take a while... Successfully scanned Windows installations. Total identified Windows installations: 0
The operation completed successfully.
What is that supposed to mean? uggh! Then I use one of the codes after the Bootrec.exe and every one that I type in, I get .."is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch files."
By the way, how did this all happen? One day it was working fine and the next day, this happens...crazy computer! lol
You are more than welcome to come and fix it! lol Because it is giving me a hard time!
Okay, so I went to all three sites and used all the command prompt codes. One of the ones that I had typed in, Bootrec /rebuildbcd, gave me this...
Please wait, since this may take a while... Successfully scanned Windows installations. Total identified Windows installations: 0
The operation completed successfully.
What is that supposed to mean? uggh! Then I use one of the codes after the Bootrec.exe and every one that I type in, I get .."is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch files."
By the way, how did this all happen? One day it was working fine and the next day, this happens...crazy computer! lol
Hmmmmmm. Im running out of ideas. The bootrec commands should have worked. Lets try getting rid of the BCD and rebuilding it. Usually if bootrec cant locate any missing windows installations, u have to get rid of the BCD store and then re-create it. First u need to get to the eommand prompt just as u did b4 but then type the following commands in the order u see them below. Press "enter" after each command.
Bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old Bootrec /rebuildbcd
Also, if u have anything else plugged into your USB ports, remove them. Any other drives as well, remove them.
(btw, if u were to type in bootrec /? and then hit enter, it will tell u what switches r available. a switch would be what comes after the /. For example, in bootrec /fixboot, "fixboot" would be the switch. It will give u a list of switches available if u type bootrec /?
I dunno y these commands show next to each other. They shouldnt apppear like this on the same line:
Bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
Lets try that again:
Bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
Bootrec /rebuildbcd
Also while in the command prompt. just type "bcedit" (without the quotes) and hit enter and see what it says to u. I am starting to run out of ideas without having the machine in front of me.
I typed those in and it wont work. It kept giving me: (for Bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup: )
The store export operation has failed. The requested system device cannot be found.
When I typed in ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old :
The system cannot find the drive specified.
And when I typed in Bootrec /rebuildbcd :
Please wait, since this may take a while...
Successfully scanned Windows installations. Total identified Windows installations: 0 The operation completed successfully
I also tried the bootrec /? and typed in each one that it had given back to me and for every one it gave me:
..is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
The bcedit also gives me the ..is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch files.
That shouldnt happen. If u have the bootrec.exe file on the recovery disk, the switches ive given r quite valid. When u get to the command prompt, what is the directory its showing u? Should start with X: and end with "system32". If u r in that directory, u should have the bootrec command. U can type "dir *.exe /p" (without the quotes) and it will display all files with an .exe file extension and it will display them one page at a time. Look to see that u can see a bootrec.exe and bcedit.exe. This is frustrating.
yea, it really is frustrating. I typed in the dir *.exe /p and I got a list of things that end with a .exe
Volume iin drive X is Boot Volume Serial Number is D50A-DC2
Directory of X:\Sources
11/02/2006 12:34 AM 258,560 mighost.exe 09/18/2006 01:42 PM 6,757,792 mrt.exe 11/02/2006 12:37 AM 140,288 pkgmgr.exe 11/02/2006 12:34 AM 97,280 rollback.exe 11/02/2006 01:51 AM 191,592 setup.exe 11/02/2006 12:34 AM 223,232 setuposk.exe 11/02/2006 01:50 AM 124,520 sperr32.exe 7 File(s) 7,793,264 bytes 0 Dir(s) 32,788,480 bytes free
Noo! It's supposed to have spaces like a little table and not supposed to look like the above
11/02/2006 12:34 AM 258,560 mighost.exe 09/18/2006 01:42 PM 6,757,792 mrt.exe 11/02/2006 12:37 AM 140,288 pkgmgr.exe 11/02/2006 12:34 AM 97,280 rollback.exe 11/02/2006 01:51 AM 191,592 setup.exe 11/02/2006 12:34 AM 223,232 setuposk.exe 11/02/2006 01:50 AM 124,520 sperr32.exe 7 File(s) 7,793,264 bytes 0 Dir(s) 32,788,480 bytes free
Ok now i understand. This is one of the differences between WinRE and WinPE. WinPE boots to teh x:\windows\system32 directory. WinRE does not. Ok ok ok. Duh....
At the command prompt for X:\sources, type "cd.." (without the quotes, and yes u want 2 period) and hit enter. That will bring u to X:. At the X: type "cd windows" (no quotes) and hit enter. That will bring u to X:\Windows. At X:\windows type "cd system32" (no quotes) and hit enter. Then u should be at X:\windows\system32. Thats where u want to be to run those commands. Apparently there is no "path" setting that will allow u to run commands from whatever directory u r at on teh disk. Once u r at X:\windows\system32, those commands will work.
So....
Unplug all un-necessary USB devices (everything except mouse/keyboard).Then boot the disk and get back to the command prompt. Follow those directions to get to the system32 directory. Once u r in X:\windows\system32 type those bootrec commands one at a time hitting enter after each one:
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /rebuildbcd
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /scanos
chkdsk /r
(hopefully these wont show up right next to each other)
"Noo! It's supposed to have spaces like a little table and not supposed to look like the above"
I know the feeling. LOL. Ive had that happen to me too when posting here.
Once u have tried the bootrec commands and if they dont work, u can try the bcedit instructions too, from the X:\windows\system32 directory, including typing just "bcedit" and seeing what it tells u.
Okay, so I got to the System32 thing but everything else after that still keeps giving me the same messages, not found and all that.
Did u try "dir *.exe /p" from that directory and see that u have bootrec and bcedit in there?
Yea. I just typed in the "dir *.exe /p" after the X:\windows\system32 directory and I got all this exe file names and tells me to press continue for more.
..and BootRec.exe is included:
11/02/2006 03:31 AM 282,624
Heh, i went on vacation last week and came home and i been sick all week so i had time to be here. I made a typo. I just noticed it. Bootrec is correct but bcedit is not. its bcdedit. Man i need sleep, and cough medicine. use the bootrec first.
Yeah the dir *.exe command is to check to see which exe files u have in there and display them one screen at a time so they dotn scroll by u. u should see bootrec.exe and bcdedit.exe. I cant believe i didnt notice the typo, and i do this for a living, college degree and all. Its confirmed, im a tard. These commands should work from that directory. Have u by chance tested this hard drive with a hard drive testing tool from the drives manufacturer to make sure the drives chipset isnt fried?
Oh, I hope you feel better! My throat has been kinda hurting this week too. The weather here is crazy.
So, wait...should I type bcdedit after the X:\windows\system32 directory ? Just bcdedit and no .exe, right?
lol its okay, everyone makes mistakes
But no, I don't know how to do that.
Okay, I typed in the bcdedit and I got:
The boot configuration data store could not be opened. The requested system device cannot be found.
U shouldnt need to type the .exe part. Use the bootrec commands first. Weather here has been nasty. Im in Minnesota.
Oh, Im in VA.
Can you type the exact commands because I am getting a little confused on what to type. lol
If u do have to use the bcdedit command... youre looking for something like whats at this link:
softwareblogs.intel.com/2008/02/26/dual-boot-windows-vista-and-windows-server-2008/
Now there it says to use bcdedit /enum but as far as i learned it just typing the bcdedit should do it as the default command performs that. in other words, typing just "bcdedit" and hitting enter has the same effect as typing "bcdedit /enum all"
Sorry. Try these first.
bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /rebuildbcd
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /scanos
chkdsk /r
Its okay. Don't worry about it.
I have typed in everything and pressed enter after each one and... for X:\windows\system32 directory>bcdedit The boot configuration data store could not be opened. The requested system device cannot be found.
X:\windows\system32 directory>bootrec /fixmbr
The system cannot find the path specified.
X:\windows\system32 directory>bcdedit /enum all The boot configuration data store could not be opened.
X:\windows\system32 directory>bootrec /rebuildbcd Scanning all disks for Windows installations.
Please wait, since this may take a while...
Successfully scanned Windows installations. Total identified Windows installations: 0 The operation completed successfully.
X:\windows\system32 directory>bootrec /fixboot The system cannot find the path specified.
X:\windows\system32 directory>bootrec /scanos Scanning all disks for Windows installations.
Please wait, since this may take a while...
Successfully scanned Windows installations. Total identified Windows installations: 0 The operation completed successfully.
X:\windows\system32 directory>chkdsk /r The type of the file system is NTFS. Cannot lock current drive. Windows cannot run disk checking on this volume because it is write protected.
Im checking the forums here to see what i might be missing. Check this out once:
neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=767
Okay, it looks like you've given me the codes correctly according to that site. But what else could I do then?
I wonder if diskpart is on WinRE. Try typing 'diskpart" from that directory and hit enter and if if then gives u something like DISKPART> then type list disk and see what it says.
Okay. It says "There are no fixed disks to show."
BUT if I type in "list disks" it gives me :
DISK -Display a list of disks. PARTITION -Display a list of partitions on the selected disk. VOLUME -Display a list of volume.
So at the DISKPART> prompt u typed list disks and it gave told u there r none? Hmmm the idea here was to.... after list disks, have u type "select disk 0" and then hit enter and then type "select partition 1" and then hit enter and then type "active" and hit enter and then run the bootrec commands again but its looking like a wash if it cant find ur disks. What make and model is that laptop? I want to look it up.
Acer 3680-2682
btw, "list disk" was the right command. Im trying to be careful not to get ya with another typo lol.
I looked up the specs for that but its not telling me what brand of hard drive it is. Do u happen to know?
Not at the moment. I do remember that when I had taken the hard drive out, it did not say it was made by Acer. It is made by a different company and I remember thinking how it was a little strange. Should I take it out again? It'll mean that I'm going to have to type in everything all over again though. Do you have time? I don't mind.
Not at the moment. No, I don't know. But I could take it out if you want.
U can take it out tomorrow if u want. Im still sick so im homebound. I just need to know what brand it is. Like "Western Digital" or "Seagate" etc...
Then i want to see if ur BIOS can detect it but i dont know what ur bios looks like so i cant really walk u thru it other than to tell u there is a place in one of the sections where it can autodetect ur hard drive. U need to tell it to do it. Im wondering if its even working since diskpart showed nothing.
Once we know what brand it is, we can also test it with the hard drive diagnostic utilities made for it.
ultimatebootcd.com/ is usually the one i use to do this.
And if u want, u can email me over this too. claude_zach(at)yahoo(dot)com. I figured posting these here might help others with the disk and how to get it to work but if ur hard drive actually isnt working, that wont be of much benefit to those here as it relates to the vista recovery disk.
Okay. My e-mail address is NeatAngel06@yahoo.com
Rob - sorry for the late reply - weekend and all !!! -
well when you burn your CD thru NLITE, you actually burn a copy of XP onto a new CD - once you integrate the sata drivers - xp will install normally without asking you for a floppy drive -
HP told me the same thing and when I asked the CS guy "what about slip stream" he got rather angry on why we trying to cheat when HP recommends Vista now - so I replied - well tell HP to have more RAM into the systems as well !!!
if you need help with regard to NLITE - go to it's site and a tutorial is there on how to use it -
hope this helps...
cheers
Dina, Claude - may I recommend that you guys give the Support Forums a shot? It's a much better way of addressing individual issues and allows for much more flexibility in posting style and manner :)
Claude, get well soon!
(for everyone else..... the images are in the final stages of testing, both x86 and x64 alike)
...more importantly, posts with many links, etc. won't get flagged as spam - Dina, your comments almost always need to manually marked as "clean" for some reason! :-(
"Dina, Claude - may I recommend that you guys give the Support Forums a shot? It's a much better way of addressing individual issues and allows for much more flexibility in posting style and manner :)"
LOL, yes sir (salutes). I figured as long as it was dealing with issues possibly related to the recovery disk, working it out here might save others some time. I really wasnt expecting it to take that long or that many posts. My apologies. :D
"Claude, get well soon!"
Thankyou!!
"well when you burn your CD thru NLITE, you actually burn a copy of XP onto a new CD - once you integrate the sata drivers - xp will install normally without asking you for a floppy drive"
BHS, i found another possible solution that may work for some:
mydigitallife.info/2007/10/23/windows-xp-setup-could-not-detect-and-find-any-sata-hard-disk-drive-on-ahci-mode/
Hi, i change my vista to xp but im having too many problems to get all the drivers so i prefer to change to vista again. my computer is a notebook hp so i don't have the cd. I have a recovery hard drive disc but it don't work. I don't know if this iso works in this particular case. if don't, can you please help me to fix my computer. Thank you.
Will the Vista Recovery Disk Download (not the torrent) work with all versions of Vista? I'm currently running Vista Home Premium on my HP laptop and the system recovery disk I bought from HP won't work as it tries unsuccessfully to install all the factory-installed software. Any help would be much appreciated.
Also, if this helps eliminate the problem, Vista Home Premium was the initial OS on my computer; it never had XP or anything else. Thanks
"Dina, your comments almost always need to manually marked as "clean" for some reason! :-( "
What do you mean? Am I doing something wrong?
Dina: Not at all. Just WordPress seems to think that your comments are spam for some odd reason (that I cannot explain).
Joe, it'll work with all x86 versions of Windows Vista.
Thanks for the info. But after I used it, I tried to fully restore my computer from a backup I made on my 8GB USB flash drive, and it wouldn't let me. It said I could only do a full backup recovery from DVD(s) or from an external hard drive. Any solutions for this other than copying the backup files from my flash drive to a set of CDs (I'm currently out of blank DVDs)? Thanks again.
this is not a proper system recovery disk it only lets you do system restore or system backup and it wont let me install a fresh verion of vista so dont download this (it sucks)
Chris, we made that very clear in the post above: this is a recovery disc, and cannot be used to install Vista.
Worked like a dream. That got rid of the S drive that Vista bitlocker created. Obviously Bootmgr files are transferred to the S drive for bitlocker and you have problems deleteing it.
hello I plan to use Roxio easy-cd creator, and notice there are no instructions for it. should the no emulation, or make a new project and data cd or data dvd for a cd-rw? Thanks
I'm sorry, but we don't cover, recommend, or provide for the usage of Roxio CD Creator. It may or may not work, I don't know.
Grab yourself a copy of ImgBurn, it's free and awesome.
finally, download and ran the O/S with Magic, unfortunately, it still hangs on disk.sys in safe mode, and safe w/command in crcdisk.sys no better than the vista oem version, except it adds a domain controller feature? and the files automatically install versus using the real vista o/s. think it best to format hard-drive...
can i just add for people having problems getting the disk to boot, when making the iso make sure the burn speed is low to medium, if its to fast you will lose part of files.
now have two disk not worth a hill of beans one from magic and the other from imgburn! plan to uninstall both programs.
how do i go about booting this disc then i have window vista on another computer its the basic not the home premium, its slow and terrible and i need to take it back to factory setting like i just bought it brand new, will this disc do that or not, plus if it does need booting then how do i go about doing that
Ive had the following error message: NTLDR missing, press ctrl+alt+del to reboot... on my windows vista home premium OS. Can this problem be fixed with this boot disc? thanks in advance Stephan
Suppose i'm having the same silly problems as everyone else with the missing file (install.wim)
would simply adding that file to the dvd i burn of the iso file provided here fix my problem? Or does the ISO file have to have the install.wim file for the disc to work..
and the burning question i'm sure eveyone is wondering... Why doesn't this ISO file have the darn install.wim file that we all seem to need???
a link those of you who are having the same missing component (install.wim) problems may or maynot find helpful.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/08/windows-vista-free-direct-download-link/
I am on an Acer Extensa 56290-6830 running Vista Home Premium. I am probably going to switch over to Ubuntu in a few days, and I was wondering if this disk would allow me to restore my laptop back to factory settings if ubuntu doesn't work out for me. If it can't, then what should I do to create a disk that allows me to do so?
I'm not sure if my post went through, so I apologize if it gets double posted. I'm onan Acer 5620-6830 running XP Home Premium and will probably change to ubuntu soon. Since I will be formatting over the restore partition, will this disk allow me to restore my laptop back to factory settings? If not, what can I do in order to do so?
I formatted my hard drive because my son messed with the settings and it wouldn't wotk anymore. I have a toshiba with windows vista been having problems with it, kept shutting off on its own and I tried restoring it to out of the box option on the recovery disc but now it doesn't work. What should I do?
guyz, i dun know why but i feel jelacy when grlz do something in computers. u know like DINA. Hindustan main sirf boyz taraqi karain.
Allah kare lol
That's a pretty disguting and sexist attitude to take.... glad to see the owners of the site don't share your opinion!
hi guyz,
hhaha Marium, u got nice opinion actually. Tht day when i posted tht comment, I had problem goin ojn in my PC, and my girl friend called me and said tht she could do it. lol I AM IN PAKISTAN. I talked abt HINDUSTAN. Tht was pretty hilarious 4 me, and I thought tht ppl gonna laugh at this xomment. but sorry anyways. WOMEN ROCKS BABY, and wht is the sexiest attitude Marium. I didnt get it.
THNX ALOT PPL.
Sorry Muna, for some reason I mis-read your name the first time around and thought that you were a guy saying that...... oops!
Rock on, girl!
I burned the CD successfully using CDBurnerXP. I got to my boot screen and changed it to CD but my computer still boots up to teh welcome screen. BTW, I did a repair but I keep getting an error that my password is incorrect hence the need for a recovery disc. What am I doing wrong?
"my computer still boots up to teh welcome screen. BTW, I did a repair but I keep getting an error that my password is incorrect hence the need for a recovery disc."
If u r referring to your windows logon password, try this little beauty:
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html
Please can you ask me if it's work for the french version of vista. Thanks you!
Yes, it'll work with all editions and languages - just not the x64 one.. at least, not yet.
I get a blinking cursor at the top left of the screen and the disk won't boot(i'm set to boot from cd/dvd properly), I think there is definitely smthg wrong with the cd on certain pcs...
Guys, Please help! I did everything correctly so far in order to have a dual boot on my HP m9160f with Windows vista Home Premium 64 bit and XP (Vista installed first). I am trying to fix the bootloader with the file provided. I burned the files with CDBurner XP and whenI try to boot it from my DVD drive it won't work. Please advise as to what I should do now. Thanks.
Guys, Forget it. I did it manually and now the bootloader screen comes up and I can boot both. Now the only problem is that if I want to use Vista I have to go into Setup and make sure my SATA is set to Raid. If I want my XP to start I have to change the mode to IDE. Is there anyway I can bypass that and have them start in the same mode? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Note Please keep all off-topic discussions and support questions to the support forums - http://neosmart.net/forums/
I have just installed Windows Vista Home, Waiting for the full oem disk to come from the repair shop next week. The desktop has booted up and had no problems till I installed new drivers for my wireless adapter. Right after the install the screen went white with alot of scambled stuff in it. I reboot by the restart switch on the tower. Then from here I got past the little windows green bar and to almost the log in screen. But it holts on a black screen with a movable white cursor. I also found out that I do have a window saver that comes up but nothing else work. I have installed the last known good config. and still now luck. I'm wondering if this restore disk will help sovle my problem? And if not were or what do I need to do. Thanks again for your time...
Same as most everybody else here - no disk what-so-ever from the Toshiba crowd so finding this site was a God-Send, I hope.
I downloaded the Vista Recovery File, burned it and now I can at least get into the machine. However, the options at startup are not helping.
First window is to choose Language, Time & Currency Format and Keyboard - did that.
That window takes me to "Windows Vista - Install Now" with a couple of other options at the bottom of the window: -What to know before installing Windows -Repair your computer
I figured repairing the issue is best.
I got a window: "Choose a recovery tool" with 5 sub options
I did 1. and 2. but she still won't boot -
I tried re-booting after the Startup Repair and after teh System Restore but I continue to get the window: Startup Repair is checking your system for problems.....
It searches and provides this message: Startup Cannot Repair this Computer Automatically.
The problem details are:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2 Problem Signature 01: AutoFallover Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6000.16386 Problem Signature 03: 6 Problem Signature 04: 655370 Problem Signature 05: CorruptFile Problem Signature 06: CorruptFile Problem Signature 07: 3221226017 Problem Signature 08: 2 Problem Signature 09: SystemRestore Problem Signature 10: 0 OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033
I'd like to do a full install, well I don't WANT to but I figure that's where this is all leading. But I have files on this machine (I think they're still there) and I don't want to lose them)
If the files are there, can I back up them up somehow before I re-install Vista?
Thanks for any help
Bill C
Like most of the other folks on this site, I have some problems with the old Vistaroo.
My Toshiba will not boot.
I continue to get this window: Startup Repair is checking your system for problems
Then I get this message: “Startup Repair could not repair this computer automatically”
The “review problem details” provided this problem signature:
Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2 Problem Signature 01: AutoFallover Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6000.16386 Problem Signature 03: 6 Problem Signature 04: 655370 Problem Signature 05: CorruptFile Problem Signature 06: CorruptFile Problem Signature 07: 3221226017 Problem Signature 08: 2 Problem Signature 09: SystemRestore Problem Signature 10: 0 OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033
So, I found this site, downloaded the Vista data, burned the disk and now I can get into the machine at least.
The first screen is the “Install Windows” screen to choose language, time/currency and keyboard – did that
The next screen is Windows Vista – Install Now with sub headings of: -What to know before installing Windows -Repair your computer
I figure repairing it is the way to go in case I can salvage files. So I clicked on Repair your computer.
A window called “System Recovery Options” popped up to find my Microsoft Windows Vista file.
Clicking on “Next “ brought up another window
This window pops up: System Recovery Options – Choose a recovery tool:
The 5 options are:
I did 1. and 2. and re-booted with not success.
I expect this is all head toward a re-installation of Vista thereby wiping the HD clean. Am I able to clean off files and programs from the machine to an external HD out of a DOS window or something? Or am I up the river in a boat with a hole in it?
Thanks for any help people,
Bill C.
Thanks for the post. I successfully restored my courrpted Vista machine. Bookmarked. :)
@ Bill C : If still not working I recommend a reinstall.
I am incompetent. My notebook ran out of battery while I was using it, and as it was shutting down it began installing updates. But the thing is it has never been able to shut itself down, I have to do it manually, so I turned it off while it was supposedly downloading these updates. Now it won't turn on, it can't even make it past the Microsoft Corporation screen with the little green bar that goes across the screen. Safe Mode doesn't work, nor does booting from last good configuration or a number of other things. My friend told me a recovery disk might work, but Windows can't open the file. When I download it, do I open with an application or save to disk? I can't seem to figure it out
Absolutely amazin!!!simple to use..been breaking my head trying to fix the problem with my dual boot pc(xp and vista)..glad i came across this page.works like a charm.thank you!
Okay, I Need STEP BY STEP instructions on doing this. I downloaded the ISO file, burned to CD, but, nothing when I reboot. Tried to open, nothing. Tried to boot from F12, nothing. Downloaded the torrent using Utorrent, now what?
guru, i need your help i completly stuffed my new toshiba a400 notebook. then me give you the run through, i wanted to dump vista and install xp i downloaded various programs and the one in question was 'VistaBootPRO_3.3.0' once i mucked around with it i restarted the lappy and got this error "Windows Boot Manager" Windows failed to start. a recent hardware or software change might be the cause. to fix the problem: 1. insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer. 2. choose your language settings, and then click "next" 3. click "repair your computer"
if you do not have the disc, contact your system administratior or computer manafacturer for assistance.
File:\Boot\BCD Status: 0xc0000098 Info: The windows Boot Configuration Data file does not contain a valid os entry
this is my problem i dont have the disk and i need a instant fix if possible without the long wait. can you please help me in lament terms on how to fix this please?
Well that's not surprising seeing as PROnetworks wrote VistaBootPRO from code stolen from our own EasyBCD - when people use code they didn't write to perform system-related tasks it usually leads to catastrophes like yours.
If you'll open a thread in the support forums at http://neosmart.net/forums/ I'm sure we'll get your problem resolved.
For future reference: Use EasyBCD instead of VistaBootPRO, or you'll be supporting software thieves and risking your PCs health.
I'm gonna test this in Microsoft's virtual pc and see if it works. Even though i don't have vista as personally i think it's rubbish, my friend will use this. Thankyou for poasting, Hopefully a great help to my friend.
Hi. I have made a copy of the recovery disk from your site. It works, I found where to change how I boot the computer, but then what? My only system restore point is from the day that I installed the darn update, and that is not solving my problems. I am not sure what to do, can you help me please? Thank you!
Hi,
I hope someone can help me out. My problem is slightly different from those stated above.
I have a Lenovo Desktop installed with Windows Vista Home Premium edition.
I was promoted to download & install the Vista SP1 2 days ago. The whole installation process went fine and was completed. I turned off the PC after using it for half a day. BUT, the next day when i on the PC, it just kept restarting itself. The error message was that windows did not shut down properly. I tried restarting in Safe Mode many times but failed.
I'd downloaded the Recover Disk provided in this Forum. Got to restore to last known good configuration. But still didn't work.
Got the Recovery Dick to do Startup Repair a few times, but the same old RESTARTING problem occurs.
May i know does any one of you here knows how to resolve this? I have tons of important data and software on my computer. I need them for my work. Could anyone of you Help? I'll be deeply grateful!
Many thanks!
Will this boot in to am environment where images of the system drive created usinmg O&O DiskImage 2 can be restored?
Hey i downloaded the ISO, burned it onto a disc like it said to, done the same as the instructions, but i don't know what to do next?
I have bootmgr and two folders : boot and sources
Im confused an lost =/
I can't do anything else, when i click on bootmgr it doesnt do anything, just brings up a list of things to open it with :s
Im soooo confused
Anyone help?
Quote: Originally posted by Dan:
Hey i downloaded the ISO, burned it onto a disc like it said to, done the same as the instructions, but i don't know what to do next?
I have bootmgr and two folders : boot and sources
Im confused an lost =/
I can't do anything else, when i click on bootmgr it doesnt do anything, just brings up a list of things to open it with :s
Im soooo confused
Anyone help?
You have to put the cd in at very startup, even before the bootscreen on mine. As soon as you turn it on be quick at putting the disc in. Hope this Helps.
Guys, It looks like with Vista SP1 they have included a tool to create a recovery Disk (Recovery Console) using the local Vista Installation. Just found this article...
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070929/vista-sp1-recovery-disc/
I'm posting this again as I do not see in the list...
Guys, It looks like with Vista SP1 they have included a tool to create a recovery Disk (Recovery Console) using the local Vista Installation. Just found this article...
http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070929/vista-sp1-recovery-disc/
can any1 help me, it says its missing install.wim please help thanx in advance
Hi neosmart,I try to download vista recovery disc many time but i only has less then 120 mb , they stop say finish, please tell me how! thanks
Vista is great but still got some problems so i m waiting for SP1 to get out...
hello,
Guys, I am from India and use a DELL laptop. Unlike in US where most of these manufacturers dont give the OS disks they do in India. Atleast DELL & LENOVO does. I used to work for HP and I know for a fact that they don't give the disks initially in US or anywhere else. But a person who buys a HP machine can and should ask for the DVD within the first one year for home PC and within the first 3 months for business PC - cause during this time if you say your OS is corrupt and the recovery is not working - the company WILL give the CD/DVD for free. After the periods mentioned a minimum price is charged for these CD/DVDs and not freely distributed. Not to mention the fact that under certain circumstances the agent can also comp off the charge for the DVD and give it to you for free. Haven't been able to understand this weird concept followed by HP and therefore bought a DELL.
Anyways the reason for posting this note is to make everyone reading it aware of this policy, so that everyone calls in to HP to get the DVD (with OS not booting issue and recovery partition failure) before time runs out.
I feel if you are buying a machine worth 500$ or more the OS DVD should be bundled. I feel these companies are the ones which with their weird policies force people to use pirated copies of the OS. Why would anyone wanna pay 600-800 $ for a PC and then spend another 200 $ on an OS. If they are trying to curb piracy by not giving the disks with the machines - they are infact promoting it.
Remember to give more than one call if the first agent refuses to give the DVD ;) there are genuine honest guys like me who will stand up for what they believe is ethically correct.
Regards to all, Good Luck.
I also have the problem of black screen. I have a VAIO VGN-NR130FE.
It's great. I just used it for recover my laptop, which happened to get an error "BOOTMGR is missing ..." last night. Thanks a lot.
Hi, I just downloaded then wrote the .iso file to a cd. I restarted my computer with the disc in and it prompts me to boot from cd drive. it then says windows is loading the files but then I never get the options to system repair, restore or anything, it just keeps on loading windows like I never booted from the cd... Can anyone help me? is a sony vaio if that helps
Hey I was wondering if I downloaded this to a DVD using imgburn. I can boot from a DVD the same way i boot from a CD right?
U are great, my problem has been solved, thank you once again and please keep this Website up and running. It is really a helpful site
Please keept it up
Jones
hey friends... can u pls help me out.. actually i tried to install AVG antivirus in my toshiba laptop and tried to uninstall norton antivirus.. after that my laptop hanged and its showing only a blank blach screen.. and its not even booting up.. can u pls send me the solution... i have windows vista as my default operating system.. so can u plz reply me as early as possible
Hi, how about all the drivers and software that came with my notebook, does this recovery disc have it all? my computers stuffed up coz i was experimenting with linux. The Recovery disc creator wouldn't work and i can't load the recovery console at the splash creen. i want to get back to factory default, can u help plz?
Hi Todd, Although my laptop is differnt, I had the same problem as you.
Just the empty screen before the options for a VERY long time...
I just waited MORE and it suddenly came to life and finished the loading.
I hope this works for you too.
(The next problem for me is when I choose repair it doesn't seem to find mi Vista installation and asks me for the HD driver but I think my driver CD hasn't any for hard disk...sigh)
i have windows xp sp3. Will i be able to use this recovery disc
Hi,
I have a laptop newely bought but due to some viruses I recovered it with a recovery disk. But after the completion of my recovery disk setup an error comes up during the startup but after the boot up screen, saying that "Windows could not install, to install Windows please restart" So i did, and this error comes up again. I did the whole process again, (using the recovery disk, asked for drivers, placed in the driver's and utilities disk in) and then the error came up again.
I am using an ASUS F3SG laptop, newerly bought, just recently. Its using Windows Vista Home Premium.
Will this Windows Vista Recovery Disc Download fix my problem?
This link downloads as a torrent file, not an iso. How do I get the ISO file?
I cannot download it :( why only by torrent
Because thanks to hotlinkers, NeoSmart Technologies served 2TB of bandwidth for this file last month. That's simply not in our budget; so torrents it is.
I'm not complaining about torrents but about the fact that it doesn't download as an ISO file that I can burn to a disk,
I don't have a problem with torrents but I do have a problem with the fact that the file doesn't download as an ISO file which I could then burn to a CD
It most certainly does download as an .ISO file. Perhaps u simply dont know what to do with a torrent? Once u learn what a .torrent is and what u do with one, u r gonna feel kinda dumb.
Actually, it does..... Once you DL the file with uTorrent, Azureus, Bitlord, Transmission, Deluge, etc. you'll have Vista_Recovery_Disc.iso which you can burn directly to a CD or DVD.
That was my problem. I downloaded it directly which was instantenious. I have already download the ISO file from another site which took over 1 hr. Thanks anyway.
"That was my problem. I downloaded it directly which was instantenious."
Well u r supposed to download a torrent file directly. A .torrent file is basically a text file that contains information about the actual file u want. Once u have the torrent file, u open it with a bittorrent program (a p2p program) and it takes the information contained in the torrent file and searches for other users who have that file and downloads the actual file from them. In other words, a torrent file is used to download another file. It contains the information that allows your bittorrent program to locate and download the actual file.
Life saver! Thanks!
The MBR had been corrupted when I used a BCD tool. Even though I fixed that it complained about about winload.exe.
Of course I could have used the Vista DVD, but when it's 250 miles away and you need the laptop for work then that's no good. This CD ISO worked a treat.
The only problem I had was downloading a torrent from within a corporate network, but I got it in the end!
Thanks again!
well, I just downloaded it, the one I downloaded is .torrent, and I have not used it, I wish it solves my problems. thanks Comp. Guru.
Hey all. I'm having some issues that I hope someone might be able to assist me with.
I have a MSI laptop that came pre-installed with Vista Premium Home Edition x32. Well, pre-installed in such a fashion that when I turned on my computer for the first time, I had to select what language I wanted and since I am from Denmark I chose Danish; after this, Vista installed. The only Vista related CD I received with my laptop is the standard "recovery" disc that basically formates the entire hard drive. Anyway, about a week ago I started my computer up and got the dreaded "BOOTMGR IS MISSING" error. Looked around, found this site, downloaded the .ISO, burned with ImgBurn and booted with it. No issues yet. However, when I have to select the operating system which I wish to repair, nothing shows up on the list! Following a note which appears at this stage, I have tried to load the drivers manually, but to no avail. In fact, I am unable to find them at all. If I simply skip this entire section and press next without selecting an operating system, I am, however, taken to the repair interface, the part where you can choose the different repair options. Unfortunately, none of them seem to function properly. When trying to run the startup repair, it says that it cannot repair the computer automatically. Likewise, trying to run the command prompt and using various recboot commands does not help at all.
I hope someone can help me! It would be much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Jacob
HELP!!!!
After the verification i click next and it says error Install.wim is missing but in the ISO it says boot.wim and i cant rename it im wondering how u can rename it........
hi,all readers i am using hp pavilion dv6235nr notebook and windows vista is the corrupt but i am using hp recovery manager software for recovery original factory setting but after restart computer i am showing some error NTLDR is missing press Ctrl+Alt+Del Please solve my problem i have missed recovery dvd i am using from recovery partition. thanks
Whats supposed to happen when i put the disk into my com.? all that happens is that vista opens a foler containing like four files. Is this the disk Im supposed to choose in the recovery mode?
thanks Andreas
Saved my life! Thanks, you guys are the greatest!
How we coming on getting the x64 version ready? I made one so i have that one but i want the one from here too.
:-)
I have a doc here at work who bought a refurb Sony laptop and apparently has a corrupt Vista file and wants to run a repair. I've never worked with ISO files before. When I click on the link above and save the file, it saves as a torrent file, and if I change the extension to ISO, the burner (CDBurnerXP) says it's not a valid file.
When I click on the link and click Find, an IE window comes up like it's looking for it, but ultimately, I get the page cannot be displayed error.
Would someone be so kind as to tell me how to correctly download this file???
Thank you!!
"Would someone be so kind as to tell me how to correctly download this file???"
U have to open the torrent file with a bittorrent program (a file sharing program) and then it will download the actual .ISO file u need. A program like utorrent or bittorrent is what u need.
Rejoice!!
Windows Vista x64 Recovery Disc now available!
I have a question that's totally making me crazy. I purchased a new HP dv6700 with 2GB RAM and Windows Vista Premium, and as is typical, the computer came with a whole bunch of useless bloatware. In my perfect world of long ago, I would simply take a Windows XP disk and install a new copy of XP, but as I only have recorver disks and a recorvery partition, I'm not certain that would work. I've been slowly uninstalling some of the programs, but as I don't know what many of them are, I'm concerned about deleting needed programs. Questions are thus: (1) From Vista's Recovery disks or partition, can you install a "clean" version of Vista without all the bloatware; and (2) What kind of fee should I charge HP for reviewing all the advertising materials shipped on my new computer?
I ordered recovery disks from HP..
I did not make recovery disks before I clean wiped the hard drive and tried downgrading to XP. I know it was stupid of me, but I assumed vista to XP was possible like older version of windows. (well most of the old ones)
So if I get the recovery disks, will that give me vista ALL back, or just a platform to repair vista, I want the whole operating system back.
Please let me know. Thank you in advance.
Got my Toshiba back like factor NEW
hiya i need help!! i purchased a new computer an advent t9608 uk. it sopposed to already have vista on it, but when i set it up it takes me straight to boot manager. saying, files are either missing or corrupt. so i downloaded your file. put it as a ISO file put it in and its not even reaidng it :S:S just goes to staright to the boot manager again.. any help please?
Wasn't all of the manufacturer's supposed to include a copy of the vista install media because of the Windows Anytime Upgrade feature?
"Supposed to" verses "actually ship" - big difference :)
does anyone know if you can still access the recovery partition (pressing F11) when you recover the boot section of your hard drive using this? thanx in advance
Hey,
Thank you SOOOOOOO MUCH for the article... with a HP Pavilion dv2000 which came with Vista but no disc, I installed Ubuntu and when it was time to remove it, boy was I stuck... Didn't want to delete Ubuntu partitions and get stranded with unbootable Vista cos GRUB was removed abruptly... Had to make Vista bootlader take over and absence of installation DVD was my biggest prob... This torrent saved me !!!
Thanks again !!
I wonder if only me or is the download link is down? I cannot dload the windows vista recovery torrent. is there an alternative link?
Just you. Perhaps your ISP is blocking access to port 6969 so as to prevent the downloading of torrents?
Hi I have dv9600 hp notebook .I connected to tv using s video cable guest what happen stop working i turn off and stat blank screen.I'm trying to download recovery disk because I didn't have chance make recovery disk using my notebook.
My question my be unrelated to this ISO as it's used for repair, but:
I have a very simple request.
I recently purchased a Toshiba laptop with Vista Home Premium. I'd like to wipe it clean and install Home Premium without all the Toshiba junkware that comes on the recover CD. I have a valid Toshiba OEM key. I've read I can re-create install disks from OS, but have found no instructions on how to do it.
I simple want to re-install my Vista OS to eliminate all the Junkware. I've done this with every other Windows release, but can't seem to do it for lack of OEM clean media.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
For what it is worth: a GIGANTIC thank you to the guys responsible for creating and distributing this !!
quick question on the vista recovery disks......does either one of them work with vista x32?? if not do you know where i could find one that will?
Will this work for Vista business? or is it just for Premium? Thnks
Everything.
thank you after i downloaded and burnt about half a dozen copys i got it right and now i'm loged in to vista with xp on a nother drive after 2 days of messing around all seems to be working right now.thank's
Hi, Is Vista 32 bit the x86 edition? I'm a bit confused - or a bit stupid. I have downloaded the x86 and burned it to disc using your recommended utilities and all's well.
32-bit is x86 and 64-bit is x64.
hii I have a problem in dual booting VISTA and XP with VISTA installed first. ie...I have VISTA already in my HP laptop,when I tried to dual boot XP in it ( when I insert XP CD) windows XP setup screen is showing that "the setup could not detect any hard drive in the system"
Mine says it is mising this file(both the x64 and x86) and i have downloaded it 3 times already. Iam ready to smash the computer into pieces with a hammer and upload the video to youtube.
Stay tuned at youtube i am going to kill a HP laptop with a hammer it is going to be awesome!!!
Windows cannot open the required file D:\Sources\Install.wim. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x8007000D
well, im just wondering if i'm using the 32bit versions of windows, which one i have to download whether it is the x64 or the x86 one? thanks ;)
Hi,
Hope someone can help me on this as I have been struggling for a while. Couple days ago my laptop froze, did a force reboot, and upon the restart had the dreaded message: "A Disk Read Error Occured. Press CTRL ALT DEL to restart". I didn´t have a repair disk, or any Vista Ultimate Install CDs. I finally found this great site and downloaded the torrent, burned the CD, the first time I did, everything started well, it showed the Microsoft progress bar, and then nothing. First time I burnt the image, ws with powerISO, then tried with IMgBurn, and at the most I get to a black screen with the mouse arrow that I can move around but the screen is totally black. Has anyone encountered such a problem before? Is there a solution? It would be great if could just try to fix it myself instead of going somewhere. Thanks for all your help.
It worked !!! thanks you so much ! I was crying my eyes out this morning because the damn window vista won't load up and the stupid recovery dvd didn't do anything ! argh ! thanks again.
I think it should be a law that HP has to sent the Vista disks and not their bloated 'recovery disks.' I am willing to pay for the WAU disks, but MS is no longer selling them.
There is no way to get WAU disks anymore?
Hi. I've downloaded the ISO from the torrent listed, but there is no "x:\boot\bootsect.exe" on the CD... Where is it? I was trying to follow the instructions on http://neosmart.net:8070/wiki/display/EBCD/Recovering+the+Vista+Bootloader+from+the+DVD
Once you boot into the WinPE environment, the contents of the CD appear differently.
You need to replace X: with the letter that the WinPE environment says is your CD drive's letter.
Well, never mind. I've used this: www.partedmagic.com It's a live CD, just booted from it, run TestDisk, Analize and Write. Bang!
Now my vista is working again, just to backup and get rid of it. XP, come back!
tttttttttt
Just wondering, will this void a warranty because HP said if i tried to use any toher disk apart from there own it would.
Hello! Please help Computer Guru or Mahmoud Al-Qudsi or anyone who can help. I have burned to iso w/ imgburn I've loaded it in Vaio Laptop. It boots but sits at the Black Screen with the loading bar showing green , (as if loading) . However, it has been doing this for a good 20 or more minutes. I also had a difficulty with locating the install.wim File.
Looking for The Vista Home premium edition w/out all the other software pre-installed. Please post a link.
THanks
Vista recovery disk would have been a great help to me here in iraq. Too bad that it won't doenload, will have to buy crappy vista via mail to recover my laptop.
Gav, no software you use can void your warranty. The warranty can only be voided by physically opening-up your laptop and messing around with the hardware (and even then some states will maintain that HP must still provide warranty support).
Hello! Please help Computer Guru or Mahmoud Al-Qudsi or anyone who can help. I have burned to iso w/ imgburn I've loaded it in Vaio Laptop. It boots but sits at the Black Screen with the loading bar showing green , (as if loading) . However, it has been doing this now for 16 hours. I also had a difficulty with locating the install.wim File (in the x32 version). I tried to change X: to D: (my cd in pe), however, it just placed the D: under the X: prompt.
Please help~
So with this recovery disk would I be able to actually boot up the recovery console directly from the disk and then reformat the drive to destroy the data/partions?
So with this disk can I actually boot from it to reformat my drive and wipe out all data/partitions?
is this file work with vista business x86 also
hi does the recovery work with vista premium 32bit version? if so which download do i use many thanks for your hep in advanced
Hey all. I've used the disc and it works... except I can't FULLY restore my computer, which is what I want. I have no Vista DVD, only this new restore CD. It tells me that I don't have a restore point to fully restore my computer.
Is there a way around this? Please help.
The WIAK would be great, if Mico$oft didn't insist on using that stupid validation tool on their site - makes it useless to me, since my work PC is linux-based. Yes, it matters, since my work is PC support, and part of support often means having to format and reload machines for people who forget or lose their CD's - or buy from OEMs who use recovery partitions instead of including actual CD's - usually not a big deal, unless the problem is a failed hard drive!
You can create this cd from recovery partition(for acer laptop pqservice partition). I have created this cd from there
lifesaver, I have been trying to boot Vista in a VM and can't get past the 'your hardware may have changed' error that needed a repair or install cd to correct.
no cd's came with my Compaq presario and the restore partition was removed to install Linux.
Now I hope to run games and shareaza that wasn't compatible that well with Wine.
Once downloaded and burned to a CD which program do i open the CD with?
Once burned to a disc what program do i open the file with?
Thanks
Computer Guru,
I have virtually no idea how to fix a computer. My Vista has been giving me several problems for the past few days. It's from Gateway/DELL.
Whenever I've had problems before, I used a program called HijackThis to scan my computer for viruses, spyware and such, and sent the log it creates to a friend who knows a lot more about what to do. He's been able to help me fix every problem I've had so far, but he doesn't know what's wrong with this. He fears that I could possibly have been hacked.
I don't want to go through all the trouble of having my computer checked out, I can't afford it. But I do want to confront this problem, whatever it is. My computer will do very strange things when it starts up. It runs a disc check whenever I boot it about 80% of the time, and sometimes goes right into a blue screen, in which I am forced to turn it off. When it does run as it normally should, there is incredible lag, and some programs won't work. It's always something different every time. One time, my keyboard stopped working. It's a miracle I could even get as far as I had to in order to type this. When I try to run things like Windows Firewall, a message comes up saying that my computer can't access Security Logs, and it will refuse to run the program.
Most of the time I can only get the computer to run at all in Safe Mode. This obviously irritates me because Safe Mode has many limits, when I have to do many activities on my computer that involve the sound working and for me to save WordPad files.
I want to make sure this disc is the right program I need. Will it help me?
My friend doesnt have working cd-rom in his laptop so can the image been started from memory stick?
Yes. Download a copy of EasyBCD and use its WinPE-booting feature to create an entry linking to the .WIM file in the CD image (extract the CD image to disk with WinRAR or equivalent). Only catch is that you need to be able to boot into Windows to do this, so make sure you do this step before you end up needing to boot from the CD to recover your PC!
Hey Computer Guru or anyone out there, i forgot my password and iam trying to reboot the computer with the Recovery Cd. When i try to install it it says no install file located. Can someone please help me
The file is called "D:\Sources\Install.wim" says does not exist
""Scott Feb. 13th, 2008 at 3:33 am
Ben, did you switch disks to your own Vista Recovery disk after booting with this one? You can only recover the boot files from this disk. If you want recover the whole system, you have you switch to your own Vista Recovery disk -- that has your product number verification. If you don't have the DVD, you can start from F8 or F11 when booting up & it should open your Recovery partition and give you a menu. That will restore your system if you can get to it.""
I THINK YOU HAVE DONE IT!!!
Can anyone help me out? I have a HP laptop preloaded with vista premium. after installing Win XP SP2 , I can no longer open Vista OS. My D: drive is partioned and is named Recovery. But I dont know how to restore Vista. Is it Also possible to have multiple OS like Win XP and Vista Premium. Kindly help
That worked fine for me. Thanks you very much. Looking forward to seeing further useful articles from you.
I need help.I bought a new Pc(Acer E380). I deleted my Windows Vista from my new PC, because i thought that I have a dvd with windows vista, but the cd was empty. Can you help me? Where I can get the win vista now? Sory, my English is not so good. Thx
Dear Marek, you'd have to go to the shop and buy one.
2 Quick Questions: I had a recent episode of my explorer.exe restarting over and over again. I have the Vista DVD (bootable) that lets you install all version of Vista.
Is this bootable version .iso (from neosmart) offer anything more than my bootable Vista DVD has? As far as recovery tools and utils...
On my Vista DVD it has the option of Repairing the system. I have NOT tried this yet because Im wondering if it will set my Vista OS back to all its DEFAULT settings...then me having to go an recreate shortcuts for all my software, redo all my tweaks etc...or does it simply rewrite the important files and leaves the configuration alone.
any info or advise appreciated.
Steph Poland
Hi,
I am using a Lenovo X61 and i would like to share with you how i fixed my MBR.
1) I was initially running both Vista and Ubuntu linux. I deleted my Linux partition on purpose and i forgot to take note that my boot loader was 'Grub' which depended on my Linux partition to boot up. Hence, as a result of me removing my linux partition, my grub boot loader was broken !!
2) My laptop does NOT come with a CD ROM drive and hence i could not boot up with a recovery disk. Thus the option of using a boot CD was not possible. It was 12 midnight and all i had was my trusty Knoppix Linux on my USB thumb drive.
3) I booted up in Knoppix and tried various MBR related commands (e.g. testdisk & ms-sys) which supposedly removed the GRUB. Though GRUB was removed, the windows boot loader did not know where to find the partition in which Windows was located so i was back to square one.
4) I realised that my notebook had a "OS-Restore" option in a recovery partition. I tried booting up this partition by pressing the 'ThinkVintage' button but i still got the same Windows boot loader error. I realised i was very close to solving this. Being a linux administrator, i had to solve this damn problem, i told myself !!! So i started thinking the Linux way.
5) I plugged in my Knoppix thumb drive again and booted up Knoppix. I attempted to reinstall grub ! Yes, you read it right, i was attempting to reinstall GRUB ! I ran the command 'grub-install' but it failed as the "/boot" partition was not available. I used "cfdisk" to create a 128MB dummy partition and formatted it to ext3 using 'mkfs'. I managed to install grub using 'grub-install'.
6) I rebooted the system and was sent straight into the grub command line ! Holy shit, i was expecting a nice menu but what i got was plain grub :( Nevermind, i realised that i could tell grub to boot up the recovery partition by typing the following commands:-
> root (hd0,0) > chainloader +1 > boot
I rebooted the damn machine and hurray, i managed to boot up into Lenovo recovery ! You must be wondering why i did not attempt to boot up from my Windows partition directly (aka [hd0,1]) ? Well, i tried it too but it did not work for reasons i realised later but shall not describe it here...
7) Well, its not over yet. Lenovo did not allow me to boot up into Vista recovery. It only gave me factory restore options that would have overwritten my Windows settings and additional applications i had installed. No way, i was going to do that. All i needed was to get into command prompt but there was no such option for me to do so. I noted that there was a 'Open-browser' option that was meant to allow the user to be allowed access to Lenovo's website. I clicked on it (it was a opera browser) and and the first thing that glared into my eyes was the URL bar. I typed "c:\windows\system32" and the file listing of the directory appeared right before my eyes !!! I scrolled down to the file - "cmd.exe" and clicked on it. It prompted me with the download dialog box but i opted to run it straight away.
8) Phew, the black command prompt window appeared. I typed the following commands"-
> bootrec /fixmbr > bootrec /fixboot > bootrec /rebuildbcd
(I had found the above commands after Googling around. This was new to me as i was more familiar with Windows XP 'fixmbr' command)
9) I crossed my fingers and restarted my laptop ....
10) Windows Vista booted up successfully !!!
Cheers, Sunil
hey i was wondering where is the 32 bit vista recovery im in dire need after a virus took out my windows updater
I spent the day wrestling with an unbootable Vista laptop cuz I was dumb enough to install XP to an external hard drive, just to see what would happen. Of course, what would happen is that my machine became impossible to boot. A friend found this for me and the CD I installed it on is worth its weight in gold. I booted the Vista laptop with it and repaired the system in a flash.
The key phrase in the recovery log was:
"Boot sector code for system disk partition is corrupt. ... Repair action: Boot sector repair. ... Result: Completed successfully."
LOVE IT!
i dont cane download the som called ``windows vista´´ how download im the?
Windows cannot open the reqired file E:\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 get this when I click (Instal windows) put in the Reg Key, and it does this b/s. All the other options listed in the system recovery options booted from the disc do not work either..
Startup repair I get this probelm: Startup repair cannot repair this computer automatically send more info to microsoft.. blalabla
System Restore I get this problem: To perform an offline system restore, you must specify which windows installation you would like to restore. For example, If the installation located in "c:\windows" should be restored, enter thefollowing command: rstrui.exe/OFFLINE:C:\Windows.
Windows Complete PC restore I get this problem: a valid backup location cound not be found. Windows cannot find a backup on this compuer. attach the backup hard disk or insert the final DVD from a backup set and click retry.
command prompt: I just don't know what to type its staying in ( x:\sources> )
Any detailed help would be grand. I greatly appreciate it.
Angela
I just contacted hp and told them that the recovery partition failed, and the OS is not Booting.. and said that when I got the laptop i tried to make recovery cd's and they wouldn't create, so he said he's going to send me a CD of windows Vista to fix the problem.. (Crossing fingers)
Now my computer will not do anything except go to a black screen with a white cursor on the top left.. I hate waiting.. sigh*
I downloaded the torrent burned it to a cd with imgburn. I then booted my computer with this cd and at first the screen says loading files. Then the next screen shows "INSTALL WINDOWS" in the upper left dialog box, with Large type in center "WINDOWS VISTA". There are three dropdown line boxes. Below the "WINDOWS VISTA".
The first line states "Language to Install". below that line,"Time and Currenct Format". below that line,"Keyboard or Imput Method".
It then reads "Enter Your Language and Other Preferences and Click "Next" to continue. "INSTALL"?????? I thought it would give me options to recover, like rolling back to a former restore point or fixing the problem that caused vista not to boot properly? Reset admin password? etc.
Hey Victor
Yea you have to go through that stuff in the beginning and then when it starts to install it will give you the options you are looking for (without actually installing anything)
steph
I downloaded this file and burnt it as a image, the program work no problem however after inserting my product number the error E://Sources/Install.win file does not exist error code 0x80070002 comes up
if anyone can assist please do it seems like a lot of ppl have this problem, is there no solution?
I tried this disk but it can't reinstall windows (Can't find Install.wim?), right now i'm using my dad's laptop as Windows Vista keeps not responding when I log on
i am facing problem with my laptop. few days before it was working just fine and sudenly it stopped. i cannot boot my machine. vista automatic repair also couldn't find the root cause of problem. i also tried burning recover cd and boot from that. but without any success.. computer guru please help me out
Hi, will this work if i have xp installed?... i had vista on my laptop when i bought it then i put xp on it. well now i want vista back on it and i'm trying to restore it. i still have the backup vista partition. is thier anyway to install vista back on my laptop.?
does the windows 86x recovery disk work on a windows vista 32x. cause iam using a 32x.
Hi, just another quick thank you. This recovery disk has meant that I have been able to save all my father in laws 80th party photo's! We installed a new keyboard and wireless mouse (Kensington!!) which after installing the accompaning software rendered both mouse and keyboard (and any replacements plugged in!) unuseable - even in safe mode!!! Thank you so much for easy to use software that does what it says on the tin!
Mike, x86 is for use with 32 bit operating systems.
Thanks a million for the file. I thought my computer was screwed for good but not anymore. For those who say it doesn't work: WRONG! It does and works perfect.
Thanks again!
I've tried using this and it goes through the "Windows is Loading Files" screen and into the actual green windows loading bar, but after that it just sits at a black screen. I let it sit for roughly 20 minutes and it doesn't change. Can anyone let me know why it isn't working for me?
I get
windows setup [ems enabled]
and was afraid to go any further.
Why didn't I get Vista?
Hey I want to remove Vista from my laptop coz its really slow, but i wasnt given any original Vista DVD so im affraid to format my drive because i paid for it. If I later decide to install Vista again will be the Recovery CD enough to install it all again?? Or what shall I do? Ive tried to burn the recovery disk in the recovery manager inside vista but it just wont work...thanks
hahaha. It's kind of funny. I posted my first comment and right after I closed the window my friend came up and told me that the disk was working. Thank you so much for making these available. : ) I am posting this from my good old pooter in my room and not the slow nasty one up stairs.
@Dusan This recovery disk can only be used to fix an already installed version of Vista. If you reformat your hard drive then you'll need to buy windows vista to reinstall it. If you contact the people who made your PC you should be able to con them into giving vista to you for a little bit cheaper.
Dude, you saved my a$$ tonight! I tried to install XP to a USB flash stick using my brand new HP Laptop running Vista x64 Home Premium. They didn't give me Vista Home Premium DVD or recovery/repair discs. I only had my 3 DVD initial install system recovery discs and they didn't allow me to repair boot problems.
My system wouldn't boot because somehow XP overwrote the boot info, even though i directed it to the usb drive. HP laptop says it won't boot and i see why. I tried a 32bit version of Vista Ultimate to boot and repair, but it wouldn't work cause it said it was incompatible. Probably because it was 32bit not 64bit.
I found your disk for x64 Vista recovery/repair disc and had it downloaded and burned in 10mins and in another 5, I had my system booting back up again.
Again, thank you so much.
It should be illegal to sell a computer with just a COA and backup partition but not OS CD.
Andrew M.
i need a help guys, initially my lenovo came with a preloaded windows vist home basic, it had no option to create recovery discs and it had a hidden partition to do the reinstall work, but i tried other os and now the hidden partition is not there so how can i do the recovery in the future will lenovo people provide me a recovery dvd on request?
Hai guys, I've tried several times to burn this image onto a DVD-RW disk with the option IMAGE BURNING WIZARD from ALCOHOL 120% and even using the free IMGBRN but still cannot get the disk to boot.
Sometimes the disk does not have any contents, and other times it has the following:
bootmgr (file) boot (dir) -> bcd, boot.sdi, bootfix sources (dir) -> boot.wim
Does this seem about correct? And if so, why isn't it booting at startup?
Thanks in advance.
The CD with those files on it is correct. But your BIOS needs to be configured to boot from the CD drive first, then the local hard disk.
Answer to Gardy: The vista recovery disc once the image is burned will have two folders and one file showing in win explorer. The one file showing is bootmgr 325 MB. The first folder is: boot and it has three files,
bcd 256 KB,
boot.sdi 3.02 MB and the third file is
bootfix.bin 1.00 KB
The second older is Sources. It has only one file- boot.wim 116 MB
And there you have it.
I have a Toshiba Qosmio that crashed on me this afternoon. I made the Cd and let the laptop boot from it.
I was lucky to reach to the green page. Once I selected the repair your computer option, then when I press next the following appears:
The version System Recovery option is not compatible... bla bla bla I tried with both x64 and x86 but neither works ( my qosmio has Vista Ultamite 32 bit )
please help! what should I do now ???
[...]if you haven't hit the button to continue the installation in the partitioning and formating dialog , then you won't see the mentioned error message with the GPT partition style problem! [...]
hi¡¡¡ i want on my computer but i can´t i need the recuperation disc windows vista if somebody can say to me please like or of I can obtain where it… please is most important, but with himself I lose my work
Hey, guys! I think it's great that you're offering these recovery disks, but unlike everyone else I need the x86 version. I'm getting no seeds at aaaaall. I have a few other torrents going with no problems. Seed me, please? :)
Guru, I'm betting that John, and the others problem revolves around them not burning the disc as an ISO. I check this out myself on a variety of machine, including the ones mentioned and all worked without a hitch. So that's making me think it's how they burned the disc itself. Both Nero Burning ROM, and Roxio have a setting so the disc(s) can be burned in ISO mode.
I burned the 64 edition but when i boot it says the install file doesnt exist
Do you have the 32 bit version of the .iso file? The 64 is incompatible for my system. Thank you.
Yup, same thing here. Burned with Nero - didn't work. Burned with ImgBurn - worked great!
The only problem is the program didn't help me any. I have a nasty virus and I'm trying to do a fresh install of Vista off of my OEM partition but I have no idea how to do it! Toshiba tech support couldn't do it. They are (supposedly) sending disks but I'm tired of waiting for them. There must be a way of doing this or they wouldn't have put the partition there in the first place!
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
I'm still not getting it. I burned the disc on PowerISO to DVD.
I boot from the DVD, everything is fine until I get the error about install.wim - file does not exist. Code 0X800700002.
I have a Sony Vaio VGN series that did not come with a recovery DVD.
I was under the impression that the DVD I downloaded from this site was all I needed?
I also can't figure out how to do this, recommended by Scott:
"If you don't have the DVD, you can start from F8 or F11 when booting up & it should open your Recovery partition and give you a menu. That will restore your system if you can get to it."
my dvd-rw burner does not work and they said its the driver but i cant find anyplace that has the driver to download...do you know how i can get it?
For Mike O. Mike, what I want you to do, is go to your Windows Vista Start Menu and look for something like uhhh "PC Help and Tools", and see within that menu if it has something like Recovery Disk Creator, and Recovery Disk Manager. I'm not sure what Toshiba, or Sony call their recovery disk creation tools, but should be something there. IF you have to contact their support and find out what the tools are called within the "Start menu" is named so that you can make a set of disk. (Note: These disks will ONLY put the PC back in factory state, meaning that you'll lose all setting that you had created and installed over the age of ownership of your PC.
Bryon, THAT'S not what I had meant. The regular software like Nero, or Roxio have a setting that allows you to burn the files supplied here in ISO mode. Look at the menu for your favorite CD/DVD creation software for the ISO method of creating a disk. YOU don't need POWERISO. The problem with such titles are they are not recommended by computer makers, and so therefore won't do the job. Also I believe in SP1 for Vista, it now includes a ISO setting for CD/DVD creation right from your Windows Vista desktop. Good Luck
I can't even get the file for Vista Recovery to save itself to my CD. I already have a formatted disk, but all Windows want's to do is reformatt my disk, which it failed to properly do. What a waste of time.
So, this does not work with x32 vista? :( Where could I find a recovery disc working for x32 vista? I bought my laptop in 2007 and I got this "unable to boot..." just yesterday. Out of the blue...
I figured it out. I was trying to do an install, but this disc is strictly for recovery and repair.
It's still very useful to have.
Fanis, my Vista is x32. I used the x86 recovery DVD and it booted up fine.
Tricky one for the guru's out there. I have a laptop with a working vista OS however the children or wife have managed to delete/remove all the files from the recovery partition. As I can still boot up ok and the program files and OS on the C:\ appear to all work o.k. ................... Is there any way I can use the recovery disk and what is still working to create a recovery disk that I can use for a clean install or reset to factory settings ?
Any help or links would be greatly appreciated :)
THANX TONS people! :) I just figured it out too. Vista's x32 architecture is similar to x86. I will be downloading this soon and post the results tomorrow. Anyway, you've already been of great help!
XXXJASONXXX Your in luck. Since you use Vista, you can simply reverse what the wife and kiddies have done. click on start button, then click "Help and Support" then onto "Recover Factory Settings" Once you have started this process it will give you back the recovery partition. BUT before you do those steps. BACKUP ALL YOUR INFORMATIONS & SETTINGS!!! (This is a precaution.) Now once you're into the restore feature, you have to think of the last most current date your system had all the setting, and files you had the way you liked it, then set that date so it will revert. the drive back to that condition.
Good Luck
I am not getting any seeds at all for the x86 torrent. I have been waiting 3 days. Any help?
Thanks TEXAS_WOLF If only it were that simple :( The earliest date when in recovery is only a month or so ago and I've tried a reset to the earliest date and time but the recovery was only switched on for C: not the D: partition. So not only did the little darlings lose the recovery partition they must have switched off the recovery for the D: and pressed OK when it said all previous backups will be deleted. I guess the machine was powered down and rebooted and all the D: restore points were deleted. As I said I have a working Vista machine with no recovery partion data and no restore points either. (There are a handfull of restore points for C: and NONE for D: as the restore point for this drive was switched off) Hope this makes sense, any help would be much appreciated.
XXXJASONXXX then that only leaves you with one option. This is what you do, go to your garage, grab your sledge hammer, head to your children's room, rip their playstation and/or Xbox from the television, and then throw it on the floor, collect up all their game disc and toss them on top, then take the sledge hammer and start SMASHING THEM TO PIECES! Next go into your bedroom, right to your wife's jewelry box , collect up ALL of her jewelry then go down to the kitchen and toss it into the garbage disposal (note: to protect the garbage disposal's blades add some corn or vegetable oil in there as well.) turn it on and after it's ran, remove what's left of her jewelry take it back up to the bedroom, put it back in the jewelry box, with a note stating this is how I felt when I seen my computer, and files DESTROYED. True Jason it will not bring back your files, but you'll feel so much better. Now back to your problem, the only thing(s) you can do at this point is bring it back to original factory condition, (with the recovery discs) or ship it off to one of those forensic disc recovery services. YOU'RE HOSED!
Texas_Wolf ...............bit drastic Some good news, I've found the OS disk so at least I can do a clean install. Couldn't find the application disks though :( I tried to create them using the software already on the machine.......... but you guessed it, I get an error message saying no recovery files on D:\ So I guess I'm stuck with no backup other than the OS disk. I have other software that I can use to save OEM drivers etc just frustrating as there were some MS applications that I have the genuine keys for (managed to find some paperwork too ! ) Thanks for the help. To summarise, I have a working system with no recovery partion files, I have the original OS disk and some manuals & paperwork with keys for MS applications but no application recovery disks. A final question .... Is it possible to recreate the recovery partition or force the system into recreating the recovery partition without the application recovery disks, or, is there some software out there that could do this for me ?
PS Not worth going down the professional recovery route ....way to expensive !!!!
XXXJASONXXX, Do you have those pamphlets/booklets with your CD-Keys on them still? Microsoft will send you free of charge the software(Their software. i.e. Office/Works, etc.) if you cannot get your software from your OEM BUT you will need the CD-Key, and serial# of the software, not a recovery disc containing the value added software, and if you can't find the serial# for the Value added software that came on your PC, most Computer Manufacturer will give you that serial number. Also if your still under warranty your OEM will send you a new recovery partition on CD/DVD, less what you personality put on it. BUT this isn't true with all OEMs. Call their support line first to check if they do this service.
Hello Computer Guru
I should be able to burn the Vista ISO on a Windows XP computer correct an ISO is a ISO is it not, Because this is the only CD-RW/DVD-RW burner I have available too me.
Thank You RichardM
i downloaded the x86 version but i only get a file that is called "bootmgr" and two folders:sources and boot. how can i use the disc to restore windows?
You need to boot from it.
Hello Again.
As I asked in my first question can I make this ISO file on a computer the has Windows xp pro on it. Its the only computer that has a CD/RW DVD/RW burner available too me. So again if I make on this machine will it work.
Thank you RichardM
hey guys just curious i prolly already fuxed myself over but i downgraded from vista home premium to xp and dont have disc or anything....when i did i had to resintall drivers for net and crap like that i even have some missing drivers...btw its an acer aspire 5920...is there any way at all i can recover my vista back anyway at all id sure appreciate the help
hey guys just curious i prolly already fuxed myself over but i downgraded from vista home premium to xp and dont have disc or anything....when i did i had to resintall drivers for net and crap like that i even have some missing drivers...btw its an acer aspire 5920...is there any way at all i can recover my vista back anyway at all id sure appreciate the help thank u
Attempt ask [quote]btw its an acer aspire 5920...is there any way at all i can recover my vista back anyway at all id sure appreciate the help thank u. [end-quote]
Sure there is, you can buy a set if restore discs from your OEM -Acer- People, and I'm SURE The Computer Guru will agree with me, create a set of factory original discs when you first purchase your PC. ALL modern computers have either a CD Burner, or a DVD Burner built right in, with either Nero Burning ROM, or Roxio EZ-CD/DVD-Creator. MIGHT not get your system back the way it was after you worked those months getting it JUST how you wanted it, but at least it the original factory Restore Discs can put you back into the game.
Tony ask [quote] Well it should be illegal to sell a new PC without the original Windows DVD.[end-quote]
Tony, this is a VERY simple matter to correct. Microsoft has procedures in place in this eventuality. All you need is your Windows Vista CD-Key, and the serial number from your Windows Vista Disk. WAIT!!!! You say you didn't get a Windows Vista Disk..NOT even a RESTORE Disk only a partition. WELL Tony your in LUCK Contact Microsoft's Support, and along with the CD-Key, and the SERIAL Number on that cute little stick on the outside cover of your Computer case is THAT SERIAL NUMBER you want/need. Now with those two pieces of information Microsoft will gladly send you a replacement WINDOWS VISTA disc. (Note: Microsoft know which of their OEMs/Vars got what, try to play a game and get software that your not entitled too and you WILL BE GOING TO PRISON!)
Thanks for this great utility. It really saved a hell lot of efforts. I have HP dv6767tx with vista installed on it. I tried to install Windows XP by formatting the Hard disk. But found out later that Xp is not supported on this laptop ( don't know why, but thats what was told by HP guy). This Utility helped me to recover the laptopn in few minutes...
Thanks for this great utility. It really saved a hell lot of efforts. I have HP dv6767tx with vista installed on it. I tried to install Windows XP by formatting the Hard disk. But found out later that Xp is not supported on this laptop ( don't know why, but thats what was told by HP guy). This Utility helped me to recover the laptop in few minutes...
Is there anyway i Can do this myself?They dont supply a recover disc just a erecovery disc u have to make when u get the computer i guess but i didnt get one...
Attempt said:
It's very easy to create the disc(s) yourself. You should have some software that will create the disc(s) from the recovery partition. Example HP uses "Recovery Disc Creator" Located in the start menu listing "PC Help and Tool" Just follow the directions, and have the CD(s) or DVD(s) that are required. If you do not know what they are listed under, just check with the computer manufacturer's website for further information.
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Extremely valuable CD recovery!!! Thanks!!!!
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Hello people,
Unfortunatley I have Sony VAIO laptop with vista on it.I was trying to unistall vista and did a boot Now it is showing File :\Boot\BCD Status: 0*c0000098 Info: the windows boot configuration data file does not contain a valid OS entry ......what should I do now..... I am unable to start my vista as well....Plz gurus olz help me... I am in a really trouble now.
Hello!
So i have a major problem and I would blame a large portion of it on me! Ok.... so I was having major issues with my system and I wanted to recover the system. During the standard windows recover the computer kept blue screening due bad drivers on hardware I installed after I purchased the HP. Out of haste I used my own version of Windows ultimate to install... now I want to go back to the HP version of vista, hp provided some dvd software and other tools that i found useful.
now when i use my vista cd to go to the recovery screen it says i dont have a valid recovery partition. When I am in windows I see the recovery partition with 8 gigs of data. Its there but how do I tell windows to use that version to recover from?!?!
Any help would be great!
Hello I have problem. I wrote my colage work ad sudenly coputer sterted to restar itself again and again. I need the colage work in theis computer. Do this recovery disk can help me fix the problem without loosing information ir hard disk
Minesh said [quote]Unfortunatley I have Sony VAIO laptop with vista on it.I was trying to unistall vista and did a boot Now it is showing File :\Boot\BCD Status: 0*c0000098 Info: the windows boot configuration data file does not contain a valid OS entry ......what should I do now..... I am unable to start my vista as well....Plz gurus olz help me... I am in a really trouble now.[end-quote]
Minesh, you should have a Sony version set of recovery discs. Sony is still one of the few companies remaining that include a set of disc when you purchase a new computer, or laptop from them. Here's what you can do. Before you do a system recover back up to CD/DVD your important files. to do this, just start your computer, and before the Sony Vaio splash screen apprears press F8, or F10 to get the DOS boot menu. NOW you just boot into DOS, YOUR CDRW/DVDRW will already be loaded on the system, and just go into your Windows directory >>> Documents >>>>Minesh, or whatever your login is. from there you can transfer your files to CD/DVD by using the move command. (Move Command Syntax: MOVE [/Y | /-Y] [drive:][path]filename1[,...] destination). Now after you've moved your important files/data you can do a system restore with Sony's included discs. Good luck with your system.
Computer Guru, I have all the kinks worked out of the Vista ERD, now give can you give me the link to your WindowsXP version of Windows Vista Recovery Disc Download. Thank you in advance buddy.
Sorry, we don't have one. The recovery disc is only available for the different flavors and editions of Windows Vista.
DANG! Thanks anyhow.
Hello Again.
As I asked in my first and second question can I make this ISO file on a computer the has Windows xp pro on it. Its the only computer that has a CD/RW DVD/RW burner available too me. So again if I make on this machine will it work.
Thank you RichardM
how can i change the language of this CD recovery in italian? my version of vista is italian.
i just burned this, so does this mean that i can wipe my PC and then put this disc in and it will have the whole vista setup thing again?
(i think that makes sense)
i burned the disc and everything went fine untill at the install screen an error window poped up and said "windows cannot open the required file E:\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 burned the disc and everything went fine untill at the install screen an error window poped up and said "windows cannot open the required file E:\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 burned the disc and everything went fine until at the install screen an error window popped up and said windows cannot open the required file E:\sources\install.wim. the file does not exist. make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070002
RichardM ask [quote]As I asked in my first and second question can I make this ISO file on a computer the has Windows xp pro on it. Its the only computer that has a CD/RW DVD/RW burner available too me. So again if I make on this machine will it work.9end-quote0
Yes Richard, I've already test this even tho it works with Vista only you can build the CD/DVD in WinXP.
Jordan said [quote]i just burned this, so does this mean that i can wipe my PC and then put this disc in and it will have the whole vista setup thing again? (i think that makes sense)[end-quote]
That depends Jordan do you have a partition that contains the Vista O/S on that computer? IF not, then you can't do that. This is an ERD which means it's to use to repair fubu'd computers.
FUBU = (F)'d (U)p (B>eyond (U)se
ERD = (E)mergency (R)escus or (R)estore isc
I have a Compaq C712nr Notebook running Vista and my hard drive went bad. I got a new hard drive from the manufacturer with instructions to replace the bad one and then run the recovery. I don't have the recovery disc so I decided to try this. It burned fine from another computer but when I ran it on the notebook with the new hard drive I can make it past the product key input but it immediately tells me that D:\Sources\Install.wim does not exist. Can anyone tell me whats wrong?
how can this have install.wim when it's only 120 mb? it's reported that install.wim is at least 2 gigs
Caesar, and nishi, what appears here is that one Caesar you don't have the Windows Vista partition, so it will not find that file. The Emergency Recovery Disc here works on the principal that the Windows Vista partition is there. And I'm going to assume the same with the error you described as being your case as well nishi. Caesar, and nishi did you receive recovery discs with your PCs when you originally purchased them? If so, nishi look in your programs for something called "PC Help and Tools" and follow the Disc creator instrections. Caesar you have a bigger problem, this is a new hard drive and it looks from your description that you were sent just a replacement drive, and what you actually need is a imaged drive replacement so that it has Windows Vista on it. BUT contact your computer maker and ask them for a set of recovery disc if you don't already have a set. And if you have a set then you HAVE TO RE-INSTALL WINDOWS and the VALUE ADDED SOFTWARE with it before you can use the Windows Recovery Disc that the Computer Guru showed us how to create.
I have a 32bit vista basic computer which one do I download?
Hi Trish, you need the X86 version. So just click on the X86 torrent.
Thanks Texas_Wolf
Thanks for your help on the matter of burning the ISO Vista Recovery Disk on my Windows XP Pro Machine.
RS Mundy
What happens if I try this recovery disc on myt Finnish OEM Vista?
Gunnar46 ask [quote]What happens if I try this recovery disc on my Finnish OEM Vista?[end-quote] Shouldn't run into any problems whatsoever Gunnar, just remember when it shows the language as English to change it to Estonian if you need too, and then just let it build the recovery disk. I've ran this disk on a variety of computers, and you will like it.
Re Finnish Vista. I burned the ISO and it boots fine! However the only language option in installing Vista is English. Locations and Keyboards for Finland are there all right, but no Finnish or Estonian option for installing Vista, and my whole OS in Finnish.
The problem is, that there is a recovery partition on my HD, but neither Vista nor the recovery disc finds and recognizes it. Probably because of my unsuccessful adventures with Vista and Ubuntu dual boot. Can that recovery section be reached via command prompt, or can I just use the English recovery disc in case of an emergency. Will it result a multilingual OS?
gunnar46, I can't really answer that question, but I would think you would have a partition on that computer that's accessible from within DOS. Either that or you should have a set of manufacturers discs to accomplish this function. If not, then contact the computer maker's support and they can advised you from that point. I think with myself or anyone else on the board we would have to see the computer itself, or read the system internals to know what it has/hasn't the abilities of. For example, Dell's setup of their computers are different than Hewlett Packards.
Mike
gunnar46 really easy fix for it not seeing the Windows Vista partition just rename that directory to i386, and make sure it resides in C:\Windows\i386. NOT only is it important that that i386 directory exists in Windows, but that's where Windows looks itself to add new .dll's, vxx's, etc, and other important files the Windows needs.
I've burned the .iso about 6 times now (a couple with Nero, a few more with ImgBurn at various speeds) and it still won't boot. It takes me to a weird Vista Aero-type background with nothing on it.
Running a HP Pavilion M8180a with Vista Ultimate (OEM, no support discs) - BIOS is set to boot from CD first, HD second. The "Press any key to boot from CD...." prompt appears and the white bar says that Windows is loading files, then this Aero screen and nothing else. Note: up until about the last 6 or so goes at loading it just gave me a black screen
I've tried booting from my Vista Recovery discs but they just send me to a blue screen (no text, just a blue screen with a big mouse pointer).
Any ideas - I'm starting to run out of CDs!
P.S. The file was downloaded with both uTorrent & BitTorrent - and burnt discs from both sources give the same result.
STOP PRESS - my PC has just rebooted into the screen that says Installing Service Pack: Stage 3 of 3 0% complete. I'll be buggered.
Anyway - any ideas on why the boot discs didn't do much?
Glen in Tassy, you don't need to burn anymore of the disc, that's not your problem, your problem is a fubar'd Service Pack install, and you won't be able to do anything till that Service Pack is installed properly. Here's what you need to do boot up the computer normally then log in as the Administrator. If you don't see that option on your login screen, do a ctrl + alt + delete that will give you a DOS screen then type in Administrator when it ask for a password, just press enter HP doesn't set a password for the Administrator account on new PCs that's up to the purchaser. OK once the system is completely booted up, go and download that service pack at http://www.microsoft.com if you don't have it already on a disc. Now once the download is completed go ahead and start the install process. REMEMBER DO IT UNDER THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT. The entire process as Administrator. Once done, you'll be in business to try out the ERD that you created at the site here. as well as your HP Restore Disc. If you require any further assistance please join us in the users forums "Chat" here and anyone of us can help you complete this task.
Good Luck Glen
I down loaded the iso file and tried to download IMGBURN I could only find express burn and expressburn plus. I downloaded express burn plus when I run it it does not find the iso file. All it shows is the file folders in My Documents which is where it is. Help
I found imgburn and loaded it it will not find the iso file either. I know it is there because I can see it using "mycomputer"
Ed F, did you also download and RUN the x86 torrent file from here?
Hi all - my computer is screwed thank to SP1 like everyone else here. I have a HP with OEM Vista Ultimate, recovery facility is in the recovery partition which is inaccessible and I have no Vista disc.
I downloaded and burnt the iso several times (both with Nero & ImgBurn) and none of them will load to the repair facility. I did notice that my boot sreens changed along the way - started as the black screen of death, moved to a screen with a Vista Aero background and nothing else (no mouse ppointer etc), then the PC booted itself back into the "Configuring updates Stage 3 of 3..."...
The PC (HP Pavilion M8180a, Vista Ultimate) is now stuck in a loop of configuring the update (an issue Microsoft knew about since Dec 2007).
Any ideas why the burnt Vista boot discs won't boot (BIOS settings are correct)?
GleninTassy, your not screwed yet. I want you to do this, it's an old, old fashion way.
1) boot the computer and hold down the F8 key till it gives you the option screen. 2) choose the boot into safe mode with networking. Or hold down the shift key when you see the Windows Vista's logo during startup procedures. 3) relax a little, we're not done yet. 4) When you get back into Windows Vista, create the restore Discs, if you don't know how, all you need to do, is go into the start menu look for PC Help and Tools. 5) Go back into PC Help and Tools and click on Recovery manager and let it repair the computer. 6) Final step grab a cold beer and let it do it's thing, it will take awhile.
I created recovery discs when Vista worked, and they don't boot either.
I spoke with Microsoft this morning and they wanted me to pay $40+ for a recovery disc. I told them that was crap and rang HP who tried to do the same thing. I explained that the fact they ship the PC with no external recovery options meant that a genuine Microsoft product had corrupted my genuine HP product that I had paid for and that I shouldn't be forced to pay agin to re-install.
After explaining that the HP recovery program was inaccessible and that recovery discs didn't work, and that MS have known about the issue for months they agreed to send me a full recovery disc for free, which I thought was nice of them
I will see how it goes.
For all who are advisiing to use "PC Help and Tools" to create a recovery disc in "Vista"
My Gateway came with Vista Home Premium and there is no such thing as "PC Help and Tools". Could you be talking about "Vista Ultimate, or the "Vista Business" versions?
For all who are advising to use "PC Help and Tools" to create a Vista Recovery Disc.
Vista Home Premium has no such animal.
Vic Lewis, you wouldn't have that on your Gateway, that's a directory that HP creates within Windows. Gateway I believe has something similar as well, check with Gateway support as to what they call their recovery tools, and what directory it is listed under.
Hi. I have two operating systems, a professional xp as well as a windows vista business. I would like to recover my vista from the infinite loop of stage 3 of 3 - 0% update. Can I use this recovery disc to recover my vista? Which one supports vista business? The x64 or x86?
Mari, first off the x86, and the x64 have nothing to do with what version of Windows Vista you own. They are the computer architecture. If your not sure of which type of computer architecture then I suggest that you get help to accomplish this. All modern computer makers have live chat on their website, and have technicians within those chat rooms. That endless loop can probably be solved by holding down after you turn on your computer by pressing f8, and when that DOS menu screen appears choose safemode with networking, and once inside of Windows run a through scandisk. If you cannot get to that point, then under the F8 menu choose DOS mode, and when it gives you the DOS prompt, cd into Windows/Tools and then type chkdsk c: /f it might be \f Don't remember which slash direction offhand. After it's ran, go ahead and try to reboot your computer all the way in. That's the best I can tell you without seeing the physical machine.
you guys saved my ife.....just wanted to let you know that!! pls keep up ths great job.
I downloaded the x86 Recovery Disk and put it on a writable dvd. It was all good until after I put the product key and a window popped up titled "Install Windows" with it 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
Still no luck - borrowed a friend's Vista DVD but the system wouldn't boot from that - even though I had the BIOS set to bot from CD-ROM, and selected to boot from CD/DVD at the prompt, the system seemed to ignore that and the HD cranked up, the Microsoft bar appeared and it went back to the "Configuring Updates...."screen.
I'm disappointed that the discs didn't work - obviously they won't work in all situations.
I'll rip the HD out and copy the relevant data on the weekend, then format the bastard and rid my self of Vista forever.
Glen, are you able to access the DOS recovery panel by using the F8 key? Step to accessing this feature in ALL versions of Windows from 95 to current.
1) Turn computer on. "Note: This has to be done from a cold boot. 2) Press and hold down the F8 key about the numeric keys on the top of your keyboard. 3) Now you should see a variety of selectable options. 4) Choose Start Windows in Safe mode with networking. 5) REINSTALL THAT SERVICE PACK AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY NEXT TO YOUR COMPUTER TILL IT COMPLETES!!! Do NOT even leave to use the restroom, get food, talk to your girlfriend/wife. I don't CARE!!! STAY THERE, that SERVICE PACK WORKS FINE!!!!
Glen in Tassy. Almost forgot when you get into safe mode uninstall that fubar installation, it will show in ADD/Remove programs. IT will tell you to restart the computer to finish the uninstallation. Once back in Windows Vista normally follow the instructions that are in the previous post.
The issue here seems to be that I can't boot to Safe mode - the file load stops at the same point each time, and the screen just hangs. I can get to the menu via F8 while booting, but can't get to windows.
If I start the PC normally (ie boot from HDD first) it will enter the screen saying it's configuring part 3 of 3 of the update, then enter the endless loop of configuring, then shutting down etc etc.
I should hopefully get the restore disc from HP today so I'll see if a genuine Vista boot disc helps or not.
What if you dont know which one to download... if you didnt look at what bit it is or cant anymore... how can you tell if its x32, x64, x86??? and what if it is x32bit... what download do u use?
Chris x64, or 64 bit edition is the later technologies and the next stage of computing.. so actually it is better.. and yes x64 is buggy.. BUT.. many applications, software available on the market are fully compatible or designed for work with x32 windows, or 32bit operating system, its up to you. A x86 means your using a 8086 processor (Normal run of the mill computer.)
but whats the difference between 86 and 64 downloads? Mine is a 32 bit vista home premium
I have rigged the HD up to a friend's desktop via a nifty little SATA/MOLEX converter and was wondering if there's any way I can unprotect the system files (pending.xml) so that I can delete it?
GleninTassy, and Lancesboy please join us in chat and we can help resolve those issues. *chat link: http://neosmart.net/forums/ * We are getting way off topic with help requests. Don't get me wrong, we are more than happy to help anyone/everyone with any needed help but we need to put it into the chatroom(s) so we don't mess up the Computer Guru's thread.
Thanks Texas_Wolf, that would be great.
I have an HP PC and just bought a new mobo, processor, ram and video card for it. I have the HP recovery disks but if I installed my new hardware with that I would get all the bloatware that originally came with my HP. Can I use this to clean install Vista? Im still not sure what this disk is supposed to do. I just want a way to clean install the OS, I have the product key and everything. Any help would be appreciated
FWIW - My uncle had a startup prob with Vista Home Premium SP1 on an Asus notebook. (caused by Protexis licensing). I used your excellent info to fix it up. All worked just great. Even did a bit torrent download for the first time. Many thanks.
(Glen in Tassy - if that is Tasmania, I'm in Vic and happy to snail-mail you a copy of my rcvy disc in case u want to try it...)
cheers radiocam
I have an HP computer with Vista on it. I just bought a new mobo, ram, processor, video card and power supply. The hp came with the recovery disk. Im still not sure what this Vista recovery disk does. Can I use this to clean install Vista? I have the product key for Vista. The thing is, I do not want to use the recovery disk that came with HP because I do not want to install all that bloatware and usless drivers for things I don't have anymore. Can this disk help me?
Hi, I have downloaded and burned both ISO's Tried both and each time Vista PC boots in to Recovery Mode no problem, but when trying to do a Startup Repair it fails with "OS version is incompatible with Startup Repair" Vista Build is 60001 SP1 Any ideas?
Jim, have you tried tapping F8 at startup, and going into Safe mode? Then: start>Programs>Accessories>System tools>System restore to a earlier date before SP1. That's all I can think of to help you get past this error, and then once you've done with the repair just re-install SP1. Also Jim, who's the OEM for the system? Check with their Technical Support department to see if this is a known issue and they have a repair for the problem. Also another good idea is to check your OEM's web site's message board, perhaps they have had other users have this problem and they've been able to fix it.
Hey Jim, Does your error look like this by perchance?
== Startup Repair == Number of Repair Attempts: 1
= Tests = Check for Updates Error Code = 0x0
= System Disk Test = Error Code = 0x0
= Disk Failure Diagnostic = Error Code = 0x0
= Disk Metadata Test = Error Code = 0x0
= Target OS Test = Error Code = 0x0
= Volume Content Check = Error Code = 0x0
== Root Cause == The operating system version is incompatible with Startup Repair.
If this is what it looks like, here is how to fix the problem, just go and follow instructions here http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/d807a440-90ce-4457-a23a-359ff2c9b9bf1033.mspx
Good luck Jim.
Link to Vista x86 download seems to be broken. Is it me or the link?
Howard Wexler
Hi Texas_Wolf
The error message you listed is exactly what I see. I followed the link you kindly provided however it only describes the Windows RE process, it does have instructions on how to resolve the issue. In the link provided it does state that the error is caused by "The version of Windows does not match that of Startup Repair. For example, trying to repair Windows XP using Startup Repair will trigger this root cause." I would understand this is my OS was something other than Vista but as stated in earlier post it is Vista build 60001 SP1. Does the fact that Service Pack 1 is installed likely to be the problem?Appreciate your input on this.
Regards
Jim
Jim, do as it had instructed you too. To resolve the problem, you need to remove SP1 (Service Pack 1) RE will then recognize your version of MS Windows Vista. After all the repairs have been completed, just go ahead and re-install SP1. This is a known Microsoft Issue currently being looked into by Microsoft. You can visit Microsoft's site for other options that might help you as well. http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;11732#tab0. I hope this will help you resolve your problem, and good luck Jim.
Hi
Teaxa_Wolf, I didnt notice the first message you posted after my intital question. But since reading it, I have been to HP site nad read some documents. I Tried bootrec /fixboot and fixmbr but still the same Winload missing error on startup. :( I also tried the bootrec /ScanOS and RebuilBCD options both returned the message "Total identified windows installations found = 0" It's not my computer but I guess it is well and truly bust. The disapointing thing is that the user has no Vista disk so I will have to format it and put XP on instead. By law consumers should be given the OS disk incase they ever have to or even want to re-install the OS they have paid for:((( Thanks for your input on this matter.
Jim
hey, thank you for making this =] but its not working on the laptop (toshiba sattelite u300) im using =[ i need help, well its not my laptop but its my moms and ill probably be in alot of trouble >.< the CD sometimes works but rarely, i changed the bios settings, when i get on to use the recovery place says that the disk isn't there or something, and then this morning i went to the repair computer settings option and went to toshiba recovery tool, it was working fine for a bit and then after 6 minutes it had an error. Now when i try to boot the CD seems like its not reading it or something, and it says the winload.exe is missing or corrupt when i turn on the computer with or without the CD. I've been trying to fix this laptop for 4 days already. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME? (i dont know much about computers To be honest)
thank you in advance =D
Dear all,problem started for my HP dv2401when the window with WINDOWS EXPLORER STOP WORKING and after several fail attempt to stop this window I tried with my recovery CD which only results an error 0x4001001300001002 followed by BOOTMGR MISSING. Haven't got any poitive response from HP. I tried this WINDOWS VISTA RECOVERY X86.After successfully downloading and write the same at CD I attempt to run that one but not able to do so. Can any body suggest me HOW TO RUN THIS CD AT THIS SITUATION OF MY LAPTOP.Please.............
I purchased a laptop today, an HP Pavilion DV6670. I didn't get a Vista installation disc with it, and while trying to install the Vista that came with it, I got the BSoD and ever since I can't try reinstall Vista. Will this recovery disc help me achieve what I need?
Also, do you think you could maybe give a mirror to the downloads? Torrents are sometimes awfully slow, and this is one of the slow cases.
Hi Texas_Wolf,
Again thanks for your help. However I am unable to remoce SP1, I have tried various methods, i.e. start /w pkgmgr /up: VistaSP1-KB936330~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~~6.0.0. cmd says cant find pkgmgr have run command from c: drive from win dir and from sys32 dir, also ran dir pkgmgr /s from c: and it wasn't to be found. Also tried uninstalling using Microsoft way - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948537/en-us but again system could not find where Windows6.0-KB936330-X86.exe was (maybe deleted after sp1 was installed??) Anyway I have had it with Vista and am gonna format and fire on XP. :(
Once more many thanks for your help.
Jim
Jan Gacura, Your not hosed YET! Here's what you do, go ahead and boot up that PC, and right after you turn it on, go ahead and press and hold down the F8 key, release it when you see the boot menu. OK, once you have to boot menu, go ahead and choose the Dos Prompt. Once you see C:/ type in CD d: once at that D:/ prompt type dir you should see a directory named RECOVERY cd into that Directory and start the install process.
Good Luck Jan
Which download is for 32 bit. I downloaded the x86 option however when I try to use the ImgBurn program to burn to a cd however there are no supported files in that download. I am trying to download again in case of corruption.
thank you soooooooomuch Texas !!!!! it loads now but I'm having problems for the install part >.< It says "windows cannot open the required file D:\sources\install.wim. The file does not exist"
Texas_Wolf. Re: Recovery. Which file shoul one look for, and what is the command for starting the recovery?
Hi everybody, Very important. Please reply only if you know. After installing an Hp software update, my computer fails to boot. A black screen appears saying " Disk boot failure. Insert system disk and press enter" I tried everything, but nothing happens. I also created the recovery CD, but the error message apprears, that I am missing a file, error 0800700002... Please whoever knows, how can I fix this problem?
Jan Gacura open up a elevated command prompt with administrator privileges. Confirm any security warning that pops up. Execute the install.cmd from the extracted softmod-l.iso folder. You must execute install.cmd from within the folder where it’s located itself, so CD into the folder first. Installer will attend to copy and install vstaldr, vstaldr.img and menu.lst to all drives with Windows Vista installation, and modify the MBR (Master Boot Record) to load the BIOS crack driver as bootstrapping process to load simulated SLP 2.0 supported BIOS with SLIC table data. (If installation on certain drives fail, as long as it’s not the Windows Vista boot volume drive, the failure can be safely ignored. Restart the computer. Optional: If your computer fails to boot up or start, use Windows Vista installation DVD to boot up the computer, and choose Recovery to repair the computer. Download and install the appropriate OEM certificate (ASUS in this case), if your Windows Vista DVD media is not OEM edition. Change product key to Windows Vista OEM key if necessary. To uninstall vstaldr driver, simply click on uninstall.cmd from the extracted archive.
Good Luck Jan
Gunnar46, Just follow the same instructions that I had given Jan Gacura and you should be fine.
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help anyone? im trying to fix my mothers laptop (hp) originally windows vista,she had viruses so she decided to try to load windows xp,well now she gets the this is not a genuine windows os? also she didnt recieve a recovery disk with her laptop for vista,and somehow she lost her windows xp disks,here's my question, does she/i have to buy a new disk/disks or is there a way to reboot vista without it? i also have a laptop with vista but didnt recieve a recovery disk either... im not sure if this is the right forum so, my appologies if its not, any help would be greatly appreciated..... thanks
Grant, No she doesn't. She needs to contact HP thru this link; http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?pageDisplay=support She WILL need the information on that sticker on the bottom of her Laptop to get a set of recovery discs. Depending on her computer initial purchase they may or may not charge her postage for those discs. Also so she knows, it will put her computer back in FACTORY DELIVERY CONDITION!
grant, forget that other URL, go here directly and order a set of recovery discs, or put in a support request with HP.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bph07143&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3629378&os=2093&lang=en
That should handle it for you.
Hi i want to reboot my laptop from scratch but it doesnt let me it says somethink about a files missing when i try with the disc i burnd.
Hi, I have formatted my recovery partition on my compaq notebook without creating recovery disk. 1- can i use this recovery disk to create Windows Vista installation disk from my notebook; 2- can i re-create my recovery partition using this tool or using WAIK ? 3- i have tried to get back the data of my recovery partition using disk recovery tools (unformat kinda thing) but its not 100% correctly recovered. can i use this tool to repair that.
S.O.S S.O.S Please help me on this..... I created a recovery CD for Vista 32bit, but when I try to install it, this message comes out
"""Windows cannot open the required file D:\Sources\Install.wim. The file does not exist. Make sure all files required for installation are avalable, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070002""""
Please help, how can I fix this?????
I tried everything else.... my hdd is recongized, all the cables are connected with the hard drive, the PC is only 1 year old, I have already reseted my PC to factory settings, etc....
James just go here and follow the instructions to repair your computer. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310794 James this problem occurred because A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the license for that computer. This is a KNOWN Windows XP issue, and easily resolved. Myself and the Computer Guru are going to have to start charging you guys for this personal support we are giving you.(g) Please James next time you have a problem with your PC, go to the forums/message boards that the Computer Guru has taken the time to setup and we can trouble shoot your problem(s) there. And you all might of noticed but I think we exasperated the Computer Guru and he's given up on this thread.
Thank you very much for your reply. But my operating system is not Windows Xp, but Windows Vista 32 Bit. The instructions, don't seem to work with Windows Vista. Do you know anything that can help???
Thank you very much for your reply. But my operating system is not Windows Xp, but Windows Vista 32 Bit. The instructions, don't seem to work with Windows Vista. Do you know anything that can help??? please
James, did you give the right error code? The one you gave is for WindowsXP. Make sure to copy it down correctly, and completely.
Yes, I am 100% sure I gave the code correct. I tried anyway, and the only one I found was for the " HKeyusers/default/software/microsoft/cryptography/providers " which I deleted it.
But I don't think it did anything. I am still having the same problem. I am able to turn on my Vista Pc, the first programs start, but after a few minutes, everything freezes, and I can't do anything, but only to turn the system off(by pressing for 3 seconds the off button).
For a year, my PC was working perfect. I have a lot of software installed, a lot of video players, I had customize it, and it was working superb!!!.
One day, I got the automatic update notice(as I was usually getting every 2 months). After I installed the new found update, that's when it all started. I was getting a black screen, with a notice " System boot failure, enter system disk and press enter" I tried system restore, I tried system recovery to its original factory settings, I tried everything else, I also created recovery CD from this website, NOTHING.
Although the recovery CD's I created look they might do the job, I get the message that "Install.wim file cannot be opened" the one I mentioned before...
I don't know what else to do!????
thank you for you're effort
thank you ^^
thank you. i looking for this file . thank you ^^
I had the same problem as john on my first burn of the disk. I could read the files but it didn't appear to be a boot disk. After reading the feedback, I burned a second copy (same media, same burning software - cheeta) and had no problems.
James please don't get offended, but what you detailed is EXACTLY what I have ran into with computers that had illegal content on them i.e. Illegal Music, Movies, and Software downloads on them. At this point I'm going to need to direct you to your computer brand manufacturer.
Best of luck James.
oke i did evrything i burned it to a cd but i ged the blue screen of death STILL!
please send me back a mail
Cheers dude!
Saved me a world of pain. Fixed my corrupt partition table in the blink of an eye. Now back to Hackintosh exploits... Tx
Hi, I was prompt to install Windows Update Service Pack 1 for vista, during installation, my PC just crashed with blue screen that says: "a problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. A driver has overrun a stack-based buffer. This overrun could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this machine." then in the bottom of the screen, it says " collecting data for crash dump, initializing disk for crash dumpm beginning dump of physical memory, dumping physical memory to disk, physical memory dump complete."
I tried to boot it on a safe mode with command prompt and typed rstrui.exe, but its giving me the only restore point as the serivce pack 1, I can't even do it manually to choose other restore points. Would really appreciate if someone can help me...
Thanks!
I've been reading this forum since my laptop crashed last week. Hoping that the last chance I have is creating a recovery disk. Here's a problem with my COMPAQ PRESARIO:
OS is Vista Premium, 32-bit. The desktop is not loading already, nothing you can access. All you can press is the F8 Options, BUT even the options (e.g. REPAIR COMPUTER, SAFE MODE etc.) are not loading. Pressing F11 to perform full system recovery, is not loading anything, just the BLUE SCREEN and a CURSOR.
I found this post and thought that it might solve my problem, but when I burn the recovery disk I downloaded with this filename: Vista_Recovery_Disc.iso (120Mb)
I booted my laptop in my CD ROM with the recovery disk. A splash screen is displaying, letting you choose the LANGUAGE. By clicking the NEXT BUTTON, INSTALL (with an arrow) appears and below is REPAIR MY COMPUTER. I did BOTH, because I tried doing the REPAIR MY COMPUTER first and left it from 12AM til 9AM, It never was finished. I checked the LIGHT if it's still reading, it does not read already. So, I restarted and do the INSTALL but still it's just an HOUR GLASS that keeps on hanging and not reading the disk....
PLEASE, hope you can help me with this. I'm sooo devastated and all I want is to do Full System Recovery.
Any advice?
Worked like a charm. Kept me from having to reformat. Thanks very much!!!
since its a torrent do we put the torrent onto a cd or should we put it after we do it after lime wire finishes downloading it?
People for the last time: I have been advised to ONLY answer your tech support questions thru the users help message board located at http://neosmart.net/forums/ SO PLEASE PUT YOUR COMPUTER SERVICE REQUEST THERE, AND THERE ALONE! Myself and others will NOT answer anymore tech questions in this thread anylonger.
Hi tech gurus, I have sony vaio vgnCR220E laptop. I tried formatting it to install XP. But as some functionality was not working i again switched back to Vista from my friends Vista disk. Some of my drivers are not working now. I do have my laptop recovery disk but they are not working correctly.
I have a recovery partition but not able to recover using that drive. ITs giving me error "Cant recover C:". Can anyone tell me how could i get my laptop to the original factory settings that i have bought. OR How to write a recovery disk again from the recovery drive? OR How to get the recovery disk for my laptop?
Any help will be appriciated. Thank You
Gents,
I have an ACER F5 laptop that got stuck during reboot. The windows recovery page appeared with two options: repair (not working, same page apeared) and start windows normally, which shutdown the machine. Using F8 I started the safe mode with DOS prompt and noticed the sudden stop after loading the crcdisk.sys file. Nothing helped. All internet pages told me to reinstall my laptop. But.... this tool solved it!!! After three reboots, the laptop came back alive.
After booting from this CD, you simply enter some language questions. On the second page the repair option is shown. It does some checks and then asks you to reboot your machine. The first and the second time it did not help and I was just about to through this CD in the trashcan. But then I noticed that after every unsuccessfull boot, the repair option of the CD goes one step further.... And after the third repair action, which took more than 5 minutes, I was asked to reboot my machine. Not believing in any magic, I filled my glass of wine and when I came back, there was my desktop!
Conclusion, if you are able to boot from this CD (Acer, press "ESC" during the post/bios screen to choose the boot device) give the repair CD some chances to repair your system. I keeps on trying solving the problem and every time it checks the next step of the boot sequence.
By the way, I burned this CD with IMGBURN 2.3.2.0, which is not the newest version, on a running X64 Vista system (www.imgburn.com) I do not have any program like Roxio or Nero running.
Right, I've had a totally hellish experience with my Vista (6 months with no issues) over the last few days. A rogue driver (probably MS... or possibly Shockwave) has been really screwing things up for me. (I know now if I ever do get my system back to disable auto updates and monitor driver updates more carefully, who'd have thought this could cause so much damage and time...)
It's gotten so bad with Blue Screens of Death (error: 0x00000024) that now I can't even start Vista in ANY mode. No safe modes (stops at crcdisk.sys) no boot from last known etc etc option... all options bring up that ruddy blue screen...
I've run every VAIO recovery checker and my CPU/Hard drive/memory/C Drive tests have all come back A-OK, so again I'm sure it's a driver issue.
Now, I decided to take a chance with repairing vista using the above download, it installed fine and I burned the ISO to a cd using "ISO Recorder v 2"
BUT, when I changed BIOS to load from CD and restarted with the disk, all I get is that dreaded flashing (-) and nothing more.
I know my laptop CAN boot from CD ok because I tested it with an old XP startup disk.
Tomorrow I'm going to make another disk using ImgBurn to see if this helps.
So I'd just like to report that this ISO Recorder v 2 is possibly causing issues.
torrent sites & torrent downloading is blocked where I am currently staying. can anyone send this to me by pando or something!?
hi i have windows vista 32 bit home basic and i need to restore my computer to when i first used it how do i do it? Need Serious HELP!! which one of those torrent files do i download.
kind regards.
I downloaded the Windows Vista Recovery x64 bit and burned it to a DVD-R. The Recovery CD deffinitly works.. The only problem is that I am using an ACER 5570Z laptop and it cant read a x64 bit disk.
So basically I burned it for no reason...
My question is... Is there a x32 bit ISO Image I can burn to a disk?
I need help please. I did everything that was suggested in order to creat the recovery disk and I used it but it isn't able to repair my computer and I can't restore because it's telling me that I don't have any restore points. I set my computer to restore every night but they just dissappeared. next i tried to do a complete restore and it's telling me that I am missing a file E:/sources/install.win What should I do from here?
Wait a second... My mistake.. I downloaded the x82 Vista recovery ISO Image and burned that to a DVD R and worked! BUT FAIL!!
It popped up Windows Vista installer- I clicked Next- I Put in my Product Key- I clicked Next- IT SAYS Error tryed to find
E:DVD-R/Source/Windows_wmp not found or doesnt exist or something..
My mistake again..
Mr. RALPH is asking the same question I am but better info.
What we are looking for is how the disc can find read this:
E:/sources/install.win
Kack if you figure it out can you please let me know, Thanks
I'm sorry, Jack could you please let me know fi you find a solution to our problem. Thanks
u got one 4 vista home premium??
Dear Guru Ji i have a lenovo 3000 N100 note book and having problem with restore all, right now i m using winXP in my system, I still have a recovery partition in my drive with showing all space consumed but when i go to restore all they didn't come on factory default. I want to bring my note book on scrached position in which shiped... Please tell me this recovery CD help full me?? Thanks! Regards viqar
hai jack and ralph, your problem is same with me. do you know how to solve that problem now?
thank you
This recovery disk saved my bacon. I recently started my new Toshiba laptop and got a black screen with the words 'Missing operating system'. Aaaaghh!!! Computer meltdown attack!
I had made a so-called recovery disk from the Toshiba recovery files that came on the hard drive (they didn;t bundle a CD with my laptop) but all it offered was the chance to wipe my hard drive and reinstall. Uh, no thanks, guys.
So I put in the Neosmart recovery disk and booted from it. First it allwed my to explore my data partition (E:) and copy out some files to a USB stick. The C:| partition was unavailable though.
Then I tried the repair utility. No operating system was showing, but I clicked through and selected 'Repair startup files'. A few seconds later I restarted and voila, everything back to normal. It looks like the OS startup files had somehow become corrupted.
The morals of the story? 1) Back up files very regularly - I was a week behind in my backups, so I really wanted to retrieve my data, not just format the drive. I recommend Cobian backup (freeware). 2) OEM recovery disks are basically useless. 3) If you get the same message I did ('Missing operating system'), don't panic. You have not lost all your data. 4) Thanks Neosmart for providing the MS repair kit in a convenient form!I will gladly carry water for you guys anytime!
AMAZING.
I am here, because WinVistaSP1 installation was unsuccessful I have attempting to repair my mother-in-laws' Acer Aspire 3680 which has MS Windows Vista Home Basic pre installed.
Machine will not get past a BSOD with a STOP: 0x0000C1F5 error. Message also tells me to disconnect or uninstall offending hardware/software but OS can't even boot in SafeMode. All boot efforts result in BSOD or reboot.
MS Hotfix exists for this issue KB Article Number(s): 946084 but package appears to need to be run from machine atleast in SafeMode. Catch 22.
The Acer Recovery CD is not with the machine. I have used the Hirens Boot CD and can see that there is a recovery partition but I hope it doesn't come to that and that data is not lost. Downloading ISO as this is being written.
PS HP DV9218TX had exactly the same problem a few hours later (I should turn off Automatic Updates which fed me SP1!) but machine recovered and did a start up repair with recovery point. HP reports that SP1 was successfully installed!
ISO burnt to CD ok, machine boots from CD and message is "Windows is loading files" with white progress bar. So far so good. Black screen with green windows worm/progress bar.
BSOD and Stop: 0x0000C1F5 error as before.
At wits end and don't know what else to do.
PS Have also tried Linux Live Boot CD as some advice is to mount the HDD and delete a particular file. I don't know enough about Linux. :o(
i have both iso files on cd but cant load them, i manage to get passed login screen try and load cds and before my luck runs out a blue screen of death comes up and shuts my computer down please someone take this installation step by step. i am fairly good with computers. this is beyond me
The two downloads you show are listed as: Windows Vista x86 Recovery Disc Torrent Windows Vista x64 Recovery Disc Torrent
Which one do I use with Vista Home Basic (32)?
Okay, i only see a like for a recovery disk for 64 bit or 86. I have 32 bit.
also someone wrote they have italian version. does that mean this will work on versions other than english?
my problem is this. i bought a computer in japan, with a japanese os. unfortunately when i first turned on the computer, i chose canada and english as my settings. apparently this screws a lot up ...which begs the question, why is there that option in the first place. even changing things back to japanese wont repair any of the damage. for a stupid reason it means some things arent installed properly and wont install properly, even when i change back to japanese. they act like they are really on an english computer. question marks and various symbols. the computers os is still basically japanese, so to me it makes no sense that newly installing a programme wont work. changing the settings to english seem to only have the benefit of telling me the day of the week in english. if its in japanese, its not fun, but i can maybe eventually understand, but a line of question marks are hard to understand...
so what i am trying or hoping to do, is recover it to be "originally japanese". then i think it would still let me change to english to install english programmes, but right now, the programmes that only allow japanese sometimes are impossible to have proper characters.
this is completely confusing, and i dont know how to explain it well that someone who hasnt used a japanese os would easily understand, but japanese systems tend to be quite touchy about language settings. a japanese cd that worked 100% on my english system of windows 2000 (with the regional settings as japanese), wont now work on my japanese computer...even tho it should be compatible.
anyway if any one has an idea or knows if i can use this recovery disk with my system (or if not, where i can get it), please let me know. any other details necessary, let me know.
thanks!
David, use the x86 which is designed for 32bit machines ... the x64 is for 64 bit machines.
David, that's the first thing I noticed.
Any answers? I have 32 bit Windows Vista Home Premium on an ew HP Paviliion laptop.
I could KILL Bill Gates.
Please help! I have spent my entire life since May purchase working out the kinks on this pre-installed piece of crap!
Miggy
I personally have to thank the person who posted this torrent, because you literally saved my new PC! THANK YOU!
Still having problems. Successfully downloaded and burned disc using imgbrn. However, when I had to read thru the instructions and a bazillion posts (above) to figure out how to do this. The isntructions say use F8 or change the Bios, with no instructions on how to change the bios and F8 should have read F12. Now I greatly respect the knowledge of IT people - but like so many professionals you know the steps in your minds and you leave out important steps for the rest of us. If I'm writing instructions, I put up one screen and write down each and every step as I go thru it, then go back and try to do the process just from my instructions.
Anyway, I got it to boot from the cd, but it is still failing. I've got a Dell Dimension C521, using AMD motherboard, Windows home basic 32bit. It keeps saying windows fails to start. I took my computer to a shop last week and they checked it and said the hard drive is good, the memory is good, no viruses - BUT they can't fix it because they don't own a Vista license - thanks for telling me after I brought it in. Gives a shop a bad name - If you are in Texas don't go to ALTEX COMPUTERS or they'll screw you.
When I try to do the repair steps I get the screen that gives me the choice of re-installing or repairing. I tried the repair step twice, then the install, but when I realized it wanted to wipe my harddrive and would have lost all my files, I quit and went back to trying the repair. It just won't work on my computer. HELP!
Why can't Microsoft just give us the stupid dvds since we paid for the full version and not the headaches for recovering this stuff! This is sooooo wrong and I think unethical (if that is the right word--but you get what I am trying to say).
hi its raja,
i have buy hp special edition dv6700 with windows vista home premium
after some days i have deleted the partetion i forgot to make backup of the system and all my home premium data get deleted and now i dont have any recovery disc and i need a backup of hp.
i have also deleted the recovry partition now what to do
i have a problem i have deleted the partition of recovry and formated my hard disk waht to do i have downloaded recovery disc form this web now whats nexts ( hp special edition laptop dv6700)
Dawn, it's not Microsoft that you should be complaining about - it's the OEM (the guys that make your PC) who are responsible for whether or not your PC ships with a standard Vista installation disk. Microsoft says they can give it to you, their CEO is the one that decides whether or not they will proved you it.
Hi, I have downloaded the ISO file , but can not get to the recovery portion of the HD, How do I get it to run. The C: drive is blank, but the "boot X " drive is there. The computer boots up on the ISO disc, but the recovery disc will not load and just gives me an error message. So njeed to know how to get the recovery partition to load Thanks
Can you provide a link to an XP version of this info, SP2 (and 1 if known)?
i downloaded the file and put it on disk but each time i try to install it it says install.wim not found and it stops working and i have to restart my laptop. need help please!
hi i have downloaded your disc but it is showing error some were at start up i dont know what to do i had to recover it
VISTA sucks!!! It has taken me 3 weeks to get this machine to respond. Thanks for the great download and posts! Keep up the great work. DREW
My vista has decided not to recognise my administartor password tried all the obvious things like cps locks. Would this recovery disk solve this problem cheers.
hi. can you please provide a non-torrent link as my isp does not permit me to download from torrents...thanks
Which version works for my NEC Notebook with VISTA Home Premium? Can any one help?
I wasn't sure if this would work for me because I dual-boot with GRUB. My recovery partition was scrogged and the recovery disk that came with my computer wanted to wipe everything. This fixed the problem and didn't mess up GRUB. I thought it might "repair" the problem and switch to the vista bootloader, but it didn't. It just fixed the problem and I was off and running. Awesome, thanks so much for hosting this!
Hey I just baught a new Fujitsu laptop , and after installing a video game called dawn of war , my brother tells me I need to make recovery disc but this is like a foreighn language to me :( , please help !
Hello Computerguru and everyone here, I have a problem with my vista on my laptop. I live in the Netherlands for not long. I bought a laptop from the US less then a year ago. After 3 months had strange problems that I could not use it. Because of warranty I contacted the HP here in the Netherlands and then it was shipped to the repair center in Germany. After some months I finally have got back my laptop but the all Windows Vista is dutch (menu text, mappa, start menu text). I am in big trouble because I do not understand dutch. I would like to change it to English. Is the the recovery disk downloaded from NeoSmart helping me to be able to replace the language totally on Vista? or does anyone have a good idea or link which could help me? Thank you Geo
Hi I moved an ntfs partition with gparted live cd and when I rebooted into vista, I was faced with a blank screen. So after some googling I arrived here and downloaded the x86 recovery iso, which I successfully burnt, md5 was correct and it booted. I got a message saying that windows is loading the files and a white bar that crept across the screen. Then came the green ms bar that whizzed back and forth a few times. Then the green vista wallpaper and a mouse pointer, which I could move. But nothing else. The keyboard didn't seem to do anything. And there was nothing to see or do. It just sat there, the wallpaper, for an hour, and I wasn't offered any options.
I have a fujitsu siemens amilo li 1818 160gb sata drive and dual boot into pclos. Grub works, its just that if I choose windows at the grub level, I get as far as the green bar whizzing back and forth and then a blank screen. Why doesn't the recovery disk recover anything?
Please offer me some advice!
ros
For anyone that cannot download files via the bittorrent protocol, here's an HTTP mirror that may go down at any time: http://www.divshare.com/download/3557861-fcb
It's not provided by NST and therefore not guaranteed to be available. I should point out that this mirror is only for the x86 version of the ISO image.
Thanks Mahmoud Al-Qudsi for yr tip, d/l worked 100%. Being a newbie, this file must still be burned via an ISO option to a CD? I do have ImgBurn v2.4.2.0
Yep. If you're using ImgBurn, take a look at our guide to burning ISO images with ImgBurn here: http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/G/Burning+ISO+Images+with+ImgBurn
Thanks again Mahmoud Al-Qudsi, all went very smoothly and laptop back to normal. Magic!
Someone please help me...
I'm really fed up.
I bought this computer with vista home premium 32bit installed and then downgraded to XP. Now I'd like to switch back to vista but the recovery function doesn't work.
My problem is...I've downloaded and burned the ISO image and it even autoplays when I login to windows XP, but when I boot from CD at startup it just gives me a black screen with the DOS cursor three lines down from the top, just blinking.
It doesn't do anything else. I'd really like to be able to get my old OS back and I haven't had access to my computer for 2 weeks because of this problem.
Any helps is greatly appreciated.
so basically for vista x86 vaio burn the image using imgburn for sure results when all the vaio logo loads up keep pressing f12 continously (sort of crude but worked) it will ask you to press any button to load from cd/dvd.. then follow the on screen instructions i prefer using system restore till a day bfr the system started givin problems.
hope it helps
thnx neo smart it solved my problem
Everytime i boot from disk, It goes to install and i put in the product ID and then it says "cannot find Install exe" Im not quite sure whats wrong with it.
i download it and finish with it! Got The ISO, And Burn It Already. Than It Eject. Than Put It Back In, Than Some FIle In The CD POP Out, What Do I Do Next? Plezz Help??!!! And Yea Does This CD Wipe Out Everything In You Desktop/Laptop And Start Fresh??? Well I Wanted To Do That On Mine.
Hey all, I'm trying to recover my Vista installation from an "UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME" error, and the recovery disc that I downloaded from this site gets through the splash screen (with the green windows bar) and then hangs and all I see is a black screen. Any ideas? I'd really like to get to my files, especially as school starts soon.
i HAVE A LENOVO 3000J. i MADE THE FATAL MISTAKE OF TRYING OUT THE RESCUE AND RECOVERY BUILT INTO THIS MACHINE.WELL NOW I AM STUCK IN NOWHERESVILLE WITH BLACK SCREENS AND WHITE WRITTING AND IT WON'T GO BACK TO WHERE i CAN GET ONLINE! i HAVE NO DISK, COULDN'T EVEN FIND A KEY NUMBER FOR MY VISTA PRODUCT! i BOUGHT THIS AT SAM'S SO I KNOW IT IS NEW, I HAVE HAD IT A YEAR. HOW DO I GET BACK IN AND GET RID OF THIS MESS?i AM CURRENTLY USING MY LAPTOP.
hi Mahmoud Al-Qudsi, i have downloaded and did everything as you said, i burned the cd with MagicISO and it says burn success but the cd is still empty...what should i do?
Hi guys,
I did everything as was told and tried to reboot my compaq pavillion a940. It starts hopeful. It displays the message 'Windows is loading files' and after its finished i get into the screen with the 'Microsoft Corporation' screen (with the moving bar). But then i get stuck and I hear a small repeating beep. I tried it a few times, but each time I get stuck in the same place. I dont get any error messages by the way. What should I do?
I mean compaq pressario a940 offcourse... sorry.
Most dell laptops ship with a complete OEM dvd, they call it recovery disc but it has the entire vista installation. (checked it on the desktop).
Does anyone know what is the use of media-direct partition esp since it has already crippled by OS around 4 times by giving the famous BSOD?
hi guys, can u give me some help,i bought my laptop and it was italian version of windows vista home premium,and i replaced it to english version,i have made all the copy of my files from the old one and when i transfer it to the new english version,the files could not transfer 'coz the language is incompatible..any solution to that particular problem... thanks in advance... kastilaloy
Ok, stupid person asking questions here, I see two windows for this download(Windows Vista x86 Recovery Disc Torrent & Windows Vista x64 Recovery Disc Torrent) I just purchased this computer with Vista on it and I feel the way i did when Windows NT came out(what a shitty OS). I love XP for its super , ultra , easy , for stupid people ...UI! This computer has too many things that are way too differant, ill get used to it since I've been playing with it for 3 days. Now for my question do I download 86 torrent or 64 torrent!!! I have a Compaq Presario SR5518F I.P. Dual core E2180 2048MB 250GB HD
OK, maybe its just me but ive downloaded this twice now burned it properly, etc. But every time I boot it on start up i get so far and then it says install.wim missing is there any way of fixing this?
hello
i was wondering, my g/f was not very nice to her laptop and lets just say i had to replace the hard drive, so after i did that i have a xp image disc of xp sp3 and i put it on her computer because we both don't really like vista and now she's missing all the drivers for most of her components, so i don't think the disc you guy's are talking about would work for my problem but if you could help me find a driver and utilities disc it would be greatly appreciated. My laptops specs are, IBM lenovo 3000 n100, intel t2060 cpu, ive tried going through my computer and looking for the updates for the drivers but it says there isn't any and some stuff says the hardware is not installed
Thanks to anyone who can help me.
hi computer guru,
im not a wizz with computers, but other laptop loads and goes onto do all the system checks which s fine but goes to windows error recovery and any one of the safe mode i click on start to process but blue screen comes up saying a problem has been detected, could i ise this software that you have to fix this problem and get vista startd againa nad also how do i download the software im not sure how to use this iso thing
Dear Sirs,
I didn't have a clue about torrent and the file downloaded as torrent with no directions about how to access the 120 mb file. I finally found it at :http://www.divshare.com/download/3557861-fcb. Thank god.. Please add the site to the download for Vista Recover CD if you can.
I have a sony vaio laptop (model VGN-NR220E). Yesterday, it froze and wouldn't respond to control-alt-del, so I turned it off using the power button. When it came back on, I got an error message to effect that Windows failed to start because CI.dll is missing or corrupt and that I should insert my windows installation disc and restart the computer.
I didn't have an installation disc and the computer didn't come with restoration discs. I downloaded the 32-bit Windows Vista Recovery Disc here, and tried that. Unfortunately, it only got as far as "Windows is loading files..." followed by a black screen and cursor.
I managed to get a command prompt by inserting a system recovery disk from another computer. When I reinserted the Vista Recovery Disc and started going through the different folders, the system kept tried to read from drive A (of which there isn't one). Sadly, I went and purchased a full version of Vista, thinking this was the safe, if expensive -- not to mention slightly infuriating -- option. Unfortunately, I just ended up with a black screen and cursor.
Any insight into why this is happening and what I can do about it? Thanks!
Thank you Mahmoud Al-Qudsi for your valuable comments...
I am gonna try it tonight ensha'ALLAH...
I dowloaded the file and succesfully created the recovery disk. I start the computer, it asks me if I wish to boot from CD, to which I say yes. It then proceeds to load the files, I then get the Windows bar and then nothing but a blank screen after.
I have an HP dv9000 Laptop.
Any thoughts by anyone. Would be greatly appreciated!!
Hello, I downloaded this iso and booted but it gives me the option of installing Vista, Can somone explain what that does exactly
Well here is the deal, I have a Gateway M-series Laptop I did a complete system recovery which formatted my hardrive and "Reinstalled" Vista, Once it restarted after installation it went straight to the log on screen and it said "other user" I logged in as administrator but the OS seemes to be corrupt, the taskbar is like the Windows 98 one and it basically looks like if you were in safe mode. I wanted to do a full system recovery once again but the Option I used to get when restarting isnt there anymore It used to say "hit F12 for recovery" it isnt there anymore. What should I do?
Hello My laptop is a Dv9000 that came with windows vista 32 home premium. Right now it just came back to best buy from HP. what HP did is they replaced the Hard drive. it has nothing on it, no operating system such as the last hard drive that had Vista on it. now best buy is asking me to get the Operating systems disc so they can intall it on my computer. I called Hp and they told me that I have to buy the disc witch I should not have to pay anything since its under warranty...Questions
1) with a new hard drive with nothing on it do I need the system recovery or the whole program.
Joe Thanks
For those who are getting an annoying repeditive beeping when trying to load the vista recovery disk (x86 tested only, but probably the same for x64).
Burn the iso image to DVD media. The ISO image is in UDF format & thus will work. Dont know why or who labelled it as a CD/DVD or even the generic term 'disk'. Anything other then a DVD disc will work.
Hope this helps someone save some time (oh, and a CDR)
Would also be better if this image contained bootsect.exe
Another tip, if vista is failing to boot, and displaying 0 windows installations, you must use diskpart from recovery cmd prompt to select the disk, select the partition, then set it 'active'
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.
Hi Computer Guru!
I have bought Compaque notebook with windows vista Basic. after some time i was facing some problem with vista so i installed XP. now i again want to install vista. but i don't have the CD. but i am having the product key. can i reinstall it with this recovery disc.
Hey, if I downloaded this, can I use it on Vista home Premium x32???
Greetings, There is one thing on my mind that really bothers me... It's probably a well-known case around here. I tried to unallocate some free space from my C:\ because it's the only one usable (not speaking of the backup partition), and I pretty much dislike the idea of having 'it all' in one place. But as i did that my notebook (HP 530 running on Vista Home Premium x32) it shut down, and right now I can't really boot. As most of the users, i don't have the CD, only that partition. And with this little bootable treasure here i am able to load it and do it fresh and clean? Sorry for the simplicity of my question, but I haven't really been working with Vista so far, as well as with notebooks... Thanks in advance and sorry for wasting your time...
Okay, I have an ALIENWARE laptopwith Vista Ultimate, and its x32. I downloaded the x64 and it didn't work. Then I downloaded the x82 and it booted up from the cd fine, but when it said "select a harddrive blah blah blah" none of my harddrives showed up.
need help please :)
do you need to put bith files on the same cd?
also when i use it on my laptop it doesnt do anything.
Just build your PC and spare yourself the headache. Not to mention, you save a bundle of cash doing so.
Sup can any of u plz tell me if this removes all u'r data or installs a fresh new vista on u'r computer =]
Can you boot it up from XP?
Folks,
http://neosmart.net/forums/
Go there and ask your questions for better (more one on one) help. Also, read the messages, here and in the forums. Many times the questions I am seeing have been answered.
Anyway, the info below may be of some help to HP/Compaq owners (though I can't guarantee it's the same on your system).
I have a Presario F700 series laptop (Vista Home Premium) which has the recovery partition, and from which I burnt a set of recovery disks (most if not all of these systems allow you to burn at least one set of recovery disks off the partition. I have noticed some people apparently haven't done that. All the have is the recovery partition on the HDD, and then when they cannot get to their hard drive to access the partition, they are screwed).
So, anyway, I popped in disk one to see what all it does, or doesn't do. I was afraid all it would do is wipe my hard disk and start from scratch.
However, once you get the main screen, there is a button for "advanced."
Under advanced options, you can access MS system restore (i.e. you can set it to a previous restore point), a file backup program (very handy), system recovery (which may or may not be the same recovery that comes with the Vista System disk), and the factory reset, which of course wipes everything and restores the system to the way it was when you got it.
All this was good to know.
However, I have also ordered the recovery disks from HP, and I have downloaded and am about to burn this one, too. Before I install another OS, I want as many options for recovery as I can get, and backups.
HP only allows you to burn one set of recovery disks, and we all know that CD/DVD +/- R/RWs are prone to damage or corruption.
Thanks for that comment, James!
i've just downloaded the x32 recovery disc, but i could not burn it using imgBurn. i followed the instruction posted above, but imgBurn will say "invalid image" And does the file contains only two folders and 1 image as boot manager?
So if I download this recovery thing and burn it to a disk, Can I use it to get rid of a Linux and restore my computer back to windows??
imgBurn keeps on telling me that the file (x32 recovery disc) is an invalid image. HELP!
I think i burned the cd correct but now that it is burned how do i use it.
By accident I deleted my recovery drive will this still work cause right now my vista pc is a very ugly paperweight.
Will Vista boot from this download. If so, will it work with boot camp for mac on a mac?
when i try to open the program it informs me that can't be used because its has unknown info and I need to search the Internet for it but my computer internet is messed up (I burnt it to a disc of course) but it will not restore my computer what do I do...?
I have Vista Business 32bit. Does this x64/86 apply
When I tried to boot from the disk it asks me "push any key to load from CD" so I do then it says "Loading Windows Files" then it kicks to the black screen with the green line bar. and hangs up there. It doesn't go any further? what do I do with that? I have 2 comps Vista home 1lappy 1 desktop. both hit the black screen of death (boot screen) and even tho the line keeps moving it doesn't load up. I had my desktop doing that literally for days. I have no disks other then the torrent that I got here and used a different comp to burn it seems to be burnt fine but won't do what itis supposed to do...? Please anyone I work with computers all the time this has me stuck. Thanks for your time Bez
@Norm -- Choose the x86 version. The x64 version is for a PC with a 64-bit processor AND running the 64-bit version of Windows (you can run the 32-bit version of Win on a 64-bit processor, in which case you'd want the x86 version..).
@neosmart / whoever put this utility together -- THANK YOU! This software is brilliant. You rock.
I have successfully made the cd, and have started the process on my laptop. But as soon as the System Recovery Options menu comes up, where I am asked to select an operating system to repair and click next..." The Microsoft Windows Vista shows up I select it and click next Then an error pops up claiming that "This version of system recover options is not camplatible with the version of Windows you are trying to repair..." This doesnt make sense to me, because I know that my computer uses Microsoft Vista.
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you for the advice, but if I use the recovery disk will I lose everything on the computer.
I got vista with my laptop and i installed xp and i lost vista i would like to know what i have to do .........can i use this recovery cd
BestBuy is crazy! Dell provide the recovery disc and the partition on the hard drive. BestBuy (GEEKSQUAD) damage the partition so that the user cant use it and take away the recovery disc that dell provide! All this to brutally force the user to pay to a nerd at GEEK SQUAD install windows! They sell the serial key though. It cames on the computer! But the recovery disk is taken away! I've contacted microsoft and they say it illegal to sell a computer with windows and the serial key but without the CD or a way to the user install the software again! Fortunately I contacted DELL and maybe they will mail the CD for me. Otherwise I dot think it's Illegal to download the Vista and use the real cd key.
Thanks for this. Appreciate it. Without it, I would have had to do a complete reinstall of Vista.
I NEED HELP!!! i want to make my computer like it was when i first bought it. I can't figure out how to do that, so if anyone knos how please can you help me. i have a 2007 dell with windows vista.
Hi all ^^ thanks for this great Recovery disk I can boot from it but I'm scared of doing the recovery >_< why ? coz I deleted my recovery partition after I burned the recovery DVD's But somehow the recovery DVD's are not working O.o I talked to HP support in my area but they are playing with me and it wont be easy to get another recovery set from them So I have some questions I will be glad if it was answered :)
1.Will I lose all my data on the HDD ? 2.Do I have to reinstall all the drivers ? 3.will the vista be recovered to the same Partitions status as when I first bought this notebook ? 4.Can I make another recovery partition with this or it will be created after the recovery ?
Please I will be glad if you helped me ^___^
hi im having problems with vista home and whats happening is that the my computer desktop picture has disapeared and in program files its thinking that all my files are the recycle bin pleas help me e-mail me at leonardotmnt@live.com pls
REMEMBER PLEAS HELP ME AND DONT BE AFRAID TO GIVE ME A CALL AT 540-250-4859 PLEAS HELP
my computer wouldnt start up so i burned this and put it in.....i get to the install windows part and after i put the product key in i get this error message.
Windows cannot open the required file E:\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 tried to do everything i could system restore, complete pc restore, but the computer shut down in the middle of a complete restore and i never made a copy of the default settings. i have an acer aspire m1610. no recovery cds come with acer for some reason but i tried to find the setup files and my c drive is completely empty. What can i do? someone help
thanx i have vista basic and mine didn't come with a recovery disc
I made a partition with Ubuntu and for some reason in the partition manager it looked at my 320GB external drive as the Ubuntu boot disk. I deleted the partition and now I have a damaged boot due to GRUB... So I hope this disk repaires that. I like Ubuntu, but sometimes... I think the way GRUB takes over your system basically is very stupid program engineering.
Hey guys my computer has been getting a blue screen with a bunch of writing everytime i turn it on and it cant run on safe mode. I download the 32bit one and I cant run it, everytime I click to run it say install.wim, is missing how do i fix this?
email me or reply back on this
Hello,
I am currently stumped. I am familiar with building computers and troubleshooting problems as I have been doing this for a few years. My problem started when I got lazy. At the start of the year I bought an Emachines because I just needed basic computer needs. Well now I wish to game and bought all the appropriate needs except a new OS. I figured I would be able to just use the existing OS. To my suprise the computer didnt come with a boot disk or even a recovery disk. The hdd is partitioned with a recovery partition. My problem is when I change out the mobo and processor I get blue screened with "significant hardware changes or virus." I assume this is because the copy of vista is Proprietary to the emachines mobo. I was wondering what options I might have in saving my copy of vista. I am currently asking friends for vista dvds so I can try a repair from the disk using my cd key on the side of the box. I am also wondering if the tool described here would answer some of my problems. Or if I just need to cough up 90 bucks and go get xp from fry's.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!!!
great fantastic with nero it didnt work but with imgburn it did TANX ALOT
the file you download from utorrent doesnt come with install.wim in the sources file. so how do you get it?
For anyone having Install.Wim problems: It is 100% illegal to distribute that file. It contains core Windows Vista components used to install Vista on a machine from scratch, and is considered warez to redistribute without an accompnying license.
The recovery CD is just that - a medium intended for recovering a borked installation and not for reinstalling the OS from scratch.
Press the "Repair my Computer" link and not the "Install Now" button when using this CD. The "Install Now" option does not work and you will get install.wim-related error messages!!
omg thank you very much for this!! this is exactly what i needed....oem disk is freaking useless
I have a hp laptop, i installed a version of vista over a year now... I cant remember which one I installed... whichever one came with the laptop, i installed. I cannot find the CD now and the laptop is telling me that the version of Visa i downloaded is not genuine and i need to reinstall it or register it or go to a website. I could only use the laptop with reduced functionality..
Please help
hello
I have windows vista home premium, 32-bit os. which torrent should I download? i dont know the dirrernce between x86 and x64 -_-''
What do I do if I didn't back up my files cause my computer was infected with viruses before I was able to. I put the disk in and it said, "Windows cannot open 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." What am I suppose to do when I keep getting a blank screen with a mouse cursor everytime i log into my account?
Ok, I made a recovery disk, and booted from it. Got to the screen that has install/repair options.
When I click on the repair option I get:
The instruction at 0x74acd6df referenced memory at 0x00000028. The memory could not be read.
I tried opening up my case and ensuring that the memory is seated properly, but this didn't help. I'm out of ideas, any suggestions.
Thank you so much! I can't stand how Microsoft made Windows Vista inconvenient and cumbersome compared to Windows XP.
This torrent saved my life!
SCREW YOU MICROSOFT! JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS NEWER, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S BETTER!
Yeah forget the last message I sent. Is there a way that I backup my files in its current state? I tried doing the Windows Complete PC Restore but it keeps popping up a message saying, "No valid backup locations could be found. Windows cannot find a backup on the hard disks or DVDs on this computer. Attach the correct hard disk or insert the last backup DVD and then start the restore process again." My laptop's a VAIO PCG-7133L and I had it scanned at Best Buy and they said that there's more than 80 viruses on the computer. So when I had it, I never had the chance to backup any files and if I send it off to Best Buy, they're going to charge me $199.99 just to repair it. So I want to do it in a way that I don't lose $200. Is there any sites that I can download someone's backup files, burn it on a CD, and boot it in my computer?
Hi, I have the same question as inukiel Oct 10th, I also have Vista Home Premium 32 bit and don't know which to download 64x or 86x ?
Found the answer on the original page of comments from Phil June 11th 2008
inukiel, if you haven't seen it already, for the 32 bit you'll need to download x86
thanks Phil
Answer found on the original page of comments from Phil June 11th 2008
inukiel, if you haven't seen it already, for the 32 bit you'll need to download x86
thanks Phil
OK I thought that this would save my life today and started downloading it but because of bandwidth I have to put it on pause and now it repeatedly says this:
-No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
WTF! please help....
I have an Acer x86 PC with Vista. Awhile ago I had to have the screen replaced because it broke but kept my HDD due to it having secure work files on it. When it was returned with the new screen, I reinstalled my HDD and it had an issue booting into windows. Safe mode and everything else didn't work either. Back then I came upon your website and am just now trying this method. I downloaded the torrent, burnt it using Imgburn, put the cd into the laptop and booted it up. The first time I booted up it only went to a black screen with the cursor after selecting boot from cd. The second and every subsequent boot now goes to the windows background/splash screen and the cursor but fails to load anything further. Is there anything further I can do to get this to work?
Thanks for everything.
Ok i used a disc that came with an older computer that allowed me to fdisk and wipe it out..Then when i get to about 98% of my new install it gives me this error code :0x4001001300001002.I made my recovery discs before i dumped this laptop off of the recovery manager..Will this thing work to get me past that error at the end??
Hi, thanks a million for this! Downloaded the torrent file and µTorrent on my old XP laptop, installed µTorrent, set up my router for static IP, downloaded the CD image, connected and installed my old (slow) external CD burner, installed burning software, found an old (low-speed) CD-RW, burnt the image to that disc, put it in my dead ("An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data") Vista laptop, booted from the new CD (after pressing F12 during startup - Toshiba Tecra), followed the on-screen instructions, went downstairs for breakfast and came back to find a fully functional Vista laptop again. And all of this without really knowing what I was doing. It's people like you that give the internet a good name!
Thanks a million for this! Downloaded the torrent and µTorrent to my old XP laptop, installed µTorrent, set up my router for static IP, downloaded the image file, connected and installed my old (low-speed) CD writer, installed burning software, found an old (low-speed) CD-RW, burnt the image to that disc, inserted the disc in my dead ("An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data") Vista laptop, booted from the CD (after pressing F12 during startup - Toshiba Tecra), followed the instructions on the screen, went down for breakfast and returned to a fully functional Vista laptop! And all this without really knowing what I was doing ;-) It's people like you that give the internet a good name!
You are most welcome, Maarten :)
Amazing...............it fixed my problem....i had Windows Vista 64 and Ubuntu on dual boot. When i format Ubuntu and FIXMBR, i had Winload.exe error when i start Windows Vista....but this repair disc fixed Winload.exe and i am good to go now................Many thanks to whoever made it n put on the website free of charge......great
This was dead easy and worked a treat . Thank you ever so much .
hi does this will restore media center vista edition?
I bought a laptop hp pavillon dv6725, and I liked the recovery manager that came with it. can I do the same recovery system on my home computer intel core 2 duo e4500 2.2GHz having both viste ultimate 32 and windows XP service pack 3. and how. Thanks
I have a Toshiba Satellite Laptop that is currently running Vista. When I turned it on yesterday I got a boot error. It asked me for an installation cd but since I don't have it I searched and found this. When I downloaded the ISO file it shows up as a .RAR file. Do I need to/Is there a way to tell WinRAR to leave .ISO files alone? If I burn it as is will it create issues when trying to use it?
Thanks in advance
TO ALL U GETTING A WINRAR FILE AND NOT AN ISO.
Answer is, it is an iso file, its just your computer doesn't associate the iso with any other program other than winrar.... so DONT unrar it. and just burn it using an iso burning program. worked for me! your welcome
no entendi mucho lo que dicen jaj
hey downloaded this but saying product key incorrect? ive put the number in from the sticker under the laptop but no luck any ideas?
I downloaded this, burnt it, and booted from it, it worked till i went to do the restore, the only dates it gave me to restore to are like less then 2 weeks ago, i want to restore it to the very beginning... I have an e-machine, Am i screwed? Do i just have to go buy a new copy of vista?
hey everyone got a bit of a prob, i downloaded this and tred to install it when it asked for the product key i entered the key form the sticker but said key was no good any ideas??
thank.s for you 4 Windows_Vista_x64_Recovery_Disc.iso
Ok so I've burned the disk, but the PC i'm trying to recover just sets up as normal. I've tried pressing F12 but nothing happens....? Just goes straight to the password screen everytime.
I'm getting the install.wmi problem which doesn't seem to be addressed on this page?
Thanks you so much for this you saved me €300 (the price which dell told me I would have to pay)
Much appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the product! My daughter (who is by no means a computer guru) called me in a panic because her computer at work wouldn't boot and it's in Vista. It locked up and she had to power down and up and the 'missing ntldr.exe' hit her. This is a small Dr's office, so no IT help. I found your prog., talked her through downloading BitTorrent, getting your prog. and then burning the .iso via Nero, which thankfully she had on another computer. Everything worked great and she is back up and running, all long distance. Maybe I can move to India and provide tech support now? Thanks again....saved the day.
Thanks for this. I had no Restore or original Installation discs for my 3 new machines, so when one had an issue with the Boot files, your Recovery disk sorted within 5 minutes.
Right basically I have a Trojen and need to get rid of it but the virus scanneres don't seem to be cleaning it. I have researched the Trojen and it seems to be one that the scanners wont get rid of so I'm guessing that I need to recover my system to factory settings but I no that some of the System 32 Files are incrypted so will this boot disk sort this problem out?? If not what do I need to do??
Hi there,
plz is there anybody who would help me ???
can anyone pack the hidden partition files
of SONY VGN-CR laptop and upload it ???
plz plz
OMG this is the best thing ever, i got a virus on my vaio and i spend 5 days trying to fix it, then i found this. 10 minutes later, its up and running again! Thanks for this, your the best!
Hi, i have a new toshiba A30 which comes with Vista bundled, something went wrong with the initial installation because it keeps handing for hours saying that its installing windows and nothing happens, tried going in in safe mode but it says can't complete installation in safe mode. I was thinking to insert a recovery disk, but i have a question how do i know if it's 32 or 64? Thanks for the help.
Downloaded the file and burnt to disk, and repaired the PC straight away.
Thanks for the file it has been a great help
Is there anybody out their that knows how to save a floppy onto pc?
can you repair you vista installation problems with this? please answer!!!! thanks.
Hey guys, ive been having troubles with my Acer one day i was playing a game and it ran out of battery, so i was ok with that, but it was taking forever to shut down so i did the stupid mistake of turning it off manually, later that day when i pluged it in to charge, i turned it on and it started the load bar, that just kept on looping, n i read up on it n i had to re-intall vista, so i did n now i was installing vista updates and it got stuck, n eventually said, cannot install updates correctly, reverting, do not shut down, so i waited and nothing, now i have the ISO burned and put in the cd and it boots straight away, and says the following :-
Preparing to start your computer. This may take a few minutes. Please wait...
MSCDEX Version 2.25 Copyright (C) IBM Corp. 1986-1994. All rights reserved. Drive C: = Driver MSCD001 unit 0
The IBM Personal System/2 Mouse Program (C)Copyright International Business Machine Corp 1987 (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1983- 1987 Mouse driver installed successfully A:\>
but thats it, it does not come up with anything else, please anyone who could help please do, much appreciated
Shaun
I would just like to say a great big thank you. I am so far from computer savvy it is not even amusing, yet your instructions were easy enough for me to use my old laptop to download and burn the cd necessary to recover the new HP that I bought about six months ago and somehow managed to fry today. With this recovery I was able to salvage the os that had all my uni assignments and music, publications, etc. Thank you so much!
Mandy
Im wondering if this Windows Vista Recovery Disc repairs my Vista..... i bought a laptop a few months ago and it came with a Tiny Vista installion disc and not all the vista programs are on disc and i dont feel like reinstalling my Windows Vista Burnt copy on my laptop cause its not Genuine unlike my tiny vista disc.... Please Help :) Thank You
Hi, haven't read all of this page as so much communication....i think one of the lessons to learn here is that although the manufacturers are being 'cheapskates' by not including recovery discs or original vista discs, you the buyers should create the discs straight away...they all remind you of this if you've brought it from new with pop ups and included paperwork for some (with Toshoba you can create more than 1 copy, Fujitsu and HP only 1 set unfortunately). Especially if upgrading your Vista, incidentaly, if you have servicepack 1 then you can upgrade without loss of files, no servicpack 1 and you'll only be-able to install/wipe your HDD which will mean loss of drivers/software. The loss of actual O/S discs is to cut down on piracy!! I know i was able to use an old XP disc about 4 times on other machines before i had the 'contact microsoft' page. If you have Vista on an HP, and you've lost your recovery discs, then there is a way to create another set!!!!! I'm happy for this website to pass on your e-mails should you require this. I've tried it and it works. Could save a bit of money! Cheers.
HI, This dose not work i have downloaded it and burned it on to a disk. but when i put it in my laptop it dosent work it just says instert instalation disc it dosent come up with any screens like the instalation of vista. i have presse F8 and it just comes up with a list. so please can some one help me :P wb
hello, am having a problem with my system, if i put it on it and type my password it goes blank and the system is still on but i cant see anything. if i do the same thing with the safe mode it comes on and i can see everything
Hi, Currrently, i am using Fedora and pirated Windows Vista (as i accidently deleted the C partition). i have recovery partition in my Laptop but have lost the recovery disk. would this help me too to reinstall or recover my origional Vista?
Hi there, can I use this recovery disk if I have forgotten my password and therefore cannot use my sony - vaio anymore? Does anyone can help me? I don't wanna use this CD and start from scratch...I just need a new access - thats all.
Thanks for any help / ideas!!!
Brita
Thank you so much, youve saved me with this!!!! God will reward you.
Anjum, so long as you installed that pirated Windows Vista with the CD-Key on the bottom of your laptop, you're legal 100% and don't need to worry.
If you installed it with some other CD key, install it again but this time use the key that came with your laptop. The Windows Vista License is tied to the CD-Key, not the installation DVD. It doesn't matter if you downloaded the DVD illegally, borrowed it from a friend, bought it from a store, or used the one that came with your PC - it's the license key you used that matters.
If the License Key is yours and valid, you're legal no matter where the DVD came from. In the same way, even if you went out and bought a DVD but used somebody else's license key to activate Windows, then you're doing it illegally.
Hi again, Some help? for some on here: If you can't see your desktop in normal start-up but can in safe mode then chances are a virus...back up your files and re-install your op. system. You can create recovery discs in safe mode also for most manufacturers. If you have forgotton your password for XP, then boot in safe mode and then remove your password under control panel and user accounts. Unfortunately Vista is more secure and asks for a password in Safe mode also. If you have a boot error onstart-up, use your recovery disc up to the point where it's about to re-install,then cancel and re-start, this normally works and has worked every time for me. Hp use F11 for re-install from partition. Sony have the same sort of set-up, Fujitsu use F8 (repair your PC) and Toshiba the same, or tap F12 on start-up and select DVD if you are recovering from Disc. With the HP recovery, always go into 'Advanced options' it will give you more choice of what to do.....
This link isn't working - I can't download the vista recovery discs.
i have downloaded it. when i burn it, it says that i need CD not DVD. i have DVD burner not the CD one.
What do i do now? ?
DVD burners can burn to CDs too - just put a blank CD in there instead of a blank DVD.
i have burnt the cd. when i install it, it says that following file is missing i.e. E:\Sources\install.wim
Please guide.
Hi,
I downloaded the files & loaded it onto my laptop. I pressed F8, but only get two options:
I changed the boot location to the cd that I burned the files to. It still points to these two options.
Either option brings me back to the startup repair error. Please advise what I'm doing wrong.
Hello, I have the "Bootmgr is missing" issue... My system is a Dell Inspiron 1525 (laptop), running Windows Vista Home Basic (purchased brand new in Jun'08). I followed instructions posted on this forum to fix the problem, but to no avail... Also, as suggested on the site dedicated to the bootmgr problem, i tried to run the repair tool more than once - again, no luck.
I tried to repair it via the startup repair tool as well as via the command prompt (from the recovery disk), no luck. The reapir tool keeps coming back with "Startup repair cannot repair this computer automatically". The repair log shows root cause as:
Boot manager is missing or corrupt
Repair action: File repair
Result: Failed. Error code = 0x5
Time taken = 5008ms
Repair action: system restore
Result: failed. Error code = 0xffff
Time taken = 23011ms
The problem signature shows the following information:
Problem event name: StartupRepairV2
Problem signature 01: ExternalMedia
Problem signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6000.16386
Problem signature 03: 0
Problem signature 04: 65537
Problem signature 05: unknown
Problem signature 06: MissingBootManager
Problem signature 07: 0
Problem signature 08: 2
Problem signature 09: SystemRestore
Problem signature 10: 65365
OS version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
When i run bcdedit command from the command prompt (either from c: or x:), i get the following output:
Windows Boot Manager
identifier {bootmgr}
device partition = c:
default {default}
display order {default}
timeout 30
Windows Boot Loader
identifier {default}
device partition c:
path \windows\system32\winload.exe
description Windows Vista Home Basic
osdevice partition = c:
systemroot \windows
When i run bootrec /scanos i get "successfully scanned Windows installations. Total identified Windows installations: 0. This operation completed successfully."
When i run bootrec /fixboot, i get the message that it completed successfully, yet when i restart the computer i still get that "bootmgr is missing" message. Can someone pls tell me what might be going on here?
I am thinking that for some reason, the repair tool is not seeing the Vista installation on the hard drive and thus cannot repair it. the bootrec /scanos would seem to suggest so... Yet when the repair tool runs, it locates windows installation, so i select it to allow the tool to continue. But the result as i described above.
So, i am out of ideas at this stage. short of blowing away the current install and re-installing the OS (and thus losing all the information on HD) i don't know how to get this fixed. If any of you have any suggestions, i look forward to hearing from you,
Cheers, Paul
Hello,
I am experiencing problems with Vista HE 32bit (on a Asus P5E3 motherboard).
Last night the computer had a BSOD and reboot correctly. Later on I went to sleep and when I checked this morning, it was trying to boot. But the only thing showing is the green bar running and nothing changes. Left it running for a couple of hours but nothing.
I tried to boot with the Recovery Disk and it starts loading files and then again the green bar starts scrolling without stopping.
Any idea?
I would like to have a possibility to backup some files before needing to reinstall everything.
Regards
Steven
Sonuds like disk corruption - connect the HD to another PC and run chkdsk /f from there.
This is a good idea. Problem is that the asus mb also has a Intel raid controller and I have 3 disks in Raid5. Yesterday there was a rebuild on this raid group and I don't know if this has anything to do with it.
I will try to disconnect these disks from the controller and try to boot up with the boot disk.
Steven
Just to make sure this is what I need: I have a HP, with a recovery partition on D.
I have XP on it now, but I want it back to vista (original OS).
My processor is an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual.
I am currently downloading the Vista 64 bit one.
I am correct, yes?
Hi,I downloaded the files & loaded it onto my laptop. I pressed F8, but only get two options: 1. Launch startup repair 2. Start windows normally
I changed the boot location to the cd. that I burned the files to. It still points to these two options.
Either option brings me back to the startup repair error.
Please advise what I'm doing wrong.
Thanks.
This is just a Scrap !!
And will cause more harm to your another PC too !! @@@#&*#$^&@!!%!
Hi,
Boot mgr is missing? Try an older Fujitsu Vista disc (last year, when they supplied them) and go through the motions of recovery WITHOUT actually recovering...stop at the screen where it asks you where you want to install vista (if there's no partition listed then your HDD may have had it!!!!) Cancel the recovery and re-start your PC, it's fixed it for me before (i work in one of the retailers that sell these things!). Most manufacturers have some sort of fault diagnosis built in now also...F2 used to get an option to check HDD on HP's, now they have PC-Doctor powered stuff through F9. Fujitsu have a downloadable Boot disc and most have the option to recover without discs if you haven't made them yet....HP is thru F11, Fujitsu and Toshiba F8 'repair your PC'. A reminder that Recovery Disc creation is available thru F8 on Fujitsu. NONE of the brands we deal with: HP/Acer/Toshiba/Fujitsu supply recovery discs. Hp dropped it first i think, then Fujitsu followed and now Toshiba.....
Pete
Hi Pete, thanks for the info.... not quite sure how i could get hold of a disk like this... this is effectively a disk with os image... i think getting it from the store would be an issue... would you be able to tell me what is the spec for the disk, ie what os version and any other useful info? I will then try local Fujitsu supplier (if i can find one) prove that i am licensed for the s/w, maybe they will be willing to help. thanks!
Cheers, Paul
I downloaded the x64 file, but all I can find in the zip folder are the following files:
One labeled Boot with three files labeled bcd, boot.sdi and bootfix.bin Another labeled Sources with a file called boot.wim And another file called bootmgr
Non of them have iso extensions so when I try to burn the disk there is nothing to burn. The total file size is still the correct 147mb, what a I missing? Thanks for your help, this site has been a great find!
Devin
Thank you, this is a life saver. I use my computer for a consulting business and downtime is a death sentence.
I bought a new Lenovo laptop R61p in late August, and it has already died. Before the laptop crashed I had created regular full image backups on an external harddrive. While the Lenovo tech help was really good at getting out a new harddrive and recovery disks their phone tech help and I are stuck in an endless loop. Basically, I tell them that from everything I have read on microsoft.com I need the Windows Vista Installation disk to access the full image on the external harddrive and the Lenovo tech help is leading me through all sorts of antics trying to boot from one of their recovery disks.
Anyway, thank you for posting this.
I burned the iso using the methods and burning software you recommended (ImgBurn). It all worked except when I boot to the burned dvd, I get a blue textured screen (I assume the background image) and I see and can use my pointer, but I see no text or options to click on, just that blue background and my pointer...
Any ideas...?
Hey guys, I had given my kids my old computer to whom gave it back to me stuffed. I have followed all the instructions given but to no success. I have gotten to the point were it states System Recovery Optionswith no present drivers available. When I then Load drivers it comes up with 4 drivers to which I have tried them all but no good still. Can you give me info on what I am doing wrong. cheers
I had an Advent computer (UK) which sufferede a corrupted bootmgr file. I dowloaded this file from the link given above and followed the instructions. I rebuilt the bootbcd.exe file and all worked perfectly.
Thank you for making this facility available to everyone.
I am on vista on a compaq presario and I can't boot computer cause it says bootmgr missing, so i try to recover and i get that error this post is originally talking about, so i downloaded the torrents above and burned them and booted from them but when it tried to install, i got 0x80070002 error and that theres no install.wim at E drive sources or something like that. Can anyone tell me what to do
I download the recovery disk and run it. it can repair the window vista. it is asking to reinstall. I worry. do I need to input the serial no. I don't have the serial no. for HP laptop when I bought it.
Tony Ng
when I install vista. an error occur. "Windows cannot open the required file E:\Sources\Install.wim. The file does not exist. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Erro code 0x80070002"
Tony Ng
error occur when install window "Windows cannot open the required file E:\Sources\Install.wim. The file does not exist. Make sure all files required ofr installation are avaliable and restart the installation. Error code 0x80070002"
error occur when install window "Windows cannot open the required file E:\Sources\Install.wim. The file does not exist. Make sure all files required ofr installation are avaliable and restart the installation. Error code 0x80070002"
Guru..
Pls clear my doubts..
We purchased a HP core2duo machine as per rate contract. In the rate contract it is specified that 'vista business pre-installed with media and certificate of authenticity'. But they provided a system with OEM-vista. The certification is pasted on the CPU. The media doesn't include the Installation CD of Vista. Only recovery CD is provided. Is it cheating ???
I have more doubt to clear...
1.If my hard drive is completely damaged and If i install a new one, Can i reinstall or recover the Vista O/S from the recovery CD ?
Can I create a vista installation CD/DVD from a recovery CD??
Where is recovery partition ? can i identify it from 'My computer' ?
Pls clarify immediately
Thanks for this post and download, it worked out for me, but I have to say: Windows Vista is still running slow with SP1. Why is it called a 'service'pack anyway? It didn't help me out :)
Nonetheless, thanks again for the post.
Oh man, I really hope this works, I don't know what happened. I was using my laptop, ugraded firefox, and then when I went to reboot my laptop it came up with this bs. I think if I get this to restore I am going back to xp! Except that this is a rent to own laptop that I have not finished paying for. :( I have an older laptop though, but it isn't as nice.
AARRRGGGH!!! MY ISP BLOCK TORRENTS!!
Works great - had an issue where I did an offline defrag and when it was done my machine reported that it couldn't boot because it couldn't find the \boot\bcd file. This recovery disk fixed it instantly and completely! Great job!
thanks for this very useful information. It did exactly what it should have.
Hey guys,
Just a note to say thanks for the cd. My laptop got a boot problem through a corrupt/missing ntoskrnl file. Ran your cd, repaired the file and now everything works great.
Much appreciated, keep up the great work.
Martin
Vista wouldnt boot this iso image d/ in 5 min booted in 30 seconds. Been on hold with hp for 50 min without any help. use this disk it works perfectly
Hi Paul_oz, sorry, i'm not viviting this website so often now, hopefully you've now fixed your laptop/pc, but if not, yes, it would probably be difficult to obtain the disc i've used...ideally check around for anyone with a 2007 Fujitsu laptop/pc who should have recovery discs supplied (o/s Vista Basic or Premium) and borrow one off them to try. good luck! Pete.
Thanks Neosmart! Downloaded torrent. ImgBurn. Burned to disc and rebooted onto damaged HP. Worked well.
Neosmart team,
I almost gave up until somehow fate brought me to your site. Thanks for this great solution. I didn't have too much confident that this will work but it did! I encountered the ntoskrnl.exe problem after the vista service pack 1 installation. Thanks again!
Thank you this was perfect and easy worked the first time no problems.
HELP! when my lenovo trys to boot up it says "cannot find operating system" and when i try the vista recovery disc it cannot find drivers or the operating system. what should i do?
Thanks guys!!!
This recovery disc rocks!!! Saved me the time downloading the 2 Gb file from msdn!
Buddy, you are the best. Toshiba support are a bunch of retards, waited 40 minutes and then a message pops up that there office hours are closed at 5:00 PM. I downloaded your torrent, and it works perfectly. It took me 5 munutes to get my system running. Again Thanks, keep up the good work.
this has just saved me in a BIG way - my HP DV9500 has been nothing but trouble from day one and when it does go wrong the only option they provide is reset to factory settings, I think not!! Thanks for this, you've saved my digital photos, music library and document...PRICELESS!!
having problem, disk boots up but when i try to install an error pops-up that says E:/sources/install.wim is missing.
Hi Everyone,
I have a Lenovo Y410 T5750, and the package doesn't have a vista installer on it that's why i want to have a PC recovery disc but it seems that my laptop does not have a PC recovery software. Can Anyone help me how and where can i find a perfect software that i need for my machine.
Advance thanks! :)
Hi Everyone,
I have a Lenovo Y410 T5750, and the package doesn't have a vista installer on it that's why i want to have a PC recovery disc but it seems that my laptop does not have a PC recovery software. Can Anyone help me how and where can i find a perfect software that i need for my machine.
Advance thanks! :)
Resending.....
i Tried to run the program and got to a point where it asked for the product key...i enter it and it gives me the error code 0x80070002
Mike The software that neosmart has made is for recovery purposes. it works best if there is a backup/image of the PC already saved somewhere. It wont work (to my knowledge) as a clean install per se.
Michael, which version of Vista have you got? If you have the business edition, there is a built in backup option
my computer recently stopped booting and a friend of the family helped to get it up and running agin except i lost all my things off the computer that i can not get back is there any way to get them back?
Hey does that work with Windows Vista Home Basic 32-Bit? Because i followed the guide and it dident work at all
i have same as james, home basic. i used to be able to press f11 at startup and use recovery now it doesnt work. also i tried making my own disk with Recovery disk Creation, but doesnt work. i tried clearing space on my computer and i think i deleted some things i shouldnt have.
I was on of the victim of the Vista SP1 upgrade. It happened a couple of months ago. I tried almost every method possible which I'd gathered from the internet. But, none worked.
Eventually I called up the Lenovo help desk. From it, I learned that there're some hot keys "wired" into the Lenovo machine. You can use that to retrieve your data as well as doing recovery.
I suggest you guys who're using Lenovo PC/laptops to give the tech help desk a call. It may prove fruitful.
Yes it does work with Vista Home 32bit. Keeping in mind that this is not the installation disc for windows vista. this is just a software that will allow you to Boot up vista and do tasks such as restore your O/S to a working condition.
Thanks guys! Works perfectly. You saved my life...my PC's live actually, but still pretty cool! Thanks again, keep up the good work!
i have a toshiba laptop with vista home premium 32 bit preinsatlled on it. i tried to dual boot xp but xp wouldnt recognize my hardware. so i uninstalled xp but now vista has a boot error and the recovery disc they gave me is a 64 bit version. will the ecovery disc here fix that problem
Thank you for your Recovery Disk (.iso). The CD ran properly for me, but unfortunately restoring the registry didn't fix my problem (infinite-restart) =( .
Hi, I tried to download the stuff, but it is some torrent. Sorry for my ignorance, but I really dont know how to open it. Can you please guide me.
My vista has crashed and I need to boot it with recovery CD. I have a vista home premium which had come bundled with my HP laptop.
Regards,
Jiten
download a torrent downloader at http://www.bittorrent.com/ then download the file and it will automatically download to bittorrent where u can get access to it.
Thanks Mike.
I will try and do that.
I had one more question before i do that, I can start windows in safe mode, but cant start windows in normal way. Is there a way that i can just repair this portion and start using it again, as i have lot of data on my laptop and i cannot afford to loose it.
i have tried connecting an external hard drive through USB to transfer my data but, it hangs up and does not copy the data.
I also tried to boot in safe mode with Command prompt, but it does not identify the external drive connected by USB in that case, and i have also forgotton the MS dos commands by now.
Can you please guide.
Regards,
Jiten
Thank you, you are genius your recovery disc saved me and saved me a lot of money. Mila
Hi Guru,
I just reinstalled windows vista Home version on my Lenovo Y 410 notebook using the recovery disc , I had to install it on my D drive, Everything is fine except I have no sound and for some odd reason after installing the Dlink wireless adapter again i dont need to insert the wireless adapter ( flash drive ) in the USB port and its running wireless, My main concern is that i dont have sound , please help
I've been looking for something like this for ages now. One thing though, is there any way of getting this program to boot from a USB flash drive?
HI computer guru! i have vaio VGN-CR35G after wipe and erase data its first recovery disc is lost may i get recovery disc set(3 DVD's) including operating system
I just burned the thing to a blank Cd. I restarted and it booted from the disc. Then it said loading Windows files, then the Microsoft Coporation thing poped up and loaded, then right after that, everything goes blank, what should I do?????
PLEASE HELP! After entering the product key it shows an error saying "Windows cannot open the required file E:\Sources\Install.wim. The file does not exist. Make sure all files required ofr installation are avaliable and restart the installation. Error code 0x80070002"
i have burnt the cd. when i install it, it says that following file is missing i.e. E:\Sources\install.wim
Size of the download is 120.5MB.
Please guide.
I burnt the ISO image and ran it in my windows vista but when I click a key to continue the boot, the computer just freezes and stays like that 'till it shuts down please help!
Again, for the last time:
If you get an install.wim error, it's because you're trying to install Vista with this CD. That's not allowed. You need to use the "Repair your computer" link on the screen before.
I tested the Vista program for 3 months during a trial period and didn't like it. It uses lots of memory with way too many features that I never use. I prefer the good old XP program which is easy to navigate. But since Microsoft doesn't sell XP anymore, I looked around and happened to come across the Open Office (OPEL) program, sponsored by Sun Microsystem. It's an open-source program that's similar and compatible to the Word and Excel programs. So far I'm very happy with it as a substitute and permanent replacement for Vista. The OPEL is absolutely free and can be downloaded at http://www.openoffice.org/index.html
Hi im having the bootmgr problem and i need to run the comand prompt can i do that with this file?
My toshiba laptop window vista didnt come with installation disc. Only have a sticker of seriel no on bottom of laptop. How am i going to reformat the laptop which is getting lag? thanks
Thank you so much, very useful indeed.
this is all gd.. but any ideas how i can reboot my laptop without the disk?? My laptop does not let me play cd's or dvd's or burn anything!!
this is all very gd but my laptop wont let me burn cd's or play them & dvd'..any ideas how to reboooot without using a disk ??
hey guys! here's the thing, my pc was broken, what was happening is that evry time i tried to inicialize windows vista(home premium) it gave me the error NTDLR is missing press ctrl+alt+delete to restart.
and now im afraid that can happen again,dont know if you're catching the point. my question is, if that happens again, would this product be usefull to me?
please reply this post, THANKS
NOTE:sorry for the bad english, im a 17 portuguese guy .p
Good Evening Guys, Im called Stanbic and need assistance with my Toshiba Satellite A135-s4727. I downloaded both versions of the Vista boot disk and still doesnt work... I set the boot order correct, i tried safe mood and anything i can think off and still no luck... it just states error:- \windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe Status 0xc000000e9. It also says windows cant boot because the karnel is missing or courrupt, Im so confused at this point and need assistance... Please message me on stanbic.holdings@gmail.com
Bless
Which one of the two should I download?
Hi,. I am in similar situation and in great frustration to fix my laptop with Oxc000000f status message after upgrading XP to Vista Enterprise. Everything was working fine for two months until I tried to install printer and suddely I start getting this status message.
Now my situation is even worse becuase when I turned on laptop ( Toshiba)Sat. it displays only two windows one with header WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER ( Windows failed to start. A recent HW or SW chnage might be the cause with some more description along woth status message Oxc000000f.).
The second windows is again with header WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER with description saying that Choose an operating system or start.....Microsoft Windows Vista .... Tools: WIndows Memory Diagnostic.
The Laptop is switching back and forth between these two windows whenever i tried to turn it on using different CDs in drive D. I have tried XP, VISTA and also Vista Recovery ( Both mentioned here...) .
I want to know what should I do at his stage?
I am thinking of formatting hard disk to install XP or Vista again but I cannot get to dos prompt as I can see two windows only .
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Hi, I am in similar situation and in great frustration to fix my laptop with Oxc000000f status message after upgrading XP to Vista Enterprise. Everything was working fine for two months until I tried to install printer and suddenly I start getting this status message.
Now my situation is even worse because when I turned on laptop (Toshiba Sat). it displays only two windows one with header WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER (Windows failed to start. A recent HW or SW change might be the cause with some more description along with status message Oxc000000f.).
The second windows is again with header WINDOWS BOOT MANAGER with description saying that Choose an operating system or start.....Microsoft Windows Vista .... Tools: Windows Memory Diagnostic.
The Laptop is switching back and forth between these two windows whenever i tried to turn it on using different CDs in drive D. I have tried XP, VISTA and also Vista Recovery (Both mentioned here...) .
I want to know what should I do at this stage?
I am thinking of formatting hard disk to install XP or Vista again but I cannot get to dos prompt as I can see two windows only after turning on laptop .
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Hello, I have 3 questions:
1) What is the difference between WinRE and Vista Recovery Disk?
2) Is there a download link for the recovery disk for people on networks that do not allow torrent downloads?
3) Do the recovery utilities on the Vista Recovery Disk also work in Windows XP? If not, maybe at least some of them?? If so, which ones?
Thanks
downloaded the file via uTorrent and did not get a ISO file but a SDI file file folders. Is there a way to get the actual ISO image. Did not want to have to fool around with the WAIK Utiltiy to generate the ISO image. Anyone have a good link to the ISO image? Thanks, Chuck
I managed to answer my second question from yesterday myself:
There is a non-torrent download link for the Vista Recovery Disc here:
http://cybernetnews.com/2008/01/21/vista-recovery-disc/
then click on: "Get the Vista Recovery Disc from DivShare"
(which will get you here: http://www.divshare.com/download/3557861-fcb)
and it is a .iso file.
Thanks a tonne. I fixed the problem with my missing bootloader with the recovery disc whn all other options failed.
Thanks for this. The repair startup option said it had found problems and fixed my system. However, I still couldn't boot it; I got 'A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart'
bootrec /fixboot reported that there was no valid file system and did nothing, although the file system was perfectly readable, by the recovery disk and indeed by Linux.
'A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart' comes from the Partition Boot Sector code, when it is trying to read in the first 16 sectors of the partition.
I was installing a replacement hard drive, and it turned out that the final problem was caused by setting it up with a partition editor (Linux gparted) that didn't let me type in exact sectors for partition locations. I had a hidden recovery partition as the first primary partition, and my Vista installation was the second primary partition. The first partition was reported as being the same size on both the old and new drives, but on the new drive the first sector of the second partition was different. Offset 28 in the first sector of the NTFS partition holds the sector offset of the partition for a primary partition, and the partition boot sector code uses this value to find the first 16 sectors of the partition. Because I had copied the entire partition from the old to the new disk, this value was wrong on the new drive. After I patched it with the value from the new drive's Master Boot Record Partition Table, I could boot into Vista.
Offered in the hope that someone else may find it helpful.
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!! Solved my problems perfectly! First time I tried, the .iso appeared as .rar (?), and I could open it with winrar. I used Nero and did not work, tried again with Imgburn (downloaded it in minutes) and everything ok! Thanks! Thank you very much, really
Can i use this to restore vista because my operating system is Windows XP?
i love you!!!!
Folks,
Please help me with my problem which I posted above. thanks.
Please somebody help!! i have a oem vista on a hidden x: partition. when i try to install using this cd it looks for it on k: how do i tell it to find the needed files on x: Please help iv tried everything and thought i finally had it.. now my head is pulsating and im considering just sending the whole thing to manufacturer meaning i prob won't get it back til after chrissy:(
Thanks !!!!!! I used gpart to resize vista partition, and my laptop did not boot after... Unfortunately, i have only recovery cd, not a plain vista. Your recovery disc fixed it.
yup that worked great!! Munchos Gracias :)woooohoooo got pc over chrissy
Ugh... just got the dreaded 0xc000000f error as well on an HP laptop. This is the 3rd time. Just so happens their recovery disk will not allow me to repair winload.exe. Instead of shipping my laptop back to HP for yet another wipe (and losing a lot of precious data), I stumbled upon this and giving it a shot. Thanks for all of your efforts and helping people out.
THANK YOU GUYS!!!!
Please help me! I have a big problem. With the recovery disc I can repair crcdisk.sys I can't start Vista normal. When I restart, in the safe mode Vista won't boot again too. The screen stops at crcdisk.sys
On 9 december David Edwards wrote something about a problem when you used GParted Live. I used this program a few months ago for partitions. He wrote a solution, but I don't understand how he excactly did this.
Can anyone help me to get Vista back? I don't know what to do. I haven't tried to reinstall vista completely, because my data stays on partition D.
Thanx, Harm
thank you very much!
I installed a new blank hard drive and i installed the operating system vista of course and it goes as far to put product keys and i put them in and then after that it says the instalation cancelled and the another window pops up saying windows cannot open the reguire file D:\Source\Install.wim make sure all files requred for instalation are available and restart installation ERROR CODE 0X8007000D
PLEASE ANYBODY HELP
To the guy above..
This is a RECOVERY disc. Not an installation disc. Dont expect an installation disc only 120mb. Its more than 2GB. So, you just need to buy the original or pirated copy
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Hello, I have Vista Home Basic installed on dell inspiron laptop . But unfortunately a virus was found in the system directory in the file msimg32.exe by avg 7.5 and when i clicked on heal there comes a message "Successfully Healed". When i shut down an error came that LogonUI.exe cannot be opened because msimg32.exe was not found but after some time it automatically shut down but when i opened the system then same error came that LogonUI.exe cannot be opened because msimg32.exe was not found and window was not opened .
I have downloaded the iso image and burned it on a disk .
Now after booting from the disk I clicked on repair errors but it didn't find any errors and when I boot from the hard disk it shows the same thing....
Can this disk help me repair this error....? Please someone help me , I am in need of help...
Neelanshu, a couple of thoughts.
Do you know when the virus arrived? If so, can you roll back to a Restore Point before this without messing up, for instance, any software that you have installed in the meantime?
Otherwise, you will have to find how msimg32 has embedded itself in the registry, and edit it out. I think you can do this with the Repair disk; launch a command shell, run regedit, and load the registry hives from c:/windows/system32/config in turn, and get rid of all the msimg32 values.
hey guys i was just googling solutions for THE WINDOWS Vista BOOT REPAIR - wonder why i'm getting that message during boot ' BOOT MSG missing , press Alt+Ctrl+Del to restart but it works when i insert a live windows CD in it (like win XP or vista ) , now i'm really tired of doing this after a long time , i've just started downloading this ..... will this help me after all i read everthing at the top , and will it be fine to run this iso format vai demon tools , really iv'e surfed over google for 5 days searching for the solutions , if this'll work for me i'm really thankfull
Sajan, you need to burn it to a CD and boot from it.
Thank you very much for the link, i was very disappointed about my laptop with vista but without a recovery disc.
Jocuri
i burned a copy it starts up great as long as i hit a button in time it searches my machine find it sees my vista says 0mb i dont know why its a 320hd i pick winvista then hit next then i click restore or repair startup it did its thing restarted and it started my xp what did i miss
dont mind my last stupid post a sec ago what i really want to know when i del boot\bcd will the screw up my winxp boot i got xp and vista on 2 different HD the mbr is on C: with XP and vista's on E:
Now Windows Vista 32-Bit (x86) Recovery Disc Torrent in italian and dutch verison. downlod link...http://www.4shared.com/file/76417419/6407cc70/italian_version_vista_32_bit__86_recovery_cdiso_by_harkamalpreet_singh.html
dutch verison link...http://www.4shared.com/file/76426647/250dce9/Windows_Vista_Recovery_cd_dutch_verison_by_harkamal_preet_singhiso.html
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Windows Vista 32-Bit (x86) Recovery Disc Torrent in italian verison
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italian verison
http://www.4shared.com/file/76417419/6407cc70/italian_version_vista_32_bit__86_recovery_cdiso_by_harkamalpreet_singh.html
Thank you very much. After my laptop had damaged boot files after I let it install the authentic windows updates (yes, my windows killed itself) I used this to repair and it works perfectly fine. Hardly had to do a thing, great! Thanks again!
hi everyone, i came across this forum and it sound great but i am kinda hesitant about trying the program i don't want to crash my computer more..
i have a hp pavillion 6000 32bit os laptop and i want to do a complete system recovery but vista home premium edition does not come with the recovery manager. talked to hp and they want me to buy a recovery disk.
so really what my question is, will this program do the job. i want to restore my computer back to when i pulled it out of the box.
any help would be great thanks
Now Windows Vista 32-Bit (x86) Recovery Disc Torrent in dutch verison
My computer is Thinkcentre Lenovo and the model is 8706-AE2. I have three OS ie Ubuntu, Vista N XP. Ubuntu & XP boots normally but when I choose Vista it just go to Rescue & Recovery Application. Even I try to restore my entire HD to factory state it cannot find the Image too.
Im stuck. Plz Help
Just dropping by to say thanks, this is just what I needed!
Hi Guru
I did exactly follow intstructions
Iam stuck at "Startup repair cannot repair this computer automatically"
"Problem Details
Problem signature: Problem event Name : Startup ReapirV2 Problem Signature 01: ExternalMedia Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6000.16386.0.0.0.0 Problem Signature 03: 0 Problem Signature 04: 65537 Problem Signature 05: Unknown Problem Signature 06: CorruptVolume Problem Signature 07: 0 Problem Signature 08: 1 Problem Signature 09: Chkdsk Problem Signature 10: 31 OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.2561 Locale ID: 1033
Please advise me on above situation....
thank you
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Just got to my parents house a few days ago for christmas, left my vista DVD at home and my BCD went blam-o two days ago making me search for solutions not involving the original installation disc but nothing worked until I tried this.
Seriously thank you so very much!!!
Hi my borthers laptop got a virus and then it had the "NTLDR is missing" error and would not boot. I can get the ISO to boot and it seems to work but it doesn't seem to wont to fix the problem. In guids I've read they tell me to use the "\boot\bootsect.exe" tool but it seems to be missing from both the 32 and 64bit ISOs that are here.
Is there another recovery iso floating around that is more compleat? Am I just doing something wrong? I'd really like to know.
Hi,
I have downloaded this torrent and burned it to a CD and DVD. When I put the disk in, I get the Boot from a Cd/DVD and press any button... Then, I get another screen that mentions to Boot from a program : Windows ... and then below it has Windows Memory Diagnostic. I click on the first program and it then loads for a while and then there is a black screen. If I let the computer sit for a while, a mouse arrow pops up but then nothing else. I can move the mouse pointer but there is only a black screen behind it. Am I just impatient or is the disk not working properly? Maybe I should continue to wait and see if the screen with the repair options pops up? I can't seem to boot my computer at all. Please give me some suggestions.
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Just want so say "Thanks"! The beauty of internet help reflects on you guys!
This recovery disc helped me a lot today! What happended to me? Well, I'm trying to implement Linux into the computers here at home (more precisely the Ubuntu distro). About two days ago I tried to install the newest of openSuse in a Toshiba Laptop, the 11.1. I wanted to see the diference between Ubuntu and opensuse (700Mb vs 4.7Gb of data per disc). Since it was my first on the opensuse installation, I got spooked and cancelled the operation, returning to the familiar Ubutntu live disc in a heartbeat (I must say to you that I'm not a computer geek or a TI guy - I'm just regular Joe that loves computers).
Tried to make partitions to gain some free space for Linux and tried to restart the pcI(I think that my mistake was moving partitions back and forth - I wanted the win partit0ion to be in the first one, the second the recovery one, the third open space for linux and the last for the data). I don't remember why I did it, but I restarted the laptop. Then it happend. An error at startup. Before any kind of F8 Help..
"This is bad", I thought looking onto my family's laptop. "I didn't make a recovery disc for this system" (I did one before on my Hp Laptop). "Well lets put the Hp recovery disc to see what happens!"
Nothing!
"Huh... Well... Let's hit the internet!!"
Then I found you guys!
Download\Burn\Insert\Repair\Restart\Repair\Restart\Ok
Thanks a lot, it worked very,very well! 5*! Have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!
Hi, I burned the iso file to a cd using ImgBurn successfully, but when I popped it into my laptop it just opens a folder with some files and I'm not sure what to do next? It shows bootmgr, boot, and sources.
Tios sois cojonudos. Sois los putos amos. Después de 2 días sufriendo para recuperar la MBR de VISTA, va vuestro disco y en un plis plas, ahí está hecho.
En fin, spis unos cracks. No tengo palabrotas suficientes para describil-lo.
Juanito
Found a link leading over here on the OCZ Tech forums for running diskpar.exe (for partition alignment on SSDs) without needing a second computer. Many thanks!
Hello, I have downloaded both files and copied to CD using ImgBurn. Windows is loading files, the bar goes across the screen, I then get the Microsoft Corporation loading screen for a couple of seconds, then like T Wiggins it goes black and a little arrow sits there. I can move it around but do little else. I have a Toshiba A200 and it's only 10 months old (but I have lost the receipt). Please can someone help! Thanks!
I downloaded the torrent and opened through Vuze. I extracted the files but none of the files say .ISO
I'm using a iso recorder to burn to disk, but it can't recognize an iso file in your .zip file. Am I missing something? I have the boot folder and sources folder and boot manager file...where is the .iso file?
Thanks!
Oh I get it, The .zip is the .iso. Thanks for this download, I hope this works!
I love you 2! thanks so much for creating this!! my 10 yr. old son was devastated and is now very happy again!
dutch_verison cd
Hi I have a toshiba laptop with a faulty dvd drive. Is it possible for me to mount this image to restore vista? Please advise any other solutions if possible. Thanks in anticipation.
Hi Guru I have a toshiba laptop with a broken dvd rom. Can I mount this image to repair vista? Please advise of any other possibilities as well. Thanks in anticipation.
Heres my dilema--- i purchase a new velocity micro promagix a51 from circut city. I upgraded to service pack 1 on windows home premium. after i installed it it was running fine and then the blue creen of death lol. when i restarted the computer i got the error message bootmgr so i tried to do a system recovery with the recovery discs from velocity to no avail i would get this error message 0x2001001300001002 saying if this error continues contact velocity customer support. this was sunday morning and they are closed. so i contacted microsoft they told me i have to have a windows retail copy disc to fix the bootmgr and that they couldnt send me one becuase my copy is a OEM version. So i started surfing google and found this site so i downloaded the Windows Vista 32-Bit (x86) Recovery Disc Torrent created a iso disc and right when i was booting up A microsoft manager called me back asking if my ticket was resolved. so i asked him about this file and how come they were not aware of this and this is what he told me. this file is for techs who put large numbers of oem software on computers and that he strongly suggests that i dont use it. so me being me i tried it and when it came to the part to search for your windows it asks me to intall my hard drive drivers wich i do not have!!! thats where i am know LMAO!!! i heard windows vista was terrible and now i agree !!!! im waiting till tomarrow to contact velocity and see what they tell me and tell them i want my disc!! If i do not get any answers from them BYE BYE VISTA !!! Im installing XP PRO !!!!!!!!!!!!! But if anyone has any ideads im open for some suggestions :-}
Thank you so much Guru! Your recovery CD saved ten days of my life, which otherwise would be spent on waiting for a CD from HP. Worked like magic on my Vista-64 desktop. For some reason, on the first boot it didn't give me what I was looking for, but after the reboot the HP recovery console (32-bit) magically appeared on the menu. Thanks again and all the best in 2009!
I downloaded this cd. It works. I put my key and then the error to install the install.wim comes up. Then i looked and found a cd of windows vista to upgrade. I put it in. it worked the same as the one i burned here...i didnt get the error messag anymore. it is now installing..hope this works because the error code i kept getting when starting my laptop was that there was an error installing the windows. Hope this works. try buying the cd on ebay or something..or go to a tech. place maybe they have it.
i updated my computer to service pack 1 on vista home premium this is a brand new velocity micro pc promagic a51. everything was fine then i got the blue screen told me to reboot when i did i got the no boot cfg screen. So i tried to do a system restore with the discs that came with the computer and i get this error message 0x2001001300001002 telling me to contact velocity tech support if it continues which it defintly did. this was on sunday and they are not open so i decided to contact microsoft. microsoft told me that i need a windows vista home premium disc wich i do not have because they dont ship them with new computers. so i asked if microsoft can send me one and the tech told me only if it is a retail copy and not a oem wich mine is LOL. (a rip off so microsoft can make more money] the tech told me to ask my freinds if they have one and to conact velocity and we hung up leaving my ticket open. So i decided to hit the net searching in google i found your site downloaded this file burned the mage put it in the pc and a microsoft manager called me back at that moment {FUNNY}. So i asked him how come he wasnt aware of this file he asked me for the website i gave it to him and after putting me on hold he came back and told me {that this file is for techs who put large numbers of windows on pcs that he suggests that i do not use and get a copy of vista}. well me being me i decided to give it a shot when it gets to the screen to select your operating system the operating system is not in the window and it tells me to intall the hard drive drivers. thats where im at !!! I heard windows vista was terrible by freinds and with this expeiriance and starting to agree. im going to contact velocity today and if they cant help me im going back to windows XP
Downloaded it, created the image, booted from the CD.......
Worked perfectly.
Thanks !!!!!!!!!!
I'm trying to use this to recover but whenever i get to the select an o.s. screen i need to add drivers because it doesn't see vista for some odd reason. I can even navigate to the C drive and everything's still there! what do i do?
Hey I downloaded the CD, put it into my computer and I arrive at the same place as the night before. I restarted the computer and pressed F8, nothing happened. Restarts again, spams F8, same place. Have I done something wrong anywhere? I'm using a Windows Vista Home Basic, x32-Bit one.
Hey I downloaded the CD, put it into my computer and I arrive at the same place as the night before. I restarted the computer and pressed F8, nothing happened. Restarts again, spams F8, same place. Have I done something wrong anywhere? I'm using a Windows Vista Home Basic, x32-Bit
Guys i dont know what happened but my HP Pavilion just wont start everytime i put start automatically it just turns black and nothing happens. i put the cd in the computer and i started it and it then said to press any key to read from cd or whatever. then i went into like a vista background thing and there i had to LOAD something.. and i didnt know what to do.. please help me! emergency. i have a paper due in the next few days
Worked perfectly...I screwed myself good by making changes in easyBCD that I didn't entirely understand. Well to make a long (2 day) story short I couldn't access either Vista or Ubuntu (liveCD only) so w/o this disk I was done! Fortunately, I had a recovery partition and was able to repair Vista and repair GRUB and now I have a great, seamless dual-boot. Sorry I didn't post all my trials (what a nightmare!!) but I don't play well with others when I'm frustrated. All I can say is, Thanks!!!
AMRER:
You are going fine!
After the cd boot, you will see a language selection menu. Select English, and select your keyboard default (but i think thats only for command prompt).
Another menu will appear, saying install. Instead of install, go to the lower-left options and select startup repair.
It worked for me. I had to reboot and repair 2 times. After the second time windows rebooted normaly.
Good luck!
Joan:
Before F8, you need to do the following in order to use the recovery cd.
You need to prime your dvd/cd drive for start up in the BIOS menu.
There are 2 ways:
After pressing the 'on' button, press the corresponding key to enter the BIOS setup, or SETUP (it could be the BELETE key, but it can be other - watch the bottom of the screen for instructions).
In the BIOS setup, hit the arrows to go back and forth in the diferent tab menus. Go to the boot menu. Go down (arrows) to select the dvd/cd drive, and use the F5 or F6 to order the boot sequence. || The dvd/cd drive MUST BE THE TOP ONE. ||
Press Esc and select "exit and save settings". Your computer will start up using the dvd/cd drive, before the hard drive. (don't worry about the settings you made in the bios. you will be able to start up normaly after the this repair issue)
There is another way... after powering on the computer, press - watch the bottom of the screen for instructions - the BOOT setup key (in the computer i used the cd it was the F2). Using the arrows, select the device you want to boot from. Select your dvd/cd drive by hitting Enter.
After the cd boot, you will see a language selection menu. Select English, and select your keyboard default (but i think thats only for command prompt).
Another menu will appear, saying install. Instead of install, go to the lower-left options and select "Startup Repair".
It worked for me. I had to reboot and repair 2 times. After the second time, windows rebooted normaly.
Good luck!
Hey guys, I'm having a problem with using this to help repair the start-up file that was apparently broken... I burned it, put it in, setup to start from the disc and it says that windows is loading the files, but then stays on a blackscreen with the pointer forever... Is it supposed to do this? How long do I have to wait?
I came across this page while looking for a way to fix my Vista .NET 3.0. I've spent the last 5-6 days doing only that... surfing for ideas, attempting repairs, and again and again... so far, not much luck. I did come across a few utilities that will come in handy I'm sure, but so far, no cigar... I was hoping this recovery disk might do the trick, but unfortunately, that did not work for me. Great utility tho, I'm sure it'll come in handy sooner or later.. :)
Well, back to my googling for ideas...
So my problem is that Windows Vista while it does show the driver in the device manager, can't find the drive assignment itself in any of the windows applications. Can not burn a CD because that is one of the symptoms of the problem.
Can you download recovery disk for windows vista on a Mac and the Img burn won't work on my Mac
You can download the torrent on Mac using any one of the popular torrent clients (deluge, vuze, and uTorrent work best) and burn it using anything from the default OS X CD burner to my personal fav: Burn.
somebody please help!....i downloaded the torrent file..it is sat on my computer as a .rar file. i used imgburn to put this onto a cd. i booted the cd on my laptop..i get the "press any key to boot the cd or dvd" message. after doing that, a message appears saying "windows is loading files" and a bar appears across the bottom of my screen. once the files have loaded i get the microsoft corporation screen with a small loading bar underneath for a couple of minutes. then i get a blank screen. no pointer, no cursor, nothing.
Vista home premium error on an HP laptop:
File: \Boot\BCD Status: 0xc0000034 Info: The Windows Boot Configuration Data file is missing required information
Downloaded the torrent file/iso on a mac. moved it to a PC and burned for free with: CDBurnerXP from: http://cdburnerxp.se/
rebooted vista, chose the repair option.
after the install and reboot all is well.
Thanks for this website!!!
I have downloaded Windows vista 32 bit (x86) recovery disc torrent, but it is being downloaded as a dead file. Plz help me
does this software allow you to restore from factory settings? b
Hey guys,
Wonder if anyone can help me. I have a Lenovo Y500 series laptop which came with a pre-installed Windows Home Basic. They did not provide me with a recovery disc or a recovery partition. Now my lappy has konked out. I need to recover my system. What can i do?? can i use the above stuff and use the same Windows Vista reg key that i have at the bottom of my lap-top??? Please advice.
Thanks, Anupam
Just learned that if you hit F10 reboot is built into the Windows Vista with no need for a disk!!!!!!
hi, thank you very much. today this bootdisk helped me recover my vista.
Thanks. It's a brilliantly, useful idea to make this utility available!
thanks for making this available.
after 2 days and a serioulsy sick machine, the recovery CD after 3 attempts brought it back from the brink.
Why this is not available from the micorsoft site given that OEMS are not supplying it to end users. I dont know.
oh well, can now try and install SP1 again and hope this time It does not kill the machine
thanks for your support
I tried to use this non ultimate dreamscene patch for vista and screwed up with the personalization menu. now it shows "page won't load" or something like that and a blank window. 1. will this recovery disc correct this? 2. do I have to start from the scratch or what do I miss by using this repair? Please Help! Dilina
will the 64 bit torent work on a sony vaio laptop with windows vista?? and will i lose anything on the computer itself ie pictures and music etc
when i turn on my pc i get a black screen with !! 0xc0000034 !! 251/68938(000000000000000_ms) flashing in white. now i was told that i could use a recovery disk to help, if this is true then email me at the email address above. and if anyone can give me any more info on how to fix this problem, it will be greatly apresheated.
thanks
Hey guys my friend just bought a computer from another friend of mines but its locked it's asking for a password he got it cheap so thats why he bought it thinking he'll unlock it somehow.
I found this website and downloaded the link, burned it successfully and tried to boot it, it took me to the boot menu...i clicked on INSTALL NOW...asked me for the activation code I dont have an activation code i tried to click next...and then it said something about it cannot find "install. something but if you know what I'm talking about is there anyway someone can help me?
Its an HP Pavillion DV9000xd I believe..
thank you..
e-mail: shpatb@hotmail.com
I have a HP Compaq Presario laptop running vista that i bought just over a year ago. When I turn the power on it just restarts itself. Only when i press any or a combination of F8-F12 does it stay switched on but displays no image on the screen.
I've used the recovery disc as advised on this site but I can't even get into the BIOS to change the boot configuration to CR_ROM. It spins the disc but then stops.
Any ideas?
I've booted from the recovery disk (downloaded the iso, nero'd it to a CD, booted from CD), bu tI don't see any gui....just a DR DOS prompt, I even tried to fdisk /mbr, but it won't take.
why can't I see the gui?
any help is greatly appreciated.
mf
Hi, all!
(1)By using this iso you won't loose your data. The iso is going to repair the os, not reinstalling it. If you have a data partition, don't worry.
(2)My advice for future ocurrencies
Start\left-click on the Documents icon\Proprieties\4th tab\Move\Select a free partition (normally a D: drive, or a non-windows-system-drive with another drive letter)\Create a Folder (Documents)\Press "Select Folder", and go get a cup of coffe while you wait.
This process will move EVERYTHING on the documents folder to a non-os drive, normally a D: drive. So, if you need to format, repair or install another os, you don't need to worry about loosing your personal docs.
Dito isto, vamos ao que interessa!
To prime your dvd/cd drive for start up in the BIOS menu.
There are 2 ways:
\1 After pressing the 'on' button, press the corresponding key to enter the BIOS setup, or SETUP (it could be the BELETE key, but it can be other - watch the bottom of the screen for instructions).
In the BIOS setup, hit the arrows to go back and forth in the diferent tab menus. Go to the boot menu. Go down (arrows) to select the dvd/cd drive, and use the F5 or F6 to order the boot sequence. || The dvd/cd drive MUST BE THE TOP ONE. ||
Press Esc and select "exit and save settings". Your computer will start up using the dvd/cd drive, before the hard drive. (don't worry about undoing the settings you made in the bios. you will be able to start up normaly after the this repair issue, even other disks inserted)
\2 There is another way... after powering on the computer, press - watch the bottom of the screen for instructions - the BOOT setup key (in the computer i used the cd it was the F2). Using the arrows, select the device you want to boot from. Select your dvd/cd drive by hitting Enter.
After the cd boot, you will see a language selection menu. Select English, and select your keyboard default (but i think thats only for command prompt - i didn't use it).
Another menu will appear, saying install. Instead of install, go to the lower-left options and select "Startup Repair".
It worked for me. I had to reboot and repair 2 times. After the second time, windows rebooted normaly.
Good luck!
(This is not a very techy thing, but to those of you that are experiencing a loooong black screen after the loading bar, press non essencial keys when it seems that nothing is happening - i used the arrows and worked[!]. Stay alert for the activity led. Good Luck!)
I used the first recovery disc to wipe and erase the data from my hard drive, then inserted the second cd, but still nothing is happening. My laptop is a sony vaio.
Please help.
Whats the Key
i have downloaded the ISO (twice), created the disc using imgburn and recieved the same error message with both copies. The message is: 'Install.wim' is missing from the source file error cose:0x8007002
can anyone help? thanks in advance
Once Again, This is not an installer. This is a recovery disc. Installer disc is 3GB in size. This is only 120mb
Hoping someone can help. Received the following message on my Toshiba Satellite P205-S6287 upon startup: "A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart"
Using this recovery disc I was able to get to the Repair Tools and it scanned my hard drive, rebooted but came back to this same message.
In trying to boot from this disc again to try repairs once more, it starts "Windows is loading files" and a bar fills the bottom of the screen. When this gets all the way to the right, the Microsoft Corporation with green "scanning" bar appears (the one that usually appears at start up). While this is yone happening you can hear the disc drive working. Then all of a sudden all goes quiet and NOTHING. The mouse arrow appears on the black screen and that's it. Nothing else happens. I don't get to the repair/recovery screen I got to the first time I tried this disc. Everything is silent and the only noise the laptop makes is slight clicking/crackling from the hard drive.
Any thoughts or ideas of what can be done? I would prefer not to reformat my hard drive as there are some files I want to recover.
Thanks.
I downloaded the 64 bit version. It was 145 mb. I wrote it to a cd. but the system will not boot from it. I get the error message " NTLDR missing" I finally got to look at the disk I burned and sure enough no NTLDR ant where. So after downloading it again several times with the same results I'm asking for help after searching for an answer here and other forums. Thanks
I downloaded the 64-bit version. When I try to run it goes through the "windows is loading files" stage and then eventually gets to a blue screen with a white arrow, but nothing else comes up. I'm not sure what went wrong.
Your links for vista recovery doesn't work.
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/#respond
I downloaded the disc and burnt it, trying to fix my "corrupt" registry but the disc will not boot.
@Pinto: Thanks for the explanation. I've passed it to my cuz who's having some issues with his vista
Hey ComputerGuru!
I manages starting up the ISO but the installation stuck saying "Windows cannot open the required file E:\Sources\Install.wim. The file does not exist. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070002" Any ideas!..? :((
I bought a new computer over a year ago and was having problems with vista, I then decided to install linux which I absolutely love but I now want to play some games and need to install vista back but I was never given vista disc to reformat as usual, would the torrent posted help me in reformating my computer to vista? If not what are my options? Any answers would be greatly appreciated thank you.
Will this work with any computer running windows vista? I got a virus in my laptop and it is shutting down after a couple of mins being on, i won't let me scan it. I have no recovery disk so i was wondering if this will help me?
thanks
I downloaded the torrent and burnt the image to disc and it says I'm missing a file and it won't install?
hi i have dell inspiron 1420 os is window vista i have norton ghost 14 i just instaled then create backup file of my vista to another drive now i have a problem in window vista so i want to recover my old vista from that backup file --.v2i but i dont know how to recover from that file with the help of norton ghost 14 pls help thanx
Hi, I have a HP6710b laptop which came out with Vista Business with a XP recovery CD. Because of work purposes they said i must load XP, which i did and made Vista Business Recovery Discs. Now I want to reinstall VISTA but the recovery discs does not want to run. When I insert the 1st recovery CD is only gives me files with the names "boot", "preload", Sources" and "boo.mgr".
I am not a computer guru and don't know much about it. Can ANYBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
Yolande
Hi, i have an HP COMPAQ 6735S laptop.
It came with an OEM VISTA HOME PREMIUM X86, however i reinstalled the system , and now have an ultimate x64 . My question is that ' how would it be possible to restore the recovery partition back to its original state and how to make it possible to acces this partition while booting so i could recover my laptop to its original state, because i have deleted that partition' ? Thanks
"Jan. 9th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Hey guys, I'm having a problem with using this to help repair the start-up file that was apparently broken... I burned it, put it in, setup to start from the disc and it says that windows is loading the files, but then stays on a blackscreen with the pointer forever... Is it supposed to do this? How long do I have to wait?"
Can anyone comment on this? I'm having the same problem. This also occurs when I try to boot from my Lenovo recovery disc. (i have a Lenovo 3000 k100 desktop running ( trying to run) vista home premium)
Any input would be greatly appreciated! (my computer's been out of commission for a week now and I've tried just about everything. . .)
i love you
Microsoft has like a thou o´years making money from us, they actually don´t give a F.. for us, they´s just concerned ´bout their profits. Only thing that we need is have competition (now we can enjoy another kind of softwares like Mac) that is not so very unexpensive, though, we could make a whole final balance of what will be better for us, spending a bunch of bucks at the beginig (buyin a Mac)and save lot money and time through the way or make a poor investement first and start spending money for the rest of my PC life.
Computer Guru,
I have downloaded the file using UTorrent and also installed Imgburn. I belive that the file downloaded is a RAR. file. Do i need to burn the RAR. file with Imgburn or extract the contents.
Thanks for the support.
Stevie.
Thanks guys! I've downloaded VR disk to attempt to repair corrupted winsock2 on my Vaio vgn-fz21m. Will it do the trick? I've used reccomedations found on MS support sites as well as the ones found on other fora but to no avail! If one of you has a brighter idea, I'm all ears. Thanks for your feedback!
I had problems doing this with ImgBurn - worked with CDBurnerXP. Then I found it was the same as the Recoery DVD-ROM for Windows Vista my manufacturer gave me. I thought this would get me into the file system to allow me to save some files but I just ended up reinstalling vista with this. It did give me the optio to install vista to an external HD which might have allowed me to get to the C:/ drive files. Fortunately I had a partition and could get to my non-system files. It did save off my old program files and all in the c:/ drive under Windows.old - good luck
I need help. I deleted my Recovery partition (on accident). I cant download the partition on this site. Well matter fact any site. My CD drive doesnt work. Nortons wont work anymore. And I dont have ANY way of reformatting my harddrive. I am deployed overseas at the moment so I cant just take it to a computer shop either. Im screwed unless the computer gurus on this site can help me!!!!
I bought a laptop from a yard sale and I need to get around the password, where can i get a ultimate boot cd or get around the pasword
If you prefer direct download: (I hate torrent download) http://rapidshare.com/files/133046583/WV.Recovery.pm.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/133042756/WV.Recovery.pm.part2.rar
Dear Sir, I have acer laptop with vista installed on C drive. But vista is not allowing me to install softwares like C, MATLAB etc. Hence I decided to go for multiboot OS. I installed XP on E drive but now vista is invisible. Please tell me how to recover it. Is it necessary ti again load Office 2003 which was already loaded in C with vista. Please guide me in this regard.
With regards, G S Kondhare
Thank you very much for this guide. I as stuck with my home premium, now let me try this.
Need help here pls...previously is vista version, then in stall to XP. Now i want install back to vista again but the system recovery doesn't work at bios page. after downloaded this file n burn to a cd. all previous step normal but when start install after key in cd key then pop-up a message "This file doesn't found F:\Source\Install.wim"
Can i just take this and use it on my xp pc? so that now i have vista? :D OH and do i need an activation key?
U are's life saver!!! Thanks for filling M$'s holes
SIR
I HAVE LAPTOP ACER IT INSTALLED Windows Vista HOME PREMIAM PROF SP 1 , WE ADD MORE RAM FOR ACER LAPTOP AFTER 3 DAYS IT STATED PEOBLEM AS RESTART EVERY 10 MINISTS, IT GET CURRECPTED
I DON'T HAVE ITS RECOVERY C.D I DOWNLOAD 32 BIT Recovery Disc & TRY TO RECOVER, IT WORK WELL AT LAST IT ASK C.D KEY I PUT THE C.D KEY WHICH STICK WITH LAPTOP, BUT IT NOT SUPPORTING THAT C.D KEY
HOW CAN I RECOVER MY VISTA
Hi, I'm hoping that you might be able to help me. I seem to be having the same trouble on 2 machine. One has xp and the other has vista. When we try and download anything we get the dialog box that say run or save. It doesn't matter which option you choose it appear to work but then when it gets to about 5% done on small downloads it still looks as if it is downloading but it doesn't do anything. I have left it like that for hours and it just sits there. Do I need to reinstall the Operating systems? If so, can I download the recovery disk to a flash drive? Any help would be appreciated...Thanks
Hi !
I succeed to burn an ISO CD-RW using ImgBurn but it doesn't boot !
This is my CD content : [boot] : bcd, boot.sdi, bootfix.bin bootmgr
Does it seems correct to you ?
This is actually my CD content : bootmgr ; boot\bcd, boot.sdi, bootfix.bin ; sources\boot.wim
Is this correct ?
This is actually my CD content : bootmgr ; boot\bcd, boot.sdi, bootfix.bin ; sources\boot.wim
Is this correct ? May the fact that my CD is a CR-RW be a possible cause of the boot failure ?
I have tried both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the recovery disc and they both work great.
btw, i used nero to burn both discs from the iso and i had no boot problems with them.
thank you so much for this. saved me a lot of time...
I booted from the disc but when it asks for the vista product key on the bottom of the computer, it says that it cannot be validated. Any help?
Thank you. You completely saved my sanity.
okay, well i used this, and after using it i could not even start my computer any longer?? it got soo bad the computer would attempt to load vista loser, and would fail, then go to windows nt and 2000? which my computer didnt even have. of course they would fail. and then i had to go to a computer guy to repair it. and he did the job. now my computers messed again cuz of something stupid i downloaded. and im in a dilemma. i dont wanna spend the money to go back and tell him to fix it. he said he couldny manage to make a recovery disc for me. soo now i'm lookin at this again cuz it seems soo convincing with all the responses. but my acer am1640 didn't seem to work. i mean the installation process worked. but once it restarted after installin it wouldnt even start. what do i do. i need someones help. is this site legit> if it is why is it not on the microsoft site? why is it on some neosmart site????
I downloaded, burned & booted the Vista 32 bit recovery disk for my Sony vaio. I clicked on repair. It went to a screen that says: "System Recovery Options" "Select an operating system to repair and click next. If you do not see your operating system listed, click load drivers to load drivers for your hard disks." Since I didn't see anything listed under operating system, I clicked "load drivers." Another little box pops-up and says: "Insert the installation media for the device and click OK to select the driver." I have no idea what this means so I click ok. Now another screen comes that says "open" at the top. It says "look in" with a drop down menu next it. When I click the arrow to open the drop down menu and the choices are " sources, Desktop, System, Public, Com puter, Local Disk (C), CD Drive (D), Recovery (E), Boot (X), Sources." To the left are: RECENT PLACES, SYSTEM, COMPUTER.
I have no idea what to do now. Can someone please advise me on my next move. Why does the disk seem to work flawlessly for everyone else. Just my luck. Any ideas??
it work but my product key don't work .,.can you help me
I tried using the startup repaid and it fails with error msg "Startup repari cannot repair this computer automatically. Sneding more information can help MS create solutions. I tried even a fresh install and it failed becuz the CD doesnt have Installwin.wmi (i think i spelled the file name correctly).
why this disc,is asking me for a serial number??? please answer me thanks
It's asking for a serial number because you are trying to INSTSALL the disk. This disk does not install it will only REPAIR. So instead of clicking INSATLL NOW, you need to click on REPAIR.
When I boot to the 64bit version of the CD it seems to want to install vista, is it installing it on the cd or on the hard drive? I got out of the program at that point because I didnt want to mess up my system. Any help would be appreciated. Kevin
I'm in france and I don't have access to a PC to download this torrent. My work PC can't download the torrent software. I have Freinds with a Mac. Could the Mac download and run the torrent, then either burn the windows CD or transfer the file to my work PC so I can burn.
Don't want to wait weeks for a CD to come in the mail.
Ben
Yes, you can download & burn the CD with a Mac. I recommend using the freeware "Burn" app on Mac to get the job done.
I had acer 4930, my dealer install it with crack window vista ultimate and now after one month the screen goes blank and a menu pops up and want to type a product key or call dell center this is the second time it happen so i gave to the dealer to solve it and they install it and after one month it happen again.Can i prevent this?
Mirror: http://p.download.uol.com.br/superdownloads/utilitarios/65346_vista_recovery_disc.rar
Hi, Is there a way to determine whether a version of Vista is 32 or 64 bit without actually getting into Windows as the error I have is preventing this?
megusta el windows vista
I have the CD and when I finally booted from it I get DR DOS. So what should I do next to repair VISTA?
I downloaded the Vista 32 bit recovery ISO file using the link on this page, but am confused: The web page says it is a 120 MegaByte download, but the file I downloaded (Vista_Recovery_Disc.iso) is only 19.1 Kilobytes. Does it expand to 120 MB, or did the wrong file get downloaded? Please help this novice figure out how to save his system. Thanks!
hi there i just download this iso file for windows vista and it went everything smoothly i put my code there it was ok for a second and then it say it can find some instalation file so it can be instaled what s wrong???
Hi, i downloaded iso image(repair disc) burn it with Nero, computer booted ok, but after product key entering apear:"...file: sources\install.wim. The file is does not exist...." Instalation was canceled, please help
This ISO was a definite life saver. I choose the option to change the boot system back, which was thankfully all i needed. I'm going to do a real backup of my OS for future endeavors from here on out
Message to Computer Guru or anyone else : I usually read all comments posted but here, there are too many ! Is there someone who was active in this page who can summarize the key points in all these posts ? It could be 5 or 10 bullet points. A real thank you if someone can do this for the community.
Addendum following my post above : If you Computer Guru do such a summary, you might include it at the end of the main article. The big advantage is that it will not be lost in the middle of the posts in the future.
Hi
I am trying this for a friend whose laptoip has died. I'm not sure whether I should download the 32 or 64 bit version. How do I find out, given his laptop won't boot up currently?
Thanks
Mike
I seriously find is amusing that the ONE biggest problem the "install.wim" one is being completely avoided and ignored and not being resolved. Why is that guys? Because its my problem and I've wasted 4 blank CDs trying to re-do it and re-downloading it and there's no solution on this page. I've looked at all the comments.
"Stop Israel's massacre of innocent women and children in Gaza!"????
What's this crap? I urge you to visit Israel and see for yourself.
I've successfully downloaded and use the recovery disk, but my laptop is searching for install.wim and i can't find it anywhere on the disk pls. help me
Hey guys I have a little problem. I have an Asus gaming series laptop and a friend of mine thought it would be funny to mess around and become the sole admin of my laptop. Well now I need it back seeing as he also put parental controls on it for fun and every other hour I am logged off and can't get work done like this. I burned the ISO image to a disk and tried to re install windows but i get to the screen where you enter your product key and type it in, and then on the page after that I get the error 0x80070002 saying that its missing a file and then it brings me back to the first page of the installation, any suggestions?
Vista Home Premium (64-bit) Asus G1 series
Hey guys I have a little problem. I need to reinstall vista with this but I get the error 0x80070002 on the screen after you type in your product key, any suggestions?
I have Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) Asus G1 series gaming laptop
The original problem I think was a vista update to my DELL Inspiron... once it restarted after them it went to a BSOD, tried restarting but even safe mode brings up the blue screen and system restore brings up the blank screen... so I tried this recovery CD...
I downloaded the files and burnt them to DVDs just fine, booted using f12 boot menu went well, got past the "windows loading files" stage alright, started to load windows but once the loading bar disappeared nothing happened... screen just stayed black (not off, backlight was still on)...
help would be appreciated, thanks
hey,
I am trying to dual boot my lenovo laptop that came with windows vista to run xp also. I sucessfully installed xp and now the computer can run xp. I also installed bcd_edit on xp so that i cud restore the vista boot records. Now when i start the system, it shows me both vista and xp to choose from, but if i select to start vista, it takes me to the screen asking if i want to start windows normally, and after that it just doesnt go to the login page and restarts.
I have been reading thro many of these forums to figure wats the problem, and finally cant seem to fix things by myself, so posting for help here, pls help me out here.
The recovery disk that i had created for vista isnt working becos, i had made tat before i made the partition and now the image is large to try a recovery. The laptop did not come with any other vista installation cds. I burned a vista recovery cd i found on neosmart. and tried to boot thro that, it says there was a startup problem and then it searches the problem and all its tests area success but it cant fix the system.
Like the Asus laptop user above, I cannot get any of these "recovery\repair" disks to boot. I tried three different ISO burners on different DVD disks but all I get is that annoying blinking light. I have NOT tried the one listed here, but others, including the MSKB approved WAIK repair ISO file. I will try this tonight, and thanks.
Ummm is this for windows vista 32bit home or is it for windows vista 64bit ultimate?
Funny how this guy talks like he's smart yet he fails to address what version of vista this recovery disk is for.
hi i was wondering why when i try to download it only gives me an option to save it when i try to open with img burn it says wrong format what am i doing wrong
i can not thank you enough, for two days i suffered worrying about my data.
AWESOME peoples, thankyou very much, this "rescue" disk has just saved me a lot of headache Cheers!
HI!
I have a fujitsu siemens computer running windows vista and seem to have a virus that i can't get rid of. I have tried windows defender (crap i know), a-squared, AVG, and malwarebytes and none of them can find a virus. Sneaky little thing! But everytime I use the internet I get redirected to pages that I don't want and sometimes the internet just shuts down altogether. Will this recovery CD fix this problem and do you have an suggestions on how to better protect myself in the future?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks!!!
HEY, GUYS. you've just saved me. after trying to install an old driver for my midi controller, i got stuck at the boot screen. i couldnt even log into vista to undo the mess.
i've followed the steps to recover the disk using ur bootdisk (x86) 'till step 3. the only issue i had was with the 'bootsect.exe'. i couldnt find it in the recover disk, so i've downloaded one from 4shared.com and added ti to the iso image.
i wanna thank u boys (and girls?) by saving me from another vista reinstall. thank you and to my sister (for burnin' me the .iso)
cheers ;)
believe the hype people... this thing works
i was panicking thing i permanently messed up the laptop. the black screen came up with this error message and all that... my brother was in my ear laughing at me... it was a nightmare
but i followed the instructions and sorted the damn thing out...
thanks for putting this page up!!!
Thanks
This fixed my nieces Vista quickly and painlessly on her Acer laptop!
Computer Guru. I cannot find any iso files after extracting the 32 bits vista recovery disc. I've downloaded 2 times just to make sure that there's no problem with my downloading but still got the same result after extracting the rar file. any solution? thanks.
is this recovery disc for sony vaio laptops???
My laptop also failed to boot this morning, I have a Compaq presario f500 and beleve the VRAM to be 64Mb. I've downloaded the 32bit torrent file posted and burnt on to a blank DVD+R. Upon inserting the disc I get the same message as before, Windows has failed to boot, insert recovery disc and restart you computer. The disc spins, however you can tell it doesnt really like what its reading. Have I done something wrong?
I confirm the file downloaded as being called Vista_Recovery_Disc, and the type of file to be an Image File (.iso)
Prior thanks,
Matthew
I think Nero has a problem burning bootable ISO images - I advise you to attempt to burn it with ImgBurn instead (it's free and a tiny download).
Also, please check the MD5 of the downloaded ISO if it still doesn't work.
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Sorry Guru, I didn't see this message brfore, I'll try using ImgBurn and get back in touch once I have.
Matthew.
Let me just tell you guys something i have learned over the years of my IT experience. Nero has a problem with bootable images being burned to a disc.. You MUST use another program... i personally recommend MagicISO or some program that enables you to "see" bootable images. Burn the image using MagicISO and i guarantee that it will work.. I can't vouch for any other programs though.. not to say that there aren't others out there.
And i have not tested it, but depending on your BIOS and the settings... (especially if it is a newer system) you SHOULD be able to extract the files from the ISO to a thumb drive (which you can do with MagicISO or PowerISO) But MAKE SURE you put the files straight onto the thumb drive. Don't put them into a folder on the thumb drive cause that's not going to work. I think you know what i mean. I hope this is all of some assistance to you guys.
Again... MagicISO or PowerISO and possibly UltraISO will work for your needs.
That was for booting from the thumb drive
I did burnt the ISO file to a cd but it is not booting and my vista is not comming up!
Hi, I just wanted to say thanks for this great software! freeBSD messed up my MBR and this fixed it.
With a swedish Windows Vista Home Premium, not starting, can I use an English Vista Recovery disc ? Language selection at start of V R imcludes only English.
have downloaded the disk but dont kno what to do at all. Vaio have told me that the disk i need will cost me $50.00 dont wanna pay that!!! can any one help
k so i downloaded the file and i mounted/burned to my disk so now i dont know what to do because when i go into the disk it just opens up the folder and then i have 2 other folders and a file with 328kb.
Hi my pc did have a system Recovery program inside the pc itself now it dosnt seem to show itself anymore i need to reformat my pc will this allow me to reformat? cause the CD i got all it does is install vista it dosnt refrmat the pc at all and now i got at least 3 Vista's on my pc
my computer is a Emachine Bought Used by TigerDirect
i am using toshiba satellite l310. i was using xp as os and recently when i tried to formate and install vista, it didnot formated and vista installed and old xp files compiled into old windows folder. i also tried for boot from cd but found error of os not found in cd. i also want to install intel matrix storage device driver but for that i think formate is needed. so guide me how to formate my laptop with this cd.
This is a message to all of the people trying to use this to install. DON'T ! It is not an install cd. It is a repair cd. If you try to use it to install, it WILL fail because it doesnt have the installation image needed to install. This is not a magic bullet to put vista back on after you wiped out your drive with Ubuntu or by trying to downgrade to XP. If you deleted the Recovery partition, you need to buy a copy of the recovery DVD's from the manufacturer. Once again, This is not an install cd, so don't even bother with the "Install" option.
this .iso = 120MB WAIK = 992MB
But what exactly is in this .iso?
We understand this is not an "install" disk FOR INSTALLING TO HARD DRIVE.
However, this is a streamlined and functional Vista OS, which in fact is FASTER than any hard disk-installed (RAM-diskless) Vista.
And, with some tweaks this "recovery Vista" can be expanded to include whatever the "extras" an end user might require.
Your existing hard disk-installed Vista that you paid for when you bought your PC has EVERYTHING you need to do this.
@willib
FreeBSD will not touch your MBR unless you select that option during install. The install menu is quite clear about that and if I recall it even warns Windows users not to leave the MBR alone. Moreover the FreeBSD handbook at FreeBSD.org explains everything you need to know about setting FreeBSD in plain language, in ONE document. Alas, Windows does not come with a User Manual or anything similar.
FreeBSD is the world's most reliable OS. That's why sites like Yahoo and Microsoft themslves have used it to run their servers.
my hp laptop 9500dv home premium vista 32 bit wont start,it loads the micros ft corporation thing and a black screen appears and the computer restarts,i get a message stating that the last start up failed,use start up repair ,it doesn't diagnose anything all it says that been caused due changes in system configuration.system restore also doesn't work
WOW ok thx neosmart so very much i will seed this works great i did what you said it took me about 20 mins to fix my mom vista computer i down loaded the 32 bitx86 from utorrent then i used nti cd maker wich works great for iso does it auotmaticly then burned it to cd then i went into the bios changed it to boot from cd loaded the vista recovery disk all i can SAY IS WOW DONE FIXED LATER IN 20 MINS saved all setting pics files ect. not even frys could help me and ever one else wanted me to buy this thanks so much no problems works great!!!!! if you do it right!!!
I have checked it now. MagicISO, PowerISO, and UltraISO all recognize the image file as bootable so these three should work without a problem. So... for those of you having problems with the disc working; install one of these three programs, right click the Vista Recovery Disc iso image file, "Open With" and select the above program, insert your empty disc & click the burn icon.
Home Pages: http://www.magiciso.com/ http://www.poweriso.com/ http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/
Torrents: http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=magiciso http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=poweriso http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=ultraiso
Hi. I'm not really interested in recovering all the sections of my laptop, I just want to recover certain files. Is it possible to backup data from the boot section when you start up Windows Vista? I have a Toshiba Satellite A215 if that will help. Thank you.
Hi i've done all as in instruction and boot the computer from bootable cd boot program does not see any of partition that are created. Does anybody has the same problem?? please help.
I have used nero 8 and it can run very well, just open the iso file and burning. follow this instruction thanks all guys..
I downloaded the recovery disk and it worked all the way the first time i used it, however something happened during the repairing process and the computer restarted. Now when I try to boot from the cd it will get to the points where it says "windows is loading files" and after it loads them it goes to the screen with the green bar bar going back in forth after that the screen goes black and then a cursor appears on the screen...it literally stays like this for hours and I don't know whats wrong..Can anybody help me out????????
hi . my vista home basic original crashed few months a ago .. i have downloaded this will it work for me .. or is there any other way to get my original os back as i had not made a recovery disc ..
What can I say - worked like a charm. Much appreciated!
/Joakim
Hi, I have succesfully burned this onto disc and have put in on the computer and tried the startup repair and it says it cannot repair this computer autimatically. It is missing an OS loader. I have tried system restore, but it says there are no restore points. Any help woould bee appreciated because I am lost! Many thanks.
After dowloading the ile i get error incompatible version, i have Vista Basic
no luck for me... im trying to reinstall vista on my girlfreinds HP laptop but when i went to "Boot from CD/DVD Drive" it just loaded windows...
i used ImgBurn and burned the ISO to a CD and seemed like i followed all the steps ill keep trying.
thanks! I am very happy that I can download from this website one recovery CD. I hope it will work if I need it. I made one recovery CD before from the recovery partition but that CD didn't work.
I have searched far and wide for this type of disk! Thanks a bunch! Its amazing that microsoft hasnt made this kind of disc by now... slackers...
i have download and installed ubuntu linux and didn't notice that i had the option of choosing where its boot loader was installed and now i am not able to boot vista. i have reinstalled ubuntu and its boot loader on another hdd but now i need to fix vista's boot loader hopefully this will work but i dont no where to get an img burner that works for linux. a link to one will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You SOOO much. I had lost functionality of computer for the past 5 days and I had no idea what to do and paying for HP to send me a restore disc that would take a week seemed ridiculous. Thank you again for saving me more time and stress!
i cant boot my vist OS, i erased linux on the other partion and reinstalled XP, i was hoping to find VISTA and XP on ms boot manager. but Grub is gone now and only boots up to XP. my primary partition, c:, wont boot. only d: will boot. and i have this error from a partion software about my c:...:
"W004: partition does not start on cylinder boundry."
Help!
I know this sounds really simple but I'm getting the Boot\BCD error on my Vista, I've tried downloading the ISO file, then I burned it to a CD using IMGBurn, put the disc in my other laptop, restarted but it just went straight to that error msg again, I didn't get a Press any key option! cries any ideas why?
I, like many other people that have posted on this section, have the problem in which the file "install.wim" can't be found, and if you explore the iso yourself, you wont find a trace of it. there was a site mentioned earlier where the download link for the file was provided, however it does not work anymore. http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/01/60316070-3318705--NOA/msvista/pub/Vista_WIM/i386/install.wim ideas, anyone?
I previously deleted my recovery drive because I did not know what is was for and I wanted the extra hard drive space. I downloaded this, burned it fine, booted it up perfectly, but when it goes to repair I can't do anything because there is no recovery drive. It just gives me an error saying that it couldn't find a file on the D: drive (which now no longer exists because of the aforementioned deletion), and tells me to contact tech support. Any ideas?
Hi,
Does anyone know of a similar download for Windows XP x64?
Thanks.
Can you please help me? My laptop Vista doesn't boot. i have about 6 "restore cds" i put them in and they either freeze at please wait or says there is something missing or wrong. I have a lenovo T61 6459-CTO... Vista The Rescue and Recovery of lenovo freezes when i access it It just shows the first page where it says Rescue and Recovery 4
hey guys, hope someone would be able to help me out here.
i've got an acer 4920g laptop, and it won't boot into windows.
i downloaded the x86 and inserted it. they tried to repair but it still couldn't boot to windows, it always hangs at the loading bar. when i go into safe mode, it still hangs at crcdisk.sys without any difference.
so i've retried it a few times and now it says it can't resolve the problem, and asks me to find technical support.
so i turn to you guys, looking for hope! anyone has info that might be able to help me? do you think if i used the x64 cd and tried, it would work?
cheeerrrrss!
I've downloaded the file provided above but when I unzip it, I can't find the .iso file. Can someone help? Thanks!
I have tried to download both of the files but I got two tiny files of 19 and 11 KB respectively, could you be so kind to verify if the links is still working? thanks in advance, I need to recover my system and I have read a lot of good comments about those recovery disks,
Thanks in advance
This is a interesting article and very detailed information..Great job!! I will download the files and keep you posted with my progress...Thanks again
This article just saved my bacon!
Anyone looking for a solution for the error:
\Boot\BCD
0xc000000f
should use this CD... it turned out that a couple of lines from the boot config had gone missing.... Recovery CD found the errors and suggested a fix... said fix used, re-started and immediately had Vista back up and running.
Excellent.
This torrent DOES NOT WORK! Have to check it because it is missing the Install.wim file. Everybody has downloaded SEVERAL TIMES AND BURN the CD SEVERAL TIMES.
EVERYTIME THE SAME THING: INSTALL.WIM IS MISSING!!!!!
Hi, i have a HP Pavillion 9628nr that came with Vista and a Recovery Partition. I formatted the hard drive and created two disks leaving the Recovery Partition intact. Then i installed xp. It runs great. But I was wondering if i could go back to Vista and found out that there is no boot option to enter the recovery disk. Will this cd help me to get Vista installed from the recovery partition? Thanx!!
hi, i've lost the third recovery disc...so now i can't reinstall anything...the product to download functions like recovery discs?and does it work with all marks?
Step by Step Reinstallation of Windows on a Dell PC
Step 1: Look at the Windows Product Key sticker on your Dell PC. Write down the version of Windows.
Step 2: Take your Dell Windows Reinstallation CD/DVD and insert it into the cd/dvdrom drive.
Step 3: Press F12 during bootup. Choose boot from CD/DVDRom
Step 4: Follow onscreen instructions and reload windows
If you dont have a Reinstallation CD/DVD, you can go to: http://www.oemsoftwaresource.com or for a replacement.
Thank you for this amazing disk! I just want to stress out, again, that I also had problems booting the cd after burning it with Nero. Instead, I downloaded ImgBurn and everything went great. You should consider of putting a note in the bottom of the article so people can be aware right in the beginning.
good
Hi, I did everything here but when windows loads the files, stay in black screen for hours and the screen to repair windows don't come out... I have sony vaio with vista home premium.... please...
Hey Im in a predicament were my desktop isn't showing up or anything.I don't know where the original vista disk are and I tried downloading the two links at the top still no luck. I need help!
I have downloaded the repair file as mentioned and am in the process of repairing Vista. It is now asking for the installation media drivers. When I hit the OK button it is directing me to the 'X' drive. Where are the drivers that it is asking for?
First I would like to say thanks to you because I think this is a fantastic thing for vista user. This recovery disk is amazing and solves all recovery related problem of my system. Before this recovery CD I was a user of recovery software named stellar phoenix windows recovery software. which helps me in recovery of files and folder and data from hard drive, floppy disk, CD, DVD, USB storage media .I have tried demo version of this software and for complete recovery of bought license key . But now I reach on my destination. I tried this cd on my old system and recover all data.
Your ISO doesn't contain SATA drivers. My Windows Vista isn't being recognized on its HDD because the ISO doesn't contain the necessary drivers to detect it.
No seeders D:
THIS FILE WORKS GREAT! SAVED EVERYTHING I HAD, NO LOST FILES.
NOTE TO ALL ASUS LAPTOP USERS: Your laptop will not automatically boot the cd, nor will the F12 key work. You MUST hold down the ESC key while the system restarts. I dont know why, but ASUS configured their systems that way. Hold down that ESC key and it will bring up the BOOT screen. Make sure you arrow down and choose the CD drive to boot from. Once you load the CD (with the .iso recovery file on it), just make sure you click on "Repair my computer".
It worked perfectly and saved me from losing everything... because ASUS technical support will tell you that you must use their recovery CD to re-install Vista and lose everything... Forget that crap.
32it version downloads properly but the 64 bit version will not.
I created a Vista Recovery Disc as instructed when I first got the my notebook (Acer) which I’ve used frequently until the last time I tried to do a system restore but installation just couldn’t complete because the disc was scratched? I’m not really a computer guru but I think that I wiped out my operating system and yet left without recovery disc. I downloaded the file mentioned above (Windows Vista Recovery Disc) hoping that it’d help but it just wouldn’t work for me – I booted from the CD and it started to load approximately 80% before it failed, it turned out that some files had gone missing. . Did I perhaps not burn the disc properly, because I just double-clicked on the file I downloaded and hit the “burn” tab? What do you guys suggest I do?
hey it works for me thanks alot you save my ass bro thanks again keep the good work you guys are awsome
I followed all the directions. However, once windows finishes loading all the files from the cd, all I get is a blank screen with a white cursor. What am I doing wrong? Help please!
I would like to tell everyone about the FREE Paragon Backup Express. I do not work for them in any way, but I love this program and it's free and it may just save you if you have a crash on your computer. You can use Backup Express to make an Image of your C drive and put it on an external drive so that if and when your computer dies or gets infected you can just replace it with the Backup Express image. Everyone should have an image of their C drive, to back up to in case you need it!
Well it didn't work - ran two checks for errors, said it couldn't find any. Ran the full range of functions one after the other, but keep getting booted to a black screen with nothing on it, then it starts all over again. Looping continuously in boot up mode.
i had vista in ma laptop.due to few reasons i removed it and put XP.now i want it back,so i used your software.when i tried to setup it,i got a massage asking for a file "E:\sources\install.wim."please help me on this.thank you
I have a toshiba A300 which was originally installed with the vista OEM and has the HDDRecovery partition on there. Since purchasing I returned to windows XP for reasons of compatibility to my pre-purchased softs etc. Now that the drivers and updates are available for all my softs regarding vista I want to return the machine to its factory default OS...Vista. But, all recovery attempts fail. The back up disks don't load and the HDDRecovery drive is there but unattainable. I downloaded the image that you have so kindly supplied here, mounted image onto disc as requested using imgburn and followed the instructions to the letter, and all I get is a flashing curser in the top left hand corner, when I reboot. Also I have loaded up ubuntu from disc and used its drive reading capabilities to access the hidden recovery drive and have copied that drive to a backup external harddrive...and still I don't know what else I am suppossed to do to get the factory default OS of Vista up and running and recovered to my machine. HELP!
hi i´m having problems when i attempt to boot it says bootmgr is missing
Thanks for your Recovery CD
Thanks Computer Guru!!! Ok, over kill with the "!" I know :) But a seriously fantastic fix just the same. One of our cats decided that because it's been a bit cold tonight, it should sleep on my laptop. The laptop was going at full tilt attempting to crack a password I lost last week, and when I found it, it was off. Dead as a door nail. Upon attempting to start it I got the vista black boot screen of death (VBBSOD?). A very quick search found this site, and within a few hours (had to d/l and install a torrent client, ImgBurn and the ISO file, hook up a CD burner [4 HDD were installed on IDE] and burn the image to disk on our desktop), I have my laptop back up and running! Great work m8. Your a freaking legend. If your ever in far north Queensland, I'll buy you a beer or three. (: Cheers!!!
Wow,thanks so much for this! never need to use a recovery tool before,wish u have a donation link some were so we can donate! :)
can you use a recovery disk more than once?
Hey lazygeek, glad you found it useful.
Donations can be made at http://neosmart.net/donations.php
mcfrontalot: You can use the recovery disc as many times as you want.
I haven't used it, but glad to have it in my arsenal, just in case! Thanks!
Does this work even though Dell and HP tattoo their BIOS to run only with the recovery disk specific to that model of PC? I have a Slimline s3300f and have Vista Ultimate which I installed 5 times and all 5 times I went from the desktop to the BSOD.
Can anyone help? I accidentally pressed the start up button when the cpu was in the process of shutting down. When trying to reboot my cpu, it now doesn’t start up, there’s just a black screen. Would the recovery disk solve my problem? Thank you in advance for help!
how to find the serial number.. pls help
Now that the real Vista SP2 has been released, do these recovery disks need to be updated for SP2? I can confirm that they do not complain about being applied to an intact SP2 system, but that's not the same thing as saying there's no harm.
These disks are fully compatible (and safe to use with) Vista SP2 :)
how i can find the serial number ?? pls help
So my computer wouldn't boot because of the missing file wimlib.sys, so I downloaded this, burned it to an CD and booted it on the laptop in question. It looks like its main purpose was to install windows, but I selected 'Repair my computer' which was at the bottom. It corrected wimlib.sys, but now the computer won't boot because of the missing PSHED.DLL and this recovery CD will not fix it. Where are the other utilities such as system restore.
Thank you for this download!!
Thank You. After recovering partition with Acronis True Image I had cyclic rebooting. This CD resolved my problem. Thank you again! :-)
I was restoring to a restore point on my vista windows. Now nothing will come up. Its a blank screen with my cursor. I tried all the safe modes, debugger, last known good conf, but nothing is working. I can hit the shift butten five times and i do get the pop up but nothing else seems to work. i cant even get any icons at all because of this stupid restore. What do i do? i dont have a reboot disc or cant download anything. please help me.
Can this be used with windows xp?? I have a sony vaio pcv-rs620g, it crased while i was running an anti-virus scan and now i can't run task manager, there's no taskbar, and my desktop is blank. and the problem is also present in safe mode. i tried running disc-wiping software but i got error messages. .....help?
Hey...I downloaded the Vista 32 bit for my brother's Dell Inspiron 1501. When I loaded the disc and pressed F12 to boot from CD-Rom nothing happens and it continues to load the system until it gets to the desktop. I have tried using the F8 option with the built-in Repair utility but it does not work. He does not have the recovery CDs because none came with the lappy. I am not sure what to do anymore. In the "Advanced Booting Menu" it gives me the option to "Repair My Computer" but nothing happens after I press it. I have also tried the CTRL + F11 method and nothing. I am beginning to wonder if his Repair Partition is corrupt or got deleted. How much space is that supposed to take from your HD? About 10GB? I think it said 90% of the Recovery D: drive was free...soo, I am not sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Could anyone let me know if this will erase my personal files or not. I just got the blue screen of death and know it can be fixed with a restore or a .dll, but I can't even boot to the desktop to perform any actions. I really can't afford to loose my documents. Thanks for the link and the post by the way!!
I had used my recovery disk but when I did all the settings Microsoft word, access, power point.... there all were not there if anyone knows the solution can you email me at zakir08@hotmail.com
I need to use a bootable disc to restore my computer to an earlier working state. I tried using this image and I got to the part where I can click on "System Restore" at the "System Recovery Options" window, but as I click on these option I get a message that says "The wizard is already running and the program will now close" and then it takes me back to the previous screen. I have a tutorial of how to do the system recovery and I know what I'm suppose to do. Can you tell me if this disc can be used for this or am I using the wrong disc? If so, please tell me where can I get a bootable disc that allows me to restore my computer. I use Vista Enterprise and used a Vista Enterprise Upgrade disc that is why I can not use it as boot up. Thanks for your help.
I tryed the link for the 32 bit system but i downloaded it fine and it burnt to a dvd fine the problem i face is that a lot of files are missing from this program,it only lets you go as far as the first screen and the tells you cannot go on missing files from drive d. Terry
How do I get a copy of the Windows Vista 64-bit recovery disc torrent? The link is not working. It says that the file can not be found.
Hi: My problem is to get rid of Vista and downgrade to XP for my Lenovo 3000 N200 0769 notebook. where can I download the ISO that IBM describes as having the XP OS?
Any help with this matter will be much appreciated
Adolfo
worked great! I was freaking out and this disk brought me right back in..just saved me about $100 for a tech to come out to my office and also a days work...Thanks a bunch!
Thanks a lot dude!!! you really save my laptop!!!
Hi Guys. I have d/loaded this recovery disk and although I can get to the options, It does not boot up my machine back to vista. I get the options shown as per. ie System restore, repair etc, but thats it. I have tried all these. But my machine goes back to the black screen with the commands - Read disk error press ctrl alt del to restart. Is this disk just a few files to allow me to reinstall vista with the vista install disk or should my machine boot up back to what it uses to be ie windows vista. Thanks
Gunar, you are a saint. Thanks for the http mirror.
Is there a way to know that all of the files appeared on your bootable disk from above?
Couldn't find my Vista CD.
So, thank you very much!
Hello, I have a hp pavilion dv6700 that is Windows Vista, the computer was bought in September 2008.
Randomly the other day I first got the *** STOP: 0x0000C1F5.
Although I am instructed to get into Safe mode and Disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software, whatever pathway I chose to take I always end up with that BSOD.
I don't have any disc with Vista Recovery. I have tried to download it as instructed but there don't appear to be any sources available for this to be currently successful. Any help as to how I could recover what is currently stored as well as resurrecting my computer would be greatly appreciated.
When i turn on computer, sometimes it boots up from windows xp. And goes into acer arcade deluxe, allthough my laptop has vista and not xp installed. This gets rather annoying after a while. I have seen several forums with same problem. i have contacted Acer and they told me first to run recovery dvd. That is done and problems are still there. Now they want me to send in my computer for reinstallation of the preinstalled version. My computer is only 2 months old. Do this program stop it booting to xp instead of vista? Or should i sent it back to acer?
Acer Aspire 6920G Windows vista
Johnny
Hello,
File: \Boot\Bcd Status: 0xc000000f Info: An error occured while attempting to read the boot configuration data
boot 3.27 MB sources 116 MB bootmgr 325 kB
Hi.
I've got a working Vista machine here, and one that's not working at all. There's no explainable reason as to why that should be, but I'm thinking of re-installing the GUI for the not working one. That would be an Acer extensa 5620Z with an Intel Pentium dc T2390 processor.
I downloaded the image you have here, burned it on a DVD so that I could boot the other computer form it it and do the installing all over again. The windows is genuine and all. After asking the registration key thought, it claims, that there's no certain file "E:\source\install.wim" on the DVD. I checked, and it never appeared on the image, which I still have on this other computer. could it be, that I've gotten a failed download, though it showed 100%, or is the reinstallment lacking?
I've heard rumours, that Acer has been making it hard for us in the past too, but still, I read some comments here, and quite a lot of people seemed to get theirs done. If you didn't mind at least pming me. Thanks.
-Tuomas--
Also, what does it actually mean, that while repairing my windows, it claims, that my windows is of a different version, while it should be Vista x64, and this one is made for vista, isn't it?
hi i was creating partitions with paragon partion manager and my laptop got hung up so i had to restart it and now it is not even startin its askin for a recovery disk will dis work
I've had this new ASUS G50Vt-A2 15.4" Vista Home Premium laptop since 3/30/09. This machine comes with software called "Lifeframe", which is used by the 2 megapixel onboard video camera. This laptop is a "higher end" gaming laptop similar to an AlienWare M15 but for thousands less than its Dell counterpart. It has 2 eSata 320 Gig hard drives in it. I'm not a gamer: I like this machine because of its raw compute capacity and its top of the line Nvidia graphics card. I use it for work and software development. However, after 6 weeks, I decided to update the downlevel Lifeframe video camera software and upon completion DEFRAG drive # 1 (C Drive). The DEFRAG did nothing: It just sat there. So, I decided to do a CHDKDSK.... still nothing. I found references to the SFC utility from Microshaft. I ran it only to discover that "AUTOCHK.EXEC" - the CHKDSK proram - had somehow developed a "hash error". All of the forum discussions seemed to suggest that I should replace it as it's broken. Howver, I did call ASUS, and the tech support guy, Edward, said, "We don't support this, but you should download the torrent file for the Vista Recovery disc. It may very well allow you to run CHKDSK." He was SO, SO "on point", "correct", and bingo: I'm back again.
This CD is worth a MINT!
I called ASUS and spoke to his manager to thank him for his "off the record" recommendation. I've spoken to ASUS about their HORRIBLE driver, bios, and tool download site. The documentation is pathetic and inexcusably maintained and supported. ASUS should hold its head in shame! IT CAN'T BEGIN to shine a candle to the content on Lenovo's site - the precedent for which was set by IBM PSP years ago for the ThinkPads. I also told ASUS, "YOU SHOULD OFFER THE VISTA DISCS - even at a nominal cost less than $50." I own the license - not ASUS - for this image. I should be entitled to it. AlienWare offers the discs for about $45 when you buy your machine. ASUS does not. Their recovery discs only WIPE and reimage your hard drive(s). UNACCEPTABLE by any account.
Why does the user community always have to clean up the mess of the manufacturers? Do we as consumers have a forum to compel these manufacturers to supply it? I think so. It's called 'class action'. I think it's time we used our collective bargaining power to bring about a customer-focused and service-oriented shift to the software licensee.
Woot, downloaded this and got a DMCA notice from Charter :D
Hey, I have a couple questions...
I don't have a blank cd so can I put it on a USB stick and use that instead? if so tell me how please.
I need to completely reinstall windows vista 32 bit and I was wondering does it delete ALL of my files and everything on the computer[restoring to factory defaults?]
Hey all I had windows Vista home premium, then installed vista ultimate thinking it would be better. It became worse and l8er i found out my laptop only functions with home pre -.-. I wanted to know if this file can be useful. I already tried using it. Tell me if the steps i took were right: 1-Download 32bit file(my windows is vista ult. 32bit) 2-burn it using alcohol on the disc. 3-check if the file with the name exactly "Vista_Recovery_Disc.iso" is present in the CD. 4-keep the CD in the floppy and restart. 5-wait and let it bot itself -.- ^^ ^^ ^^ this is where nothing happens and windows stars normally.
I restarted waited for something to show up, but windows started normally. i restarted again clicking F11, nothing came -.-. Restarted clicking F8, i saw bunch of stuff, then i chose one that said something about recovery. then some stuff came up, and then again windows started normally. Please help me, what should i do? =(. My laptop is HP pavillion dv2690
So I reformatted my computer with Ubuntu as the operating system after a massive crash... of course my recovery partition is pretty much useless using Ubuntu because they didn't include the recovery disk creation software on the partition itself... real useful, Gateway.
Now that I wiped Vista, I assume this recovery disk is useless. Is that the case?
why WHY do people put files like these as torrent... unreliable at best. This day in age just find a place to perma-host a 120 meg file guys come on what gives
thank goodness for people with brains and mirrors....
torrents are not hip cool or reliable.. dont use them
Colin, if you're willing to foot the bill of 2TB of data transfer a month, just let me know.
Great stuff. Truly.
Problem: Vista Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop System Restore was failing. The underlying problem was that Vista would not could not run CHKDSK at boot time. Defrag and other utilities had no effect. All the usual ways of getting a program to run prior to windows bootup failed. Other sundry disk utilities didn't fix the problem. If you run CHKDSK from an admin command prompt with the /R "read-only" switch you can determine whether there are any bad file system objects. I KNEW I had problems, but just couldnt get CHKDSK to run. Ya with me ? The System Restore issue was a problem on top of a problem. System Restore was actually fine, in a sense.
I downloaded the VISTA ISO using uTorrent. Burned a CD using Power ISO. That failed because I made a regular data disk rather than to burn the ISO as an image. Sheese. Burned another CD with the correct options in Power ISO.
Booted laptop with CD in it, pressed F12 a bunch of times and picked "boot from CD/DVD" from the boot menu. But all I got was a blank screen with a "DOS cursor". Huh ? The keyboard was unresponsive. I suspected that the disk I made was bad or incorrect somehow.
WTF ?
I downloaded IMG Burn. Made a CD form the same ISO file, then booted up from that disk. Budda-bing. That worked. On the first or second screen of this "Vista recovery tool" there's an option to "repair" windows or something like that. I clicked that. And guess what runs ? You guessed it. CHKDSK. After CHKDSK found and fixed errors the repair session asks for a normal reboot. So, hell yah, reboot.
After a normal boot up I ran system restore, created a new restore point, then told system restore to use that brandy-new restore point. Worked great. Not a hitch. Just one tip. When rebooting after using system restore, please be patient. WAIT like 5 minutes for sys restore to do its stuff.
thanks folks, you rock Fitz from PGH
This note is just my 2 cents, and I don't want to get into a war over the merits or lack thereof of "torrents". However, I endorse whatever means you see as fiscally and financially prudent to continue to make this disc available - at no charge I might add - to the Vista community at large.
I have been a long time user of uTorrent: It has been a faithful, dutiful, and reliable means by which to move large volumes of data (video, in particular) over the net. I have never encountered any problems whatsoever with uTorrent, and I have upgraded it faithfully over several years. One point about torrents: They allow for sharing of data (encrypted) over the net with maximized use of bandwidth. They are highly efficient and utilitarian.
Therefore, I endorse your decision to use uTorrent. If uTorrent offers a cost-effective means to get this disc to the Vista user community, so be it. THIS DISC IS A BLESSING, saved my cookies, and is worth every penny. As a follow-on to my original post, I upgraded my 5 year old license of Acronis True Image to Home 2009. It supports Vista 64-bit, too.
My backup scenario: (a) run CCLEANER to purge all the 'junk' from the hard drive, (b) DEFRAG the hard drive to consolidate the extents and improve performance, (c) create a system restore point, and (d) run Acronis True Image to create an incremental back up of the drive or a full image of it always maintaining (at minimum) 2 backups (in the event one is bad). Having worked in the IBM mainframe arena for 35 years, there is little to be gained by not having a good disaster plan in place to recover your data.
Guys, I have to burn the image itself on the CD, or i have to open it using daemon tools or other virtual things, and then burn whats found inside the image on CD. I also wanted to know, incase i wanted to use USB flash thingy, does it have to be empty??
PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTIONS ASAP, MAKE SURE UR SURE OF WHAT UR SAYING =D. THanks
Guys, 2 questions, please answer them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1-Do i have to burn the image itself on the DVD, or i should first open the image by daemon tools or anything, and then burn whats inside the image on CD or USB flash.
2-The usb flash thingy should be empty and only containing the recovery stuff if i wanted to use it?
THANKS PLEASE ANSWER ME!!!
Help please, how can i boot from a CD??, boot=restart computer right?
hey i have windows vista home premium 64 bit on my hp pavilion i downloaded the cd and burned it on a disc when i insert it on my hp it loads up but when i click repair your computer it gives me an error message saying the recovery disc is not compatible with system your trying to recover and when i also click install windows i still get an error message. i hope there is a way i can download a recovery disc on here for my platform and me not losing all my saved files
hey i have windows vista home premium 64 bit edition ,i recently downloaded the windows vista recovery for it and i burned it onto a cd but when i click on repair computer and select my computer and click next it says it is not compatible with recovery disc
hey i have windows vista home premium 64 bit edition on a hp pavilion. when i burned the file onto a cd and inserted it in my pc it loaded up fine but when i clik repair computer and i select the computer it gives me an error message saying the recovery disc is not compatible with system im trying to recover
Hi, I found http://www.windowsrecoverydisks.com, they told me that they are going t o create a download site shortly for all kinds of windows recovery disks.
Will this disk work on emachines pc's? I have an Emachines W3653.
Hey there. Quick question. If I use this will it erase all my files I have saved on my computer right now? Thanks
No. They'll still be there.
hm, I did everything the Right way, but after I type in my Product key when installing. It sais that the file does not exist?
I wonder why.
That's because this isn't an installer, it's just the recovery disk.
Sure 120 mb are ok for w vistas?
when burning the image - gets stuck @ 99% synchronising Cache...
stuck - light still on dvd, i can hear it spinning just not doing anything? CD drive issue?
it's workin but need it key? how can i get the serial or key?
when starting the installation, it said that D:/sources/install.wim is missing help me please!!
when starting the vista installation, it said that D:/sources/install.wim is missing help me please!!
Thanks a lot. It is really useful.
Startup Repair worked for me, got my system back running normal Thanks so much, this really helped me tons. I would have lost a lot of valuable information if it had not been for you guys. Big Help Thanks!
My default program to open desktop items got set to media player when my son was on here. Will this help me get back to the original settings?
I have Windows Vista on my Toshiba laptop computer. How do I tell whether I need to download the 32-bit version of the System Recovery Disk or the 64-bit version of it?
Hello Andrew,
An easy question here. Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Welcome Center > Show More Details. Skim through the 'Show More Details' and you will find your answer to whether your computer is 32 or 64.
Hello. I'm wondering if this cd could help me with my problem. My hard drive crashed and I'm getting a new one from Dell, with vista installed on it. What I want to do is to boot from a CD and try to access the bad drive and get the data from it. Do you think this could help? What do you suggest?
Hey, I really need help. Ok so I just got this Vista 64 from a friend. She says it hasn't worked for about a year. It turns on and its only got about 15 hours of usage on it. The 1st problem was when i tried to start it up an error message came up saying the NTLDR was missing. I googled this problem for hours and eventually it got me here. i downloaded the torrent of my laptop, put it in the Vista, and it actually worked. So, once my NTLDR problem was fixed it brought me to the installation screen. I thought i was home free, but right after it asked me for my product key this happened...
"Windows cannot open the required file E:\Sources\Installation.wim. The file does not exist. Make sure all files for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error Code: 0x80070002."
I have looked all over the internet for help on this error code, but no luck. I really need this computer to work ASAP. And im not wanting to go spend a fortune on a real Recovery Disk.
P.S. The friend i got it from does not have the original Installation Disk.
Will this work for my Toshiba Windows Vista Home Basic? Or the main question I have to ask.. Does this work with any manufacturer, (Toshiba, DELL, HP, EePC, etc.)? Please reply fast :/
Because my computer is currently in a state where my opens yet the BOOTMSGR is not found. Or it specifies the computer's system, for example
Intel(R) ETC
[This continues forever...]
in a black screen, and white font..
Thanks, in advance
Hello, i currently have xp and i was wondering if there is anyway to drop vista on my pc without buying the cd... i'm pretty cheep when it comes to 200 and 300 OS's!
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH. YOU ACTUALLY JUST SAVED MY LIFE.
Hi, The disk gives me a couple options, but not restore option. The Repair option does not work. Can anyone tell me how to restore the system to an earlier date? Thanks.
I have downloaded the torrent file and burnt it to a CD,i also verified it using imgburn,When i restart my laptop and boot from the CD it Says "Loading Files" when the loading is completed,it begins to load windows again and then a blue screen apears saying :STOP: C000021A{ Fatal System Error} The initial session process or system terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0x00000000 (0xc0000001 0x001003) The system has been Shut down."
So can any one help me what the problem is?Was the CD not burnt properly ?
hi there this is going to seem the stupidest thing to say, but ...........
im abroad and royally screwed, i need to create a windows recovery disk (i think), i need to get some files of my laptop asap and now when i turn on my lapytop`it says bootmgr compressed and wont restart. But im in a internet cafe, that doesnt seem to have any file sharing programs or even a dvd burner (im pretty much in a third world country) ive seen on peoples blogs that you can create a bootably flash drive, i have a 4gb memeory stick? is this possible. obviously i dont have a windows recovery disk with me. That would have been too easy. Can anyone tell me if im just wasting my time or if its possible to obtain these files on the net and create this
I have HP Pavilion dv4 with genuine windows vista home SP2. Recently, I have installed windows 7. When I tried to go back to my original genune vista the recover it doesn't work.I have D: partition as recovery dive but I don't have recovery dic. How can I recover my previous version OS (vista). I have got windows.old and other related folder of old OS. PLZ HELP !!
Hey everyone, well I downloaded it, and burned. So i booted from and its not even a recovery cd. It wants me to install windows again. So whats the point of this then.
moises, under the install option on that page, there is a windows repair centre link!!!!!
anyway i posted amessage yesterday about being completely screwed and needing files of my laptop and getting this bootmng compressed crap. i did all the iso stuff and ran the repair centre. now in one of the menus, it says "the os booted properly when checked" (or words to that effect) but when i go to restart it then still says the boot mgr compressed. does anyone have anyideas? or am i looking at full re formating and re-installing????
thank you! I do have a vista 64 ultimate system with raid 1. After installing sp1 (KB936330 x64) vista would start only with blue screen (BSOD). the first time i could repair the system with the original vista cd. The second time repair attempts failed (never finished, remained endless in status 'trying to repair'.
Desparately i burned your image and tried the restore - and it worked. Repair with windows cd seems to be different from this image - glad!.
Now ik have to figure out why SP1 doesn't work. Probably some raid-controller driver problem? Does anyone know?
hey there guru i downloaded the recovery disc and it boots fine from it but when i try to repair my computer its does not find my operating system to try and repair i have even tried all the command prompt codes in command prompt it tells me they arte not valid commands any advice??
I too am having the same problem as Gaurav. I have an HP Pavilion dv6913rs Entertainment Notebook and I thought it would be cool installing Windows 7 over my Windows Vista. I kept my recovery partition but i never created the recovery discs because im stupid lol. Now when i try to run the recovery manager (by pressing F11 at startup) it doesn't respond to that and just keeps starting Windows 7. Anyways Windows 7 is better then Vista in my opinion but at the moment it still has too many bugs and not very many applications are compatible with it so i want to get my Vista back. Can someone help me figure out how to reinstall my Vista once again?
Hi, many many many and a thousand thanks for this disk which restored access to the widowed windows partition on my Lenovo X61 tablet. It did not enable the thinkvantage" blue button, but I had just to boot on the diskette supplied by lenovo to restore the boot disk and it's done. THANK YOU AGAIN! BTW it does not seem so much official, MS seems to have it "blackouted" on their sites. Too much openness and lean-ness (120MB only??? no user mans on video?? no SW demos???) for our bloatware-producing giant ;-) probably
I downloaded disc and seemed to load fine and everything got past the point where it "loaded" everything had a microsoft loading bar, then went to black screen then finally mouse pointer. Now it just sits there? Is there something I am doing wrong, or is there a more serious problem? Thank you, Lee
The link is down?
My computer just recently freezed, and when I restarted it said that window files are missing or corrupt. To fix the problem i needed to put in my windows installation disc, but since I received none, I googled and found this site. I was not sure if I had a 32 or 64, so I downloaded both seperetly and burned on 2 cds. I could hear that my computer was reading the cds, but nothing happened. Is there someone that could help me? It would be greatly appreciated.
@Viktor Did you boot from your CD?
BTW, where did you download from? Apparently, the download links on this page is broken..
-Eric
The links are functioning 100%.
@Mahmoud Never mind. You're right. Links are working. The remote port was blocked by my firewall.
Anyways, I found it on tpb. The discs worked perfectly, but my issue was with GNU Grub rather than with GRLDR.
Actually just found out about Grub for DOS. I had thought grub was already really great. Now, from what I just read on the wiki site, it seems that it could be even better than the original GNU Grub. http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
-Eric
I downloaded the recovery disc .iso and burned the CD last year but finally got around to using it to clean out a Xandros bootloader last night. Like Microsoft, Xandros makes for a pretty easy installation but the uninstall can be a headache, especially since most of their forum support relates to uninstalling from XP which is a different procedure altogether. Anyway, it worked perfectly! Now the laptop is back to being 100% Vista with no other issues.
Good work! Even for those who already have an original XP installation disc, the disc created here is recommended to be toted around for boot emergencies when on the road.
Many thanks!
Yeah, well my cd seems to work now, although I'm not quite sure if it will work since my computer has been running the automatic repair mode for like 6 hours now. Should I just do the install feature instead?
@Viktor: Is all your data backed up to a separate partition or an external hard drive? In those six hours that it's been taking to repair your system you could have already installed a fresh copy of windows and installed all your programs back on..
Before you began the repair, the tool noted that it may take several hours to complete.
If your data is just stored as files and do not need the application to back up your data for you (Quicken, Turbo tax) I would boot into Gparted, mount your windows partition and delete everything except for Users folder, create a new partition in front of that one and install Windows onto the new partition. All your data will be in the old partition still.
-Eric
when I run the bootable disk and begin to reinstall windows, it asks for a product key! can anybody help me?
@nate: You can find your product key in the packaging of the original retail version of your Windows product. Otherwise, you need to use the recovery discs that came with your computer, which would not require you to enter a product key because it is a manufacturer distribution version. Or, look around your computer case for a Windows sticker, which should have your key.
Lastly, you can chose not to enter in a key and it will still finish the install. However, when the activation period is over you will need to put in a product key that matches your product (e.g. if you are using Windows Vista Ultimate Corporate version, you need a Corporate key, a Retail key will not work in this case).
-Eric
I just tried to re-install windows, wrote my product key, but right before it started installing it said that it could not find the neccessary installation files from D installation something...
And when I did the repair I got confused where I was supposed to select an operating system to repair. Since I did not see any operating systems listed, i clicked "load drivers to load drivers for your hard disks," but there i could not find any that would work. Because when I tried without selecting anything it just kept on loading forever.
Would really appreciate any help, I'm really confused at this point.
and there is really nothing on my computer that I need to save, so it does not really matter if I loose all of my data, just wants my computer to run again
This morning a blue screen came up telling me it was shutting down windows error, acts likes it is restarting but the I get a black screen with a cursor in the upper left corner. I downloaded this disc and the computer starts up I chose the 3 from the drop down boxes, then tried the repair my computer which didn't work, I have tried install and that tells me the file doesn't exist.
Do I have any options that will save my programs and files?
Thanks in advance
@Viktor These are recovery discs only. They only have the essential files for rebuilding the MBR, using system restore, etc. It is not a Windows installation disc. Noting the size of the image also gives this away.
-Eric
@Viktor: To get your computer back up on its feet and running, you will need a Windows installation disc. Most major manufacturers should have your drivers available online on their web site for you to download.
If you do not have a Windows installation disc, you can temporarily use Microsoft's upcoming operating system: Windows 7. It is free for limited time use and can be downloaded from their web site: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx?ITPID=mscomsc
-Eric
@Brian: If you have a corrupt file system or a corrupt Windows file which is keeping you from booting, I recommend SpinRite, a hard drive data recovery software, created by GRC. It is 100% effective in restoring your computer as long as your computer meets the requirements: it turns on and POSTS; and the hard drive powers on.
Another thing you can do is reformat and install Windows.
But for most boot issues, it can be fixed with the recovery disc.
If it doesn't fix your problem, you may have a virus. In that case, your only option will be to back up your data, reformat and install Windows.
-Eric
@Brian: Except for exe installers (iTunes, Img burn, etc), your programs are all at lost.
My personal choice for data retrieval is any live linux disc. I use Gparted. http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php
GL
-Eric
@Brian: You can use Gparted http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php
hey peoples i need help to get my command prompt back cause my one got deleted by some virus and im just asking is there a way to get it back?
Hi guys i have a good working copie of windows vista fully loaded does anyone know where or how to up load it so others can get a copie,I am more than willing to give if i can get some help to up load. Thanks
@Terry That is illegal sir. So you don't want to do that.
-Eric
@piitaachu if you got a virus, you really need to reformat. The virus is probably still lurking in your computer some place.
-Eric
don't need i think i deleted them all with avast and malwarebyte anti-malware antivirus
@piitaachu It's up to you how much you know about those scanners. All I can say is that from experience, it is never 100% clean once you've been infected. At my work we use 7+ different scanners. And never have I seen one scanner get all the work done.
If you're just missing the executable you can find a copy of it in your installation disc. Still, I would highly recommend a reformat.
-Eric
I downloaded this, and it worked, up until it went to actually install the system, then it told me there was a file missing. So thats one DVD ruined. Any idea where I can get a "Working" copy of the system recovery disk with all the right files on it? Mine is missing the install.wim file, apparantly, and i'm guessing thats not all.
@Crazy Phrog It's a recovery disc, not an installation disc. You can use it to repair Window's bootmgr in your MBR and such, but not to install Windows. Only the repair mode is fully functional.
-Eric
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great job...thanx...you realy help me...
just a question does this repair missing files and stuff?
or yerr btw what type of vista is this?
I downloaded the file. You said that i have to burn the file on CD. What im asking is that, i have to burn Recovery_disc.iso thingy on CD directly or to use daemon tools to open it up and burn what the iso file contains on disc.
Thanks. [i already tried keeping recovery_disc.iso on disc and restarting and nothing happened =]
ERIC =D ANSWER ME PLEASE.
@piitaachu Only file which pertain to booting your Windows box.
-Eric
@piitaachu The version of Vista does not matter. All versions boot identically.
-Eric
@Ebram You want to burn the image directly to a blank disc. ImgBurn is a free software that can do that, as well as other things pertaining to discs. It's a program that I use myself. http://www.imgburn.com/
-Eric
Have followed the steps accuratly and when i do the process of selecting cd to boot it comes up with loading windows files then says theres some sort of error reading BOOT\BCD is there a way to solve this because after 2 burns that seems to be the only problem when burning to a cd
Thank you for your post
Eric, I tried that. When i restart, its as if there is nothing in the CD rom, and the windows starts normally... I was thinking that opening it might make it work? Thanks eric-respond ASAP =)
@Ebram You want to burn the image to the disc, rather than burning the image of the disc onto the disc, if you know what I mean. When using ImgBurn, chose the option to burn an image to a disc.
Once that is complete. Restart your computer with your disc in your CD drive. If you don't have your boot sequence set to boot from the CD drive first, it won't work unless you press the necessary key (F12, or F10, or the Blue button if you're on a Lenovo) to boot from the CD drive.
-Eric
THANKS THANKS THANKS!!
Tried to set up dual boot - during which i found the XP disc corrupted, not until after it had messed up boot process to the annoying hal32.dll hal.dll missing error. Anyway after 2 sweeps with the recovery cd all sorted.
Thanks again
Still can't see any way around this Error that comes up on brothers pc sayinf error comm with BOOT\BCD , i have switched cd to be the first boot file and if it works it goes to microsoft corp loading but never ends loading , What is the fix?
Hi. One quick question. Will I lose my files if i restore using this?
i got problem with my sony vaio vgn-fw235d.
just keeps on displaying black screen with mouse pointer sometimes the pointer do not show just black screen after loading windows or reparing even using recovery disc ive created using my vaio during its still working..
my original os is windows vista home premium 64 bit.. i dont have my vista dvd..
i tried other vista home premium 32 bit.. just loads the setup after that the black screen showing again.. what will i do?
any help?
I tried doing the Windows Complete PC Restore but it keeps popping up a message saying, "No valid backup locations could be found. Windows cannot find a backup on the hard disks or DVDs on this computer. Attach the correct hard disk or insert the last backup DVD and then start the restore process again." i have HP laptop, and OS of vista 32bit...
How can i resolve my problem?
@ebram To use the Windows Recovery program, you need to have first created a backup with Windows Backup program, which will create a backup file that contains your data and personal preferences.
If you do not want any of your data on your computer, reformat with your computer and reinstall windows with the recovery discs that came with your computer. If you do not have them, contact the manufacturer of your computer for info on how to purchase or download it.
-Eric
@chris You can call Sony and order yourself the recovery discs for your computer. Use them to reinstall Windows on your computer.
-Eric
eric, on my HP laptop, one of my drives (drive D), is called HP_recovery. I was wondering if that can help in anyway? [it has 2.65gb space free of 7.13gb]-[i never used this drive]
thanks eric
my laptop is now working again.. i tried to pull out the battery pack then switched my laptop on without the battery pack and directly connected the power cord ac adapter and thank god it works.. i put the battery pack back while my computer still searching for errors..
now im using my laptop again 100% working smoothly.. thanks for the help guys especially those who really made his effort to answer and give any options to fix my problem..
thank u 4 this. thank u verry mutch.
OK.. Please any help!!
Acer laptop with Vista. Willnot boot OS and shows a ctr-alt-del to reboot. Ran the 32bit recovery CD downloaded here. botted up from CD to System Recovery Options. Problem-- No OS found. Click on Load Drivers, but have no idea what to load if this will even fix the problem. In the files window it shows 4 HDDs C,F,D,X(Boot drive), and also the CD Drive E:.
Any help!! Wha should I do from here? What drivers to i look for and open?
I am lost. Is my HDD shot??
@Ebram Use the recovery disc that came with your computer (not the one you download here) to boot to your recovery partition. You can also try setting your recovery partition to boot using DISKPART through windows command prompt. You can find how to use it here http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=300415. Use the recovery disc you downloaded here to do that (you might be able to use it with the set of recovery discs that came with your computer, too).
-Eric
@Mike Check the hard drive to see if it spins up upon turning on the power. If this was the cause of a bad sector on your hard drive, use SpinRite to fix it. http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm If this was caused by a virus, you need to format your partition and reinstall Windows. If you do not have important files (not counting programs) you should just format and reinstall Windows, because under normal running conditions, never would you boot up with a problem (this is an assumption neglecting any hardware defects and you are not subject to viruses).
Now, if you need to recover your data, I would use Gparted. You will also need to know some simple mounting commands to mount your device so that you can access the files on your partition. Gparted: http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=115843&filename=gparted-live-0.4.5-2.iso&a=72483260 Linux mounting commands: http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/mounting.html
To get you going here's some simple things to know about Linux: 1. Everything is done via the terminal (it's like Windows command prompt). If you're used to just clicking on what you want, its time to change that, because everything you do will be typing. Awesome, I know. 2. Everything in Linux is considered a file (your hard drive is a file, your cd-rom drive is a file, etc.) 3. copy command is cp (type cp --help for more info) 4. move command is mv (type mv --help for more info) 5. remove command is rm (type rm --help for more info) 6. to make a directory command is mkdir 7. mount command is mount (type mount --help for more info)
sda is your first hard drive sdb is your second hard drive sbc is your third hard drive.. and so on..
Most likely you have one hard drive, so you will be looking at sda.
Inside of your hard drive contains all your partitions (C, D, E, etc.) The first partition of the first hard drive would be sda1 The second partition of the first hard drive would be sda2 The third partition of the first hard drive would be sda3
The first partition of the second hard drive would be sdb1 Getting it? OK
This is a run down of what I would do after Gparted is completely done loading. You see a desktop with just the partition manager running. 1. find the partition that your files reside on (note the partition number sda1, sda2..) 2. open the terminal 3. type mkdir /tmp/disk this command is telling it to make a directory in the tmp folder called disk 4. type mount -t ntfs-3g -rw -o -force /dev/sda1 /tmp/disk this command mounts the first partition of your first hard drive (remember sda1, sda2?) -t stands for type of filesystem (in which your case, Windows typically uses ntfs for the partition which the system is stored) -rw enables read and writing capabilities so you can copy the files -o stands for option, which in this cause the option is -force
You now can see all the files and folders in that partition. use the cp command to copy your files to another place, like a flash drive or to another partition (to access another partition repeat steps 1-6, with sdxx, xx being your other devices, like sda2 for the second partition of your first hard drive.
-Eric
Thanks for the Discovery Disk link and it works for my 'Configuring Updates' issue to my Dell PC. It saves me a lot of time and hassles. I strongly think that every PC should come with a Recovery Disk like this one.
Thanks a lot worked and fixed the bcd in like 5 minutes.
@eric
I am kinda confused, i am wondering how can i combine the downloaded CD from u guys, with my own HP_recovery thing, in order to do something like a factory recovery.
Please tell me the steps, i got confused. [i should use the command prompt in windows, or the one i can see when ur CD stars to boot?] [What exactly should i write in command prompt?] [the link u gave didnt show anything, saying it cant find anything etc]
=) ty
i bought this samson lap[ top off of ebay it has a password and i cant get in to my conputer so i tryed running the 64 bit it says it dont work lol so i downloaded the 34bit one it was the correct one it started running it asked for my conputer product key so i put it in and it said
"windows cannot open the required file E:\sources\install.wim. the file dose not exsist make sure all files required for installation are available , and restart the instuallsion. error code: 0x80070002"
i have a samsung r20 help me please its pissing me off lol
Hello, I have a little problem, probably not as little. I was trying to partition the hard drive using Partition Magic (PM). While installing the software it gave incompatibility errors with Vista. But I ignored and proceeded. After installation I ran the Partition Magic and before starting up PM said the length of some sector of the hard drive is wrong and asked permission to repair it. I said YES repair it. It repaired successfully but then PM did not start completely and closed. So I could not partition, BUT the Vista is messed up. It does not boot up and I can not use the system recovery options. Do you think Your recovery CD can solve this problem. Do you think that I can solve the problem if I reformat the hard drive. Can the recovery CD be used to reformat the hard drive?
Thanks in advance
Im such a noob
Im using express Burn on this, and when i downloaded the file i was simple 2 folders and bootmgr, how am i going to burn this down on a ISO file? i have used ISO files before but i can't remember how i managed, im so clueless and very tired, Im trying to fix my Toshiba but i have failed many times, please im begging you, i need help
Cheers, Siara
@Siara It doesn't really matter what tool you use, but just to put down a standard, I use ImgBurn http://www.imgburn.com/. Be sure when you are making the disk that you do not mount the iso image, rather you burn the iso image to the disk. I don't know how to use the tool that you mentioned, but I know the one that I mentioned.
In ImgBurn choose "Write image to disc" and browse to the recovery image you downloaded. Burn. Leave the disc in your drive, restart, and boot from the disc.
NOTE: THIS IS A RECOVERY DISC NOT AN INSTALLATION DISC!!! NOTE: THIS IS A RECOVERY DISC NOT AN INSTALLATION DISC!!! NOTE: THIS IS A RECOVERY DISC NOT AN INSTALLATION DISC!!! NOTE: THIS IS A RECOVERY DISC NOT AN INSTALLATION DISC!!!
-Eric
@ertan I personally use Gparted (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/) to handle all my partitions. It may be a limitation with Partition Magic that's giving you these problems, I don't know. I just know I never had a problem with managing my partitions with Gparted (except for physical limitations). It is also good to note that when resizing the system partition, you may have to repair Window's bootmgr--that is where this recovery disc comes in handy.
-Eric
@steven galindo This is a recovery disc, not an installation disc. Please use the recovery discs that came with your computer.
Visit http://www.samsung.com/us/info/contactus.html and scroll to the section on the very bottom. You can use their technical support center to purchase Recovery Discs (note: these are recovery discs that will bring your computer back to its factory default a.k.a. the way it was when you bought it).
-Eric
I have downloaded the imgburn done everything you've said but when you say recovery image i have no clue which you mean, it was a zip file and i extracted it and it was 2 folders and one file, which file are you talking about? and plus i dont have a DVD R, atm v.v Im sorry for being a bother
Cheers, Siara
@Siara http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_image. If you have extensions shown you will see that it is an ISO file, not a ZIP (RAR, 7Z, TAR ball file). Zip programs can recognize many different compressed file types, and also iso files (and iso is an image of a disc; it is an exact bit by bit copy).
Use ImgBurn to burn the iso image file to a black disc. The size of the recovery disc image is less than 200 megabytes. A CD can hold up to 700 megabytes. You do not need to burn this to a DVD, which holds up to 4.7 gigabytes.
-Eric
@steven galindo Another thing you can try is boot into safe mode to change your password (only if the administrator account has a null password).
To boot into Safe Mode, press F8 before you see the Window boot screen. It should ask you if you would like to boot into Safe Mode with different options. Choose Safe Mode with Command Prompt.
When Safe Mode is done loading and it boots into Windows, choose the Administrator account. If it asks you for a passwords, you're out of luck. If not, then you're in luck, continue reading.
The command prompt should be the only window open. Type net user, then enter. This shows all the users that are on the account. Note: You can create a new user if you want from here as well. To do that type 'net user xxxxxxxxx /add'. replace the string of x's with what ever name you want for your account; if you want a space in your account name be sure to put it in between parentheses. Like, if you want the account name: The Boss with the password: rejected; type 'net user "The Boss" rejected /add
Next, you want to change this new account to have administrative privileges. Type 'control userpasswords2', enter. Select the account and click Properties. Go to group memberships and change the account group to administrator.
To change the password of an existing account: type 'net user xxxx yyyy', enter. xxx is the account name you want to change. yyyy is the new password you want it to be.
Cheers
-Eric
@Ebram One thing you can try to do is boot to your recovery partition on your computer. You may need to set your recovery partition active. You can find out how to use DISKPART to set your parition active here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415 Or, you can use Gparted, it's up to you.
Start up your computer. Press F8 or F10 after you computer passes the POST screen. It might be another function key. Try them all.. Then it you should see it booting, when it's done you will see recovery options, for instance to restore to factory default.
-Eric
Eric i have done everything you said now, but the imgbrun program always freeze, it doesnt work and i have wasted 2 CD's now, i dont know what it causing this and when i open imgburn it doesnt let me open any other program and i can't close it.
Cheers, Siara
@Siara It seems you may have a more serious problem, or maybe not. You can try this to diagnose your issue. Open up Run (windows key + R), type devmgmt.msc, press enter. Find your cd drive on the list, uninstall it and restart your computer. Try to burn your disc again after that. If that doesn't work, it's either a system software issue, a driver issue, or the laser in your cd drive no longer work for burning discs, but you can still read.
The quickest way to find out if it is your cd drive causing the issue is to download any Live Linux disc, boot from it and try to burn data to a blank disc under Linux. If the disc comes out defective, it may be your cd drive that has a problem. In any case, you should backup your data and reformat your system partition, and reinstall Windows. A normal user should reformat every year. Browser vulnerabilities and user habits are a major cause of allowing viruses and spyware to get on the computer.
Practically, if you use Sandboxie and an enterprise-grade antivirus/spyware program, and use a NAT router in between your computer and your internet connection, you never have to reformat. All the viruses and spywares that get through your browser will be trapped by the sandboxed environment created by Sandboxie. NAT routers will generally take care of problems on the Internet side.
-Eric
Hi guys
I had boot up issues with my hp pavilion dv9254se and i had to get a new hard drive for my laptop. Will this torrent help me get my laptop up and running?? I dont have an OS my laptop now will this torrent solve that issue? How do i get my drivers back and how do i get to get the internet working on my laptop??
@okiywalt No, this is a recovery disc only. It will not install Windows, for that you need a copy of Windows. You can find drivers for your computer here: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=3357928&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&submit.y=6&submit.x=5&lang=en&cc=us&y=4&x=4
-Eric
@Siara
If you have problems burning a ISO, then having this recovery disc is not going to do you that much good anyway.To me it seems way above your knowledge of computers.
For a good free burning program: http://www.burnaware.com/downloads.html
the link for the 32bit version does not seem to be working.
the link for the 32bit recovery disc is not working for me. i am not able to download it.
@ achyuth sanjay
Works fine for me. You need a torrent app to use the link to download the ISO
i committed a mistake yesterday. http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Recovering+the+Vista+Bootloader+from+the+DVD
following instructions from this link, i downloaded the iso file, burnt it onto a CD and then booted from it. then step 2 didnt work for me (automated repair). so as instructed i went into command prompt, and typed the first command-
bootrec.exe /fixmbr
and then when i tried this- x:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt60 all /force
it said path not found. then i realized that bootsect.exe is not present on the disc. i downloaded it (from EasyBCD). Then I copied the files from the recovery disc, and together i made an image of it which i burnt onto another disc. but now when i tried to boot from it, it directly takes me to vista bootloader, instead of taking me to the install/repair menu. i think this is because of the first command that i typed in command prompt. is there anyway is it because of that, and if yes, is there anyway i can correct or undo that. btw i have installed opensuse and i can access the windows partition through it (if it helps).
correction: now i cant even boot opensuse coz it doesnt go to GRUB bootloader. It simply goes to Windows Boot Manager where the only options are Windows Vista and opensuse installer, both of which lead to opensuse installer only. now i think i am screwed up real bad.
correction: now i cant even access opensuse coz it directly goes to Vista Bootloader instead of GRUB, even when I boot from hard disk. i think its because of that first command that i typed. i also think that i am seriously screwed up now.
The disc works perfectly, but I have a FACTORY_IMAGE partition (H:) and it has 9GB, and the data is not displayed. (hidden?)
Anyway, when i run it off the CD, all goes great but when it installs it says something like it can't find E:\Install.wim. Is this because it is meant to be looking at the H drive?
@achyuth Install Grub. http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html
-Eric
This isn't an installation disc.
-Eric
but how am i supposed to install GRUB without booting opensuse? i am currently on another computer. i can dowload grub-0.97.tar.gz to this comp but after that what am i supposed to do?
but how do i install it without booting into linux? i m currently on a different computer and can download grub-0.97.tar.gz to this. but after that how do i proceed?
p.s. and if this is a 2nd similar consecutive comment, forgive me but in my browser even after refreshing a thousand times i cant see my comment published, and when i comment again, i see both of mine. this has already happened twice earlier.
@achyuth You can either make a Grub boot disk, or use any distribution of live linux, or use Gparted. I would use Gparted. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=115843&package_id=271779
Create a new partition and and install grub to the new partition. Gparted has nano builtin. Use nano to create a new menu.lst file in /boot/grub/ of the new partition.
This is a sample of what a simple menu.lst would look like:
default 0 # Window's is set as default OS timeout 15 # in seconds color cyan/blue white/blue
title Windows Vista x64 Ultimate rootnoverify (hd0,0) # this tells grub to transfer the stage to Vista's boot loader location chainloader +1 # this tells it to chainload the boot loader in (hd0,0)
title OpenSuse root (hd0,2) # location of OpenSuse /boot directory that contains the kernel chainloader +1 # chainload the boot loader in OpenSuse's partition, if it exists.
-Eric
AWESOME! I used the Recovery Disk and I saved myself from having to restore my laptop from when I first got it!
Thank-you :)
hey eric! thanx for the advice but i repaired GRUB through the repair function on the Linux CD that i had. now the problem that i am facing is that in step 4 here (1,2,3 didnt work for me)- http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Recovering+the+Vista+Bootloader+from+the+DVD
when i try to delete the bcd, it says it can't find it. however, when i look at the folder from through opensuse, bcd is there. why is this happening?
@achyuth Skip the deletion step and go onto the next step.
-Eric
HI, is someone seeding? There are no peers. I am using transmission on a mac.
Got some seeders now. Thanks.
Eric, the links that u give me are very general, and i dont get the whole concept. Tell me which way is better, Gparted or the other one? Then tell me the steps and how to use each please [no links plox]
@Ebram Download and burn Gparted. Boot to Gparted. Right click your recovery partition > manage flags > check boot. Restart.
-Eric
Eric, download and burn G parted seemed a lil too general, im sorry.
There are around 100 files from Gparted that are availible for download. They have high sizes of 50mb-98mb
Confirming should i download: gparted-live-0.4.5-3.iso i386 98.0 MiB.
Could i simply make it on a virtual drive than burning it?
Well anyways, thanks very much, u were really helpful so far, i am reaching a point.
Oh btw, when i boot on the CD, dont i have to mark drive D as active or something?
@Ebram I'll just do it for you. Go here and grab this free screen sharing program: http://www.teamviewer.com/download/TeamViewerQS.exe
Run the program and send me an email to naisanza@hotmail.com with the session number and the passkey. I'll be available until 6pm today.
-Eric
Hey, i just changed mainboard and the chipset changed! Now i can't open windows vista! And i installed windows xp! Can this recover my old vista??? pls reply!!!
@MCKH You can try to repair it with the recovery disc. If that does not work you probably need to reinstall Windows.
-Eric
You mean recover with this recovey disc? But it appear missing files! that is install.wim!!! Pls help!
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-Eric
hey there, i have downloaded and burned the files from the torrent above. it boots, says the usual "press any button to boot," so i do. the "windows is loading fles..." appears underneath. when that completes, the microsoft corporation load bar comes up and right after i get a blue screen, with technical info: "STOP: 0x0000C1F5
any help?
Thanks for providing such a nice information about windows vista recovery disc.Few weeks ago I lost my data from my windows operating system due to the virus attack.Stellar Phoenix Windows data recovery software helps me to recover my lost data.This software graphical interfaces makes it very easy to use.
Wow, you have just saved me! Thanks so much for providing this awesome resource. I couldn't believe it when I opened up my old paperwork from this desktop and saw that they stopped giving you recovery disks and I should have known to make one once I got the comp. boo. my next comp is def. going to be a mac...
Thanks again!!!
ok heres my problem, i download it via bit torrent, use imgburn to burn iso to cd, check it with md5 and it was perfect. Then i reset bios and changed it to boot from cd first. Put the Cd in and restarted my laptop. Laptop started and said press any key to boot from cd. I did, the a screen came up that said, windows is loading files... and i waited for it to finish. Then a screen came up with a box and some scrolling lines with Microsoft Corporation under it, no logos or anything else. After that it goes to a black screen with nothing. I have a Sony Vaio VGN-NR220E, that was pre-loaded with vista 32bit before this. So far i have try this maybe 50 time, i reset the bios, reseated the ram and still nothing. I have contacted Sony twice and the told me to go in system restore but for some reason its not working the way it should. I am all out of ideas, im not even sure that a recovery disk will work anymore. When i load the laptop in safe mode, it loads the window files until it gets to drivers\crcdisk.sys, any ideas? Is my vista toast?
@Robert Do you have a recovery partition included on your laptop? If so, after your computer POSTs, or passes the memory check and so on, press one of the function keys to boot into it (F1-F12; F1 or F2 likely will boot you into the BIOS settings screen).
-Eric
Eric, i emailed u, anyways thanks for everything. The Gparted thing was burned on CD, and i booted on it. I never got anything like recovery or stuff. There was some blue thing with stuff like defult and stuff i dont remember.
Please tell me if i have done something wrong. have u tried Gparted yourself?
ROBERT -
I had the EXACT same problem... I have determined that it hangs on crsdisk.sys BECAUSE Windows didn't close properly!!!
I took the advice of a friend of mine and bought an external hard disk case (available anywhere... try Best Buy), opened my computer, disconnected the hard drive, installed it into the external case, plugged it in to ANOTHER computer (via USB port) and ran the chkdsk /f /r utility... the first time, it took hours to complete... but now, when Windows doesn't close correctly, and I get that same stop, I run chkdsk /f and it fixes the problem in like 5 minutes!!!
It's taken me a long time, and a lot of heartache to determine this... I hope it helps!
wow - thanks guys - first attempt with vista fixin.. neighbors pc - someoone plugged in an ipod and this nasty bcd message thing.
I was worried about takin all night to download a torrent.. omg. I was pulling at 540KB /s according to Opera.. Never !!! - its here will burn and get fixing.. thanks for just helping support evryone and man I hope I did not grab too much bandwidth - I just used the defaults - amazing - thanks again.
I've burned the .iso but unfortunately all I get is the Windows background at the loading screen and no menu with the three options: Install Now, What to know before installing Windows and Repair your computer. Is there something wrong with my disc? Or is there a more serious problem with my laptop?
Other info: - I downloaded the Windows Vista 32-Bit (x86) Recovery Disc Torrent. - Burned image is ImgBurn (verified files). - Toshiba Satellite L305-S5919 (Windows Home Basic)
@Jheanelle Use the Repair option to fix your boot problem. That is usually the main use for this recovery disc. You cannot install Windows with this disc.
You can call Toshiba at 1-800-457-7777 to purchase a set of recovery discs for your computer. This is the easiest way to restore your computer. If you already have a copy of Windows you should use that instead. You can download all the original drivers for your computer for free on Toshiba's support site at: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/modelContent.jsp?ct=DL&os=&category=&moid=2241927&rpn=PSLB8U&modelFilter=L305-S5919&selCategory=3&selFamily=1073768663
-Eric
Yello Ive hit a bit of trouble with this ill burn the OS onto a disk then it works fine loads up but when starting the installation i would put in my product key in but then it would say
D:\sources\install.wim. not found
even though i burned it on the slowest speed possable just to make sure everything burned correctly what could be the problem?
@Marc: You cannot install Windows with this disc. You can, however, use this to recover your existing Windows installation. Such as boot issues. If you are trying to put a clean copy of Windows on your computer, this disc will not help you there. If you are trying to reinstall Windows, this disc will not help you either.
If you would like to install a clean copy of Windows, a retail version of Windows will work. If you bought your computer at a retail store, there should be a set of Recovery Discs that will restore your computer to factory settings. If it did not come with such discs, it is likely you were supposed to MAKE them yourself via the recovery disc creator program on your computer when you first brought it home.
-Eric
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My laptop was woking fine for a while, but now due to some events I had to reformat the entire computer, I was wondering if I could get vista back if i made a disk on my brother’s computer (it’s the exact same model). I still have the product key
Would this work for me?
@Kajinama: Since you have the same model, you can use his Restore Discs to restore your system. You will have the exact same thing he has.
If the disc you meant to make on his computer is this recovery disc, it will not help you. This disc main purpose is to repair system boot issues, and other problems, but not to reinstall Windows.
-Eric
Thanks for the Recovery Disks as it is very useful to forget to burn them onto a CD if your PC doesn't come with them. I would like if any1 had suggestions to getting these files to boot on a USB Flash Drive rather than a CD (USB saves somes CD's). Thanks again.
worked for me!
This didnt work, it said there was a file called install missing and to resume the installer when its been added? Any help?
Read the earlier comments.
Thanks a lot... Exactly what I needed and it works like a charm! :D
i have brought a origanal home vista disc for my desk top ,the problem is that every time it installs ok,but when i have my printer and the other normal basic programs on the desktop crashes and all we can get is windows/system32/config/system/status 0xc000000f,what is the problem.when brought we had vista installed which we had taken off and had wndows xp installed,now we have gone back to vista .we had the same probs with xp also
thank you very mutch you save my laptop. take just a few minuts but work. thank you again
I managed to burn the ISO image to CD but when I boot up my computer using the disc I get a message saying "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."
The version of Windows I have is Vista Home Premium. Am I doing something wrong?
Any help would be most appreciated.
@ste: Download and burn the OTHER version of the recovery disc.
-Eric
Thank you! Saved my bacon.
Great Tutorial, Thanks Guruji...i will try now
Okay, well this is useful and all, but I don't have any blank CDs or DVDs or USB memory stick things I can boot from. I'm currently booted from Ubuntu's liveCD...is there anything I can do? Daemon tools? Terminal commands? Anything? I really REALLY need help here. The only way I can use my computer is with this liveCD.
@Robert: You can install Ubuntu with the live disc. Or replace GRLDR in the MBR, the boot loader that Vista uses, with Gnu Grub. And chainload to Vista's boot loader.
-Eric
Eric, is there a special option that does that when I'm installing Ubuntu? I'm installing Ubuntu on my other hard drive. I have Vista on my 250GB HD and I plan on having Ubuntu on my 500GB HD but last time I did that, I got Grub error 17. I deleted Ubuntu via gparted and got Grub error 22 at start up. Will that happen again?
@Robert: There are many ways to install multiple systems on a computer. My way of accomplishing a multi-boot system of Windows and Linux is install Windows first, then Linux, and lastly install Grub on its own partition (preferably on the first hard drive). Grub only needs 1 mb of disk space, and can be on a ext2 filesystem. Use the Grub boot loader to chainload to your operating systems.
The following are explainations for Error 17 and 22.
Error 17: "Invalid device requested" This error is returned if a device string is recognizable but does not fall under the other device errors.
Error 22 : "Must load Multiboot kernel before modules" This error is returned if the module load command is used before loading a Multiboot kernel. It only makes sense in this case anyway, as GRUB has no idea how to communicate the presence of location of such modules to a non-Multiboot-aware kernel.
-Eric
Thanks a lot, this has helped me twice now.
Hello yes i am having trouble recovering my computer... i burned the image file with isorecorder..i put the cd in my lenovo the cd boots up and everything but when i type in my product key i says windows cannot open the required file E:\Install.wim..what does that mean i have vista already.. i just want to restore it to its factory default.. Can you please help me???
@Khalil: Please read the comments above.
-Eric
Hi there this was exactly what I need... but I can't download the torrent file: "The requested URL could not be retrieved" :-(
Can some one please check out the links or perhaps provide me alternate download links.
Thank you in advance.
Hi.I have windows vista home premium 32bit.All my restore files are lost,system recovery files too.I tried full recovery and it says that recovery files r missing.I use acer aspire 5735z.My question is.IF I DOWNLOAD THIS RECOVERY CD IS IT GONNA WORK TO RECOVER MY WINDOWS(full recover)? Thanks a lot
@Quina: Links are working perfectly fine. Check your firewall settings.
-Eric
I typically don't post a follow ups for stuff like this because it rarely ends up being what I need to repair the pc I'm working. I run XP, but my friend has Vista and ended up getting a nasty virus. I was able to get rid of the virus, but still had some issues. I downloaded the recovery disc and rolled back the OS to some time before he got the virus. I installed virus protection and we're back in business. Thank you!!
Glass
@LION: Read the comments above.
-Eric
@Glass: Once a computer is infected, you can never fully trust it again until you reformat it. This is a common saying amongst security admins. You think the virus is dead, but do you really know, really? The honest truth is, you're not smarter than the virus.
If it were me, I would never use your friend's computer to do any banking statements or enter a password in any window. I highly suggest that your friend format and reinstall Windows.
When it comes to viruses, think of the worst.
-Eric
@Eric: Hi, thank you for your reply. The problem was indeed on my side :-S I've already dowloaded it and it worked just fine!
Hi Eric me again.I got another problem.When i burn this files(tried with magicISO,ISO recorder...)on the cd files r not extract,it simply burn files like they are.Can u help me?
Hi. I successfully booted the disc. After some time, a windows appear in which it says: Windows Vista: Install now. I tried it but it doesn't work (it's missing a file they say). So, I clicked on "Repair your computer" and it showed me a list of things i could do. But I don't have backups and startup repair says it cannot repair automatically. What can I do?
@Julien: You have quite the bad luck. Simply, you need to reinstall Windows (this disc will not help you). You need a retail copy of Windows, or use the Restore Discs if they came with your computer.
-Eric
@LION: You want to choose an option which will "Burn image to disc" or "Write image to disc". The "image" being this file you downloaded.
A typical process will go like this: 1) Download the file RecoveryDisc.iso. 2) Open Imgburn. 3) Choose the option "Write image to disc". 4) Browse to the file RecoveryDisc.iso. 5) Click the big button to begin.
-Eric
Hi!
I have Sony Vaio Laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium OEMAct (Licensed - with Key).
I have Startup problem due to
"Boot sector for systemdisk partition is corrupt. Boot sector repair action failed. Error code = 0x490.
Attempt to read Directory in Drive C: reports “The Volume does not contain a recognized file system. Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that volume is not corrupted.“
Can not reinstal OS due to this problem.
If possible, I wish to avoid formatting C: drive as I have Vista Installation program on it.
Can you please help solve this problem?
Many thanks for your "Windows Vista Recovery Disc" only with the help of which I could at least find the above details.
Umang Doctor
I have a Inspiron 1525. My wireless internet is not working it keeps saying acquiring network address, but it just says that forever. I talked to a tech person from dell and they said to startup my laptop, hit F8, and an advanced boot options menu should appear. Then to click repair your computer, but in that menu it doesn't even have that option. I was done talking to them before i realized this. Is this relevant to this recovery disc that you have or is my problem something totally different??
@K3L: If it was working fine before, you may have gotten a virus. If reinstalling the wireless card driver does not work, it may be a system software issue, or a virus.
If all else fails, format and reinstall Windows.
Note: this disc is for recovery only (e.g. computer fails to boot, error on boot, etc..) You will need a retail copy of Windows to do the installation, or the restore discs that may have came with your computer.
-Eric
@Umang Doctor: You can try to repair your boot loader/files with this recovery disc. If that doesn't work, you can use any partitioning editor to create a new primary partition. Reinstall Windows on this newly created partition. You should see your old C drive as a second partition.
Invest in a data backup software. I use Acronis 2009 to image my system partition. It works very well. This allows me to break my system and easily restore it without having to reinstall anything.
-Eric
Hi. I published a message yesterday saying I couldn't repair my computer automatically with the list of tools brought with the CD. I have at my disposition another Vista computer. Can I do something from this computer to bring into a DVD and transfer it to my computer which doesn't work anymore? Thanks for your help.
I have download the vista recovery disc file and have burned it to a disc using ImgBurn. I popped it in my laptop. Everything was working fine until after the white file loading bar, the green window loading bar to be exact. It stopped. The green loading bar kept loading and the recovery never moved on. Now I dont know what to do. What is the problem??
@Julien: That is generally unhelpful. Unless they are identical systems. You could overwrite the corrupt boot files, and if your bootloader is still intact, it might be able to boot into Windows. It's worth a try.
-Eric
@Kyle: Try running the recovery disc on another Windows box. As far as the image itself, it is perfectly fine. It could be a bad disc, or a malfunctioning optical drive.
-Eric
Hi Eric.I did as u said but still same thing.I burned about 6 cds no changes.He makes only a copy of files.Here u can see how it is on the cd after burning,i uploaded a picture for u.
http://uploading.com/files/JXUX4YIJ/forEric.jpg.html
Is it burned like it must?What to do now?There is no icon to start some operation. Thanks a lot I really need this cd.
@LION: That's right. Now, just leave it in your cd drive and restart your computer. When it restarts, "boot to your cd drive".
Generally, pressing one of your function keys will allow you to choose how you want to boot after your computer POSTS (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8 , F9, F10, F11, F12). The function key to press usually is displayed on the screen somewhere as soon as you power on your computer (and before you see the Windows boot loader).
-Eric
I was having major problems with my Acer desktop aspire. I decided to wipe it clean (as I have done before and use the recovery discs I made when I first bought it. The last time I did this it worked fine. This time I put in disc 1 and it ran to 16% then asked for the next disc. I put the next one in and right away asked for another and then repeated through the other 7 discs. So, I found this wensite and downloaded the iso file. However, when I turn my computer on with the disc in it and press F12 the select boot from cd, I get a black screen that says: disc error press shift/Alt/delete to restart If I do that, the same thing happens. Have I lost my operating system completely? Thanks
@carly: Did you mean Disk Error, rather than Disc?
A disk error usually refers to a dieing hard drive; it doesn't spin up anymore, there are too many corrupt sectors in critical areas, the BIOS cannot read the disk, etc. If your hard drives are properly connected and spins up when you power on your computer, check for other signs of possible damage (smoke coming out from the hard drive is a sign of a problem with the power component- turn off the computer immediate, unplug it, and remove the hard drive before it can do further damage to your system components).
If everything sounds fine (no clicking or the drive spins up and down repeatedly) it could just be bad sectors on your drive. In that case, I highly recommend SpinRite, a hard disk recovery, repair and maintenance software developed by Steve Gibson. http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
If your computer is unable to boot fro your cd drive, it is possible that the disc is unreadable (scratches, blemishes on surface) or your optical drive is bad.
-Eric
Hi. It's not the same system... I know someone who has a Windows XP Family Edition disk. Will it work with my computer?
@Julien: Windows XP generally can be installed on most x86 based computers, mainly because of its wide range of drivers support. However, if your computer manufacturer does not have drivers for XP, you can still install Windows XP, but you may have to use it with limitations (e.g. no sound). Double check with the support site of your manufacturer and make sure you get all the necessary drivers for all the components in your computer (video, sound, chipset, etc.)
-Eric
Thank you very much for this great .iso. I guess I could have found it in Microsoft's site but thankfully your note on top of one of your articles just made it so much easier.
Thanks for thinking of the users that don't have a Vista DVD and considering them when writing a post.
Hello friends,
My Sony Vaio laptop which had windows vista installed on it, denied to boot one day-no matter how hard I tried. With the help of a friend, I was able to recover my data using Knoppix. But then I got stuck and didn't know what to do with my laptop. During my online search, I found this website. I downloaded Windows vista recovery disc as per the instructions provided and inserted it in my Sony laptop. It asked me if I would like to boot from CD, I said, 'yes'....it started to load some files (which gave me hope) but later it went to progress bar screen followed by a black screen. So, basically nothing happened. What could this possibly mean? If my hard drive is corrupt, is there still a way to use recovery disc? What options do I have now?
Thank you all in advance.
@Help_Seeker: Depending on the error message during boot (if any), you might simply have a bad hard drive. Worst case is a bad motherboard.
MHDD is a free low-level hard drive diagnostic tool that you could use to determine the life of your hard drive. http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/
-Eric
Hi Eric,
Thanks for your reply.
When I insert the recovery disc, computer asks me if I would like to boot from CD so I do. It loads some files and a progress bar for that appears. Once loading files is finished, Microsoft progress bar shows up followed by black screen. No error message is displayed.
I burnt MHDD disc too. My computer recognizes it but the stuff is too complicated for me to comprehend (I am not a software person.). Is there something easy and specific that I can look into to know if the hard drive is good or bad.
I was able to recover my data using knoppix, could it still mean that my motherboard is bad?
Will appreciate any help from you. Thanks!
Dear Friend i was wondeingr if this cd would help me recover my old files when i use to have window xp. when i start my computer there usualy say press F 10 to system recovery options.. ever since i installed vista it wont let me go into that option at all."when i press F 10 I have the Built in Back up files...My computer came with no cd's... I have an HP desktop. Please help me. Sincerely Juan
@Help_Seeker: How long did you let it wait at the "black screen"? Your computer may just be slow and needs a longer time for it to start up. If you previously had Windows Vista on this machine, there is no reason other than hardware issues for this recovery disc not to work.
I would say, let it take a while longer to start.
-Eric
@Juan: You installed Vista, anything that were there before have been written over. Continued usage have allowed the old data to be written over with newer data multiple times. There is nothing left of your old files.
The new installation of Vista overwrites the MBR (the location of the bootloader). If you have difficulties booting into your Windows Vista environment, you can use either the disc downloaded from this web site, or the original discs that were provided to you by the manufacturer of your computer. If you don't have restore discs for your computer, you can use any retail version of Windows that is the same as what is installed.
Usually, you can get a copy of the restore discs directly from the manufacturer's online support web site. http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html
Or you can call HP directly at 1-899-474-6836 and purchase it over the phone.
-Eric
I have spent the past 48 hrs googling AND reading every comment written about this topic - mostly on your site (yes for 2 days straight). I cannot go to sleep until I fix my problem with my HP Compaq Presario v6200 notebook (vista home- preinstalled). Yes I also got no boot or recovery disc with it- even when I offered to send them MONEY for one! They said that (D) partition was intended for the purpose of reinstalling if necessary- and there was no way I could get a boot disc now - if I didnt already make one in the beginning (I know this now - but didnt 2 yrs ago).
I DESPERATELY need the files stored on it and also need it for an extreme emergency the next 5 days - I am so scared, after reading all the comments here that I am in that minority of people that cant be helped by using the recovery disc. (I downloaded the 32 Bit -ISO file from the link posted by Mahmoud Al-Qudsi) - and I followed carefully the instructions for how to burn to a CD using ImgGurn 2.4.4.0. It was surprisingly SUCCESSFUL (the burning) or so I thought - it verified and said it was fine. But when I put it in the CD drive of the laptop (after changing boot order priority) - instead of booting to the little screen that tells me that my windows is missing the ability to start (the one which gives you all the options which I have previously tried numerous times) - it now will boot to a black screen with a tiny blinking cursor (upper left). doesnt do anything at all.
Please tell me I have left out a step - I have gone over this repeatedly and really expected it to work! (it sure seemed it might from the other user comments). I am hoping its just something I have overlooked from lack of sleep and too much reading of blogs ! you could email me at adlerhouseclovis@yahoo.com and/or answer here - cuz I will be checking every hour to see if anyone has suggestions. Thanks to all of you ! Olive.
@OLIVE OIL: If your hard drive spins up when you power on the computer, isn't smoking, and you don't hear clicking noises, you can calm down. Your drive should be fine, your data is still intact.
The easiest way is to get a usb to sata cable. It go for around $12 dollars.
Take out the hard drive from your computer. Connect the hard drive to the adapter and connect it to another computer and use it like any other external hard drive.
This is the easiest way. There are other ways to get your data like using free linux recovery tools, which you can copy your data as well as restructure your entire hard disk. This, however, is for more advanced users.
For $50 you can get Aconis Disk Director Suite. This is the product that I use for managing my system image backups, but you can use it for getting to your data as well by creating a new partition, installing Windows in the new partition. Your data will be seen as a second drive from where you can access it freely.
-Eric
THANKS Eric - I was thinking of doing that as a last resort but figured if I am going to have to go out to get a usb to sata cable - might as well get another HD to put in there (that is if I can figure out how - I am not much of a hardware person, even tho i did manage to put another gig of Ram in it). However - I guess in a pinch - at least to get my important stuff off that laptop rightaway - I might need to ask you about how to get another copy of Vista in there again - whether to format the old C/D that came in it after I first get my stuff off it..... but will give this a go FIRST. You positive it will work with a USB/SATA ? on any PC ? even another version of Vista or XP ? (just curious - in case I am overlooking something). By the way - I noticed that a few people were told (above) to just be more patient with that Black screen - especially since the HD spins and is still alive - it is just weird that it is so silent once the CD stops spinning - I tried leaving the laptop just sittin there with the blinking cursor a bout an hour - maybe I should try lettin it sit overnite? what's the max time you have heard it taking to do its thing ? (just wondering). Thanks. OLIVE
@OLIVE OIL: An hour is a very long time. To me, that is a clear indication something has gone wrong, not a catastrophic failure, but just something. One computer I worked on (2ghz, 2gb, g07600, 5400rpm) it only took a good minute, or less, sitting at the black screen. That felt like one of the longest 40 seconds in my life. But yea, an hour and still nothing feels wrong.
There are many ways to do what you want to do, which is to retrieve your data through the use of software only. However, without the know-how this makes this a very difficult task. In this case you would likely look for outside help, such as a data recovery center ($1500 or more), GeekSquad ($99 - $160), or some other computer repair center.
There are tons of tools out there on the Internet that are more than qualified to do the things you want to do. Personally, I use MRIPE, a GeekSquad tool, because it's readily available for me to use, so that's why I use it. It's possibly my favorite tool for Windows data recovery, as well as for full system diagnostic. As they have combined many great tools and put them all in one place.
If you ever plugged in an external hard drive, that essentially the exact same thing you are doing with a usb to sata adapter. To remove your hard drive out of a laptop, flip it around so the bottom faces up. Find a little symbol that looks like three round disks stacked above each other. This is where the hard drive is. In any case explore around and you'll find it. Normally, if you removed more than 2 screws, you've gone too far.
To install Vista. 1) you need an installation disc [http://i29.tinypic.com/sxkar7.png] 2) you need a cd drive. 3) you need to boot to the installation disc via your cd drive. 4) follow the installation guide. And that's it.
Acronis has several software titles. Just a couple days ago, I got Acronis True Image Home 2009 and Disk Director Suite 10.0. Probably the best and most user-friendly imaging and partitioning tools that I have ever used so far.
-Eric
Eric ~ Ok well I do understand about how to recover files from externals. I have roughly 18 of them and have successfully recovered files off 4 out of 6 that have failed. Was hoping not to have to do this with that laptop drive - (its a matter of deadline/time/etc - to get that laptop working again for a crucial trip away)... yet not losing the stuff on it if I have to wipe it to reinstall vista (or any OS for that matter). I have some new questions for you though. 1. I made another attempt at using that ISO which I'd burned - trying a few different ways... used the "recovery" option that came up on that list - it offered a Win backup option, so I tried that (plugged in a spare external HD) and it said it was successful - yet when I moved the external to another PC and looked at the backup folder from the laptop (only 68 mb) - it was all un-readable files - not my 35 Gigs stored on the laptop. Is there some other way to do this back-up, like maybe in DOS? I can access the CMD box and it says I am in "X" drive - but I dont know commands to back up C: files to my external (F) ..... and why is the prompt saying "X" ? I looked up a fewDOS commands and tried some - but not sure what I am doing wrong - nothing works besides EXIT. 2. IF there is a way to successfully back up the data from the laptop - I dont mind doing either a "Restore to factory settings" on the laptop (even tho i hate Vista Home, and all that other crap that's pre-installed- such as Norton, etc) - but would need to know the commands in DOS to tell it to do that - if the automatic option to return to orig settings doesnt work (of course I wont attempt that UNTIL I first remove my data).
that link you posted above (for VISTA) is not a DL - it is a jpg of a cd of Vista. Did you know that? Is there a place to get VISTA (without ordering one from MS)... if I already have my legal serial # ? I am a member of a p2p but not sure I should trust a DL of it from there - unless it's someone I know. I want to do it properly.
But first things first - Is there any other tip you can give me about how to back up (using the WinRe and/or your ISO... or anything else) - on the leptop DOS prompt screen? It appears I am very close - I stumbled upon it, trying to get it into SAFE mode. If I can conquer that - maybe I can then find a way to use the re-install partition -0R wipe out the entire drive and get a new OS in there right away (while stranded with no transportation today). Thanks for your continued help !
OLIVE
@OLIVE OIL: You can certainly do this from the command prompt. You want to use the XCOPY command [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240268] for more information. Standard DOS commands are DIR and CD.
1) Enter into the command prompt. 2) Plug in your external hard drive. 3) CD C:\ [press enter] 4) DIR [enter] 5) Do the listed files look familiar? Is it your System partition? If not go down the alphabet (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and so on) 6) Do the same to find your external hard drive. 6) Once you know where your system partition and external hard drive are located use CD and DIR to navigate. Then, use XCOPY command to copy from your system partition to your external hard drive.
For example, your system partition is C:\, and your external hard drive is E:. Using the XCOPY command will look something like this, XCOPY /E /C /F /H C:\Users\Eric* E:\MyBackUp
/E = copies directories, subdirectories, and empty directories /C = continues copying even if there is an error /F = shows full path during copying; good for seeing where the progress is /H = copies hidden files
XCOPY [options] SOURCE DESTINATION
That should be it. If it doesn't work, use this command MKDIR E:\MyBackup. It may because the destination doesn't exist. MKDIR = make directory.
-Eric
ERIC Thanks - am going to try that now - likely I'll have a terrible time with DOS commands and interpreting all the brackets and spaces (I will probably make numerous mistaikes). Will give you an update then. THANKS Eric. p.s. there is an amazing LAG on this website- does it have something to do with all the blank space to the right of this column ? just thought you may wanna know. be back again in an hour or 2 --OLIVE
ERIC: I had to give up last nite due to this page not loading or scrolling - I have now tried it from 3 different desktops- and its just this page that is slow - seems frozen. hard to access on any computer. I tried emptying internet cache, etc - cleaned out everything like new - but just this web page is the one with the problem.(typing this in here takes about 5 mins per word). Going to resume my laptop repair/copy files efforts now - but have one comment (question) first. On the screen that allows me to get into the system repairs, it says Administrator accout has been disabled - it only allows me acces through the name I was originally forced to type in when the computer was new - but I AM THE admiin- so .... is it still giving me admin privleges ? Ok well I am going back to try some more dos commands - will check back here again later. OLIVE
Hi Eric,
At your advise, I let the computer on for an hour or more after it showed the blank/black screen upon using Recovery Disc but nothing happened beyond that. However, earlier when I turned the computer on to insert the recovery disc I got this message: "SMART Failure predicted on hard drive 2: FUJITSU MHX2250BT- (S1)" followed by a warning to back up data and replace hard drive - a failure may be imminent.
I have already backed up all my data using knoppix.
When I used MHDD and did scan - it scanned for like 5s and didn't show any errors. I tried to save the screenshot of the scan result but I do not know how to access the file (I do not have a floppy drive).
Please suggest something.
Thanks!
Hey guys... just had a problem. It looks like Avast had deleted a couple of system files (.dll) and I can't really use the computer anymore unless I'm in safe mode. Do I want to download this torrent to replace any system files I may have deleted?? And how does that work if I am supposed to do that?
ERIC (or anyone).... Been working with DOS commands intermittently since last posting - am not sure if I should be doing them from the current DOS prompt that appears- x:\windows\system32> -or if I should be trying to get into the C: drive first. while in X (which I am guessing must be that partition which stores the original factory settings). I typed- DIR C:\ -and was able to see files were still there- tried to remember a few paths to type just to make sure - I have stuff stored on so MANY paths - can't remember them all. So then I tried the commands to do XCOPY (still from the x:\windows\system32> prompt.... and no luck. It is so difficult to understand the spacing when I read them in all those brackets like { } or { } ... was hard to find anywhere that will just tell me EXACTLY what commands to type in to get my C: drive's files .... I need ANY/ALL files on there other than OS or Programs - to be copied over onto my J: (an external) drive. more suggestions ? Thanks. OLIVE
@Derek: It is usually advised to reinstall Windows after an infection, because you can never trust your computer again. It is naive to think the virus is truly removed.
It is likely that this recovery disc will not have the necessary files you are looking for. They would be on a Windows Installation disc.
-Eric
@Help_Seeker: Go ahead and junk out that hard drive and buy a new one. Like it said, it's failing, so you're putting yourself in the middle of imminent disapointment when your computer no longer boots to Windows.
-Eric
@OLIVE OIL: First off, it seems like all three of your computers on your network are infected.
Second, for file names with spaces, i forgot to mention, use quotation marks. For example if you put in: C:\Users\Eric\Documents\Work Files this will actually be read as C:\Users\Eric\Documents\Work and then you'll get an error. Instead, type it in as so: "C:\Users\Eric\Documents\Work Files"
So, XCOPY "C:\Users\Eric\Documents\Work Files" "J:\My backup place"
Lastly, drive X is not where you system partition is. Drive X is created by the recovery disc for it to store its files, which then it boots from. Similarly, live linux discs create a drive in RAM and copy its kernel to it, which it then boots from the RAM disk.
-Eric
uhh bad luck guys i click download link for 32 bit and all i get is page cannot be found please check internet diagnose junk can i get some help or another link i gotta get this i installed xp pro and it laggs so much when downloading and i cant play games online i think its a hardware problem though i cannot find sm bus driver update may be hats why
It's impossible to downlaod the .torrent file :( Please Help
32 bit version - http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS337US337&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=c7411cffb5b0c27b28d0ec080af55ea0016f7b7b
64 bit version - http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS337US337&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=fbf47dd7d63708ea2e7acac1709747c5f7eb94b5
-Eric
@vic: You will need an XP Recovery Disc. Go to the hardware's manufacturer's site to find the latest drivers.
-Eric
Thanks a lot...Just have to wait now...
Hey guys, Thank you very much for keeping a copy of Windows vista recovery disk on your site but it seems that the link is broken.
I tried clicking " Download Torrent file" many times for many days and from nay different computers but I think the link is really broken.
Kunal
yeah i got the same problem as kunan , the link is broken :S do you know another way to download it, pleasee help. i need a 64x one , help please, thanks
Dear 2 people above me,
If you'll just look like 2 posts above you (I'm referring to Eric's post: Jul. 28th, 2009 at 2:34 pm), you'll see that there's 2 new links. They refer to Google, but if you click one of the links and grab a torrent from e.g. h33t/isohunt/... it'll work just fine :)
thanks a lot @ linuxguru
@ LinuxGuru
Thank you very much Linux Guru. I am really thankful to you.
The link for the recovery disc tool (32-bit) appears to be dead--are there any other alternatives for obtaining this recovery disc? My Toshiba Satellite (w/ Vista Home Premium) failed to boot after following directions I was provided by Microsoft Support and now they want me to pay for them to undo what they instructed me to do. Thanks
Hey
The disc worked, but when i click finish and try and restart, the blue screen comes up and then tell me to repair (without disc inserted) and then say sorry for you, shutting down!!
I guess the repair is just not the answer :(
Hey 80SSP, I think this will work
Follow the Link:
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS337US337&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=c7411cffb5b0c27b28d0ec080af55ea0016f7b7b
( This is for 32 bit Vista)
You can also refer to the link above ERIK has posted the link for 64 Bit too. Infact I got the link rom him only.
It works
Kunal
Hey guys, Jus out of curiosity, I was wondering that while using that isk does ot ask for any product key? If yes then where shoould I get it from?
the link to download the iso file with torrent extension could not be recognized by imgburn. I changed the extension of the Vista recovery disc 32 bit by remove the torrent but the file was not good as iso format.
I downloaded iso, burnt disc. Disk booted, then froze for several minutes on the vista background before going into the screen where it asks for Keyboard type ect. then when you click it comes up INSTALL. I was afraid to click the install for fear it would reload vista. I am looking for a vista live environment running in ram. Does this disk do that or does it install Vista or overwrite it on the Hard drive.
Thanks Robert
Hey, i'm running a laptop with Vista installed, recently I resized the partition and cannot load into Vista.
How would I go about putting this onto a USB stick or memory stick? Thanks.
@ 80SSP
Well, i fyou see few links above, then Erik has posted the torrent file link which works fine. I fin case uyou fail to locate his comment then:
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS337US337&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=c7411cffb5b0c27b28d0ec080af55ea0016f7b7b
That will work for you.
I had to burn 2 disks to get one that would boot, i was using imgburn(great product). and i finally got it to boot and it came up with an error messege:
widnows failed to start. a recent hardware or software change might be the cause. to fix the problem: insert the windows install disk to repair your computer.
if you do not have this disk, contact your system admin or computer manufacturer for assistance
File: netio.sys status: 0xc0000098 Info: windows failed to laod b/c a required file is missing or corupt.
Im running the disk on a everex stepnote va 4300M. the manufacturer's US support has been closed down and as far as i can tell there is no D2D partition and i dont have any recovery discs. i am trying to repair this laptop for one of my friends. I've already emailed Everex's 3rd party support center and heard nothing back. its vista home basic 32bit. any ideas?
@Bradley: If your computer is having problems you should reformat it rather than go through the headache of solving it. The computer already has been compromised.
Backup your files and restore the computer with the Restore Discs (usually provided by the manufacturer). I use Acronis Disk Director, but there are many free tools out there to use.
-Eric
@eric
i've managed to get the files backed up. and i would absolutely love to do what you suggest but i dont have any recovery disks, D2D partition or any support from the OEM. thanks to my idiot friends buying off brand computers. i could do a clean install of XP, i have an extra licence laying around somewhere.
There are no seeds. and torrent looks like dead to me.
@Bradley Somers: All you need are your device drivers for the computer. You can install any operating system if you have the drivers supported by that OS.
You can download the drivers from the manufacturer's support web site.
-Eric
Hi,
Well the recovery utility is working burnt it through imgburn and downloaded it with torrent. But is is taking tooo damn long to repair i mean its been over 20 minutes and thats all the status i get is atempting repairs, after i approved a system restore. so Guruji tell me how long is this process
I cant download it. i am using u torrent.
Hi, I have a HP dv9335nr laptop and it recently had the harddrive switched out and I needed to get the recovery disc before I could use it. I have successfully downloaded the torrent and burned it to a disc successfully using imgburn but when I run it and try to install it after the product key verification page i get a message 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" Ive tried multiple and get this everytime and do not know what to do. Thanks for any help
anyhow know how to burn it cuz i use a disc but it wont work..and i do not know how to use magicISO...Im trying to make a full pc recovery as my laptop keep crashing..Laptop model is AS4920
I booted with the "Neosmarts Windows Vista Recovery Disk". System Recovery Window did not show any OS. Went to the System Recovery Options.Tried all the options, one by one. Entered into the Command Prompt and then tried the commands: bootrec /fixmbr Press enter bootrec /fixboot press enter bootrec /rebuildbcd press enter
but failed.
Now with this Disk also I can't get into the above options. Windows starts booting with a progressing White Bar. Then moving cursor indicates Microsoft Windows loading and then the Screen turns Black with the movable Arrow Cursor.
Booting from C: Drive states that Windows failed to load because the HAL is missing, or corrupt.
File: \Windows\sysrem32\hal.dll
Status: 0xc0000098.
Any suggestions?
@mirza: If your computer keeps crashing it usually is an indication of corrupt system files (SpinRite will fix this), bad drivers (download the latest drivers to fix this), or you have hardware components slowly dying.
You can find the latest drivers for your computer on Acer's support web site. http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/as_4920.html
If MagicISO is too complicated to use, you can try ImgBurn. There are six big buttons and are the only options to chose from.
-Eric
@Umang: If you do not care if you lose your data. Reformat and reinstall Windows. If you must have your data and you don't have another computer you can use SystemRescueCD to recover your data, then reformat and reinstall Windows. http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
-Eric
Eric,
Other than the Licensed copy of Windows Vista loaded on my Laptop there is hardly anything else on it that I may care about loosing. But since I have not received the Vista Installation Disk with my Laptop I do not wish to reformat and loose it. I do have another computer. I do not have SystemRescueCD. How can I restore my Vista?
I find the following in this forum. Is this true? The Windows Vista Cd Key and it’s Serial No. are indicated on the Sticker on my Laptop. Can I get a replacement Windows Vista Disk from Microsoft?
“Texas_Wolf Jun. 28th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Tony ask [quote] Well it should be illegal to sell a new PC without the original Windows DVD.[end-quote]
Tony, this is a VERY simple matter to correct. Microsoft has procedures in place in this eventuality. All you need is your Windows Vista CD-Key, and the serial number from your Windows Vista Disk. WAIT!!!! You say you didn't get a Windows Vista Disk. NOT even a RESTORE Disk only a partition. WELL Tony your in LUCK Contact Microsoft's Support, and along with the CD-Key, and the SERIAL Number on that cute little stick on the outside cover of your Computer case is THAT SERIAL NUMBER you want/need. Now with those two pieces of information Microsoft will gladly send you a replacement WINDOWS VISTA disc. (Note: Microsoft know which of their OEMs/Vars got what, try to play a game and get software that your not entitled too and you WILL BE GOING TO PRISON!)”
Thanks for your help.
Umang.
@Umang: I have tried to use the OEM key to install windows. It will not activate however, because it is a key used solely for OEM manufacturers. When you install Windows with an OEM disc, I believe it is pre-activated, which means you do not need to activate it, and the automated process does not need you to enter in a key, it does it itself.
What Texas_Wolf said, I never tried, personally. Also, it doesn't sound like it would work, either. Recovery discs are more of a convenience for the customer, if they were ever to run into a problem. Nowadays, the only form of recovery options are software that will make the Recovery Disc for you and a Recovery Partition. No one normally notices the Recovery Disc Creator program, even if it has been purposefully placed as an shortcut icon on the user's desktop. So, when a problem occurs, it's already too late. The only other way is to purchase the Recovery Discs from the manufacturer, see how the money wheel turns? Yeah.
I have never purchased a Recovery Discs, so I do not know how much it's price for one is. I would compare it with buying a retail version of Windows. Go with the cheaper option. If you do end up buying a retail version of Windows, you can usually find all the necessary drivers for your computer on your manufacturer's support web site. Always do research to make sure you have all the correct drivers for the version of Windows you will be buying. Here are some pointers: if your computer originally came with Windows XP, it probably won't work with Windows Vista, or Windows 7. If your computer came with Windows Vista, it probably won't work with Windows XP, unless the manufacturers have support for Windows Vista and XP.
I once dual-booted Vista and XP on my Toshiba P200 and since there is no support for Windows XP, I had no sound. Everything else was working, however. What I mean is, it's a gamble when installing XP on a Vista-only machine. However, technically, you can find every device on your system and find out if it is compatible with XP. It will take long, though, if this isn't something you do on the norm. A lot of research hours will be put into such a task.
-Eric
This may be a dumb question but can I replace my internal hard drive with a newer one and use this recovery disk to boot it.
@Brandon: Technically, you should be able to boot to your new disk with the Recovery Disc.
FAQ Q: Will I be able to install Windows with this disc? A: No.
Q: Will I be able to recovery my files with this disc? A: Yes, you can use COPY and XCOPY commands in the command prompt to retrieve your data. More info on XCOPY can by found here http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/xcopy.mspx?mfr=true
Q: What if I don't know how to use the command prompt? A: You can buy a SATA/IDE-to-USB adapter, remove your hard disk, and connect it to another computer via the adapter. I will read it like an external hard disk. The adapter costs $12.
Q: What if I don't know what I'm doing? A: Reading is overrated. Just start exploring. Click things. Note: you might lose your data or have to reinstall Windows several times.
-Eric
eric,
i have downloaded and booted the iso successfully. It is now 'attempting repairs' but has been doing this for more than an hour. the HD is only 76GB. How long shold i wait until i cancel it?
Thanks.
.. just an update
It has been 3.5hrs since the 'search for errors' has started.
Also, when i try to cancel the process, it says it cannot cancel the current operation.
I had the exact same problem. Even though i got a top of the range laptop from a high street retailer, My hp laptop only came with a recovery partition! This cd had save me from having to install everything again like the last time! Brilliant! :)
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=622 to simply burn the iso image to your cd/dvd/bluray drive.. After the initial download of this recoverey disc,, it took 5mins to restore my laptop to normal!
@Jalal: It normally shouldn't take that long, unless you have a lot of errors on your disk. You should consider a new drive since yours is very old. Typical drives don't last more than 300,000 hours, if even that. You can set your 76GB disk as a Slave and the new disk as Master that way you can copy your files to your new drive. Oh, you'll need to install Windows on your new disk.
If this is a laptop disk, you'll still better off getting a new one. Buy a Sata/IDE-to-USB adaptor as well, it costs $12 dollars, and it will allow you to connect your 76GB disk to a computer like an external drive.
-Eric
hey the installation is working fine but the only problem is when it goes to the beginning of the installation where it says "install windows vista" and asks for a product key, im wondering why my product key doesn't work and also if this restore disk comes with one, someone plz email me at joshyekizzle@hotmail.com because im not oftenly on a computer just once in a while please and thank you =D
Well done!!!!!
You have got me out of the dark stuff......thanks!!
Shame on microsoft
I purchased a Vista Laptop some time back and it never came with a Recovery disk. Now my computer wont even go to the sign in page. When I tried making a recovery disk with a non vista computer the ISO image to a CD or DVD didnt work says it can only work for Vista computers what should I do???
@Deadly_Rose17: First, what you'll need to do is calm down. BTW when you bought your laptop that had Windows Vista installed on it, there was a Recovery Disc Creator program. It's easy to miss.
Go to http://www.imgburn.com and download the program ImgBurn. Install it. Run it. Choose Write Image File to Disc. Browse to the Recovery Disc image you downloaded from this site. Burn the disc.
Leave the disc in your cd drive. Shutdown your computer. Upon turning on your computer there will be a Boot Option key that you press on the keyboard. This will allow you to choose how you want to boot your computer. Pick the option that allows you to boot from CD. Some BIOS have the CD Drive set as the first boot priority, so you might not even have to do anything.
If you see on your monitor "Press any key to boot from CD..." press enter. It is now booting into Recovery Mode via the CD.
Once the Recovery Mode is loaded, choose Repair. Then, choose Repair your PC, or something like that.
If all goes well, your computer gets fixed. If not, contact your manufacturer and pay $20 and they will ship you your Restore Discs.
If you absolutely need your data, get yourself a SATA/IDE-to-USB adapter, it costs about $12. Remove the hard disk from your laptop and plug it into another computer. It will be like plugging in an external hard disk, or a flash drive, sort of not really, but you get the point.
-Eric
Amazing. It worked...
Amazing. It worked and it solved my boot problem...
Thanks much.
i am unable to open the bootmgr help me please
i having problems. once downloaded and burned i get to folders (boot and sources and this image bootmgr but i am unable to open this...
please help me
@mwasi: Keep the recovery disc in your computer. Turn off your computer. Turn on your computer and choose to BOOT FROM CD.
-Eric
It's selfless acts like this that makes the internet a wonderful sharing experience. Thanks for getting us out of a pickle...
I updated to windows 7 and no longer have the windows vista driver on my computer. Sorry I am not exactly good with computers. My roommate at the time played with my computer, it would no longer connect to any wireless networks, and he decided it was a good idea to remove everything and update to 7. Now that it has expired, I am not sure what to do. I downloaded this recovery disc, but i get an error (file ....../install.iso does not exist. make sure the file is present and restart installation). Please help!
@Adam: You cannot use this disc. You need to get the Restore Discs from the manufacturer. Or, buy a retail copy of Windows and get the all the drivers from your manufacturer support web site.
The manufacturer must support the version of Windows you intend to you. If not, your computer may not work properly. Example, you don't get sound, your network card won't work, etc.
-Eric
hey this cd boots but the screen just stay black after the loading stage with the mouse cursor. please help. is a vista system Compaq
@jim: Your computer might just be slow. Give it a couple minutes. That's what some people have been saying.
-Eric
I have a dell laptop with vista ultimate. Was working fine - last use was looking up preschools for my toddler. I've tried the 32 bit torrent download (burned by imgburn) - results said it was not repairable and to send microsoft a note, microsoft service pack 2 will not install, furiously scanned the net, I even purchased Regcure as the 'free scan' would only take care of 10 of the 900 some errors found. The computer did work almost a full day after I bought this but then reverted to only working in safe mode. Regcure support told me to look at microsofts site and send them a screencapture (of what?) The start up screen shows vertical spans of green dashed lines in groups of 4 across the screen. boot from cd and loading vista text all have a ^ above the words, then it goes to options of safe mode, safe mode with networking,... Can you help? Thanks.
@sedwards: From the information you provided it seems like you might have a failing graphics card (colored lines, strange characters).
Backup your important files (documents, pictures, music, videos, everything EXCEPT programs). If your computer is still under warranty contact the manufacturer of your computer.
If it isn't under warranty you can get a Computer Tech store that does repairs to check your system components. Or surf the web and look for a recovery boot disc that includes tools for checking your system components.
-Eric
hi, my laptop has just died on me, and i have no recovery cds, and i do not have a cd/dvd drive... :/ wil your download work from an exsturnal hardrive? or do you know where i can get one that will boot from one.
cheers Troy
Hi all, I need help.i can
t download the utorrent recovery disc 32 bti because i cant get a port open that utorrent would accept. Firewall, or router or nod32 or something is keeping the port closed. Why can`t it use a port that works? I hope somebody help me. Thamks in advance. Gerules@gerules: Turn off NOD32 and check if the port is accessible via the Internet. If it's not then you did not setup port forwarding correctly.
-Eric
Hi,
Just a message of thanks to show my gratitude.
This recovery disk worked like a charm. Had problems booting from the disk to start with, since my ASUS was config'd to boot from the drive, but a bit of prompt Googling quickly allowed me to access the BIOS. So if anyone can't seem to boot the disk, try searching on Google for your PC/notebook's BIOS setup keys, using your computer's brand as a search criteria.
Follow the instructions there to boot from the disk.
Happy recovering. :D
che cazzo stanno dicendo...ma non c'è questa pagina anche in italiano?!:..ma diavolo...quando uno ha i problemi deve andare a tentoni???un cane che lo aiuta mai vero?...va che coglioni!!!!
Hey guys, MyHDD crashed and i bought new HDD. Now in my new HDD I am trying to load Windows Vista from NeoSmart Recovery disk and it gives me following error:
Windows can not open the required file D: |Source\Install.wim . The file does nto exist. Make sure all the files required for installation are available and restart the installation. Error code 0X80070002.
I am not surewhat does this mean?
Along with that I have some confusion: I am trying to loed it in brand new HDD so I think I will need the drivers for that because this Copy of installation disk must be generalised and will not have information of my laptop drivers.
Secondly, what does this error mean?
@Kunal: You're not able to install Windows with this disc because, 1) its free, 2) its a Recovery Disc, not an Installation disc. This disc has limited functionality for fixing certain Windows related issues, such as boot problems.
You need to buy a retail copy of Windows. Or buy the Restore Discs that are for the model of your computer from the manufacturer.
-Eric
Awesome! I thought my pc was dead, this really worked great!
I've tried using the repair disk and when I try to boot up the display says it is loading files, goes to the next screen and locks up. I've run every diagnostic I can and cannot find any hardware faults.
It took a good 15 min for my screen to go from black to the utility to fix windows. I had to do this twice for it to work, issue with "system volume" corrupt.It was a tedious process but well worth the wait I can assure you.
This torrent saved my laptop and my files!
If you are looking for a way to fix the 0xc000000f error, this is the way to do it!
Just be sure to put the .iso with ImgBurn and follow the steps and it will fix itself!
Thanx again!!!
I was defraging my system because the software said it would make windows run better and I had been having some trouble.
Then....... my computer is asking for a reboot disk. I look and sure enough, it did not come with one. I took it to Staples where I purchased it.
They told me that I need to comtact the manufacturer for this disk to be mailed to me and I will be charged only shipping.
In the mean time....... I work from home. How caan I access the internet with no working computer? So I bought one of those little tiny ones that weigh less than 3 lbs that I plan on returning once I get my computer back running.
That these companies make it difficult for you to get back to work and cause unneeded customer service calls when all they had to do is put a CD in the box is unreal.
I think they want you to buy the Vista software for yourself. But you have already paid for it once. The vista software was $239 and the new little laptop was $299.
I had to talk to two different customer service divisions and give my info twice.
I hope that this disk is what I need.
@JenniferC: If the broken computer was bought in the past year or two, yes, they do not come with Restore Discs. You have to make them yourself. You make then with the Recovery Disc Creator software that came installed on your computer. This is easy to miss, and often no one ever goes through their Programs.
DVD's cost extra money to make that's why they have you make them. It's the digital world, now, and that's how it's going to be.
Whenever you buy a computer, all the costs have been built in (software licensing fee and hardware components). Simply, when you pay 498.99 for a computer you have already paid for, say, Windows (that is not completely correct, but the point is you have a copy of Windows that you can use personally from the manufacturer).
If the new laptop you bought already comes with some version of Windows and you were told to also buy a retail version of Windows Vista, you were lied to.
The situation that you are having is your computer is asking you for the boot disc. It seems you may have corrupt sectors on your hard disk. Corrupt sectors used to contain data but has become unreadable, which can be caused by physical reasons.
If your problem pertains to only boot issues, this recovery disc may be able to repair your computer.
If it does not fix your problem, the restore discs you are waiting to get from the manufacturer will erase your hard disk, meaning, every single thing that is on there at the moment will be gone, and unrecoverable by the average user.
-Eric
Hi i have a problem too. I shrink a C: hard drive and then a HDDrecovery shows up. that hard drive was hidden and now i can create a recovery disck with my toshiba disc creator revovery what should i do with the hddrecovery files that are about 8 gb. should i put them on a dvd and trie to recover from theose dvd are what?
My computer randomly shut down a few weeks ago and upon restart that "Boot MGR missing" thing came up. My computer guru friend burned me a recovery disc.... didn't work. So I decided to do some research and came across this site. I converted the torrent file and burned it to a CD. I started my laptop (Gateway) and I booted from the CD.
* After I choose Repair from the screen Repair/ Install, it brings up a drop down box where I can "LOAD DRIVERS" or "NEXT". I don't which to load, so I leave it blank and click "NEXT". This brings me to another window where I choose "STARTUP REPAIR"* When I choose repair, it processes for a minute or two, but ALWAYS fails. The diagnostic screen reads this --->
Startup Repair V2 1 - External Media 2 - 6.0.6001.1.1800.0.0.0.0 3 - 0 4 - 65537 5 - Unknown 6 - Missing Boot Manager 7 - 0 8 - 2 9 - WRP Repair 10 - 21
Please help! Thank you!
ok i have downloaded you disk and it ask me for the product key but mine will not work wha do i do
@Ledion: You need to leave those files there. Refer to your manual for the correct procedure to restore your computer. Those files are needed there for you to restore your computer.
You need to press a certain function key during the POST screen in order to boot into your restore partition. A second method you can use is using your computer's restore disc to boot into that partition. If you have your restore discs it makes more sense to just use them restore your computer.
-Eric
@julius moreno: Contact the manufacturer of your computer and buy the restore discs for your computer.
-Eric
OK UPDATES
I have a 64 bit restore disc, which is the x64 download. My computer is a Gateway Notebook 6843 and it uses Windows Vista Home Premium Edition. Could this be a 32 bit version??? Furthermore, this is what I've tried in the past two and a half hours.
Tried putting the 64 bit disc in and repairing via Startup Repair, System Repair, and Command Prompt.
When doing Startup Repair, there is no detected OS. The only things provided are folders and drives. I can't randomly choose any file because I fear it will further mess things up. Why is my OS not showing up?
I tried multiple DOS prompt codes, such as the rebuilding boot, etc... it says "Operation Successful", but same Boot MGR message comes up upon restart.
Nothing is plugged into my USB ports. Only media is the burned ISO converted restoration disc.
I'm running out of options and getting quite aggravated. I really don't want to lose all my hard drive material for nothing if I have to install a new version of Windows.
My operating system did not appear in the box either,so I just clicked on continue, and the fix windows utility came up, i clicked on repair windows and needless to say the thing worked I typed this on the pewter that would not boot.
@Jeff: If your problem is simply corrupt boot sectors the command prompt commands should fix your problem.
If that doesn't work, try the 32 bit version.
If the 32 bit version doesn't work either, use the XCOPY or COPY command to copy your files to another partition or an external drive.
More information on the using the command prompt can be found here http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/xcopy.mspx?mfr=true
-Eric
Eric, I appreciate the advice, but I have not a clue what do with all these XCOPY parameters. I don't know which to copy, this and that... etc... it's a new language to me. Additionally, I just found out my friend's restoration disc was a 32 bit, while I DLed a 64 bit, so both didn't work. Any possible hints on what coding I should type in DOS prompt to partition?
@Jeff: Open the command prompt and try these commands:
Bootrec.exe options The Bootrec.exe tool supports the following options. Use the option that is appropriate for your situation.
Note If rebuilding the BCD does not resolve the startup issue, you can export and delete the BCD, and then run this option again. By doing this, you make sure that the BCD is completely rebuilt. To do this, type the following commands at the Windows RE command prompt: bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup c: cd boot attrib bcd -s -h -r ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old bootrec /RebuildBcd
/FixMbr The /FixMbr option writes a Windows 7 or Windows Vista-compatible MBR to the system partition. This option does not overwrite the existing partition table. Use this option when you must resolve MBR corruption issues, or when you have to remove non-standard code from the MBR.
/FixBoot The /FixBoot option writes a new boot sector to the system partition by using a boot sector that is compatible with Windows Vista or Windows 7. Use this option if one of the following conditions is true: The boot sector has been replaced with a non-standard Windows Vista or Windows 7 boot sector. The boot sector is damaged. An earlier Windows operating system has been installed after Windows Vista or Windows 7 was installed. In this scenario, the computer starts by using Windows NT Loader (NTLDR) instead of Windows Boot Manager (Bootmgr.exe).
/ScanOs The /ScanOs option scans all disks for installations that are compatible with Windows Vista or Windows 7. Additionally, this option displays the entries that are currently not in the BCD store. Use this option when there are Windows Vista or Windows 7 installations that the Boot Manager menu does not list.
/RebuildBcd The /RebuildBcd option scans all disks for installations that are compatible with Windows Vista or Windows 7. Additionally, this option lets you select the installations that you want to add to the BCD store. Use this option when you must completely rebuild the BCD.
This complete article can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392
-Eric
Eric, thanks again. I have yet to try your method because I'm in the middle of attempting another DOS command set listed on Microsoft's website. This is where I'm stuck now. I'm manually rebuilding the BCD store, so here is why I'm stuck...
bcdedit -create {bootmgr} -d "Description" I have no idea what to enter for the description here. I've tried many things to no avail.
@Jeff: The link to Microsoft's page that I'm looking at does not give a "Description" option.
This is the page I am referring to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392.
All the formating is neglected when posting here. So, it's better to look at the web site.
-Eric
Now I'm getting really frustrated. I've worked on this for hours today.... used both discs to try and Startup/Repair ---> FAIL. I then started using DOS prompts. Eric, that last bit of information you gave me.... didn't work. When I got the command -- ren c: \boot\bcd bcd.old -- DOS said the 'file could not be found or it was a duplicate'. It also ALWAYS detects 0 installations. It will tell me "Operation Successful" with "0 Installations". Argh!!! I really want to just manually rebuild the BCD store, but I get stuck with the DOS commands when it asks me to input the "Description" and "GUID". I'm not sure what to put in there, no matter what I research online or how much I re-read the step by step instructions that Microsoft has provided me. I might just dunk my Gateway in a tub of cold water or punt it into traffic.
then what was the disk for that i got off of you site for
@Jeff: You are probably best to reinstall Windows.
First, back up your files. To do that, you can download and burn a linux Fedora Live CD, boot into it by choosing your CD Drive as the first boot sequence, and attach an external hard drive to copy all your files to.
If you're unfamiliar with Linux, but can kind of get around a Mac then you should be fine.
Unless there are physical issues (dieing hardware), computers normally don't break on their own. I think your gateway would think the same towards you.
-Eric
@julius moreno: These discs are for fixing general Windows boot issues, and other simple problems. These are not Installation Discs. If Vista was only 153 megabytes that would be a revelation.
-Eric
I had am issue with service updates being stuck on "configuring updates 3 of 3" and my laptop was doing a continuous reboot. I tried the Vista recovery disk, but my computer would get stuck on the green scrolling bar and would not boot any farther.
I finally contacted microsoft via email technical support. Someone responded to my issue within 24 hours and told me that I would just need a Vista installation dvd to solve the problem. Since I didn't have one, they offered to mail it to me free of charge. I received the dvd in the mail and booted from my dvd drive to do a "repair." Everything is now back to working order as it was before and I now have a Vista Installation dvd in case something happens again.
I hope this helps someone else!
I tried using this and it said that E:/windowns.install could not be found or something. Can anyone help me?
Hi everybody, I have Windows Vista Business Edition 32 bit and I want to do a system recovery, but when i don't have CD with my notebook Sony Vaio, can i use Windows Vista 32-Bit (x86) Recovery Disc?
Thanks a lot.
hello, this is important, Alot of stuff has happened and I need a recovery disk. do I need to have my code on the side of the computer to download it or something? I'm a total beginner when it comes to this. please help me out. when it comes to rebooting it, do I need to put in any code? or does it do it by itself?
is it a step by step process? I'd like my instructions to be like that please.
This disk worked well for me but unfortunately didn't suceed in repairing my system, which, among other things, lost or deleted all the former Restore Points. Maddening.
Just for laughs, I thought I might see what was on the Dell Reinstallation DVD. It seems to be the same thing - I got the same options and the same lack of performance. But if you didn't have my OS's problems, the Reinstallation disk could work too, assuming anything could work.
I was always able to repair XP and never had to reinstall, which it looks like I will need to do here. Called Microsoft to find out if I could load Windows 7over a damaged Vista installation and their general consensus was no. Although 7 isn't out yet, I had one of the pre-release beta versions.
Thought I would try it anyway. It won't run in Safe Mode. Just not my day.
Hope all the rest of you have better luck.
I'm running a toshiba satellite, with vista home. I've lost my entire vista partition. I tried using the recovery partition that toshiba puts on thier laptops but thats not working, So I tried the file you mentioned here... The DVD I burned works fine, When after putting in my Product Key, and clicking install I get an error: "Windows Cannot Open the Required File D:\Sources\Install.wim. The File does not exit, Make sure all files required for installation are available and restart the installation: Error code 0X80070002"
The File isn't even on the disk, nor in the ISO. I'm assuming its suppose to be in the recovery partition?? How would I access the recovery partition? or create a recovery CD/DVD from a recovery partition?
How can I tell whether my windows vista is a 32bit or 64bit operating system if I cannot access windows to check?
wow, lots of comments. hey i wanted to thank you for the tool. without it, i wouldnt have figured out why windows sp2 wouldnt install on my dual boot system. i figured it out by running your tool and it wouldnt find my windows partition. i have documented my trials on my site.
http://yougetalife.com/vistasp2andgrub.aspx
i linked to this age so others can use this tool. i will find it useful since my system didnt come with install media. others will find it useful too. and it helped my investigation into why sp2 wouldnt install on a dual boot system.
Hi everyone
I downloaded the 64-bit version and tried it out on my system. The initial attempt seemed to work fine and it did a repair. But the laptop is is now in a boot loop and when I try using the CD again to repair again i get the message that '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.' If it is the wrong disc, why did it acept it the first time? If I cant get into windows, how can I check which disc is right for my os? In my desperation, I tried the 32-bit version as well. Thanks for any help.
I was able to boot from the recovery CD. I did a restore to the most recent date, which unfortunately was July 2008 (I never use this computer). My laptop wanted me to choose a more recent date, but I had no choice. The message said everything was successful and my computer restarted. So awesome, right? Well, apparently not. The windows login screen came on and I typed my password. After a few second, my screen went black and all I can see is my mouse arrow. And that's where I'm at. I can't see my wallpaper, the icons, nor the tray at the bottom. If I con-alt-del, the windows page with options (one being task manager) pops up.
Any help?
I own a toshiba laptop. i used the recovery disc and it said there was a error. i then went to turn on the computer and BOOTMGR IS MISSING comes up. when i tried to re-recover there was no operating system to recover. please help me
i know that we can use recovery to restore system stability but what i want to know is if i use recovery partition will i lost my datas my win vista has a problem on startup that it cant start explorer.exe desktop comes null just my documents opened i had to open explorer.exe from task manager and yet i cant reach old performance what should i do and if i use recovery partition will i be able to use it again.
Aaron, Try powering off the laptop, hold the 0 (zero) key down, while powering the laptop back on.. Should boot into a hidden partition to restore windows.
Unless that partition vanished like mine did
just wondering if i should d/l the 64bit iso and use it on my dv5 1017nr hp pavilion laptop. what i did was got the laptop and alot of the features such as the remote control do not work for Linux, ubuntu 9.04. so i called HP and they said that i should order this recovery disk that will set the Windows Vista home premium back on my pc for 25$, i bought the notebook and i'm not giving them anymore money. will this solution work for my case?
Thanks Guru , it worked for me. I used imgburn to burn the CD and and rest were handeled by startup-CD the recovery disk!
thanks again. Now i am using my vista as it was before.
Will the C:\ drive data lost in case if i use this tool for recovering the windows vista.
thanks
Does this disc reformat your computer back to new?
@krista, @Nischal It has the option to do that, and it is possible if used incorrectly, to lose your data.
-Eric
Thanks, Eric :)
Thanks for the torrent links, I have justed used the 32bit recovery disc to repair a Vista installation. Life saver!
Hello, first off I'd like to thank you for the recovery disk, which I'm sure it has been pretty useful for everyone, even me. But I've got a question that may sound like I'm a little wet behind the ears. The fact is I've tried to boot it on my laptop (HP Dv6-1120ep) since I can't get past the loading screen on Vista (that green horizontal bar) with no success. I've set the boot order on BIOS to CD/DVD drive first, restarted the laptop. But as soon as the "Press any key to boot from the CD/DVD" option popped, I clicked on a key but regardless of the option nothing happened, it just said "Windows is loading the files" like it has been doing these last hours and it's back on the green horizontal bar again. Another thing, has it got anything to do with the language version of the software? Since this version is Portuguese (PT). But I'm guessing it hasn't got much to do about it... Any solutions for this? Thanks in advance!
@João P. It should boot to the disc, regardless. Computers work the same. My best guess is you have a scratch or a smudge on your disc, or your optical drive has a bad head. You can test your optical drive easily by buying a usb optical drive. Use it to boot to a cd as you normally would.
-Eric
Hey,
Can someone please help me? Sorry if this is obvious, I'm just not completely sure.
I bought a Toshiba laptop with Vista already installed on it. Due to me being an idiot, my computer probably has a virus or something. Either way, I want to reinstall/do a clean install of Vista again to wipe the hardrive and start again with the Vista and have a clean slate. The only disc that came with the laptop for Vista was something like: "Product Recovery CD" :| however. I've looked up lots of links online but I can only find links for when you want to replace Vista with XP for example, or when you have Vista Installation on a CD but I don't have that of course.
I really would appreciate any help, so thanks a bunch.
Fran
@Fran The recovery disc will restore your computer to the way you bought it, be that Vista, or whatever was installed on it when you first turned it on. If you want XP you have to buy Windows XP and use that disc to install XP onto your machine.
Make sure you have all the necessary XP drivers for your computer. Vista drivers are not compatible with XP drivers. Therefore, you need XP drivers for your Windows XP to understand how to use your components. You can find your drivers on your manufacturer support web site.
-Eric
Ah yes that makes sense - how simple. Thank you very much; appreciate you taking the time to answering my question.
I need help, I dont know if maybe it didnt burn correctly, I used imgburn to burn the disc, but I cant do a complete pc restore because it says: Windows cannot find a backup on the hard disks or DVD's on this computer. Attach the correct hard disks or insert the last backup DVD and start the restore process again.
I also tried to reinstal vista, I enter my product key and click next, and I get a message saying: Windows cannot open the required file E:\Sources\Install.wim. The file does not exist. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070002
Am I doing something wrong? Or missing something? any help would be great.. Thank you
Hey there i need to ask u something, its all like u said at the article, i did get the message windows faield to start after i did windows vista update and i inserted the windows vista recovery cd that the company gave me and i made format (i had no other option like fix windows or something) and now even after the format my pc doesnt work so well as before...is there any chance that ur windows recovery disc may fix it? Thanks in advance! i cant wait for an answer!;p
ERROR The requested URL could not be retrieved
While trying to retrieve the URL: http://neosmart.net:6969/torrent.html?
The following error was encountered:
The system returned:
That is what I got when I clicked on the link. Is there any alternate link? Thanks.
It is just me or the link is really broken?
@Kostas: Remove all the unnecessary software that was pre-installed on your computer and remove startup items through msconfig.
-Eric
Thanks for your great help!!. I use Vista and Ubuntu on my HP laptop and all of a sudden, Vista refused to boot today. Though I had system recovery available (both drive and DVD), they really didn't help me but yours did..Thanks again for your help!.
I have a week old quad core HP HDX18. I just got it to where I want it as far as apps loaded, the way it looks, etc. It is a sweet machine. This is about a week's worth of tweaking, loading software, settings, etc. The Adobe master collection did an Internet update and wanted to reboot. I told it to reboot later but then manually rebooted, and I got the dreaded black screen complaining about \Boot\BCD missing. In my preparation to commit hari kari, I searched and found this site and downloaded the Vista64 Recovery disc torrent from a desktop machine. I burned it, booted the notebook from it - it told me that it detected a boot error for the installation and wanted to fix it, so I let it. I am happy to report that the notebook then booted fine and all my stuff was there. I am now burning recovery disks and doing a FULL system backup to an external USB2 hard disk, just in case. I can tell you that my heart almost stopped when that happened. I have no idea exactly what caused it. I have used the Adobe master collection internet update on a Vista32 notebook with no problems at all. The only other thing that happened was that I mistakenly rebooted the machine with my external usb2 disk connected, maybe that caused it on the 64-bit machine, or perhaps some other weird combination or sequence of unseen events... I really don't know.
Downloaded and tried this disk and it boots but never gives me an option to access my recovery partition. Is there something I need to do?
Booted but then went black after the load screen....
Computer Guru,
I was on my Toshiba laptop and started a windows update, however the update on the Pc did not finish and my computer froze, I then went to reboot the PC and i got this error when the PC re started: windows failed to load because a critical system driver is missing or corrupt
Will this recovery disk recover anything on my PC? Please help! Thanks, Joanna
Maybe someone can help me here.
I keep getting this:
File: Boot\BCD Status: 0xc000001 An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.
I put in this recovery disc and after selecting Repair Computer no OS and/or drivers is found. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
hello guru, my toshiba L500 was not able to startup vista after I shrinked the partitions on my harddisk. ( I wanted to make space for ubuntu which afterall didn't recognize my wifi card realtek rtl8191se, so sadfully I had to return back to MS vista). But thanks to you Vista works fine again. rob
hello is there any one who can solve my compter problem i having sony vaio vgn-cr35g/r i lost my recovery partition is there any body who can give me the iso image of recovery cd of this model...or provide me link to handle this problem.. pls pls pls
where is the serial number ??????????????????????????
to amr
lappy serial no or model no mmodel no iS have given you "VGN-CR35G/R"
My Laptop is Toshiba Sat. Model L300-1A3 Model Number : PSLB8E-01200HAR serial is : Z8877057G
i just download this disc , but it's ask me for a serial Number ?
please provide ?
another thing i have a image on my laptop is Boot.wim i think it's the windows , but i don't know how to burn it on DVD ?
also please advise if you know
@Amr: The serial number refers to the Windows Product Key. The simple answer is, you don't have one. The long answer has already been posted before. Look through the comments.
@vikrant: I posted links to the 32 bit and 64 bit up there. Search the comments.
-Eric
I recently ran system restore due to constant BSODs. I didnt realise i had no vista cd to re-install it with, and keep getting a 'configuration error' everytime i switch my computer on and it wont boot. I borrowed a vista ultimate disk off a friend but it wouldnt work, what shall i do?
@Lilzz: Reinstall Windows Vista with the installation disc your friend gave you.
-Eric
Thanks man. HP charges you $20 for a disc that you can download and burn for less than a dollar.
@Gaurav: That disc contains the Windows Operating System. It is merely the cost for replacing the one that was lost, or in most cases, never made.
The prices for a retail version of Windows Vista does not cost $20. http://www.google.com/products?q=windows+vista&aq=f
If you are just trying to fix simple boot issues that your Windows box is having, then, yes, something like the Recovery Discs (the point of this web page) is a free solution, other than the cost for a disc, to your problem.
If you are trying to do a fresh installation of Windows, there is no way you can obtain a legal copy of Windows for less than a dollar.
-Eric
hi!!!
i installed windows 7 on my hp pavilion dr7 1100el.it had vista before that, but now i'm having problems and i want to go back to vista.is it possible to do it without the original cd. i only have the recovery partion!!!
please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@garybb12: Press F11 during POST and it will boot into your recovery partition.
-Eric
It all worked perfectly. The only extra (fixing an Italian Vaio) was langage selection "for installation" just before the repair option came up. But we kept the faith, and so did you. Thank you so much. Truly straighforward. Wow!
i want to transfer my seagate into my laptop wen i do it says ntldr is missing,will this sort it?
which files do I burn to the DVD? the boot folder, the source folder, and/or the bootmgr?
Hi.
I downloaded this file and burnt it to a CD using default settings on Ubuntu's default CD burner and attempted to use this to boot my computer, but it brought me to the screen right after "Windows is checking files" with the green scroll-thing on the bottom, right above the Microsoft Corporation stamp, and proceeded to stay there for several hours. I redownloaded from a different internet connection (same computer) hoping to fix the problem, with no success. I changed the burn speed to its lowest setting (10x) and had the same exact problem. Any ideas?
~Jordan
P.S.: I fried the Vista bootloader with Ubuntu's grub while installing Ubuntu to an external hard drive, so if there's a different way to put the bootloader back, I'd love to hear it. If there's anything else you need to know, feel free to email me at jw8212(at)gmail(dot)com. Thanks!!
Hi Jordan W
Did you copy the disk image, or just copy the files over?
Tnis link sets out a really straightforward list of what to do. It worked for me.
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Window-Vista-Boot-Error-t251702.html
Good luck!
Hi! I made a rapidshare mirror for the x86 version at: http://rapidshare.com/files/280834393/Vista_Recovery_Disc.iso
enjoy
hi computer guru... nice to meet you... actually i tried to install windows 7 in ma HP laptop in which i had windows vista original one... but the drivers didn't work for 7.. so again i tried to recovery ma vista back, by using recovery option which i got with ma HP laptop.. but i can't .. it's saying that BOOTMGR is missing.. i am worried that whether i lost ma original vista only?? please suggest me.. waiting for your reply....
@chetan: This recovery disc should repair your boot problems. Make sure you have the correct 32 or 64 bit version for the system you have installed.
-Eric
I would just like to give you my utmost thanks for this post. You saved me so much headache with my new laptop that decided to crap out for no apparent reason.
Thank you!!!!!!!
dear computer guru-my computer will not even boot as of now-its coming to the screen were it says to insert windows vista cd and click repair computer-is this the right download for my computer?-thankyou very much
Hi computert guru please help me i got an aspire 6530G and i keep using the disc but when i click on repair computer i can't even see on the systeme recovery option my operating system, why help because i know as long as it don't display i can't fix anything,
of course i set my bios to boot to cdrom, all go well but only i can't see the os, so where do i go wrong please i don't have 750 Nok to pay to Acer for Cd which is more than 100$ here in norway
ca me fait vraiment chier grave, no OS listing, and somewhere i can click on load driver but where to go after , perdu completement please au secour, i use my laptop for work !!!!!!!!!!
@celican: Perhaps you need the other version of the recovery disc. There are two: 32 bit and 64 bit. Give that a try. Good luck!
-Eric
Merci Eric, but my system is of course 32 bit so do you really think i should use the 64 bit, anyway nothing to lose i'll give it a try
@celican: In that case, it seems like there may be a problem reading the drive.
You should run a hard drive diagnostic test. If you're not sure what kind of hard disk you have, you might have to open the plastic covering for the hard drive to see it. It's usually located on the bottom of the laptop and there should be a symbol that looks like three cylinder disks layer caked on top of each other next to the screws that you need to remove; ~about 2-4 screw's.
If you have a Seagate hard drive you can get the software here: http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools
If you have a Western Digital hard drive you can get the software here: http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?lang=en
If you have any other product, here is a web site that has the tool listed: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287
If you come across wordage such as IDE or SATA, I believe you have the SATA type. You speak French, so I assume you bought it in France. Here is the product page for your laptop: http://www.acer.fr/acer/productv.do?LanguageISOCtxParam=fr&kcond61e.c2att101=39732&sp=page16e&ctx2.c2att1=8&link=ln438e&CountryISOCtxParam=FR&ctx1g.c2att92=25&ctx1.att21k=1&CRC=2095961403
Please verify that is the correct computer that you have.
It says "Un ou Deux Disques Durs S-ATA." Google Translate that and the disk type you have is SATA.
After the hard disk diagnostic is done it should let you know if there are any problems with it. It should also read/verify the hard disk. Doing so should also fix your earlier problem with "No Operating System found."
Disclaimer: The only tool I use for magnetic media such as hard disks is GRC's SpinRite ($89). Therefore I have no personal knowledge on the extent of how far other diagnostic tools will go read any bad sectors. I have the utmost confidence that SpinRite is capable of fixing any hard disk with sector issues; granting that the disk is free from physical damage due to sudden movements (dropping on the ground), turns on, and the disks will spin. SpinRite can be found here: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
I hope that helps you fix your problem. Depending on the size of your hard disk, and the mode of the diagnostic tool you are using, it may take several hours for the test to complete. To give you an idea of the time frame you might be looking at, the Western Digital LifeGuard tool took 7 hours to run the comprehensive (long) test on a 640GB WD hard disk.
Good luck.
-Eric
Thanks but i am so good at Pc you know, anyway how can i run that disc diagnostic, do i have to buy anything to do that or ?
Note : just in case i order the cd from acer would that fix the Problem because that's what they suggested to me, they said that it will come with my Pc details like Key etc. ..., just wanna know from the best because i don't wanna get ripped off by them, buying some that would help i hope u got the picture Dude. By the way for the pc i got it here in norway but it's in english, it's sata ???, 640gb, 2 hard drivers.
But I think i know why this one happening , it's because i removed the program of Acer empowering technology by mistake because it's always thru this program I can do the Factory setting , so after that one happened I couldn't just reinstall the same that i had because i am surprised my pc is not that old only 7 months and i always use to reformatte my Windows, did it like 4 times.
So just some advice about the cd from Acer and about how to run the hard driver diagnostic because don't wanna go crazy
@celican: If it is cheaper to buy Windows Vista than to buy their Restore Discs, go for the cheaper option.
-Eric
I THINK MAYBE THAT'S THE ONE I WILL GET FROM ACER, BUT IF I WILL HAVE TO BUY VISTA CD THEN I NEED IT TO COME WITH THE KEY ISN'T ? BECAUSE THIS ONE I WILL GET WILL COME WITH MY PC KEY EVERYTHING, ISN'T THE SAME DON'T KNOW REALLY THE DIFFERENCE
Does this Vista recovery disk work on Windows 7 as well?
I have had a problem but I solved this. If anyone have the same problem it is the solution.
The problem was when I have downloaded the ISO file, I hadn't an ISO file, I had a WINRAR type file (I thought). I extracted the files and into there were two folders (boot and sources) and one file. I did not understand it.
The solution is:
Open winrar, winzip... Go to options, configuration and next in the last clip which have a lot types of files with marks (called in my PC Integracion) you have to deselect ISO files. Now the the WinRAR file will turn into ISO file. So easy.
I'm sorry for my english, i'm spanish
I have had a problem but I solved this. If anyone have the same problem it is the solution.
The problem was when I have downloaded the ISO file, I hadn't an ISO file, I had a WINRAR type file (I thought). I extracted the files and into there were two folders (boot and sources) and one file. I did not understand it.
The solution is:
Open winrar, winzip... Go to options, configuration and next in the last clip which have a lot types of files with marks (called in my PC Integracion) you have to deselect ISO files. Now the the WinRAR file will turn into ISO file. So easy.
I'm sorry for my english, i'm spanish.
The file is 19.2KB Dumbass! How is that a recovery disc??
@Dave: touche.
-Eric
My computer won't boot from the ISO disk. It tries but then goes to the different recovery load options already on the computer. Why won't it boot from CD?
I have downloaded this, burned it to a disc and attempted to restore vista. The problem is i do not have any restore points so it will not let me get back to any of them. i try to have the start up fixed but that also is not working, is there any advice that you can give me. thank you
Hey, so I was able to download everything and burn it onto a disc as the instructions said. However, when I try to put it into the computer and boot up it works until i get to the product key. I entered the key, but it said that a file is missing. I have read most of the comments, and the only thing that I can think of that would be an issue is the BIOS setting. My problem is that the computer will not ever actually start up. Is there a way to change this setting in the startup process? Can you think of anything else that would cause this issue?
Hi there,
I recently purchased a Lenovo x200 laptop (does not have an optical drive) that came preloaded with a Spanish version of Windows Vista business. I was told an English version of the recovery media would change it. Is this possible? If so, how do I run the program without a cd drive?
hope you can help!
hi i have a problem with recovery i am format my computer part c: without recover my recovery on part d: but idonot know how i can recover and repair this proplme i will restart my computer and press f8 before i formt we show message repair and recover wndows but after my format cannot show message what can i do? how i can recovery my windows? satellitr A300-1PJ i am in ksa
Guys I figured it out. This is a torrent which it doesn't state beforehand. Would be nice if some ass who wrote this would tell you what a torrent is in the first place. Anyways, use a program like Utorrent to download it then burn to a disc. I did it and it worked, I needed to bootrec.exe /fixboot and /fixmbr and it worked to fix my machine so yeah.
next time be a little more clear on why the file is so tiny.
@Dave: "Please see this post for info on how to download and use .torrent files."
The stated help content links to here: http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/
RTFA
Here's a link in case you don't understand what RTFA is: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=RTFA
-Eric
@Eric: Thank you very much for your continued support here in the comments. I have cleaned up several rather unfortunate rude replies, hopefully we can keep the tone civilized in here.
-Mahmoud Director, NeoSmart Technologies
Im having some problems with my vista i restarted it the other day cause some programs were freezing up and when i went to turn it on i got the option of windows repair mode and start normally i tried both and the computer refuses to boot up it will sit at a black screen and restart after awhile i dont mind wiping the system out so i tried that with the restores disk that came with the computer and i even set the bios to boot from the cd it says loading files and then goes to the scrolling windows loading bar and then black screen if i leave the black screen up for a bit it will quickly flash the blue screen of death or so i like to call it typical on xp will this iso give me any chance to fix this problem or is this computer shot?
@eric: If you're getting a BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) while the disc is loading the drivers, you might have malfunctioning hardware. First, clean all the dust out of your computer, then run a diagnostic tool. It may be provided by your manufacturer, either on the restore disc, or via their web site.
Likely, you will get a component that failed the test. Contact your manufacturer for repair if you are still covered under warranty.
-Eric
Hi guys,
I have a HP P550 laptop that i just bought. And foolish as i was i installed XP on it after i had installed Vista. XP doesn't work at all on this computer so i'm trying to get Vista installed again.
I didn't create any boot dics before installing XP in the belief that i could use the recovery partition if something went wrong. But i can't seem to be able to boot from the recovery partition.
So i tried to download the Vista recovery disc above. I burned on a dvd as an .iso file and set the computer to boot from cd, but it still doesn't work. I tried to download it again and burn it with a different burning software, still nothing. I got the same message both attempts:
"Windows cannot open the required file F:\Sources\Install.wim. The file does not exist. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x80070002"
Ok, I realised that the install feature doesn't work, and isn't ment work to either. But the problem is that the recovery doesn't work either. Since i don't have Vista installed any more the program can't find anything to recover from.
Any one got any ideas on how to solve my problem, i'd be really grateful.
Thank you
@rick: Usually the manufacturer use F10 or F11 to boot into the recovery partition. It should tell you what function key to use during or right after POST before you see the Windows boot screen.
If you don't see that option, you can use the command prompt (cmd) in the Windows Recovery Disc to manually set your recovery partition as active, so your computer will boot into the active partition on the next reboot.
DISKPART - is the command you want to use. To use this command properly, please refer to Microsoft's Guide before using it. The help documentation can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415
-Eric
Hey guys, I downloaded the 64x version and iso image burnt it with imgburn and everything completed successfully, however when I booted the disc from the defected computer an unexpected error occurred. It's as follows:
Windows has encountered a problem communicating with a device connected to your computer.
This error can be caused by unplugging a removable storage device such as an external USB drive while the device is in use, or by faulty hardware such as a hard drive or CD-ROM drive that is failing. Make sure any removable storage is properly connected and then restart your computer.
If you receive this error message, contact the hardware manufacturer.
Status: 0xc00000e9 Info: An unexpected I/O error has occurred.
There was nothing external plugged in or anything of that sort. I'm just trying to get the Vista recovery to work. I never did anything to make a device fail. This computer is less than 2 years old. It's an Acer Aspire 4315 for the record. Any help would be wonderful. Thanks.
sean
i hope it'll work. if it's work, i'll comment again :)
(my problem is: when i was running the my laptop first time, it was making some things that i cant understand probably. and when it continues, the power cable suddenly removed, and i didnt place the battery yet. then laptop turned off, and when i open it, it says:"fail to get image's DAT file". and when i click 'ok' its restarting.
i will try this recovery disk. i hope itll work. if you had another good idea, i want to listen them too. thx again)
(and sorry for bad english :))
Nah, it didn't work on my laptop. Actually, I can use the recovery disk, but my laptop changed it's error now. it says:"Computer didn't shut down good" or something like it (i'm not using english ver., so I'm not sure about that errors english translate).
So, recovery disk is working good. But I need the Full Vista Premium disk. So I sent my laptop to it's services.
still, thanks to article (and sorry for bad english, again :))
Brilliant stuff, just typed Windows Vista Recovery Disk into firefox and found this, would reccomend downloading to anyone, knowing vista I know how liable it is to fuck up after a week or two... Excellent torrent too, over 1mbps download (that's something else! Especially for a torrent!)
whew, finally, it worked for me, apologies for the long story
so here's my story: happened just last night,
I wanted to spruce up my desktop, change the theme and stuff, WHICH I NOW KNOW to NOT do if you're not comfortable with system files,, but it's really not worth it, Vista's Aero already looks pretty good
anyway one theme required me to replace some system files with some he provided, shell32.dll, shellstyle.dll, browseui.dll to name some, after replacing those files, I restarted my laptop, it booted, but when I get to the logon screen an error would come up: "LOGONUI ordinal not found" or something along those lines, it went on circles like that, it would log me in, an error would come up, logs me off, an error comes up, then if I logged in again, the error'd come up AGAIN.
so I used my other laptop to look for solutions and stumbled here, I read in the comments that it needed a product key, I knew it was under my laptop, but when I saw it, the sticker was rubbed off(I've only had my laptop for 9 months, hmm), I could hardly read it. frantically searched for the box my laptop was in hoping a product key was there, but I couldn't find it. Kinda gave up hope, but I tried using this Vista Recovery Disk anyway.
well turns out the repair option didn't need the prouct key, relief, so I used the system restore option, had to try it a few times 'cause I was imaptient, turns out it just takes a little while for the System Resore window to come up, I thought it wasn't working,,
so then it worked, boot, logged in, I ended up with a black screen and a pointer, so alt+ctrl+del>task manager>run explorer, then there it is,, it's all back, restarted, it works normally now.
thanks to the guys who posted this,, really, thanks,, I almost considered doing a reformat,, thanks again.
@Wok: Patching your system files to accept third-party themes should be quite easy.
The only important step is the first one. You have to make sure you have the patched files corresponding to the correct system you have (Vista 32bit, 32bit SP1, 32bit SP2, 32bit SP3, 64bit, 64bit SP1, or 64bit SP2).
Obtain ownership of three files.
Rename them and add ".bak" to the end of the extension to save as backups.
Copy the patched files to the correct directory(s).
Reboot, and that's all.
If you run into any problems, which you shouldn't if the patch corresponding to the correct system version was used, all you have to do is replace the patched files with the original files you backed up.
This has happened to me before. I used the incorrect patch for my system (used 32bit SP1 when I had upgraded to SP2). I rebooted and all I saw was a black screen and my cursor. initially, I panicked, but like fixing any problem, backstep to before the problem occurred and compare with what happened in between before the problem happened. It was simple this time, because the only thing I had done was patch my dlls. So, all I had to do was replace them with the backups. I highly recommend getting used to using the command prompt, because, usually, if in case everything else fails, you should still have your command prompt, which is the most basic level on Windows.
-Eric
quick question, can i use USB flash disk with these, if i can, i just copy the .iso then boot from USB ?
Guru! You are a living legend my freind, my laptop with vista installed would not start up and didnt let me start up in safe mode but ive downloaded your recovery cd and mate i ran the repair my computer option it searched then restarted my computer good as new and ive got all my important files still on it man your a legend cheers for the help.
Rock On. Thanks for making Vista suck a little less.
none of the links work...... I need the 32 bit ver
I burned this ISO image to a CD-RW, but does not work, the boot manager tells me to press any key but does not go ahead! Help me please!
Hi, I really don't get one thing. Is this tool going to erase my files? Should I take out my laptops HD and make a backup first?..or I'll only going to repair my windows without eraising the files?....Thank you!
@Fabian: You are able to format/erase everything. However, if you only choose the repair option, then it will only try and repair your Windows installation.
Generally, you should always have a backup of your files. I, personally, have four sets of backups of my data.
So, you should be safe using this disc to repair your computer as long as you stay away from installation and the command prompt.
-Eric
@Eric...Thank you very much!...I really appreciate your advice!
Is it possible to format my hardrive then reinstall windows from this CD. I lost my recovery partition and i dont have any CD's. I lost them in a fire but I want to reset my computer back to factory defaults
any help would be apprecaiated
Thanks
Is this legal guys?
im on windows vista 32bit and the recovery disk works but when i reach the choose language on the 1st page it freezes my computer doesnt freeze but it does let me click my language or click next and the disk just stop spinning like its not being used can someone please help!
i mean my computer does not freeze, but the disk does it will not let choose any language or click next and my mouse does not appear i have tryed running in safe mode etc but no luck i even tryed with the disk that came with my laptop but same as this disc. recently before this happend i upgraded to service pack 2 i dont know whether this effects the problem but can someone please help
Im a HP Compaq User I've downgraded my vista to XP in a wrong way, then i started formatting my hard drive, deleted it and created a new one. At the moment im getting this error "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key" I can't even use this Recovery Disk, because when i do it, i get a blank screen and nothing happens. I've got no ideias and im starting to think the best choice is using my warranty to get a new one.... If anyone already had this problem or know how to fix it, i would appreciate some help
Im a HP Compaq User I've downgraded my vista to XP in a wrong way, then i started formatting my hard drive. At the moment im getting this error "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key" I can't even use this Recovery Disk, because when i do it, i get a blank screen and nothing happens. I've got no ideias and im starting to think the best choice is using my warranty to get a new one.... Some help would be appreciated Thanks.
I downloaded the ISO file and booted my puter, got to the screen to 'repair', then get screen to select operating system to repair and there is no operating system listed. So then it says to click 'load drivers', then it goes to screen says 'insert the installation media for the device and click ok to select the driver'. But, I can not find any files on the disk that contains the drivers. Every file that I choose, it says 'the specified location does not contain information about your hardware'. Any suggestions? or solutions?
ok people i just got off the phone with toshiba and they said that u must get the correct recovery disk for your computer each different computer brand has diffrent recovery disks thats why this 1 for download isnt working, if you ring ur manfracture he will notify u which and where u can find the correct cd
I did a system recovery on my HP Compaq presario c700+ notebook after going through the setup i get to name my account and such but when it says preparing desktop i get the error message browseui.dll was not found reinstalling this application may help nothing ive tried has fixed it and i cant even get into the desktop just the accounts (log on) page , i have tried using this disk but to no avail, it wont work, what the hell do i do?
@Chantel: Hey I found a web site with good procedures on how to go about with fixing this missing file problem of yours. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/18/fix-explorerexe-unable-to-locate-component-because-browseuidll-was-not-found-error/
-Eric
It is really incredible how many DUMB folks use computers! No idea what they ar doing, no idea what the technology is about, NO IDEA! I wnat EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT A TORRENT IS, OR WHAT AN ISO IS, to GO PAY A COMPUTER CONSULTANT TO FIX YOUR SHIT! Just GO PAY THEM and STOP being such numbnuts dumb turds! DAMN.
@annoyed with humans: I understand why you feel this way, but no one is born knowing everything, if anything, about computers, not even you. Next to a computer engineer, the same thing can be said about you what you said about others. Unless, you have a PhD in all areas of computer science, then I stand corrected. But you don't. So, if you don't have anything constructive to say, please keep the flaming down to yourself. It's not nice.
-Eric
Thank you Eric, i was previously given those same instructions for my problem but it still doesn't work lol, do you have any other ideas or im thinking i may just be better off paying for it to be fixed by a technician.
@Chantal: Try a system recovery with the recovery discs that came with your computer (call and order them from your manufacturer) rather than from the recovery partition.
If this error came from after using your recovery discs, contact your manufacturer and let them know that you got an error after using there recovery discs. They should attain some responsibility for it. If you play your cards right, they may send you a fresh copy of your recovery discs free of charge.
If all the hardware on your computer is good, then your recovery discs should be guaranteed to work.
-Eric
@Eric ty again, this problem happened after i did a System recovery, i had done one b4 with no problems and the notebook was playin up to no end so i decided to do another i should have just left it lol, So this disc works all the way up till and past the language installation screen and to the product key then i get the message that Windows cannot open the required file E:\Sources\Install.wim. The file does not exist. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code 0x800700002 ..... What does this mean???? and am i just wasting my time completely with this disc? I never got recovery discs and i don't remember making any when i first got the notebook i wasn't aware i had to i have only been using computers for a couple of years now and although i am a quick learner and have resolved most of my own issues and queries this is one tht has me bugged, Ty for your help btw its much appreciated...Chantal
@ Eric thnk you again, so am i wasting time with this disc? i can almost get it to work but when i enter my product key during installation is says another error message about files not existing? so i dont know anymore?
@Chantal: The wording is a bit confusing, but you must use the recovery discs from your manufacturer (Toshiba, Dell, for example). The recovery discs from this web site is only for repairing your Windows system; and not for installation purposes.
If you never received recovery discs when you bought your new computer, then you had to use their Recovery Discs Creator program. It saves them money, so they stopped including recovery discs. It's a logical business decision. To my knowledge, I know Dell includes recovery discs with all their new computers, still.
The next thing for you to do is to contact your manufacturer and order recovery discs for your model either through the phone or their online contact form (if they have one).
-Eric
Hello,
I desperately need this disk but torrent downloads are blocked at my university as are downloading files from 'filesharing' websites such as Rapidshare and Megaupload.
If someone can provide me with a download link that's not a torrent or on one of these aforementioned sites (or similar file uploading sites) then I'll be extremely grateful. (I'm after the 32 bit version).
Better yet if someone could attach and email me the ISO that would be great.
Thanks.
@nima hey my email is lacey.2781@hotmail.com ill be happy to send you the email just send one to me so i have your addy okay.
Hey Chantal I sent you an email...did you receive it?
A few days ago my vista froze and my hard disk activity was non-stop...
I got this weird 'gut feeling' of i think there's a virus deleting my data...
So i force shutdown the machine.
When I rebooted vista did a severe 'fixing myself' process that took me 2 hours.
The machine runs but the registry apparently has been rendered useless... old programs don't work, new programs can't register new keys so they can't install...
awesome stuff.
I have to say, vista has been very reliable for me in the past so this is the first time in 3 years that i need to 'recover' it unlike my previous experince with XP....
so now, 3 years later, i can't find my disk ...
Thank you for this torrent!
i hav did it al how it is suposed, but when i insert the disk and bot it i get like 5 seconds : press any key to boot from cd or dvd... but i cant press any button, and after 5 seconds the message: bootmgr is compressed, press ctrl + alt + del to restart appears...
what should i do...
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!! When my HP Laptop wouldn't boot up I was really upset. With your Vista Recovery Disc and your instructions I was able to repair my Vista System and now my computer works as good as new.
HI, I tried to DL the 32 bit torrent. My DL manager keeps timimg out and re-connects to the tracker continuously. Could be that I am stationed in Iraq! Could you try to send that iso to me by email?
Thanks.
Hey.
My Dell Inspiron is KSODing on trying to use the reinstallation disc Dell sent out with the laptop. Will this possibly be able to help repair my Windows seeing as the repair option on the laptop isn't working? (also just going straight to KSOD)
My laptop is (was) running Windows Vista SP2 X64.
My laptop brand/model is Asus G50V. The all come pretty standardized.
It currently displays the following error at starttup:
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.
File: \Windows\system32\config\system
Status: 0xc000014c
Info: Windows failed to load because the system registry file is missing, or corrupt.
The error occurred when I plugged my iphone into my USB port. Upon doing so, the computer abruptly powered off and began displaying the aforementioned error.
I downloaded the x64 torrent and burned the ISO file to a CDR (the instructions here are clear that it need not be a DVDR). I entered the system BIOS and set the Boot priority to CD/DVD. However, when I insert the CD into the drive windows does not recognize that there is a CD in the drive and nothing happens. I responded by disabling all boot options except for the CD/DVD drive - the result being repeated demands for me to input the appropriate boot device or media.
Things I am certain of:
Thanks for all the help.
Re-burned using image burn and a DVD as the file worked right for too many people for me to just "let it go" and this time it worked correctly.
Am going through the repair procedure now.
I will update with success or more questions if necessary.
Thank you!
SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!
This website is epic. You guys are epic. Writing about successfully repairing your computer is epic. Even the word epic is epic.
neosmart.net For. The. Win!
Good luck to the rest of you trying to get things fixed.
wow... saved my life today thanks a lot!!!
hey when i click on repair computer and next, it doesn't show the operating system and when i ckick next i can't repair either it just say can't repair or something like that!!! any advice? thanks
I feel silly asking this, but my work computer will not allow me to access torrent files, nor download programs like utorrent. Is there somewhere I can download the actual .iso file?
Clicked on: Windows Vista 32-Bit (x86) Recovery Disc Torrent - downloaded file is only 19.1Kb - What happened to 120Mb?
Vista_Recovery_Disc.iso.torrent
To Brian:
Go here to this link and scroll down to the instruction's section -> http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/
" 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. "
Basically you need to download (if you haven't already) a program that can open torrents such as µTorrent.
Is it possible to get this as direct download from somewhere like Media fire or something? I'm afraid that my institution doesn't allow torrenting from their network for reasons of piracy, etc. If it's only 120mb, it shouldn't be that difficult.
I have burned this twice once to dvd and once to cd it will not install error is install.wim is missing the only file is boot.wim can I change the name so my system will use it?
Actually, Dell bundles computers with a full installation disc. In fact, Dell discs are OEM copies, so one key works on all computers...
Downloaded the image 32 bit (x86), ave speed 154kb/s,,,, its nice to have more tools if a problem should arise,, so far no problems...lol Cheers
Hi There's an awful lot of posts to go through but having been through them all twice it appears ( unless I've missed them which is quite possible lol ) that there is no post to address probably the most common query i.e. missing install.wim file.
I've burnt the disc a couple of time as per instructions but still keep getting same error. If anyone can help me I'd be most grateful. andycnffc@aol.com thanks in advance
I finally gave up on this and ordered the System Recovery DVD Disks from HP for $15.....that actually solved my problem (missing boot mgr error) that this download would not repair. The only reason that I am posting this here is because I could not find anywhere that getting the disks from HP would even work after this download (or my own recovery disks) did not work. Just wanted to let you know that it did work for me (just when I had decided that my computer was 'toast')
I tried the new vista recovery disk, no problems , a screen popped up and said install vista in en default ect, if your having a problem look at the posts. CHEERS
There's a Windows 7 version of this disc now available for download, also made available by NeoSmart Technologies.
Download: http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/
im having problems with the file. Whenever I open the file after it's done downloading, it automatically converts from an iso file to a RAR file. I was wondering if rhere is any way to fix this or if I can just burn the RAR file to a disc and boot from there?
I am about to try this recovery disc. I am just wondering if I have to make backup-CDs of all my personal files and emails?
@Martin: It might be easier to copy your files to an external hard drive or flash drive than burning everything to a non-reusable CD.
-Eric
I downloaded and used your iso file to boot up and got so far as to get an error that said it couldn't find the file in the E drive. The partition I'm trying to get to is in the D drive and there is NO WAY to change the drive letter. Do you have any way that I can change it or do you have another file that will look in the D drive? Thanks
Hello, I also hot the same error that it want files from E-drive. What shall I do?
Dear freind, I just wanted to thank you for proposing this great post. I got a new tohsiba laptop (as you said without vista recovery, toshiba recovery will only allow to format and fuck up all your old stuff). My problem is that I was migrating from XP and have a lot of old applications very hardly compatible with Vista. I spent 15 days migrating and fine tuning Vista installtion to make all my old (corporate) soft work. Finally, when I was done i got a "bootmgr is missing" message at startup, I was on the edge of suicide : you saved my life, thanks dude again.
I would just like to thank the authors for saving me quite a bit of time and money. After my HP Pavilion dv2000 laptop shutdown, with 5% power remaining, it started having a boot error when I recharged and restarted it. I called HP, and since I bought my computer 18 months ago, I was told that just to talk to them one time would be $99. I am not the most computer savvy person, but I thought this was too much for someone just to listen to me. I had the recovery disks already made, but I did not want to lose my hard drive, since according to Windows, there was nothing wrong with it. I followed your directions and was able to create an installation disk. My whole life is on my hard drive and your advice SAVED MY PERSONAL AND COLLEGE LIFE!!! I have learned a lesson and will be purchasing a portable HD to back up my files from now on. Regardless, thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!
Can I just mount the .iso image or should I really need to burn it?
Can i do it from a flash drive?
Okay so I made the disc and It booted and everything. So when I go to do a complete PC restore, like back to factory settings it says that I don't have anything to back it up from. I have everything saved on my external hardrive, but my friend says I need to save the OS to the hard drive as well. I just want to reformat and start from scratch. Any suggestions?
Thank you very much for this wonderful tool. My Laptop was under warranty and the OEMs solution entailed data loss for items between backups. Your solutions worked wonderfully. I must admit I had to try numerous items ( users error)but i finally REALLY read the directons...kevin
Hi, thanks a million for your rescue CD. I've only so far used it to recover my BCD, but would also like to use it for restoring backups.
Thought I would point out this url:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927391
To fix my problem, I had to go to a command prompt during the rescue, delete the BCD, and recreate it. This is the second time I've had to do this. Is there something wrong with the disk?
This happened after Windows Update decided to turn my laptop from Suspend mode to "awake", added a few patches, and rebooted to "can't find \boot\bcd".
My Toshiba laptop doesn't come with a Rescue CD, just a CDROM to rebuild the whole Vista install.
Thanks again, Dave
Hi there
i have got acer laptop and vista and im facing problems from last few months. Speed is getting slow day by day. now days im facing new problem im trying to connect to wireless router but im not to able connect to internet earlier it was fine most imp thing im not having any recovery cd of it please if nyone can help me please try to contact me through email as im not able access internet my id is veeru4u19@yahoo.com thanks in advance
Hi .I have an acer 5735z under warrenty.I dint make any recovery/backup disk(I know) two month later I get the error loading os messege.Pc world tell me its a software prob. and not thier prob.as I should have made a rec.disk. The fault then changed to disk access error .this was a faulty hard drive which they replaced.So with a new drive and windows basic (which came with it)I thought "better make a backup this time. Tried to bthru the acer recovery manegement software but it wouldnt do it,just ran for hours froze the screen and wrote nothing.Acer online support told me that the os propably wasnt loaded withe the recovery partition properly so get the "techguys" to install it again. Pc world said it wasnt thier prob. as it was installed from a mirror of my original os (which I should have backed up),so go away. Will making a disk from this site solve my probs. and which should i make? Thanks very much,Bry
Guru, Two days ago I woke up to find that an automatic update had an error which caused my vista to crash, My computer informed me that I needed to reinstall Vista to correct the error. I, now realising that this was a stupid move, followed these instruction, only to realise that everything on my computer was erased. I'm trying to restore my computer to what it was, and was hoping that you could help me with this. Is there any way to restore what I lost, favorites, documents, etc? Thanks, Rodge
@Rodge: If you cleaned your system using "(Quick)" format, you might still be able to retrieve your files (only if nothing has been written of them).
Stop whatever activity you are doing on your computer. Remove your hard disk and connected it as an additional drive on another computer.
On the other computer, download and use the following recovery tools: DiskDigger -http://dmitrybrant.com/diskdigger FreeUndelete - http://pcsupport.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=pcsupport&cdn=compute&tm=450&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=3&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//majorgeeks.com/FreeUndelete_d4407.html Recuva - http://pcsupport.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=pcsupport&cdn=compute&tm=22&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=4&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.recuva.com/download/builds Roadkil's Undelete - http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=28
Usually, just one will be enough, but I have found that results may vary from one program to the next. So, its better to try more than one.
Good luck.
-Eric
Guys, hold on. Rodge may not have necessarily erased the disk during the install, but instead installed over the existing install, and Rodge's data is still there. Use this Vista Rescue disc and go to a command prompt. Change to C:\Users\ where "" is your normal user account name, like "rodge" for example. Do "dir" and see if there are any files there you recognize first.
Don't jump to conclusions and think you have to take drastic measures to recover data that may still be there. Eric is right, though, don't make any more write changes to the disk until you find out what shape it's in.
Best, Dave
Okay, I'm not that computer smart, but if i use "dir" in command prompt when my computer is already running I don't see anything from before the install, all I see are files from after. When I restart and use the boot, I see some files from before, what do I do now? Rodge
man i hope this one works.,
Heyy guys.. i downloaded the 32bit recovery disc.. it loads up and everything.. but when i click repair.. it starts it.. but keeps going on for hours..... does not restart my laptop.. CAN SOMEONE PLEEASEE HELP ME OUT
THANKS IN ADVCANCE...
ASUS LAPTOP DOES NOT REPAIR.. KEEPS GOING ON...
Mike,
What is the reason you're using the boot disc in the first place? What problem are you actually having? Be as descriptive as possible. Is there a reason you can't contact your place of purchase for support, or is it no longer under warranty?
What do you mean the rescue disc "keeps going on"? Do you mean the CDROM drive keeps spinning for hours and never actually boots into the rescue disc? Is it possible the drive or media is defective, or you did not burn it properly?
Does your laptop recognize the hard disk when the system boots? What happens if you try and boot your laptop without the CDROM in the drive?
Best, Dave
Is this Vista 32-bit torrent still active? There don't appear to be any seeders.
Thanks for any info.
While I think this is great to have been made available here- a tutorial on how to use each option would have been nice.
You've got the files made available, tutorials on how to burn the image- but no tutorial on how to use the options available.
No wonder there is so much confusion and so many posts requesting assistance!
But thanks for making it available! (seriously)
Respect!
You are like an oasis in this vast computer desert.
As an old computer geek, when my 2 days old Vista laptop gave me the famous "Bootmgr missin" message I just loughed and thought that this would be easy to solve with a boot disk... Right: a boot disk and Vista... There is still lots to learn! Thanks to MS for giving you the occasion to be someone's hero, right?
Hey dave thanks so much for replying
the reason i am trying to boot my laptop is because while i was trying to do my assignment ... my laptop suddendly FROZE... so i pressed the shutdown button.. and it switched off.. when i tried switchin it back on .. it gets to the stage where windows vista bar is loading.. ( the bars keep going across.. but my windows doesnt load up) so that bar just keeps on going.. i tried pressing enter... esc.. everythin but it still keeps on going...
so this is the reason i decided to BOOT with the recovery disc from here.. because when i switched it off again .. black screen came up with safe mode.. and good config .. and the rest.. i tried to go with safe mode.. the screen scrolls down but nothing happens..
so i inserted the recovery disc that came with my laptop.. it doesnt load up .. meaning.. it boots but doesnt give me any options such as to repair or to install..
but with this recovery disc from here.. it allows me the option to repair or install after i pick the language ... BUT WHEN I CLICK REPAIR.. IT LOADS UP .. BUT THE BLUE BAR KEEPS ON SEARCHING AND REPAIRING FOR HOURS N HOURS.. IT DOESNT DO NOTHING..
HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME OUT..
THANKS A LOT GUYS..
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Mike,
It sounds like you want something different than the Vista Rescue disc. This disc is for recovering from initial boot problems, such as from a corrupt master boot record or initial boot information.
It sounds like you have more of a hardware problem or problem with Windows registry.
It might be a good idea to make sure you don't have problems with the computer's memory. Download the following and burn it to a CDROM:
http://memtest86.org/
Put the disc into your laptop CDROM drive and reboot. Let it run for at least two hours. If it finds no errors, then go here:
http://neosmart.net/forums/
Try posting your question there, being sure to provide as much information as possible on what you have already done and what type of laptop you have.
You might also want to find out the manufacturer of your hard disk, and find the hard disk analysis program on their website to make sure there isn't a problem with your hard disk that is causing this trouble.
Regards, Dave
I have downloaded the disk recovery. It boots fine, but how do I reinstall Windows? My hard drive was formatted when I tried to recover, still have boot partition, but I can't reinstall Vista from the boot partition. The CD does not install Windows, just offers recovery--need to install windows. I have a valid product code, but cannot seem to figure out how to reinstall from the recovery partition (keep getting error when I use the recovery program--it wiped out my c drive, but won't reinstall) Any ideas?
Lyn, it is not possible to reinstall Vista using the Recovery Disc. It is only for recovering boot problems with Vista. For reinstallation, you must use your original Vista media provided with your computer.
Regards, Dave
I am trying to download the recovery disc and every time I try, I get "problem loading page" - my internet is slow but other websites that I access work just fine...any suggestions?
I've downloaded the recovery disc and all.. but when it starts loadind it says that the install. file is missing.. what should I do?
MissETZ, you are trying to download the bittorrent version, correct? Do you have a bittorrent client properly configured? Have you read the instructions on how to properly download?
You may also download from here:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/jjgn2zommoz/cybernetnews
This is a straight download and does not require a bittorrent client, but is not going to be as fast or as reliable.
Hope this helps, Dave
Isabelle, you need to be more specific. What is the error message, exactly? Where did you download the rescue CDROM from? What method did you use to burn the image to a CDROM?
It sounds like something went wrong during the download or burning process. Burn the image again at the lowest speed setting on your CDROM writer, typically 4x, to be sure.
If you still have a problem, describe your setup further. What type of computer? What is the problem you're having? What other things have you done to try and fix the problem?
Can you boot the CDROM on the same computer you burned it on successfully?
Regards, Dave
Dave, Thanks for putting that other link for the Vista Recovery Disc I have successfully downloaded it. I've been trying for days with the other BitTorrent link but didn't receive anything at all, so thanks again. I don't actually need it yet, but I suppose I'd better do a dry run through to see if it goes through the motions now, before I really need it as it wouldn't be much good if it didn't work then would it.
I burned the image as suggested with ImageBurn, as I have previously had problems with Nero burning the odd bootable image, that wouldn't work. I normally use Nero 6 on XP and Vista but I have Nero 9 installed on Widows 7 64-bit as there seemed to be some problems with Nero 6. I'd much rather use Nero 6 as it's nowhere near as bloated as the newer ones.
Here's hoping I don't have the problems that a few of the people on this forum are having I'll get back to you and let you know how it went.
Dave gazillions THANKS!!!! I downloaded the link, rebooted the laptop and it's running now ;)) Thank you so much for all your help and swiftness ;)) ~MissETZ
Hello,
Thanks for the download. I have burnt it to a disc with ImgBurn and booted from it. It all seemed to work fine until I got to the Product Key part.
The key I have (which I found in Control Panel\System and Security\System in the section Windows Activation>Product ID) is in the form XXXXX-XXX-XXXXXXX-XXXXX while the Vista Recovery thing appears to need a key in the form XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX.
I am trying to use this on my TOSHIBA laptop that came with Vista installed and no recovery disc. I hope someone can help.
Thanks =]
the download doesn't work for me, is it a problem on my side or a problem with the site?
Brendan, try one of these keys:
019704 506015 941293 568704 054540 085070 (phone activation)
Ultimate: 6F2D7-2PCG6-YQQTB-FWK9V-932CC (DVD) BG9P2-VFK9D-RHR8G-2448C-9B4J2 (CD) Business: 72PFD-BCBK8-R7X4H-6F2XJ-VVMP9 Home Premium: 8XPM9-7F9HD-4JJQP-TP64Y-RPFFV Home Basic: 762HW-QD98X-TQVXJ-8RKRQ-RJC9V
Regards, Dave
Miko, it's a problem on your side. How are you trying to download it? Provide more information so we may help you more effectively. Have you installed a bittorrent client on your PC and configured it properly? Have you read the instructions on how to properly download?
Regards, Dave
It appears that the Windows 7 torrent links are working for me, but the Vista 64 (which I need) is not. I get the following error:
"Failed to Connect Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at neosmart.net:6969. Though the site seems valid, the browser was unable to establish a connection. * Could the site be temporarily unavailable? Try again later. * Are you unable to browse other sites? Check the computer's network connection. * Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing."
To reiterate, the Windows 7 links ARE working, so I don't know what the problem could be.
Any ideas?
I am trying to find the ISO file for the Windows Vista 32-Bit Recovery Disk, and you still have the link to download it from your website. But every time I try to download the torrent, both in Firefox or Internet Explorer, I get an error saying that a connection cannot be established with the server at neosmart.net:6969
Is the server down? Do you still have the file available? If not, do you know where I can obtain a copy?
Thank you for any assistance in this matter you can give.
Sincerely,
Zane B Stein
Hi. If you're having difficulty downloading the Vista Rescue CDROM via bittorrent, please try the following link:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/jjgn2zommoz/cybernetnews
Hope this helps. Best regards, Dave
Tried out the disc although didn't actually do a repair as my system is still OK. Just making sure it will boot for when it may be needed.
Thanks for for the disc and all the help. I've now put the disk image I got from the mediafire download site, in the torrent folder and it is uploading now, but it only seems to be with dht so maybe it's a problem with my hosts file. I'll have to investigate.
Thanks again for a fantastic repair tool and all the help, and keep up the good work.
You are amazing!! Thank you. Microsoft is such a horrible company; this should be available to everyone, rather than having to go to some scary places (ie torrent world).
Oh man!!! I have problems. I used Reg Easy and ever since then my laptop won't boot. I can get in with Spotmau and see all directories and get into reg edit etc. Spotmau replaced the ntoskrnl and other boot files but still not go. Here is the latest recovery effort. Can any help with some ideas???
When I use the DVD to reboot and select repair the system goes off checking and doing stuff for some time then returns a box saying “Windows cannot repair this computer automatically”
Problem details are as follows:- Problem signature Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2 Problem Signature 01: ExternalMedia Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6001.18000.6.0.6001.18000 Problem Signature 03: 6 Problem Signature 04: 262148 Problem Signature 05: CorruptFile Problem Signature 06: CorruptFile Problem Signature 07: 3221225624 Problem Signature 08: 3 Problem Signature 09: WrpRepair Problem Signature 10: 10 OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033
If you select command prompt from the System Recovery Options window you can get into the hard disk x: and view all the windows directory in C:\windows
Can you help me recover this? It is an OEM installation details below and hence I do not have an Ultimate DVD (I have borrowed a Home Premium DVD from family)
OEM Details from sticker on base of Laptop Windows Vista Ultimate OEMAct Toshiba G66C0001KA10 00144-008-673-679 Product Key – is genuine
X13-04661 LAN MAC is 00A0D17A8B94
HARDWARE – Toshiba QOSMIO F45 Thanks anyone out there!
hi, my computer has been broken for a while now, it has some boot configuration data missing and i downloaded the links on this website to a disk to try to fix it, i went onto the windows vista help page and followed the step by step instructions to fix the problen and it sort of half worked, everythime i turn on my computer now it tells me that the problem is still not fixed and i need to insert the vista restore disk in to my computer and restart it, (as it said it would on the help website) and i did this with the disk i made but it keeps comming up with the same screen. i tryed another disk to see if it would work (windows xp recovery disk)and it dose but it wont fix the problem (obviously)
ok i downloaded the 32bit and put the iso on a disk and blah
wen i put the disk in it pops up with folders no exe's pr anything wat am i really suposed to do to get this to work plz respond as fast as possible
Hi,a friend of mine has a fujitsu siemens amilo li 2735 and has problems,i downloaded the recovery disk from this site and tried it on my laptop (acer aspire 6930) but i was wondering,does it work on a dutch version of windows vista,because the only language i can choose is english (US).
Hi,
I had windows vista on my Hp laptop. Model no dv6767tx. Recently i installed windows XP in D drive using a windows XP bootable disk (windows vista was earlier installed on C drive). No the issue is i am not able to log into windows vista. when i tried to start the windows Vista recovery disk. It shows no response.
Is the windows recovery disk corrupted? How can i fix this issue? Any solution to keep both the windows vista and xp working together and fix the windows Vista recovery disk too?
Any solution will be appreciated. you can also mail to my email id as said below. spentza_will@yahoo.co.in
Hello @all
I just downloaded the "Windows Vista 32-Bit (x86) Recovery Disc Torrent" burned it to a dvd and put it into the laptop I want to fix. It then kinda boots from the disc but halts at a black screen with just the mouse cursor on it?
ANY help is appreciated, is this normal? should it be a menu where you can select the repair options ?
Thanks for your kindness
Naveen, no that's not normal. It's possible you have another issue. Download memtest+ from the following site:
http://www.memtest.org/
Burn it to a CDROM by following the directions, and boot your computer using it. Let it run for a few hours to see if it detects any memory or processor errors.
You may also want to download the utility from the manufacturer of the hard disk in your laptop, and analyze the disk for possible hardware errors.
Regards, Dave
As I mentioned before I have downlaoded the 32 bit recovery disk ( done this several times now ) but when run I get after entering my reg no - missing install.wim file message. If I were to add this file to the resources dir om the disk would this solve my problem.
Thanks in advance.
i like windows vista i the best ever i had
God bless you, guys! you saved me from cracking my head against the wall
Thank you for providing this information and download. You helped me out a lot. Thanks!!!!!
Thank you sooooooooooooo much this just saved me €120
Hi @ all i have one question where is the product key i need it for the installation please answer fast thanks for up
Hi Team,
I am stuck at a peculiar problem. I had some file in Windows XP as in encrypted format. Some how the windows got crashed. I have installed a fresh copy of windows xp again. Now the issue is i am not able to access the encrypted files. It gives me a access denied error.
After all this happening the partition on which the files were, was formatted some how. I have recovered the files for this partition after the format. The file size is the same as that it was earlier.
I want to know is it possible to get access to these files and view then once again. i can see that the other files which were not encrypted(and has been recovered after the system crash and partition format) can be viewed. But not the one which were encrypted.
Any help on this will be highly appreciated. You can reply to me mail id (i.e spentza_will@yahoo.co.in) directly.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Regards, Naveen Singh Thakur
Thx so much for posting the Vista recovery ISOs. U just saved my ass, man :)
-sodala
hi, i hope this disc works as i have a hp6735s that keeps coming up with BOOTMGR compressed after i did a dual boot, Any ideas?
I have an Acer Aspire 5100. I downloaded the Vista ISO and copied it with imgburn. I can boot it with my laptop but it wosays it repairs successfully but then when I retwart it it won't start without the boot disk and then I just have to go through all the same stuff again. I tried start up repair and restore to certain point but with not luck. when I did go to restore I noticed that my D: drive was not on there. Should it be. That is supposed to be where the vista files are. If I go to the prompt from the repair screen it won't let me change to d: or c: drives. It will only let me see the x: drive. Is that normal? PLEASE HELP ASAP.
Thank you, DB
im not very familiar with iso files, but i know how to burn one to disk, however when i download the 32 bit vista file there is no 'iso' file in it only a 'bootmgr' a 'boot.wim' a 'boot.sdi' a 'bootfix' and a file called 'bcd'
how do i convert these into an iso that i can burn to disk, any help will be greatly apreciated.
thanks
ignore me, i only just realized what i had done... the file file IS an iso and not a rar as the image suggests, so i mounted the file instead of unzipping it.
sorry guys,
Thanks guys for all the info. I have downloaded and burned to Cd, it boots and the gets to the page to either install Vista or repair. I click on repair and it takes me to the repair page I have already been to and tried. I try again but with no luck. My problem is, I can get as far as the windows login page, if I wait at the login page after approx 60" it Blue screens. If I login, it gets to the welcome page, then after 30" I get a black screen, sometimes I get my antivirus flash screen others I don't. Then I get the blue screen. Both times the Stop error code is 0x0000008E. I understand this is a kernal problem, poss graphic.(at this point it is getting beyond me) Does it blues screen when it trys to change screen res? Not sure if I am barking up the wrong tree. If it is how do I correct. Thanks in advance. Gary
My dell wont even start i tried the boot disk and i clicked start up repair then it restarted but i keep gettiing the same thing as before a blank screen with the white key flashing i need help n i neeed it fast
product key?
Hi everyone!
For those who are having their vista crashed I have good news! Now, I have no experience in repairing Vista, but I can help you to retreat your files to a safe place. Just get a free copy of Linux Ubuntu or Kubuntu(you will find it in internet, or most probably at some library, since it is a free OS). So you get the CD, boot from it, it should give you 4 options on how to install the OS, you choose the one that "installs it without making any changes or harm to your computer" and navigate through Linux to your files and than get them to a safe place like external hard disk for example.
Toni
@DB: It sounds like there is something else wrong. I don't think this disc will help you with your problem. You should investigate using the program made by the manufacturer of your hard disk to determine if your hard disk is properly being recognized by the system.
@Gary Hornbuckle: If your system boots, this rescue CDROM is not for you. You should investigate other tech support resources for problems with windows.
@Quana: Are you sure you have configured your computer to boot from the CDROM drive first? If so, and all you get is a flashing cursor with a white screen, then something else is wrong, perhaps physically with your computer, and this disc won't help.
@breki: This disc is only for rescuing an existing system. The install options on the rescue CDROM do not work. There is no key needed.
Regards, Dave
i somehow deleted vista off my computer and my computer wouldent load so i snaged my frends ubuntu disk but ide like to get my old vista back im running on a toshiba A305 and it didnt come with restore disks and the disk i downloaded from you askes for a product key that i dont have can you halp me out any? if anyone elese can e-mail me @ emoassassin1@yahoo.com
@breki: You can't use this CDROM rescue disc for installation. You should use the recovery disc that comes with your laptop to reinstall the system automatically to the factory defaults.
If you can't do that, you'll have to buy a copy of Vista.
Regards, Dave
can somebody post the recovery disc made from a vista SP2?
Just use the Windows 7 version of the CD from here: http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/
Hello.... I have not used Windows for several years now (linux instead) and my wifes hard drive will not boot up. She uses XP. I can use Ultimate Boot Disc to see the files, but dont know how to transfer them. So, I know the data is still intact. I am able to boot into a live Ubuntu disc, but am not able to mount the XP hard drive. When I force mount it, it shows nothing on the disc.
Is there any XP Recovery discs like there are for Vista? Anything would surely help me out right now! Thanks!
@Dave, can't you put the disk into another computer that works, and just copy the files from there?
If not, download the Linux SystemRescueCD and use that to boot:
http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
You can then use ntfs-3d to mount the disk to see the files. You can also set up networking and use that to transfer the files using rsync or ssh or another method.
Best regards, Dave
Using the Vista recovery disc here I did get the drive bootable again! Thank you! The Vista recovery disc said it would only fix Vista systems... I ran it anyway and it worked. All data is backed up now before the HD fails again. Thanks for the help.
I'm pretty knew to this and wanted to know if this can help with Windows Vista Starter?
Plz Help ;D I Appreciate it
First, thank you for the recovery disc, it's a life saver.
Every once in awhile randomly I get a failed boot and the following message (even after I've repaired my computer with your disc):
Windows failed to start. a resent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
If you do not have this disc, contact your Systems Administrator or the computer manufacturer for assistance.
FILE: \Boot\BCD Status: 0xc000000f Info: An error occurred while attempting to read or Boot configuration data.
To boot my computer I use your recovery disc again and all works fine.
Is there a cause for these random boot failures? If so what should I be looking for?
I'm running Windows Vista, Home Premium .
@Roger, I actually have the same problem, and haven't been able to fix it. I have a Toshiba laptop and have been using the rescue disc every few weeks to fix it. It is either a hardware error or a driver error, but haven't had time to narrow it down.
If you search on Google for the error, we're not the only ones having the problem:
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=FILE%3A%20\Boot\BCD%200xc000000f
Start out with a chkdsk run of your hard disk to narrow down the possibility that there is a hardware or sector problem wit the disk. You might also try and run the manufacturer's disk test/verification program to make sure.
You might also check out support.microsoft.com for further information. Here is one that might be helpful:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistawu/thread/6b00ed7d-3c69-4ebe-b1e6-4d8225bd4232
Best regards, Dave
Thanks a Million!!! Never recovered a Windows version quicker or better!
thanks a bunch, you guys saved me also!
Help, anyone! I am extremely angry with Microsoft for once again sending out updates that seem to be only in beta mode and which have completely messed up my son's laptop - can't even get to his desktop now.
He's running Vista on an Advent laptop and agreed yesterday to download and install Microsoft's latest Service Pack update. After an hour of waiting it said the update had failed, followed by 'reverting changes, do not turn off your computer'. 26hrs later it still says the same message, despite booting in safe mode, running a repair disk (didnt work), and attempting to do a System Restore via advanced tools. A message comes up to say there are no System Restore points on his laptop, and after searching the net have read elsewhere that this update actually removes any restore point previously made! What on earth is going on. I have spent all day today and last night on this, and its abysmal that such a multi-billion dollar company can screw around like this.
So even if I can work out the instructions on here for using the ISO/torrent fix, where will a restore point be found if MS have wiped it?
Thanks,
@birdlife, sorry to hear you're having such difficulty. Unfortunately, I don't think this rescue CDROM will help you. It's really only to recover systems that have difficulty booting due to missing bootsector and/or MBR issues, not actual software problems with the system.
If Microsoft actually wiped the restore point, then I'd say it's probably been deleted permanently.
I think you would have to provide more information on what the actual problem is with the system. In my experience, it's rare that trying to go to a restore point actually works anyway.
Best regards, Dave
Hi Dave, Thanks for the prompt reply, and as its not booting up perhaps the ISO fix might work. But I have no more information to give, because the constant message simply says "Service Pack failed, reverting changes.Do not turn off your computer". Not much to go on is it. On searching the net, I found a whole torrent (no pun intended!) of hacked-off people who have had exactly the same thing happen to them. One guy said he'd been on the phone to MS for nearly 4hrs only to be finally told he must have a hardware error. Yeah, right. I had a similar thing happen to me some while back with XP and SP3, but I was able to roll back to SP2. My son doesn't have this option. Its a complete disgrace for an OS company to offload software onto the general public that has the potential to damage or completely destroy their system.
I am emailing MS, let you know if I get a valid reply or find a way out of this nightmare.
Thanks,
I am getting the "Windows cannot open the required file D:\Sources\Install.win. The file does not exist...." when I tried to boot from the disc. I entered the Product Activation Code that is found on the sticker at the bottom of my VAIO laptop. Can anyone help me on this issue? I see a lot of people have posted on this but I couldn't find a feasible solution.
Thank you all so much!
@Jeni, you cannot use this CDROM to install Vista. It can only be used for the recovery portion of the process.
What problem are you having that requires you to install Vista?
Best regards, Dave
@birdlife, unless the error relates to a boot record issue, and doesn't get to the loading windows stage, the disc won't help. If your computer begins to load windows and then fails, I don't think this recovery disc will help.
Please do let us know how you make out.
Best regards, Dave
Dave--
I assume I should reply to your reply here?
I have a Sony VAIO VGN and it's crashing all over the place. I can't even finish a powerpoint presentation without it saying (Not Responding). It's completely stochastic as to when the sound (speakers and mic) works. I'm really aggravated by it and wanted to just wipe the whole system and start anew. (not even sure if that's a good idea at this point).
Can you advise?
Thank you, Jeni
@Jeni, do you have the original disc that came with the laptop? If so, that should give you the ability to reinstall much easier than trying to install from scratch using a regular Vista disc. For that, it requires some expertise, as you'll likely have to download and install hardware drivers for your sound card, network, display, printer, etc, and set it all up again. Not a pleasant experience.
Is the system any better when running in Safe Mode? If you haven't tried this, press the F8 key immediately after your system tries to boot. You should then be prompted with a menu where you can choose Safe Mode, which loads only a specific set of capabilities that are necessary for your computer to function. This will eliminate much of the other non-critical programs. If your computer still runs slowly, then you may have a different problem.
Start with seeing if you can check for viruses. Go to something like symantec.com and do their online virus scan to see if you have any viruses, even if you have a virus scanner already running on your PC. Then go to malwarebytes.com and download their spyware/malware scanner to see if you've been infected there. That would certainly cause your system to run slowly.
There are also thousands of resources on the Internet to help you troubleshoot why your system is running slowly that are far better equipped than this site. support.microsoft.com might be a good place for you to start, too.
Best regards, Dave
I'm having any issue with Vista not booting on my laptop, and want to make sure this can do what I need it to. At first I could startup recovery to come up, and access the command prompt, but now it won't even go that far. No booting in Safe Mode or anything. I got an error one time saying something about the boot file missing the required information.
Thanks
@Jax Reaper, @Jeremy, you should learn to be more specific in your description of the problem. Saying "something about the boot file missing the required information" is very vague for us to try and give you accurate information.
It does look like the rescue disc will help you. It can't really cause any harm, so I suggest you download and try it.
Regards, Dave
Sorry about the vagueness, but that's essentially all it it told me; aside from techniques to fix the problem that I had tried previously to seeing the screen. I tried the 32-bit version, but it said it wasn't compatible, but I thought that's what I was running. For some reason my laptop has two different Program Files folders, one of them followed by (x86), which is another reason I thought that one would work. I'll try the other one, hopefully it downloads a little faster than the 32-bit version did.
OK the 64-bit disk is working, but startup repair can't fix my computer. My computer doesn't have any restore points, so that's out of the question. When I open a command prompt and run chkdsk it lists 4 index entries that are incorrect:
wermgr.exe NCProv.dll ncprov.mof ncsi.mof
When I run chkdsk /f it gets about 75% done and stops saying:
"Failed to transfer lodded messages to the event log with status 50."
When I run chkdsk again it tells the same 4 files are incorrect. Any ideas?
@JaX, looks like very bad news:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vistahardware/thread/0eacd1bf-4357-4a47-b135-e96f1177eec1
Good luck. Regards, Dave
On closer examination it appears that chkdsk /f did in fact finish, and deleted and recovered the 4 files I mentioned above. They still came up as errors when I ran chkdsk again. I was able to replace all of the files manually, and all of them except ncsi.mof came were no longer showing up as incorrect. I don't know if this has anything to do with my laptop not booting or not.
I noticed when I tried to boot a blue screen flashed and then the computer would restart, and disabling auto-reboot, I was able to get the screen to say up.
It says the usually stuff about a problem being detected and windows being shut down to prevent damage to you computer, to check any new hardware or software installations, disable BIOS memory options like caching or shadowing, and to boot into Safe Mode, which gives me the same blue screen. The technical information is:
*** STOP: 0x000000123 (0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000)
I've searched around for what that means and discovered the first part means physical memory dump, but any solutions I find involve actually using windows. I really don't want to have to do a factory recovery. I know I can save some of my files to a thumb drive using command prompt but I would rather not lose anything. I will do this if I must, but I'm not quite that desperate at the moment.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Nevermind. I fixed it. Not really sure what I did but I got windows to boot finally. Couldn't have done it without the recovery disk though.
Thanks!
Ive downloaded both the 36 bit and 64 bit and wrote them to two different CDs, tried them both and got the same result: i start up the Hp laptop and the nothing different happens, the windows boot manager screen still comes up with "An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data."
Am I supposed to do something extra to get the disc to load up or what?
thnx in advanced -Kam
@KAM, you need to configure your laptop to boot from the CDROM drive instead of from the hard disk first. Most computers use the F2 or F12 key. While the computer is initially powering on, tap the F2 or F10 key repeatedly, and before it actually boots, it should prompt you with a menu that lets you select the media from which to boot. If that doesn't work, you'll have to find out what the actual function key is that needs to be pressed on system start directly from HP on their website for your model.
Best regards, Dave
Ive burned the recovery down on a disk and ran it on my laptop. It works fine until i press repair my computer and the window with system recovery options pop up it tells me to choose a OS to repair but i dont see any.
my computer is stuck on "configuring updates 3 of 3" it's been there for a couple days..I unplugged the computer from the wall waited tried to start up agin same thing happens..I tried to run in "safe mode" and the other 3 modes nothing happens..I tried using system recovery and went back a week ago nothing happens..It keeps rebooting then goes back the the 3 of 3 configuring update...I tried using this disc and did the "system repair" but it says it cannot fix the problem..I tried using the command prompt and typing in the above commands and it says not a valid specified path...I tried changing the drive from "x" to C but it will not let change the drive it's reading the restore disc from....I have my old drive thankfully and can get online but I cannot fix this problem...can anyone help or point me where to go..I went on other site with the info I posted and tried that boot disc but it will not work and after all this it still goes back"configuring updates 3 of 3" stuck at 0% for hours...help me please...
Hi Dave , Re the Vista failed service pack update that's left my son's laptop unworkable, I complained to MS and got this unapologetic response: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistarepair/thread/04537e4a-22b0-420d-929f-3ee6c6bed9c1
Looks to me like we have two options, a) slave the laptop to my pc (major headache for me) and hope something can be rescued, and b) BUY an external harddrive (major dent in his student pocket). Personally I'd rather put it towards an AppleMac aafter this latest fiasco from MS.
tj - if you follow the instructions from Microsoft on the link above, it may help you out .... good luck!
that's the kicker birdlife..I did that and nothing was fixed...same 3 of 3 cycle..
tj- what, you slaved it and its still no go? Well that's a b*mmer, as MS's third option is for the general public to trot off to a computer repair shop for them to attempt to undo the error they've inflicted on us. Someone's laughing somewhere, and its not me.
Thanks for your helpful links in response to my last posting.
I have noticed I get the black screen only after Microsoft has downloaded an update for my Vista operating system and reboots my computer.
Is this something that is being done to make us frustrated enough to upgrade to Windows7?
I'm attempting to slave today..But I fear I might screw it up since the files I need are on the drive that won't update....And the computer I'm suing only has 17gigs memory..I'll give it a go....This blows majorly..If I can't get this going I have to pay with money I don't have to fix something they did to my computer..that's BS any way you cut it..I should save my receipt and send it to them to pay me back for it...These computer repair outfits charge A LOT of money to fix something I might just be missing..
Exactly, tj - major hassle, and likely to cost. Can just see MS asking us to please send them our bills - I'd laugh but its likely to come out a tad hysterical. Please post how you get on with slaving it, I may attempt it tonight but also only have limited memory on my desktop pc.
IF I understnad ocrectly the repair/in-place upgrade wil kepe my documents, but i'l have to re-insalt any programs i've instlaled since then, ios that correct?
slave is not an option...the cables do not match to what my drive has..oh well...I gonna try once more before I give in a pay someone to fix this damn thing..
Bad news, tj. Slaving it won't work for us either, there's nowhere near enough memory on my desktop pc to do that and it would take ******* forever to transfer data anyway. Can't even load a different OS onto the laptop, as that would wipe all his stuff that's irreplaceable. Need a boot disk that works, then try and see where all his stuff is stored, then save it to an external drive - just had to buy one online at £70! - then reload or change the OS. Should go public with this, no doubt MS would then get around to issuing a patch long after the damage is done.
I'm not sure that i totaly understand this. I have a Lenovo 3000 N200 0769 release with Vista Home Premium. I accidentaly formated the service partition wich contained the restore files and i don't have any recovery disks. This means that if i boot from this disk it will conect me to a server and will instal original factory vista?
I had a problem with dual boot between Debian Lenny and Windows Vista in my Laptop HP 1212LA.
Error: Archivo \Windows\System32\winload.exe Estado 0xc000000e
I could repair the problem with this wonderful tool.
Thanks a lot!
Dude..I need recovery disc of SONY VAIO FZ serires VGN15G . it came with windows vista home premium.. and after 1 year I downgraded it to XP.. but its brightness and AV controls dont work I searched many drivers but very few worked.. I m in a real need ,,,can u guys please help me... Actually I had one recovery but it is scratched... guys please help..
I am trying to download the Windows Vista REcovery Disc 32-bit version torrent and when I click on the link it opens a file of mostly jibberish. Can you fix the link please?
Hi, I downloaded the iso and verified it. I have burnt it to disc using imgburn. When boot off it, it says it is loading files with the white progress bar. This seems to complete and it shows the normal windows splash page. I then have a black screen while the hard drive seems to be working away. A cursor then appears with a blue background but no options available. Do you have any suggestions?
Adam
Thank you!
It took me 3 1/2 hours to do it but the point is, i am not a computer guru but i DID IT! It took two failed CD's...one didn't work; one PARTLY got me there; and the third one worked. Yep, people, follow these instuctions to the TEE! And it will work!
I downloaded and extracted the folders, but where is the ISO ?
I have the two folders titled : boot and sources
I dont see a ISO file in either folder ? Help ?
Help please
It seems like a lot of people get good use of this image, i do not.
After keying the product key in, i get an error message e:\sources\install.wim do not exist.
And when i look on the disk there is no install.wim only a boot.wim.
What am i doing wrong.
PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP :'( :'( :'(
Hi,
I seem to be struggling. I have downloaded the torrent via utorrent and having unzipped it using 7zip i have: these folders
[BOOT] boot sources
and a bootmgr file.
Where is the ISO file that i need to mount?
Cheers
i have an e-machine is the amd 64 processor x86 or x64? i ask cause i dled and burned the 32bit(x86) version and it runs fine but when i try to input the vista productkey from the back of my tower it says the key is not valid, so do i have the right version? BTW if it helps any this emachine has the "PC Angel" Recovery partition on it. can't access it at all.
Thank you! These instructions and rebuilt disc saved my a$$. Once the file was burned to DVD, I was up and running in less than 5 min.
paragon boot manager stuck on my vista, someone tell me to use the recovery,but it wont work...
any ideas???
hello guys i have one pc (which is not working ) and one mac computers so my pc has startup problems , and from what i understand is i have to burn this recovery file and insert it in my cd drive .and i need to ask some qs aswell :-
Thanks everybody in advance
It work for me and is unbelievable :D:D:D, I had Vista Home Premium preinstalled , and only this solution seems to do the trick ;) My problem was the appearance of the blank screen with only the cursor in the middle of the screen, after many hours ,I found this site and managed to work things out.Many thanks and good luck to all !!!!!!!!
Hello, I have a slightly hard question.My computer is a Japanese computer FMV BIBLO . Do you think this recovery disk will work to recover my operational system? Or it s better not to try..? Thanks for the help.
Hello, I wanted to ask if this recovery disk will work for me with a japanese computer. Will it recover my files if i have a japanese operation system...? Thanks for help!
I've used Imgburn and MagicIso to burn the recovery disk (32 bit), but everytime I get past the windows green-bar loading green; the screen freezes at a black screen, NO mouse, nothing. I've tested the disks on my XP machine and they boot fine. Its just on my vista laptop it constantly freezes at the black screen. Can anyone provide any assistance?
Do you have to back up files before doing this? Will I have to reinstall all my programs? When it boots from the DVD a screen comes up asking me which language to install. I don't want to loose files.
Thank you very much sir
I burned the image as a bootable disk. I inserted the disk held the f12 key down and I get absolutely nothing. Nothing is booting from the disk. My computer is not responding to the disk drive. Huh!
Where/what is the product key for the x86 ISO? I cannot use the disc to reinstall vista because it needs the key?
Hi all,
I made a copy of the recovery disk and ran it on my laptop. When startup repair attempts.I get a error advising "cannot repair this computer automatically"
When I go into command prompt and try chkdsk , it runs, chkdsk /f, I get disk is file or directory is corrupted and unreadable
C: I get the same message
Any ideas anyone
Thanks for any help
I made the recovery disk, but when I boot using it, it goes into a loop at the point where you select which operating system to repair. It has already identified the operating system on the C drive, but I can not select it because the loop keeps searching for windows installations .
I have a HP Slimline PC with a bad HDD. HP says that I need their HDD becasuse it is tattooed, and want to charge me $275 for a 250gb hdd.
I plan on buying a new HDD at local store. Will this image do the full vista install? If not, where can I find the new isntall CD? I have a Vista license key from HP
regards, Dave
hey "G"
wel um...i had mint in one of my drives...all i needd is get back my disk , take the controls from 'GRUB'....repair my 'mbr'... i tried 'SUPER GRUB DISK'.... 'bootable' and 'exe' both...none did the job..!!! exe just loads files and do nothing. any solutions sir!!
Hi, guys! Yahoo Messenger tricked me into receiving a file from a chat, a fake chat, and Windows Defender told me there was a threat. I didn't open it. Closed the computer and now it won't boot up. All I get is a blue screen with a movable mouse. :(
I downloaded and successfully copied the Recovery Files, twice, just in case. I have a Compaq Presario CQ50. I changed the boot process to DVD/CD first, but I get the same: a blue screen with a mouse.
Can anyone help?
Thank you! You saved my life!
hi i press the vista recovery for 32 bit and i get akll these symbols, can someone help me cause my emachine didnt come with a cd to reinstall windows vista cause i did a systemn restore... and it made it have no oprerating system or w.e and i am trying to reboot the whole system
tnx from SLOVENIA !!!
Hey.. i have a question..
after i've tried to boot from the recovery disc.. it has directed me to the windows setup... n it prompted me to choose either to boot with safe mode, safe mode with networking or safe mode with command prompt.. i'm rather clueless of which to choose.. can anyone pls help... would really appreciate your help.. thanks in advance...:)
Hi.. I have a question here...
I've tried using the recovery disc and after i clicked the repair the computer.. the system prompted me for system restore... however.. it (system restore) has been running for like more than four hours or so... is that normal? Or does that mean that i'm using the wrong Bit disc (because i'm using the 32-Bit)?
Would appreciate if anyone can help... Thanks in advance..:)
Thanks a lot you guys! that was very helpful.
Hi, I dl Vista x64 recovery, but the Md5 checksum isn't listed here or anywhere else. Mine was: 6a2c38312c5391d39cc0d429a1f123a3 Could you confirm, please?
Thanks a lot!
Downloading via bittorrent is guaranteed to be corruption-free. Your bittorrent client automatically checks the hashes.
i getting a wim install missing mesagge is it i need to renistall vista?
thank you.
just wondering? if utorrent checks the hash and guarantees it's correct, why does the hash number under the general tab in utorrent differ from what winMD5sum detects. for instance,the vista recovery iso's hash is aff5ceef6dbf202cc1beb9fc81e8d02b which is the same as what Computer Guru states, utorrents tab says something completely different? i hope that makes sense to some1 as I'm not to good at this kind of thing? anyway thanks for ur help, this seems like a really good site. i will let you know how the vista recovery goes! thanks again
The hash that uTorrent shows is the torrent hash, not the MD5 hash :)
There are many different types of hashes, all more or less reliable for this purpose... But you need to make sure you're comparing apples to apples and oranges to oranges.
Alright i guess i'll see if it works...thanks.
hi...
i have successfully down load this via imgburn... then i insert, and it says click any key..then came up the screen of install bla bla bla, i select repair... then it came the window repair start up... then... it shut down... so i turn on the pc again but the cd is still in, so it asked again to select any key for the disc to run, before i could do that straight away the 'restore...' or start window normally... so i click the restore... as it repairing.. it says "start up cannot be repair" ....what should i do? do i took the cd out or run the cd again??
Thanks! It worked well. I have a Lenovo Y410 that i was about to recycle until i saw your recommendations. I tried it out and it work just fine, fast, secure and easy. Thank you very much
hey i ve an dell studio 15.5 so in my laptop the dell factory restore option was not coming now and i want that option so wat i will do to get it back plzzzzz help me .......
Rioght whats with this: I donwload the file and I have done everything like you said and when I boot from the CD it just says the instal.wim file is missing. And despite people already complaining about this on the fourm no_on has given a solid answer why it does this or how to fix it.
Please can someone tell me what o do I really dont want to reformat.
"Again, for the last time:
If you get an install.wim error, it's because you're trying to install Vista with this CD. That's not allowed. You need to use the "Repair your computer" link on the screen before."
I need help with this problem eerytime I put in the CD it comes up wtih this error: install.vim missing beofre I can get the repair option. And despite alot of people puttin this up as a problem you have just thought that it ou fault for trying to instal windows. Would someone please let me know the way to fix this problem.
AGAIN: I AM GETTING AN ERROR THAT SAYS INSTALL.VIM IS MISSING BEFORE I GET TO THE REPAIR OPTION OR EVEN ANY MENU AT ALL. THE DISK LOADS UP FINE BUT ERROR JUST COMES UP AFTER IT HAS LOADED.
I tried to compress my files and forgot i had done it and closed down my pc. When i turned it back on it kept saying bootmgr press ctrl, alt & del. made a restore disc put it in loaded it up. clicked repair system. gave me my system recovery options which is my windows vista. clicked next then startup repair but says there is no problems found but obviously there is otherwise it would start up. tried doing system restore with 4 different points but still when i turn on the pc gives that same bootmgr message. anyone help me? Ive done exactly what this tutorial says.
Thank you for restoring my computer! Your startup disc was very helpful. Everything appears to be in working order now!
Thanks helped alot, sorted my office pc problems.
Your awesome, I got that winload.exe corrupted error, and your site fixed it by following these instructions!
Hey guys... after spending a lot of time reading through the forum, I have found a problem I can't seem to fix. My Gateway laptop recently had system registry errors due to corrupt files. Like many, Vista was installed on the machine when I purchased it and I had no recovery CD. I followed the steps and have burnt a 32-bit CD to begin restorations.
However, when I boot from the CD, it loads the Window's files completely. Then it continues to a loading screen with just a green loading bar for Windows. Shortly after, the screen is black and my computer seems to have quit processing. The only related post I have found is:
Gray Nov. 26th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I've used Imgburn and MagicIso to burn the recovery disk (32 bit), but everytime I get past the windows green-bar loading green; the screen freezes at a black screen, NO mouse, nothing. I've tested the disks on my XP machine and they boot fine. Its just on my vista laptop it constantly freezes at the black screen. Can anyone provide any assistance?
I did not see any solutions to Gray's problem in this post and am having a difficult time searching for related posts. If anyone can assist me, I would greatly appreciate it.
To clarify, I have found images on your website that can better assist you in knowing the problems I am dealing with. On the Windos Vista Installation page (found at http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/G/Installing+Windows+Vista), I get the first 3 black screens shown that load the Windows files.
However, the problem is that when the third image is done, the setup fails to continue onward to the colorful Language Select screen. The screen is just black, stuck in between the two stages.
Is this a problem with the disc I am burning? As far as I know, problems burning the ISO file to a disc will result in other problems, such as the disc not being recognized or not loading the Windows files. I do not want to keep burning additional CD's if this is not the problem.
With that being said, could this mean that my hard drive is faulty or damaged, since the files seem to load from the disc but fail to apply to the hard drive?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, especially the ones that will not run me in circles all day. :P
this wont work for me. I changed the BIOS to run CD first but then it just starts the hard drive. Could it be because i burnt the CD through a mac?
Thank you so much, this was really helpfull, you saved me. keep on helping people THAnK YOU
I use grub so I can get on ubuntu anf vista, will that have any effect on this disk?
hello My computer crashed for the first time and right on Christmas day and also the day my friends decided to throw a birthday party for me(my b-day is the 26th) so I really need a miracle for me I will address the problem so I don't have to find out if the disc works or not
I wanted to make a video for youtube to see how I roll so I downloaded an editing system and an audio recorder and then I tried putting it on youtube but it wouldn't work so I gave up. Then I played a game and it froze. I tried doing every thing I usually do when a game freezes but that didn't work. I tried turning off my computer but it wouldn't. Then I pulled the plug and put it back in. It worked and it did all that mandatory stuff for Vista. I tried my game again and then I got the blue screen of death. It restarted my computer and it got stuck on the window's loading screen. Again I pulled the plug and restarted it but a blue screen came up with just the mouse. I turned off my computer but it ended up on the black screen this time and every time I turn it off, it goes back to it and I can't do anything. I am speaking from a different computer so help plz
Hello - thanks for the iso. I seem to have a little problem of perpetual loop going on. I can use the CD I created to recover windows, but it was a windows update that was installing that corrupted vista to begin with. That same update keeps installing itself every time I recover with the CD. I can't get past it to get into windows to purge the bad update. I have a Compaq Presario C700 and I didn't make any CDs to perform a full re-install. Any suggestions on how to kill the update would be helpful. PS does anyone know if the manufacturers are legally obligated to supply us a Recovery CD without charge? I have heard so many different rumors. I see both sides of the arugement but what does the law state? Thanks, Keith
I appreciate the info, but thanks for nothing. What's with this Torrent crap? I have looked at this type of download before and tried it. It's pure crap. I had hell finding the program, half of them are proprietary and many include more bloatware and they are just plain slow. For someone who claims to want to help, you sure have a strange choice of distribution.
sorry for this guys
i just wanted to say this
OMFG THIS A LONG FREAKING POST!!
I couldn't even get to the middle of it
but thanks for all the information!!
i did help me a lot
Hi,
I did everything correct to burn the repair disc for my BSOD, I loaded it and got up to the option to select an operating system to repair but when I click on my system--which says Windows Vista (TM) Home Basic(recovered)--and press next it says:
"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 don't know why it's saying that I downloaded the 32bit which I'm almost sure I have.
Can anyone point me in the next direction?
check your memory (BAD MEMORY CAN PASS MEMORY TESTS ALSO)
Yesterday I was installinq updates when my computer died.Durinq update installation the computer always says do not shut off so now it chanqed my systems hardware but did not finish.I need a recovery cd.When i downloaded the 64bit torrent an error said that my computer could not find the file but i was lookinq riqht at it because i saved it to my desktop.!Help please.!
I tried to use recovery disc but i couldnt get Vista installed. I received a message that said: Windows cannot open the required file E:\Source\Install.win. The file does not exist. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installatio, error code: 0x80070002. Can someone help me please. Can someone instruct me on installing Vista.
so when I download this file do i need to extract the files on my pc before i burn the iso image or just download it and burn the files without extracting?
hey people, well, i am currently pulling my hair out of my head. i got a dell minibook from comcast and daughter downloaded a ton of songs and now my computer is riddled with viruses. the computer is just a netbook and has no cdrom. can i run the recovery disk with out burning it?
hey people, well, i am currently pulling my hair out of my head. i got a dell minibook from comcast and daughter downloaded a ton of songs and now my computer is riddled with viruses. the computer is just a netbook and has no cdrom. can i run the recovery disk with out burning it?
What happened to the link? Everytime I click it it goes to a screen full of gibberish.
hello i am trying to locate my partition recovery tool in windows vista. i need to recover my system as i can not start up, and i have no recovery or vista disc. i bought it pre-loaded with vista from best buy...... could you please tell me how to locate this tool via my pc, thank you very much in advance for your help..
Grant
Sup NeoSmart Crew/ Club,
I just want to/ hereby express my utmost gratitude to the ones that do deserve ' The Greatness ' status;
It worked like a charm; the Windows Vista 32-Bit (x86) Recovery Disc Image/ .ISO file;
Once again, guys ( or perhaps some girls ) ... ... you Rock ... !?! ...
You've made my vacation somewhat more pleasurable, as I would've search high and low ( IT store to IT store ) in this region/ location if a possible (re)solution could/ would suffice;
" Respect is not Given, it is simply Earned " ... ...
Holla' , if ya hear me .. ... ...
Terror Head
Hi Guru,
My mother upgraded her laptop Medion with Vista to Service pack 1 and couldn't finalize correctly. After that the laptop wouldn't restart giving an error at startup (!! 0x0.....) Now I downloaded this file and burned it with Imageburn like you recommended. This worked fine to get into the recovery options but it couldn't restore the system. It keeps on giving a different 0x0... error.
Any suggestions? Thanks a lot!!!
Best wishes Sven
Will this work if you have Vista SP2?
Hi and thanks for the recovery disc torrents. I'm trying to do a vista Home basic recovery(re-install) on a Toshiba A135 laptop. When I use the the recovery disk I get an error. Unable to find d:\install.wim. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks Tom
hi can you give me a bit of info please i have lost my system oparating system ie vista due to a viruse would you be able to find out were i can download the disc from i have tryed everythink to sort this out my laptop is saying no system installed please try to help me please pread14@yahoo.co.uk
Hi, I used this tutorial page and restored Vista on what I thought was a unbootable, it restored with exactly what it was intended to do, fantastic!
I have the windows vista reinstallation dvd home premium 32bit. i have tried to use to to repair/fix my laptop. someone was saying that it doesnt or might not work to repair, is that true? should i try burning your program and use that instead?
my sony vaio had a cooling fan issue until i decided to reformat my hard drive, all of a sudden, my system crashed completely, i downloaded ur recovery disk, burn well, ran well but i couldn't repair but tried to reinstall windows, typed in my product keythat accompanied the pc but could not activate. what do i do? i am considering buying new software, i only wish to recover my document in an external backup. thanks
Great!!!!! Thanks a lot! You've saved my laptop!!!
Just one thing, I will insist on using another program different from Nero. I burnt three cd-rom til I realized that it was Nero the problem.
Hi, newbie to this....I downloaded the
Windows Vista Recovery Disc, burned the iso as a disk image then booted up from it. It just started my vista PC normally...how I proceed from here? I've seen screen shots that are supposed to come up in other forums....they didn't come up. Is there a way to navigate to them once you're in windows?
Thx
is a recovery disc a disc to install windows vista?
i'm update win vista. but recovery to my system if any problem for my system?
Hey everyone i just recently got a virus maleware/ trojan i think thats what its called but now whenever i turn on my laptop i get a blue screen i tried to do a system recover but that tab is gone :( is there a way i can just erase everything and just have a normal laptop again. i dont mind losing what is on here i already have photos and videos backed up. please help me..
Hey Guru brother just wanted to let you know that you gave me the ray of sunshine that i was looking for with this VISTA crap. I did exactly what you said it got me 95% percent of the way thru everything. So thanks I just had to boot from the CD and then go the repair section of the program instead of the Install button. I took me a few times but i finally got it right. The repair didnt work but the program allow me to do a restore from another point and then everything was find. Thanks you da man
AWESOME - GLAD IT WAS AVAILABLE
THANK YOU ;)
It is my general consensus that most people should NOT even use computers as they're clueless as to to what's going on. I see people mentioning that they didn't get restore disks with their computer. Last year, I purchased a new Acer Inspire 6920 and every single time I boot the computer, a pop-up message appears every couple of minutes nagging me to create a factory install recovery disk. If you just spend about 10 minutes burning the recovery disks, then you'll have them!!!! I went ahead and ordered the recovery disks from Acer and spent and extra $10 to have them sent Fed-Ex next day. Little did I know that they were coming from Temple, Texas, and I'm in Killeen-25 miles away. If I would have ordered regular mail I would have gotten it on Saturday, but instead, Fed-Ex delivered them on Monday!!!! Check your systems people..Vista Ultimate even has the backup feature to create an image of your drive.
"I am an island of salvation in a sea of cluelessness"
Frank
Dear Guru,
I have an acer laptop with Vista home edition and I am having alot of problems lately. Everything seems to be crashing, explorer more so was doign it and I dont know what I did but I did something and it seems to hold up well. But now it is something else with itunes. I was thinking to reinstall the OS, tell me?m reinstall the OS, tell me?
Also I have a desktop and the USB port is not woring it works sometimes. I bought a PCI cars and it still cannot pick up but sometimes the port connects with my digital camera usb connection but with any other nothing connects. Any suggestions?
I am going mental as I have spend the entire weekend trying to fix this myself. Please help ASAP.
Email me. Thank you Guru.
thank you thank you thank you...I was ready to go out and buy an apple. The recovery disk should be part of the package like it was in the good old days. Easy to use, easy to follow steps. awesome.
i did download window vista 64bit, but when i rebooted my laptop which was Toshiba Sattelite A205, it said that the system is not compatible with the cd, so what can i do now ? can u help me out?
This solution worked perfectly on my Win 7 X64 system.
Ubuntu messed up my Win 7 Install and after an Acronis image recovery I got the missing Bootmgr error. The OEM disk would not fix it.
I found this post and all is well now.
Thank you so much!
Hello There,
This solution seems nice. I am trying to recover my windows via this, however, Its taking lot lot lot of time. It took me more than 30 minutes to reach "System Recovery Option" where I am still waiting..!!!
Is it normal or my laptop is crazy?
Om
Hello There,
While progressing I noticed that recovery option is unable to detect my operation system, when I click "Load Drivers" It asks for a disk. I am unable to access my C: during that time.
Plz help.
I downloaded a roxio 2010 torrent and cant access the file do I need to burn it to a disk before I can load the program on my pc also does it have to be burned as an image or a regular burn please help
1) Burn the ISO file to a CD-R disc and once completed proceed to step 2
2) Place CD-R disn into CD drive and shutdown computer
3) Right after you press the power button...rapidly press f11 and the space bar until a "files loading" screen comes up (OR PRESS THE 2 BUTTONS IN INTERVALS FOR LIKE 10-15 SECONDS THEN STOP AND WAIT)
4) Let the files load and then a windows menu will popup asking how to install (it has color and everything, its very easy from here on)
I have the same problem that Devileater wrote (in a earlier post in this forum):
"I've tried using this and it goes through the "Windows is Loading Files" screen and into the actual green windows loading bar, but after that it just sits at a black screen. I let it sit for roughly 20 minutes and it doesn't change. Can anyone let me know why it isn't working for me?"
I do the same, I am waiting for ages after the window loading bar! but I get nothing than a black screen! His problem was solved when his friend came in (see earlier post in june 2008) but I am curious about how he got the problem solved?
Can somebody help me? I don't know what to do anymore!
I have a windows vista 32 bit on a HP laptop DV 6000 series!
Best, Nicos
TNXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX !!!!!!!!!!
windows-vista-recovery-disc-download
hello and thx for all, I own a VGN-NR150FE and after my laptop hitted the floor I can't boot my PC because 0xc00000e9 status error shows up saying the Kernel cannot be found or is damaged. I downloaded the recovery disk for vista 32 but after the loading screen I only see a black screen with a moveable white cursor (don't seems to be due to slow machine, it has been "stucked" in that phase, I can move the cursor but nothing else)). Any ideas to solve this problem?
thx in advance. sorry for bad written words.
Ha!! Here's something funny - you can't download anything PC if you're running Mac!! My sister-in-law did not get a boot disc for her Vista HP so I said I would see if I could get one for her. Impossible!! I have a Mac (i'll never need THAT headache again!!) and I can't seem to download ANYTHING PC related. Go figure. Anyone know where I can get a boot disc for my sister?
Thanks so much! it works like a charm
I need help!!! I am trying to load this on to my compaq presario f500, im having to use an external drive cause the one on the laptop is messed up for some reason and I can't seem to figure out how to boot it! I don't know where to begin on this
Hi everything boots up fine when I go to repair computer windows file loads in box but my computer tells me that the (X-64) software doesn't work with my version of windows yet I know that it is a 64 bit operating system not sure why this is happening but Im sure im not the only one
I have a Compaq(HP) laptop and have lost or misplaced the recovery disk for my installation of Vista Business. The hardware has 3 year warranty which i have recently used to get a new hard drive. The HDD sent was the same size but a different manufacturer than the original. I used dd on linux to copy the old drive to the new one. I was happy when the machine booted right up and didnt really think anything about rebooting after it recognized the new hardware. Since then I have received a blue screen when booting normally, errors 0xc000000f and 0x19. I have downloaded the recovery disk mentioned on this page, http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/ and used with no success. Why should it be so difficult to replace a hard drive. I know Microsoft does not like piracy, and cloning a hard drive for possible redistribution could lead to that, but they use many steps to verify an authentic installation. I am able to boot into safe mode which gives me hope, but i have found nothing significant on a web search for this problem.
i installed the disk as advised and it came up asking for a product key so i entered the one on the bottom of the latop and it refused it, any ideas?
Well, I think this recovery disk system sucks! The laptop I bought last year came with windows installed and DVD disk. Not wanting to be stuck with the installed Japanese OS, I stuck in the disk and asked for English--no key entered or anything.
Now, I want to buy one, but if there is no disk then I'm stuck in kanji hell. Considering that I paid for the pc, I think I deserve to get a language I can actually use without having to fork over a couple of hundred more.
If you ask me, microcrash is getting too big for its britches and needs to be taken down a peg or two.
Does anyone know the below problem? I got in my laptop. There's been a local drive(RECOVERY) in every computer when bought for the first time. This drive has been formated by mistake and now I am not able to reinstall operating system in my laptop, I have no operating system. The Windows CD which given with each computer it doesn't work now. Hope you can help me. Thanks
if you do not like torrents please download vista repair disk from http://rapidshare.com/files/339423289/Vista_Recovery_Disc.iso
I installed it and everything is fine.... except that is asking me for a product key.... what can I do????
Thanks for the heads up
My computer had the black screen on bootup. My computer had Vista X32bit pre-installed and had no Recovery Disk at all. Checked the BIOS to see if it was started from the correct drive, which it was.
I downloaded the Windows_Vista_Recovery tool recommended and also downloaded the Imgburn program which was also recommneded. Followed the step-by-step tutorials and now my computer boots properly.
Thank you so much for this vital help that I needed
This is bullshit. It does NOT work at all.
thank you for this download, i repaird/recoverd Windows Vista professionel 32Bit in just a few minutes,
with very kind regards, "Animal"
You are next to great. Vista 32-bit recover disc was gr8. Please let me know that is it applicable for Vista Home Basic or other versions also.
With thanks.
Trouble with booting OEM Vista on Fujitsu-Siemens V5545. Was running fine for the last 12 months but suddenly stopped working and, on booting up, comes up with a series of messages ending in:
acpi Vista Loader 2.1.2
ACPI: Reclaim Memory not found! Done!
fallback 1 find --set-root /bootmgr Error 17: File not found Booting 'Windows NT/2000/XP'
fallback 2 find --set-root /ntldr
Error 17: File not found Booting 'Enter Command Line'
Boot failed! Press any key to enter command line
Pressing enter takes me to a screen headed GRUB4DOS 0.4.3 and a prompt: grub>
Having looked everywhere, I downloaded your excellent tool for repairing Vista, reset the BIOS to boot from the CD, went through the boot process and selected the "Startup Repair" option. It then goes through the repair sequence and I can see the diagnosis and repair details:
Session details. [Amongst other things] this shows Number of root causes = 1
Tests Performed Check for updates. Result: Completed successfully Error Code = 0x0 System Disk Test. Result: Completed successfully Error Code = 0x0 Disk Failure Diagnosis. Result: Completed successfully. Error Code = 0x0 Disk Metadata test. Result: Completed successfully. Error Code = 0x0 Target OS Test. Result: Completed successfully. Error Code = 0x0 Volume Content Check. Result: Completed successfully. Error Code = 0x0 Boot Manager Diagnosis. Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0 System Boot Log Diagnosis. Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0 Event Log Diagnosis. Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0 Internal State Check. Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0 Boot status test> Result: Completed successfully. Error Code = 0x0
Root Cause Found: Boot Status indicates that the OS booted successfully
I don't fully understand all the things checked but got a sense that all was ok. So I rebooted without the repair disk and, to my disappointment, the boot problem was still there ending in the useless prompt: grub>
My apologies for all the detail above but wanted to try and show that I had followed the the instructions and used the system repair tool properly but without success. I appreciate that it may not be within your scope but would really welcome any advice on what options I might have to eliminate the problem with bootmgr and ntldr and be able to load Vista as before.
Many thanks for your help.
many thanks for this, it's yet restoring but I think it will do the job as it my problem was directly done by my uninstallation of video codecs, that actually where needed lol. Great tool, thank you very much for putting it up, and i've passed through the tutorials u've put in here, and they are really really clean, easy, and well structured! Grazie, it's on already! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE you just saved all my last 2 years work with photography and video :D
windows cannot open required file f:\sources\install.wim. the file does not exist.make sure all files for installition are avaiable, and restart installition. error code: 0x80070002
Any help will be greatly appricated!
THESE WORK FOR ALL EDITIONS OF WINDOWS VISTA... Yes, that includes Home Edition too.
can someone PLEASE upload this as something other than torrent? i can't use torrent!!! Why not just make it .rar???
So this just wipes the HD and you still need to contact the company for a disc. That's not helpful at all.
Hi, Thanks for this! I had to reboot with the Recovery Disc up to 8 times already. I works until the next restart. Why does this keep on happening? And can you please help me with instructions of how to trace the software or hardware causing this problem? Where and how do I check for a cause of an error? I just THINK it may be caused by my Blackberry software - since I installed this ( Or it may be due to updates or something...?). I've got a SONY VAIO with Windows Vista Home Premium. Thanks again and I really hope that I can get a permanent solution to this problem.
Awesome...however, hard drive failed and when i got it back from HP it didnt have any operating system. will this work?
I downloaded and burnt the CD and it booted fine. I actually have the fullDVD from Microsoft and it does the same thing. Remember that this is the actual DVD I installed as a fresh install.
When I get to the Repair part and I click I get a message that goes something like "if you have recently attached a device to this computer, remove it etc etc
Now I did replace the Failed WD hard drive and added a DVD burner but as I said this is the actual DVD and it won't do a repair. I sure don't want to reinstall windows but I liked the CD I made but again Micro$oft really ticks me off.
I go thru this whole think because I have one failed service called WERCPLSUPPORT which uses a DLL and and a MUI and my system SFC check says the file and the backup are corrupt. Microsoft refuses to supply me with the two files or a way to fix so that Is why I was trying to do the repair
I have got an Acer Extensa 5220 laptop with Microsoft windows VISTA. Just recently I was scanning it with Avast anti virus and it took almost 4 hours for the complete scan and it report more than 2000 infected files. To my surprise it asked me to restart the laptop in which I did. I though it was just a normal procedure after scanning so restarted but an error message starts to appear and at reads;
interactive logon process initialization has failed.
Mr Computer Guru, is the windows Vista Recovery Disc posted on your website will be able to do the magic?
I have got alot of data stored in my laptop.
Please help!
I need to completely re-format my computer. I did everything correctly up until the point where I'm in the system recovery tools menu, but when I choose the option "Windows Complete PC Restore" I get this message:
"No valid backup locations could be found.
Windows cannot find a backup on the hard disks or DVDs on this computer. Attach the correct hard disk or insert the latest backup DVD and then start the restore process again."
This baffles me because I thought the backup I needed was the restore disk I made using your guys' instructions and the disk is currently in my DVD drive. So what backup is it talking about? Any response would be greatly appreciated.
You have to watch things because yes a restore is a term for both. But if you reformatted and then you did a system restore, the files would be wiped out but from what you say, you did a total system backup OR did you just do a Data backup which would not save program files.
What is the extension on the backup and what program did you use to BU. If it was a windows program it should be usable BUT if it was a third party BU program then you need to get the original program to restore.
Sorry if I have complicated your issue but really one of the main reasons for reformatting was that the system was not running right so if you do a backup file for the restore you probably will still have a compromised computer so maybe consider a new install and then go thru all the Service packs 1 and 2 and all the updates. Not a good choice is it
I realize now that this disk isn't going to help me reformat... dammit. And no, I never actually made a backup so I don't have one. But isn't there an easy way to get your computer back to factory settings? Like couldn't I just technically download a backup of such factory settings for vista from somewhere on the internet?
Btw I don't need to reformat my comp but its my mom's old desktop with tons of useless programs and downloaded junk and there are probably tons of viruses on it too which are making it slow.
Albert, nothing Microsoft does is easy. Maybe for their right reasons they complicate things so that free copies of windows don't exist very long. If you know a good repair place then they may sell you an OEM copy of Vista. Actually if they sell you a system or even put in a new drive, I am pretty sure it is legal.
What really bugs me about windows is that there are over 2 million hits on Google for problems with reinstallation and in three years they have done nothing. I sent an email and asked them to make a pure repair CD and charge say $20 for it and with a million people looking it would be a real money maker for them but NO, they are so paranoid of pirating they let honest users get pi$$ed off. THEY JUST DON'T CARE
hey does this work for all types of computers...i have a gateway m-6750 running vista home premium 32-bit
My mate has messed up his computer with Virus'
Can this put a fresh version of Windows on his computer? with his serial?
Thanks much, helped me solve a problem. 2 years after post this is still very useful info, thanks again for putting this together for everyone.
HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I installed Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Desktop Edition on my Asus F5RL. I ran the installer from the live disc and chose my 16 gig Imation Nano Pro USB for the files. It installed, but now it isnt loadin windows. I changed the BIOS to boot from Hard Drive, but it just isn't working. It boots up with GRUb and itsreally annoying as i need my windows vista. I do realize that i made a silly mistake and i shud have used ubuntus built in USb startup disc creator. Now i can't use windows to uninstall Ubuntu. Oh, and i tried the recovery disc link, and there are no peers for me to download the disc from.
Hi,
Will I be able to retain my data and files saved on my laptop? Or will it erase all of them while restoring?
Thx in advance, The goose
I have toshiba pre-installed vista home, Can I use friend Toshiba recovery dvd pre-installed win 7?
where is the ISO file I'm supposed to burn? I unzip the x64 recovery disc and using the ImgBurn, but cant find any ISO files. when finish unzip, I got a boot folder with a SDI and BIN file, and a sources folder. my PC have 4 partition, partition 1 & 4 are EISA utilities, this recovery disc go to work in my PC?
Hi, When I typed my windows vista serial after I boot from the Cd, it showed that my vista serial was invalid. Actually, my vista serial was genuine. What should I do? Please kindly advice me. Thanks in advanced.
Thank-You so much! i was able to use this when vista crashed on my laptop!!!!! I thought my computer was done for! THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!
Greetings to every body, i have a vista home premium toshiba laptop A215-7422, and i wanted to install XP. however xp was installed but i didnt get to see vista on startup in the boot menue. so i reenstalled vista, then, trying to recovery my laptop with the toshiba Recovery disks, it did go through causesome how it wasnt recognizing my system as a Toshiba. so i checked the computer properties, and to my dismay....instead of the laptop manufacturer being Toshiba...its Dell...can any one aid me how to undo this..
I WILL GR8TLY APPRECIATE ANY HELP..THANX
I have a HP dv2000 laptop that orginally had XP and was upgraded to Vista Business. It has crashed and will not even give me a screen. The hard drive light blinks 5 to 20 times depending on what disk I try to put in. I would like to start clean but when I downloaded the 32 bit link above it came across as a torrent file and would not burn using ImgBurn as suggested. Any tips or suggestions? Thanks
Ok, I've been reading through page after page of comments and I can't find anyone who answers the simple issue (though he TheGoose asked this on Feb. 15th, 2010 at 6:23 pm no one has answered), of whether running this disk will wipe off everything from my hard drive. I remember I had a stupid averatec computer that was a graduation gift for me in 2003 and it suddenly crashed after one week (but of course the hard drive was fine, and if I had put it in as a slave on another computer I could have saved my data and then fixed whatever problems were with the operating system), and I called the idiots in customer support and they SO cheerfully directed me step by step in "recovering" my computer. She refrained from telling me until AFTER it was done, that apparently this means "recovering" it to the "factory preset conditions" of having all my important files non-existent. And the smiling customer support representative couldn't comprehend that I wasn't completely thrilled that the computer had been "recovered" and was now "as good as new". Which made me feel like telling her that I wished her house to burn down and for it to kill her family and for the insurance company to then provide the funds to get her house rebuilt as "good as new" but with her family still dead, and then for the smiling insurance claims agent to be completely incapable of comprehending that she wasn't terribly thrilled about the whole ordeal. The only difference between the two scenarios is of course that the insurance company wasn't the one that set the house on fire.
In other words, I'm terribly suspicious of operating system "recovery" procedures. WHAT am I "recovering". Is it going to be "recovered" to its factory preset conditions? Maybe the system registry is going to be cleared out and I'll have to reinstall programs but aside from that, everything will be intact on the hard drive? Or will it miraculously just make it all start working without any damage whatsoever? What's the deal here? When I run this, it VERY suspiciously says "install windows" on the screen. Not "fix windows", or "load windows" or "external boot of windows" or something like that. I don't want it to wreck everything. And I have been unwilling to be bold enough to go past that first screen to see if maybe it gives me some options like whether I WANT to strip my files from the hard drive or not, or something like that, since maybe it'll just do it without asking. So please tell me exactly what this does.
This conversation addresses my concern but it raises a new one:
FabianSep. 30th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Hi, I really don't get one thing. Is this tool going to erase my files? Should I take out my laptops HD and make a backup first?..or I'll only going to repair my windows without eraising the files?....Thank you!
1497EricSep. 30th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
@Fabian: You are able to format/erase everything. However, if you only choose the repair option, then it will only try and repair your Windows installation.
Generally, you should always have a backup of your files. I, personally, have four sets of backups of my data.
So, you should be safe using this disc to repair your computer as long as you stay away from installation and the command prompt.
-Eric
What do you mean "stay away from installation and the command prompt"? When I boot from the CD, it says "windows is loading files" and then I get a page that says "install windows" in the top left. There are no "options" as to "repair" versus "install". It asks for the language, time and currency format, and keyboard or input method. Those are my only options. Surely "install" means "installation"! So if I do anything, it will reformat the hard drive and destroy everything, is that what you are saying?
Hi,
I have been asked to look at my little sisters friends laptop, as she has locked herself out of it, and can't remember the admin password at all.. Tried lots of things, she has lost her Vista CD that came with the laptop, and i have tried logging into safe mode, but it still requires a password. I have tried to access the hidden Admin account, but it doesn't seem to work (Maybe because its Vista Home Edition, i don't know), but anyway, Will this disc allow me to change the password for her?
thanks very much
The article at... http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/
..very loosely describes the premise for need and use of the afforded Windows Vista Recovery Disc, and yet for those users having an issue with their Vista operation system, the artcile might well add, if true and it seems to be, that the subject disk may be used to also install Windows 7 (from your article's subject provided CD/DVD's 'Vista' recovery center's utility). This would be very helpful for Vista users, who usually will have 'had enough' of Vista when it fails to boot and/or refuses to open the onboard recovery manager.
Hope the issues I'm having with this webpage ar mine alone, but the page constantly stalls, ie; cannot focus cursor on anything, page won't scroll or arrow down. If not some issue with malware on my OS, then maybe the webpage is affected/infected by/with something? Lastly, we appreciate the MD5 info, but sure wish the size on disk would be disclosed (something I can't understand why few to none are disclosing, eg; that's one key means to determine if the download is either corruupted and/or incomplete (it's a definite indicator of this, but w/o a size on disk, one doesn't have the greatest degree of confidence in verifying as much as possible a file's integrity). Kudo's though for this webpage's information and the generosity of it's contributing creator(s).
Hi! can anyone tell me what to do with that E:/Sources/Install.wim and error code 0x80070002? I got Acer, I boot from CD, everything goes fine until i get this message...
Just used the advice and disk to repair my dell laptop. Worked immediately, thanks you have saved my life!!!
Thank you so much for this! It worked perfectly thanks...
I'm trying to recover vista on my son's laptop but it tells me the license key is invalid. We've quadruple checked that we are entering the key properly,,, any ideas?
thanks in advance
thank u for vista 32
I am using Windows 7 now
I am somehat computer illiterate. Do I just put this disk in my computer and turn it on? The virus I have just comes up and won't let anything else show.
Thanks a mill guys.. Just tried your recovery disc and it worked.
I just downloaded and burnt the 32 bit version onto a DVD and tried to boot up my Windows Vista Laptop and it hasn't worked. The recovery disc doesn't seem to be working. I burnt it with DVD Decrypter if that is probably why the disc isn't working. It's a Lenovo Y430 and the problem with it is that it keeps checking my discs and its always freezing after the discs checks are complete. Also, when I try to Safe Boot it the Laptop always loads the drivers and always stop at crcdisk.sys and freeze there. Is there a special way I need to boot my PC with the disc if I need it to repair my startup?
-Michael.
I have an Acer 5610z. Somehow got a virus so I used microsoft tool to remove malware. Now it will only boot into Safe mode. Tried to boot normally,only into safe mode. Tried to repair using repair tools. Will not repair. Tried to restore. Still boots to safe mode. Tried to search for "recovery" in partioned hd,could not find. So..... I downloaded to above tool for 32 bit,downloaded the linked software to convert it to an iso file. Burned it to a disk. Tried to boot from cd & nothing.Still only boots from Safe mode. I'm not sure if the iso file is correct or if I'm not booing from the cd correctly. Any help?
Thanks
I am having the same problem as Michael of March 2nd above me with the same malware issue as the guy right above me. Any ideas yet?
I Tried Using The Repair Disc, To No Avail, I Still Cant Seem To Repair Vista... Ive Done Extensive research An Everything Seems To Say Boot With This Cd, So As A Last Resort Im replacing The Internal Hard Drive, But I Need To Knw If I Can Make A Clean Install Of Vista With This Cd Once The New HDD is Installed,
Is That At All Possible?
Hello everyone, I'm having some trouble with Vista. After shutdown it doesn't want to boot and gives me the option to repair or to boot without a repair. Unfortunately, the repair could not be completed successfully and now the OS can't load. I have no Vista DVD installation/repair Disc, and I was wondering weather this Windows Vista Recovery Disc can help me repair my Vista without loosing any data on my PC? Thanks in advance for the prompt replay. :)
Hi, I tried this and it worked to an extent. It said that automatic startup repair was unable to fix the problem (that Windows\system32\winload.exe is missing or corrupt) and said I could send something to Windows about it. The only thing which would run is the memory diagnostic tool which I could access from the Boot Manager Screen anyway.... (It is a Fujitsu Amilo Li 1818 if that's any use)
Many Thanks
I am having problems with VISTA Home Premium starting on my Toshiba Satellite P305-S8822 laptop.
When trying to start it does not get to the log in screen. It just seems to cycle and the hard disk accessing light is not on.
I went though the auto repair process on start-up and it just gave me the option of restore. So I tried that and after completion it ask me to restart. I restarted and the same problem occurred.
Then I got the bright idea to remove the battery and unplug it during the start up process. Not smart, but upon restarting after that, it went to the troubleshooting screen and on the screen it says something like "If shut down occurred due to it being unplugged then start normally." I started normally and it booted properly.
Any ideas how to correct this? Unplugging the laptop cannot be good for the system. What do I need to do in order to correct this problem.
Note that I have the original Toshiba Recovery and Applications/Drivers disks.
Thanks in advance for any help with this problem.
saved the day when fixing laptop of a friend! Couldn't boot in to windows because pc got stuck in "windows updates 0%" screen and rebooted automatically even before logging in to vista (regular and safe mode)!
Didn't have access to the "oem-style" recovery partition of the laptop... With this vista recovery disk (choose "fix your installation" in the beginning, not "reinstall" it's a small text link at the bottom left in one of the first sceens!) i simply loaded a "system restore point" from right before the windows update and voila!
Everything has gone from doomsday scenario without a solution in sight to... noting happened! (i do admit i recovered the data to a HD by booting from a ubuntu live cd before trying this out :) )
thx for making my day!
Greetings, manuel
Seems to me microsoft should be forced(by law if neccesery) to sort this problem once and forall
I'm having the same problem as Harry and Jon. When I try to type in the Product Key, it tells me that it's "INVALID" when it is not. Then I tried to just skip over activating it and was informed that the INSTALLER was not found. I quit out of it ASAP before my notebook wound up fried. I'm going to look for another download and I'll report back here if I find one that works properly.
which do I burn? From what folder?
Hi my laptop (toshiba) that came with a vista is messed up! When I turn it on it asks for a windows recovery disk and i downloaded 32bit.
So I tried it pressed F12 booted from cd/dvd and it worked.
now, i put in my language etc
I clicked install vista and i typed in my product key i checked 10 times that my product key is right. but it says its invalid. how do i fix this? please help
Renz
Hi my laptop (toshiba) that came with a vista is messed up! When I turn it on it asks for a windows recovery disk and i downloaded 32bit.
So I tried it pressed F12 booted from cd/dvd and it worked.
now, i put in my language etc
I clicked install vista and i typed in my product key i checked 10 times that my product key is right. but it says its invalid. how do i fix this? please help
Arvin
Thanks man. Worked like a charm. Replaced my old 100GB HDD with 500GB HDD and made full backup of the system without any problem :)
Thank you for your Windows Vista Recovery Disc Download. Do you have any thing similar to Windows 7 ? My Windows 7 laptop crashed yesterday and I am looking for a recovery method.
What a big help this site has been to a lot of people---but not me---so far. I have a Dell Inspiron laptop, running Vista Home Premium. I have tried to install an HP380 printer 4 times and would not work. The last time really screwed up my laptop after I deleted the HP printer. All I get now on startup is a message that Windows did not shut down properly and gives me 4 choices-all of which have given me the same result. I get a list of drivers, then the screen either goes black with the cursor visible, or I get the MS progress meter, then the screen goes black. I DL'ed the Vista recovery program and inserted it before I powered up, but there is no difference. I checked the BIOS and it looks for the CD/DVD first. Some how, I got to a diagnostic page and it told me I had a 2000-0146 error, pertaining to 'contains previous errors. Later I ran some other diagnostic on the laptop and it reported I had error=0/0 on every test. I assume that's good. Also had a DST fail on one test. I've messed with this thing all day and night and have got no results. Anybody have any ideas? I've used F2, F8, and F12. Thanks for the great site!
I used the recovery disc to install windows vista. In your opinion, which version of windows vista will the cd install? Could it be Home basic, Home Premium, or Ultimate?
Please send the answer to my email : sham_1997@yahoo.com.my
On trying the download to recover my computer was asked for the product key on entering the product key from the sticker on my computer it stated the key was invalid can you tell me why or do i need to use a different key? Thank you David
Thanks for this......Lifesaver!
may god be with you guru, thanks thanks thanks!
I have a compaq laptop that had vista on it, windows 7 has been placed over the top. Is there a way to reformat the hard drive and put xp on it?
install.wim does NOT EXIST Where is it ??????? Have burned multiple DVD's with CDBurner - No JOY ....
I had such high hopes for this posting.
HP will win again with their "Code Purple" error on a "JUST" out of warranty PC. SHAME - SHAME - SHAME on you HP. Is there NO business ethics left in this world ????
Just a quick noob question. My gateway from 2 years back came with a restore disc which only housed the 32bit version of windows on it. My computer came with a 64 bit processor tho which I didn't really notice cause I don't really pay that much attention. I have gone and tried to buy a 64 bit version through windows and it said that I wasn't able and gateway doesn't have any kind of answer. My question for you guys is would using a 64bit restore do a fresh install of the 64 bit version? In my head I already kind of know the answer but I figured I would ask. If it doesn't anyone have any other advice? I really want to run a 64 bit OS to get the full potential out of my machine.. but i really don't want to drop that much cash on a brand new OS yet. I might as well wait for a new comp. Thanks in advance.
May I suggest that if you can boot from this and see the grey progress bar then your computer hangs with a black screen and a moveable cursor and goes no further that your HDD is goosed, kapputt, dead, gone and lost forever. This needs to be able to communicate with your HDD to load correctly. I have the same problem and the only possible solution is to replace the HDD. Life's a bitch sometimes.
I have an acer extensa 5220 on windows vista home basic. I got windows vista ultimate for it, not an upgrade, just a fresh install. I installed it on a separate hard drive, and it worked for a few seconds, then the laptop restarted and it said:
BOOTMGR is compressed Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart.
I didn't get Windows Vista Ultimate on a CD, I just downloaded it from the internet. What should I do to fix this problem. I still have Windows Vista Home Basic on a different hard drive
Hey, I've downloaded the torrent, made the cd and it loads fine.
My question is which options do I use once the boot disk has loaded?
I DO NOT want to loose all my data.
I just want to fix vista while keeping all the files I have on my computer ex.. word files, music, videos etc..
i have a vaio vista computer i was wondering which link i should download the 32bit one or 16bit whats the difference?
Works great
Could someone please help with this error message I receive after using the boot cd. Looks like it's going to install but when asked for the activation info, I put in what I'm sure is the right code. But get this message:
E:/Sources/Install.wim and error code 0x80070002
I've looked at the files on the cd but the 'install.wim' file is NOT there??
I've noticed a number of other people have got this same message but no one seems to be able to answer this.
Please Help
laptop is an acer aspire
best way to image a bootable dvd or usb stick is to use this tool: http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool
THANKS SOOO MUCH!!!!
I know i'm a bit late but this is the first time i have seen this site and this was exactly what i needed. Thankyou soo much for this!
A stupid idiot at work turned wifes laptop off during updates and it crashed in to a loop off on off on etc. Followed the instructions and loaded the disk and its perfect after running restore. Life saver many thanks.
Hi, I have a HP Pavillion tx2000. My laptop wouldn't boot after some Windows Vista updates.I have managed to get my files off the laptop and have burnt a bootable DVD for Vista 32-bit.I want to use the "Install Now" option as previous "repair" options ran for almost 24hrs and never seem to complete. Now that I've chosen "Install Now" option from the Boot disk, I've been sitting in "Please Wait" for almost an hour and a half now.Does anyone know how long this process takes?
Hey, i'm running a netbook with Vista installed, recently I formatted the main partition and cannot load Vista upon reinstalling.
How would I go about putting this onto a USB stick or memory stick? Thanks.
I tried using HP's USB format tool but it won't accept the 'bootable' files from the ISO image. I appreciate your help.
[QUOTE]best way to image a bootable dvd or usb stick is to use this tool: http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool[/QUOTE]ç
@andrew: DOES NOT WORK.
From the same page: Can I use the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool to backup other files? No. This tool is only for use with the Windows 7 ISO file purchased from Microsoft Store.
Is this legal?
Hi there, I've tried to boot my laptop following the steps, but when the system wants to install Vista it says Error:code: 0x80070002 Couldn't find destination D:/Sources/Install.wim
What should I do? cause it's just after I put the serial key number from my windows.
Hope you help me !
Sergio - sergio_slim18@hotmail.com
i booted my vista with the recovery disk, it did the starup repair, and said "windows cannot repair this computer automatically" so i clicked "send the problem". i dont know what to do =(((
I DL Windows Vista 64-Bit (x64) Recovery Disc just fine. It's asking me for the product key?? Where can I find it? Or could you just send it to me?
wow this is great i just bought a laptop from a garage sale and they told me it had the recovery partition still on it which it did but it was corrupted or something used this iso and got everything back up and running nicely, great job with helping out!
I have a dell inspiron 1525. Virus infected so I formatted the HD. Accidently deleted all the partitions, now I have nothing but bootmgr and ntlsd or something like that is missing. I put a known good HD with windows in it and it doesnt load it either, Just a BSOD then shuts down. Wont repair with vista cd. It wont even show the HD in the repair box. Wont install new copy. Bios is set right. F8 wont work. How can I get this working. I used partition magic and it found 2 boot partitions that were deleted but wont repair. Is there some super program I can use to get this back to factory state. I have vista 64 bit cd that was supplied by dell and also store bought vista cd. tried both with no luck. it will load the cd but wont install. I tried to do the bootsrec.exe and fix mbr. it said successful but still nothing.any help is appreciated thanks.
can i use this even im in windows XP..
my vista turned to XP when i format this bcoz of virus..
pLs answer me.. and sorry for the bad english..
I want to add to the above comment that the HD does not have a OS on it. It has been formatted.
I was unsure what vista my laptop was running so i downloaded both recovery files and burned them both to discs.
I changed my BIOS settings to boot from CD and entered the x32 disc. My laptop started up and led me to a Windows Error Recovery page, i could choose "Launch Startup Repair" or "Start Windows normally". Neither option works, Startup Repair just freezes on a blank screen and Start Windows Normally leads me back to the recovery menu. Same applied when i tried to boot from x64 disc.
I have no idea what is going on, please help me im at my wits end!!
say you have a mac and you want to run boot camp how could I use this cause it says INSERT vista disk ( not download ) so should I just buy it or any other suggestions
thank you! this is just what i needed. :-) i bought a new hdd and wanted to transfer (clone) the system partition to the new drive (so you don't have to reinstall vista,updates and the programs). All the tutorials you can find throughout the internet say "after cloning the system partition reboot your PC with your Vista-DVD and use the 'repair your system' function to make your copied vista bootable" . Which doesn't really work, if there is no such function on the vista-dvd you bought... >.<
I've read this article, I use windowa XP, i recemended this article for my friends who use windows vista ^_^
Boot from burned CD and follow exactly this :
http://www.lancelhoff.com/how-to-fix-vista-mbr-repair-broken-vista...../
Simple just like 1, 2 and 3
I recovered my MBR on machine contening Xp, Vista, Ubuntu and Mint8 and now I have both MBR for Windows and Grub for Linux.
Thank you!
I'm running Windows Vista Home premium 32 bit. I used the recovery disk I ordered from the Acer site when my recovery volume was no longer to be at use. But when I attemted to do so I got an error message after I chose whitch language to choose from. This boot disk I downloaded from this torrent, helped me to patch what start up file that was corrupted. But for future referance, I want to know if I can find the actule Windows Vista Home premium 32 bit operating system torrent ISO to burn and use the same product key and then go to the Acer web site to download the all the drivers for a real clean install. This is only a back up disk that I need. I think I should have the right to have an actule Operating system disk that should of came with my laptop. Is this possible?
Vista 32 bit install was canceled on the 2nd step due to D:\Sources\Install.wim missing ????????
So I downloaded the torrent and burned it, first using PowerISO, than ImgBurn, both times said it was successfull, but when I take it out of my working computer and put it in the one I'm trying to repair, I get nothing. Either something went wrong, or I'm missing a step somewhere. All I get is a 'boot' folder with 'bcd', 'boot.sdi', and 'bootfix.bin'. None of them do anything. Then another folder called 'sources' with 'boot.wim'. And one last one called 'bootmgr'. I burned them all as ISO images on two good programs.. what happened?
What files should be in this after it is burnt? When I put it into the computer I want to fix, it has no install option, and none of the files work at all.. Any help please?
Hello,
I have ubuntu on my Pavilion HP laptop (dv6625ej).
I am trying to use Vista recovery command prompt to perform a BIOS update using the utility provided by HP for Vista OS (uses SWinFlash.exe behind the scenes). [Unfortunately HP does not provide any means to perform the update in any other OS].
The .exe is unpacking all it contents OK [I specify the writable X (RAM?) drive as the unpack destination]. But then the update fails telling that I must be an Administrator to perform the update.
The prompt looks like it is elevated in the first place (Administrator:... windows title).
[It is possible that this update attempts to install a driver to perform the update and fails because of that?]
Any ideas?
Thanks!
David.
yep acer didnt put in any tools. it pops up launch start up repair. been needing help. like to make this just a internet computer with no freeze ups.
My laptop, a Dell XPS running Windows XP Proffesional, recently began to have trouble starting up. In the middle of my work one day, the screen started flickering off for a second or two at a time. I tried to abort whatever I was doing, saving work in between flashes, closing, etc, and then tried shutting my computer down.
After waiting a few minutes, I started it up again and the first loading screen (the one where it says Bios revision A05 under a solid white progress bar)was covered with a few faint and dashed blue lines. The second loading screen (under which the four or five green bars cycle repeatedly through the progress bar) was covered with occasional faint and dashed red lines. The login screen was a solid blue at first, but flickered on and off as I tried to work the cursor to the 'login' button.
After logging in, the desktop picture would not display, patches of blue were retained from the login screen, and the screen continued to flicker. I believe I was able to get the computer shut down normally, but the start menu also left a streaky box when it was gone.
After waiting for a few hours, and consulting as many resources as I could on the symptoms, I tried starting it again. Now, the red and blue lines on the loading screens are much more regular, much more continuous and much darker. They form in groups of four which are a small distance apart, the group of four on either side a slightly larger distance appart. Hence:
|||| |||| |||| ||||
across the screen. Also, when the loading is finished, instead of showing the login screen, the screen goes completely blank. Not grey, but black. The screen appears to be completely dead. This doesn't seem to merely be a monitor problem because the shortcut keys that would shut down the computer do not work.
I have tried starting the computer in safe mode, and used system restore to a few days before the problem started. Now, after the loading screen, the cursor appears for about a second before the screen goes dead. Other then that, nothing has changed.
Does anyone have any idea what is happening, and more importantly, how to fix it?
Please post requests for help in our forums at http://neosmart.net/forums/
Thanks soo much for this site!! I got a friend's Vista up and running from your hard work!
i made this recovery disc but when i tried to repair it it said that the version im trying to repair isnt compatible with the version of system recovery options.i downloaded the 64 bit version because i got an sticker on my laptop it says: AMD Turion x2 64.did i something wrong?please help me
@khaty: You likely have the x86 version of Windows installed. Download the 32-bit version instead.
Awesome work guys, I thought I had lost the laptop for good - burned it from my mac with no probs, and system restore has recovered it. I guess it was another bug-ridden automatic windows update that wrecked the system. Keep up the good work.
guys help please this is what i did. i downloaded x84 then ImbBurn. when i tried to burn boot it says invalid or unsupported image file format(reason:first image file part is less than 2048 bytes in size. anyone know the problem please help?
Once I got a 'missing operating system' message, wtf? It appeared to be the same situation as Anon (Aug. 9th, 2008 11:48 pm) had. Lucky me? Indeed, the disc did help me out of trouble. THANKS A LOT.
(vista x64)
Computer Guru l really need your help l have an HP dv60000 really old. I did an update and now l get this blue screen. I have used Spinrite and its says my computer is normal nothing is wrong with it. I tired using this recovery and it just goes on and on. Two days straight no restarts, no nothing. I still get blue screen can you pls help me... I have Windows Vista Premium Home edition.....
Thanks.
Hi, the checksum for the 64 bit vista recovery disk is: 6a2c38312c5391d39cc0d429a1f123a3
Enjoy
i cant seem to boot from the 32 bit boot disk i created. i used a CD-R80. should i be using a DVD-R?
thanks for any help
Hello i have a kind of a stupid question
I have downloaded the iso to a 4,7 gigabyte dvd but the problem is how do i boot it up with my laptop i really have no idea can someone pleassss help me
here all hope this helps,, the best ISO is MagisISO very easy and works like a dream,,
Man, thank you so much. You are a LIFE SAVER.
Thank You!! This saved me lots of time and effort.
I have problem to start my laptop HP Pavilion. I forgot to take out and Printer installation CD and now the laptop gives me a black window with the window32\agp440.sys can anyone please help me...
I recovered too my MBR on machine contening Xp, Vista, Ubuntu and Mint8 and now I have both MBR for Windows and Grub for Linux. thanks
can any one help me i have tryed to send my laptop back to an oolder date but it just keeps saying not enough disk space so i have taken off all the programs i had put on but i am still getting the same message it seems like most people i didnt get a reboot disk with my laptop so i am stuck so i would be greatfull of any advice any one can give me. Dave
I have a dv9000 that would not boot, says OS not found. It thinks the hard drive is dead because I cannot see it from BIOS. I realized that I cannot use my optical drive either. Can I still use this recovery disc from a USB drive? Laptop is out of warranty and I am out of luck. Any help is appreciated.
I found this extremely useful!. Many thanks. You helped me out of a jam!.
You. Are. A. God. This disk image just saved my sanity, my money, and maybe even my life. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I just downloaded this and tried it on my laptop which will not boot to the windows. i thought something was working but then it just blacked out completely. now it wouldn't even start or do anything.. I'm scared :(
Oh my god! I'm actually crying! It worked! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Hi
I hope someone can help me. I have tired both version 64 and 32 for vista. The 32 bit version won't even boot the 64 bit version id loading windows file for two hours then it goes blank.
I have the same problem as most in this forum with a loop for the updating...
What can i do to get the recovery disk working any suggestions is welcomed.
Hi having some really really bad day.my computer got infected with some real bad s@~t and it couldnt be fixed.if i formatted my hard drive and used the vista x64 recovery torrent would it sort it out?????? have no recovery discs got the laptop second hand a few months ago. PLEASE HELP
Hi, is anyone kind enough to seed the Vista x86 boot iso? The torrent seems kinda dead right now. I'll give you an e-cookie! :)
Oops! My bad all! Torrent is healthy - thanks for all the seeders!
God Bless you! This restored my computer perfectly! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
You're most welcome, Angela. God bless us all :)
Hi
I hope someone can help me. I have burnt both 32 and 64 bit versions. The 32 version won't even boot and the 64 version takes abot 3 hours and then I don't have the option to repair. I have same problem as most of the people in this forum. The windows update goes in a loop. What can i do?? Please help me
Ok so heres my deal. I had a wonderful comp and right about the time the warranty expired it with to crap. I have a friend that is a techy type and he replaced my hdd with a new one but he installed linuex instead of Vista. Apparently its the new rave. He said the cool thing avout it is that everything is free and you can do much more with it. My problem is I dont understand computer speak and unable to use the OS. Ive downloaded the recovery and began the install (i have my key) but then theres an error 0x800700002 source not found to install win. Plz help me before I end up in jail for murder and property damage. I want Vista back. Main reason is im a WOW player and need my crack. lol
Need help, I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop and all I get is a blank screen, I've downloaded both torrents, but I can't get either one to boot, I've changed the boot setup to rund CD, but nothing, what am I doing wrong??
I see a few people asking where the ISO is on this download but I dont see any answers...the ImgBurn instructions are kinda useless if the file can't be found in the first place
And Frank...I would love to know if people shouldn't own cars unless they can rebuild an engine, or travel abroad if they can't pilot a jet...you numpty
Thanks in advance
MagicISO not available for Mac. Tried this with Disk Utility and also with Toast, no go either route even with file/disk verification.
I have the same issue as you all do. I can't get into bios by hitting F12 to use this disk. I am nearly insane now.
Hi there when i try and repair windows, i get an error message saying that "a problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer" I cant access safemode or anything else. I have a Dell Studio 1735. Its useless everything i try i get a blue screen pop up!
yo yo this sum ish
Dear Guru,
Im running a compaq and it keeps crashing when it installs services pack 2, i was hoping to do a reinstall and change the partion size so i can do a duel boot. will this download let me do a complete reinstall or is this just another repair software?
Hey, thanks for your help, but I can't figure out how this works. I put the iso img onto a dvd but don't know what to do now. What program do i need to open the bootmgr?
Hi,
Fist of all thank you for the recovery disk, unfortunetly it isn't working for my Sony Vaio Labtop with Vista 32 bit edition. I used Imgburn to burn the iso but it says that it is missing the file install.wim which should be located in /sources/ folder.
Need help, i'm trying to reinstall windows vista too make the computer run as fast as it did when i first got it. Thank you and please help!
i downloaded the rar file and extracted it but there is no iso file to be found, there are 3 to 4 files with couple of folders. please help...
Heyy PC Guru
Im an I.t personal, was just wondering, what version Visa and 7 are they? are they ultimate, enterprise or business?
and for what pc's are the recovery as i see the size of the iso is fairly small, compared to most iso's.
is it just an OS image?
Is it legit? coz you know how some come up with the non genuine message. and as for vista if its not genuine you'll get locked out. lol
Just looking for a legit copy of Vista & 7 to download for myself.
Dont mind the questions, just wanna be sure aye.
Cheers Mate!
Hope to hear from ya soon!
@saud, it's NOT a RAR file. That's the ISO itself.
Guru wea ya @ man!
whats the serial / product key for this!!!!
you still havnt replied to my last post!
hey ok so heres what Ive down so far i download both the torrent and tried them both this is where it gets confusing when ever i use the 64 i get into the recovery options menu but then i get a message saying its not compatible but when i use the 32 nothing happens it loads up to saying press any button to start the cd but nothing happens and then it begins beeping and shuts down and restarts so im confused what to do plus im using a laptop
I can't down load the file to bit comet, it keeps saying it failed
Use uTorrent instead.
One more happy customer in your list!
A BIG THANK YOU for providing Windows repair CD online.
My system is working again just because of windows vista iso provided by neosmart.
I am glad that there are good service providers around on Internet.
Thanks once again. Jaimin
Thank madness
this seems to be really useful when Vista cannot boot, but since I'm a newb I have some questions: 1.-the iso file can be used with any version of Windows Vista ex: Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, etc? 2.- Will this erase or affect in some way my documents, pics, music, etc.? 3.-Will this repair any damage cause for a virus, rootkit, malware, etc. that prevents vista to boot? lots of thanks in advance
@LA-dude:
> 1.-the iso file can be used with any version of Windows Vista ex: Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, etc?
Yes. It alters the boot record only, which is the same for all versions.
> 2.- Will this erase or affect in some way my documents, pics, music, etc.?
No, it makes no other filesystem changes. Only the "Repair Installation" selection works. You can't install from this CDROM or perform any other functions.
> 3.-Will this repair any damage cause for a virus, rootkit, malware, etc. that prevents vista to boot?
It will repair the boot record, overwriting whatever was there, which includes a virus. However, if you had a virus modify your boot record, then it still resides on the filesystem, and will continue to infect your system. It will not detect and cleanse viruses or spyware from your system.
For scanning your entire filesystem for malicious code, download this:
http://www.avg.com/us-en/226386
It's a free rescue CDROM built for virus scanning and is very effective. Burn it to a CDROM, and boot from it. It will start a rescue mode where you can connect to the Internet and download the latest virus signatures and then scan your entire computer for viruses.
Regards, dave
Thanks a lot Dave that info is really useful thanks again
I have browsed through years and years of comments, and I just want to get some clarification regarding this recovery disc. I am looking for a way to repair my registry. I have laptop (HP DV6000) which is about two and half years old and running Vista 32 bit. The laptop won't boot up. I made and used the recovery disc following the instructions referenced here, but when I boot to this disc, all that I get is a black screen with a large white cursor. Is this disc not intended for Vista registry repairs? When I was using Windows 98, registry errors were not that big of a deal to repair, but with Vista, I'm stumped! Thanks! ~Don
@Don, this CDROM is really only intended to repair boot problems with Vista. For fixing problems after boot time, such as with the registry or applications, you'll need to look elsewhere.
Try the "Windows Vista Solution Center", "Answers Home Page", or "TechNet Vista Forums" and post your questions there.
Regards, Dave
@Don, I should add that you should make sure you don't have a virus that is causing your boot problems. Download and run the AVG virus recovery disc that I previously posted and run that to start, assuming you have another PC to burn the CDROM image.
Regards, Dave
Forget About Vista
Hi,
Basically I managed to collect 40 odd viruses on my Advent 7032 laptop, and had to wipe it all, including the OS. I managed to lose the recovery disk though, so I had to put Ubuntu onto the machine!
Would this work to get Vista back onto my laptop, and would the licence code etc. work?
Cheers!
Joe
@Joe Gleeson, this recovery disc won't do anything to help you get Vista installed. You would probably be better suited just sticking with Ubuntu, or contacting Microsoft and trying to use that Vista serial number to purchase a Windows 7 upgrade disc instead.
Regards, Dave
I have a problem with my finger print device and webcam for the past 1yr since I purchased my Laptop and I do not know what to do about it.
My operating syatem is wndow vista 32 bit
@adebola olotu, what have you done to try and fix it, and what makes you think the recovery disc can help you?
Try searching with google for "Windows Vista Solution Center", "Answers Home Page", or "TechNet Vista Forums" and post your questions there.
Regards, Dave
I run Vista Home Premium 32 Bit on my HP Pavilion Laptop. Ever since loading Vuze software I have had a Boot problem.
I've used the Vista Recovery disk very successfully. My problem is at times (after a Windows update primarily) I get the Boot failure all over again.
I have to use the recovery program in order to use my computer too frequently. Will the AVG Rescue program fix this problem?
@Roger, no AVG won't fix that problem. It's only a virus scanner, and you don't have a virus.
I actually have the exact same problem. I have to keep the damn recovery disc with me and use it usually after every software update for the same reason.
I also have Vuze (a bittorrent file transfer program) installed. I wonder if that's the cause? Can you try and uninstall vuze, re-run the recovery disc, and wait until the next windows update and see if it happens again?
I've contacted Microsoft and Toshiba (maker of my laptop), and they can't (or won't) fix it, and have just told me to reinstall. I can tell you that's the last time I buy a Toshiba.
It's probably also the last time I buy a Windows product.
Regards, Dave
Im trying to completely wipe my compaq presario vista home basic laptop and reinstall windows vista any clue how i do that i tried burning a recovery cd but that didnt work.
@Mike, at least try reading a little bit before posting -- it is for recovering an existing installation that is having boot problems only. It cannot reinstall.
Regards, Dave
why dew dey sey they have window vista 32bit recovery but whatever i download doesnt work - why would i want 2 download a picture - i need the actual recovery disk - these greedy congolmerates so dam greedy - u think recovery disk would be automatic with laptop purchase - does anyone have the real recovery disk or no were i can find one on-line - vex vex vex
I'd just like to express my gratitude for making this recovery disk available. Burning the ISO to cd with ImgBurn did the trick and all is good again.
Hi,
I have hp pavilion dv5-1138nr. I am getting Serial Number Not Found error at Startup and In BIOS serial number and product number showing all zeroes. My MAC address also showing all zeroes, but my wireless networking is working good. Please if any body get the slution for this problem, please notify me. Thanks in advance
Thanks for the download. One newbie question , Can I use this recovery software when ever Vista installed in my computer failed ? or is there any other backup software like ghost installed in my computer ?
OK I understand, This recovery disc help to recover the hard disk content in case of any OS crash. This recovery disc roll back me to the installation time settings where no other software were installed. Anyway thanks for this file.
Thank you for the Rescue disc. I have not been able to get it to work. When I get to the "repair sytem" option, it opens a browser in a "sources" subadirectory and asks for drivers which I do not know where or how to find or where they might be located.
Is there an easy no-brainer way to get this to work? or a set of step by step instruction for folks unfamiliar with all this?
Thanks for your help.
Mike
Hi.
I have been having the dreaded \Boot\BCD error on my HP G70 notebook. It was bought from PC World and no..... they didnt give me a VISTA installation disc.
I have read a load of the posts on this thread but I cant seem to see simple instructions for the simple people like me.
I have downloaded and burnt both ISO files (wasnt sure which I needed to use) and have tried to boot from both of them following the first instructions (set boot from cd/dvd as the first means to boot) but still get the same screen of black death....
Can anyone please post some more indepth help on what I am doing wrong?
Thank you
Steve
I have exactley the same problem as Mike aylah. Ie it does not find the sytem and asks for the drivers need to be loaded. I have just downloaded the disc. Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks Nigel
Stephen, read here: http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Recovering+the+Vista+Bootloader+from+the+DVD
Fixed my PC. You are the virtual man! Thank you!!!!
hey can i use the windows vista 64 bit(x64)disc recovery in the windows vista home premium..it corrupted last time.when i start it..can i use this to repair the corrupted system 32??
ahhhmmm.....can i use the two windows vista recovery 32 bit and 64 bit?....cause i didnt know what is the bit of my laptop (gateway windows vista premium sp1)
Download and try both. If it's the wrong one, it'll say so with a "not compatible with your system" message.
ahh....ok 2x...i thought something wrong will happen if i put a wrong one...its just for safety tnx a lot(^^,).
i own a sony vgn fz280e notebook and it will not boot into windows. on start the vaio screen comes up and then sometimes it says "the file is possibly corrupt. the file header checksum does not match the computed checksum." other times it does nothing, just goes to a cursor in the upper left screen and other times it will go to the windows boot screen and i've tried entering from there in safe mode too with the next going to an error screen saying that the program is corrupt or missing. at this it tells me to put in the windows installation disk and then i can repair...
is this download what i need to fix my situation??
thx,
i have a big problem here i followed all this instrcution and burnt the recovery disc, i have sony vaio with vista home premium in it, i dont know how may be because of virus my computer does not boot and says problem because of recent change of hardware of software and also says critical system driver is corrupted or missing, when i insert the cd i have burnt it says no bootmngr im really in a deep trouble can any one help me please
Hi Dave,
On June 25TH I wrote about my problems with booting my computer started when I had installed Vuse. I removed Vuse with uninstall and only had the problem one more time the following morning.
Now it's July 10TH and my computer has booted up fine every since then with no more failures.
I still keep my recovery disk handy just in case.
I'll give an update on my success down the road, good or bad.
Thank you so much for this recovery disk!
Windows ISO image lacking install.wim I have installed vista Service Pack 1 on my dell inspiron 1520 but it was having some problems so i uninstalled Service Pack 1 but it corrupted my windows vista Error- !! OxcO0190036 !! 8931/65853 (system.data.oracleclient.dll) I have tried all - safe mode , repair and all of them but nothing has worked Then i downloaded windows vista recovery disc form torrent and i burnt it by Imgburner as well as Nero but both times same message occurred INSTALL.WIM missing !!! Help me on this soon as i have important data on hard disk and tell me how to recover my laptop from it
How about something that is not a torrent?
Thanks for this download. Anyway we can easily create a recovery disc for Windows vista installed in our computer. In system tools using backup we can create the recovery disc.
Can this be downloaded and burned from a windows XP? My vista is having the boot configuration error and I'm currently using my XP as a replacement, however I need to know it can support these files at least to have them burned onto a CD.
Well, that was a waste of my time. Why can't HP just supply the discs????? I paid too much money for this pc to have to PURCHASE the discs for recovery!
hey GUro how to reformat my PC ?? i have already windows vista hamo basic and i want to invert it a windows Xp,, what should i do? pls response ,, quikly ,, i need your help,,,
I have installed vista Service Pack 1 on my dell inspiron 1520 but it was having some problems so i uninstalled Service Pack 1 but it corrupted my windows vista
Error- !! OxcO0190036 !! 8931/65853 (system.data.oracleclient.dll)
In safe mode laptop stuck on system32\drivers\crcdisk.sys
I have tried all - safe mode , repair and all of them but nothing has worked
At Command Prompt - typed sfc/scannow but message came Windows Protection Resources can not allo to perform this operation
Then i downloaded windows vista recovery disc form torrent and i burnt it by Imgburner as well as Nero but both times same message occurred INSTALL.WIM missing !!!
Help me on this soon as i have important data on hard disk and i don't want to loose my data in anyways. Please Guide me
Tried the download of the recovery CD but all that happened was the computer got to the Title Screen where the bar moving across the screen and under it say's "Microsoft Corporation" And that's it... Its been stuck like that for an hour or so and if I reboot and try again.. I get the same result?
I'm using an Acer Aspire 5515 Laptop.. Windows Vista 32 bit.. Computer simply will not start.. If I try to start it normally I get the BSOD and error about Reg files missing and or corrupted.. Can anyone help me get this thing started?
Thank you in Advance.
TC
hey it says error code 0x80070002 and file F:\source\intall.wim is missing dies anyone know how to fix this
@TC, you almost definitely have a hardware error. Perhaps faulty memory. Check out memtest86. It's a memory testing program that also does a good job of finding other faults. Download it and burn it to a CDROM, much like you did with this Vista recovery CDROM from here:
http://memtest.org/
Once it has passed that test, come back and ask your question again.
@GC, you can't use this Vista RECOVERY CDROM to install Vista. It can only be used to recover an existing installation.
Regards, Dave
Thanks Dave.. I'll give it a shot.. Although I thought the same thing at first until I took the memory out one by one and then placed the sticks back in one by one and moved them around and all that.. Still same problem.. I'm running the memtest right now as we speak to see what that says. I did run the vista memtest but it is not as in depth as memtest v4.10 so lets see what we get.. If the test comes back good I'm going to be stuck for sure then..
TC
Dave.. I ran the Memtest86 v4.10 *****Pass Complete, No Errors, Press Esc to Exit*****
Any other Ideas wold be greatly appreciated..
Just so you know.. Its a Acer Aspire 5515. Win Vista 32 bit OS...
Thanks in Advance..
TC
@TC, is it possible either the CDROM drive or the vista recovery media is defective or just a bad burn? I assume you burned it on another computer since your Acer won't boot. Maybe burn it again? It just doesn't make sense for it to not be able to boot from that unless there's a hardware or media problem.
You may also try to use a Linux recovery CDROM and mount your hard disk so you can at least recover your data. Check out http://www.sysresccd.org/ for one such version. You really need Linux expertise for this, though, so check out the website there for instructions. You'll also need another hard disk or remote system to copy the data to, obviously.
Regards, Dave
Dave Seems we think alike on this one. I did in fact try it twice and still nothing. I don't understand why and it makes me crazy to think about it too long. I'm not sure about the Linux thing but if it will work on vista and allow me to access the hard drive then at least I can restore to system back to when it was new and still keep the data. With the Vista 32 bit recovery disk it shows that its booting from there because it says.. Windows is loading files.. the status bar goes all the way across the screen and then that's it.. It hangs at the Microsoft Corporation Screen and it will stay like that for as long as I leave it that way..
I'm still thinking about the Linux thing.. Never touched Linux before.. But then again. Its already broke so how much more bad can things get right... I'll let you know how it turns out..
Thanks Again.
TC
@TC, if it seizes during the initial boot from the Vista rescue CDROM, then it's possible you have a bad hard disk. Download the disk check program from the manufacturer of your hard disk, and have it run through that to test for bad sectors on the hard disk.
If you haven't used Linux before, it would be worth it to read a bit about how to use the rescue CDROM before trying to recover your data.
I would also be sure you don't have a bad disk before continuing.
Regards, Dave
Hi, I'm very fascinated by seeing a "self-bootable" version of Vista recovery disc on this site. However i have very important questions related to my current system.
My "Vista Home Premium" came with my Toshiba notebook. Now i need to delete a registry key prior to Vista logon because of a malicious rootkit through "reg" command in command prompt. So,
1) Is "reg" (reg delete) included in this disc and appliable to the existing Vista registry?
2) Is Vista versions differ on that disc? I mean; Is Vista Premium or Vista Ultimate is OK with the same bootable disc of yours?
I really need reply especially regarding to the first question.
Best Regards,
kimi
i need Windows Vista Recovery Disc my computer is compac my vista copy is orginal
I tried boot from the cd but getting a error messages windows cannot open the required file E:/sources/install.wim the file does not exist
I downloaded and burned the ISO fine. I turn my computer on (a lenovo y530 notebook) and load the disc and that works fine as well. The problem comes in when I hit the setup part. After I hit the install at the beginning, it asks for my product key. I have tried both entering it and not entering and hitting the "Next" button. No matter what I always get this error:
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
What am I supposed to do to fix this? Any help will be appreciated, Thanks.
It may also help to note that I am installing from the latest version of Linux (Ubuntu), which now I can't even open anymore so that doesn't help.
Yep, same failure as Stephen. After I looked at the files on the CD, that file (D:\Sources\Install.wim) really doesn't exist.
@Stephen, @Andrey, it's because it's a recovery disc, not an install disc. You can't use this CDROM to install, only recover a system that fails to boot due to corrupt boot record information.
Regards, Dave
I really appreciate you effort, but I still get the message "NTLDR is missing" even if I boot using your disc. I press F12 and choose the CD/DVD drive with the recovery disc in it. I have tried both with 32 bit and 64 bit version. I have also tried the computers own recovery program with no success. It's a Fujitsu Siemens computer, by the way. It looks like I need to install Windows 7 on this machine as well. Vista sucks and Windows 7 should therefore be free!
I really appreciate your effort, but I still get the message "NTLDR is missing" even if I boot using your disc. I press F12 and choose the CD/DVD drive with the recovery disc in it. I have tried both with 32 bit and 64 bit version. I have also tried the computers own recovery program with no success. It's a Fujitsu Siemens computer, by the way. It looks like I need to install Windows 7 on this machine as well. Vista sucks and Windows 7 should therefore be free!
Horaayyy!!! Thanks to this forum I got to fix my 90,OOOyen worth of Toshiba laptop...it won't boot and I thought it was totally wrecked.The repair shops told me I should pay around 80,000 yen for a new motherboard so instead I bought a new note PC. I ran into this forum and I had the same problem as John,followed his messages and BOOOMM!! I fixed my almost-1 year "sleeping" laptop to it's factory setup!!! Thanks to Computer Guru and also to John!!! FTW!!!
Hi all, I just downloaded vista recovery disc X86 to repair my vista bootloader and burned it as ISO image to a CD via ultraISO but unfortunately when booting from CD and while windows loading files.......... suddenly it stopped and tell me an unexpected I/O error when I press enter I face a Windows Boot Manger when I choose Windows Setup [EMS enabled] the computer restart and enter an infinite loop and when I choose Windows Memory Diagnostic it says File \boot\memtest.exe Status: 0x000000f inf: selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt
any Help will be appreciated.
-- Mina Fouad
am sorry, the problem was with ultraISO when I tried another program (ImgBurn) it was successfully, and I repaired my computer thanks thanks thanks