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.
NeoSmart Technologies is hosting a copy of a Windows Vista Repair CD for your convenience. 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. It is a 120 MiB download, and in the standard ISO format. Please note that this download is no longer free, due to licensing restrictions imposed upon us.
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Windows Vista Recovery Discs (x86/x64)
Windows 7 Recovery Discs (x86/x64)
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.
Have Vista on Acer 4400. 2 weeks ago would not boot up. Thought it might be battery, so boutght new one. Booted up successfuly sveral times. Now will not boot up. When I power up, it flashes 3 times, hestitates and flashes 3 times and powers down. Bought and burned easyRE for Windows Vista.iso to cd successfully. Put in drive, pressed power buttom and sames thing happens.- will not boot up from drive. Any ideas?? Thanks so much!
Had a half-dead Vista laptop, and nothing, but nothing, that I could do made a difference. I could get it to boot partially in various modes, but it would always stop at a certain point and go no farther. I downloaded this disc, burned it to a CD and booted off of it, chose Automatic Recovery, and PRESTO!!! Everything is working perfectly. Couldn’t be easier. Thanks so much!
I must admit I was a bit skeptical. But within 5 minutes, I back up an running. …..not to mention the 3 hour web search beforehand for a solution. The $19.95 was well worth it. A huge thanks!
Ok here is my promblem I have aver window vista and I lost the recovery disk. So I gotta to look for a recovery disk 1 question does this restore your computer to factory settings
No, it returns you computer to the state it was in just before it crashed.
Ok. Downloaded the Vista Recovery tool. burned it to a disc, now what?? Couldn’t find any instructions on the website and I paid $19.99…so, what should I do??
Reboot your machine from the CD/DVD (whichever you created). It should load into the recovery program…..
I have the same problem ,but can I download it in a Mac laptop and put it in a sony?
This tool is the real deal. I no longer had the recovery disks for my Windows Vista OS that crashed and all attempts at repair were unsuccessful. I downloaded the file, burned it to a CD and used it to boot from. The repair wasn’t successful (it likely could be, I just got impatient) but the Back Up File function is working like a dream. Transferring all my thought-to-be lost files to a CD as I write this. Well worth the $19.95 — cheaper and less headache (and way quicker) than taking it in to the Geek Squad or the like.
Does this tool work on both 32 and 64 Vista ? Since i cant get the pc further then to BIOS and the startup options ( after this it get stucked loading windows)
i can not tell wich version I have…
@Joakim: Yes, it does.
Great !!
And i found out, the program got my pc working :-)
Im happy
BUT
i seem to have lost some drivers for
the basesystem
Ethernet controlling unit
PCI controlunit for data recording and signal handling
PCI control unit for kommunikation
does the program fix that to ?
I have a dell windows vista xps M1530 and It won’t boot everytime i turn it on it says ntldr is missing press any key to restart and then when i do sends me back to same message does anybody knows of this would fix the problem and get my computer working again and if not what can i do, thanks.
i have 32bit op system i nead recovery disc for boot and cant find a download site to burn to dvd since i lost my disk please help
Hello :) I’m very interested in getting this. I have a blue screen on my Dell Studio XPS 1640 for Vista and the error says Unmountable_Boost_Volume. Even the safe mode window goes back to the blue screen and even the repair window screen goes back to the blue screen of death :( I don’t mind if I can’t get the pc to work again, I just need all my stuff off the laptop. Will this help me recover my pictures, music, software programs, etc? I am desperate. I will have lost everything because I didn’t have an external hard drive to back it up. :( Looking forward to a response before purchasing this. Thanks so much! :)
Hi Sylvia: It certainly should. You can see an example of files being recovered in this YouTube video http://youtu.be/mt8Eb1N7frU
I am so glad I came across this website or I’d be stuck paying for a clean install. I bought Vista and 7 Home because a friend’s OS was so corrupted/lost that it was stuck at “Please wait…” 80% of the time or didn’t even know what to do at the Login screen the other 20% of the time. The 7 Home worked wonders. It found so many things wrong with the Boot files and fixed them all and then some. It took 3 minutes to download both ISO files, 2 minutes to make two CDs, 4 minutes to recover, and only $20.00 each. It saved me so much money since the computer never came with an option to buy a recovery disc.
I ran the windows automatic repair, it finished and then I took the disc out and restarted the computer. I got the gateway sign and then the screen turned a light blue. I cant see my mouse I am just stuck on a light blue screen. Did I pay 20 bucks to have my processor wiped out
I had a hard drive completely crash and I had to by brand new hard drive, so now I’m stuck with no OS on it since I can’t pull it off the other one. Will the recovery disc install the OS? Or do I need to look else where, if so, where?
Rose…
Read the above posts, it tells you it doesnt reinstall it returns your machine to the state it was in immediately prior to the crash!
What I want to know after reading the above is does my problem cost me 20.00 or do I have to buy two ISOs at 20.00 each, and if so, why???? Does it cost 20.00 or does it cost 40.00?
If I go ahead now and purchase this tool, will it work on multiple machines that have vista installed, or is it a one time only use disc/image?
This is potentially very good so I hope someone can come back with answers to the above…
Many thanks,
Mark
Mark, you can use it as many times as you want so long as they’re all your machines.
Got the DVD and rebooted. Got some way to recovery …(at least I see a screen that looks vaguely familiar) but the system is lookng for “Other User”…it doesn’t see my old user name and password. Makes no difference what I type in (or don’t type in) the system says “The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted” and then I’m stuck. Any ideas on how to proceeed?
Great!!
Thank you Mahmoud, I think this is just what I have been looking for for my personal use.
…and what about if I wanted to use it in an unlimited way to repair the machines of other people… is there a different version that can be purchased?
Thank again
Mark
Mark, glad to hear it! As for repairing others’ computers: that is what the Technician Edition is for.
Quoting…Mahmoud Al-Qudsi on April 2, 2013 at 4:18 pm said:
Mark, glad to hear it! As for repairing others? computers: that is what the Technician Edition is for.Ending quote.
Cool! You’ve been very helpful Mahmoud!
Mark
thank you very much to the NEOSMART TECHNOLOGY.. you are doing a great job, continue your good work, may you all be bless not only thru financial aspect but by serving others in this high tech world……..MAY GOD BLESS YOU AS “HE” BLESS OUR GREAT COUNTRY….as some of you experience the worst of not able to start your computer…the recovery disc i’d ordered and download was an amazing tool, it perfectly did its job….it is by the integrity of NEOSMART to help others during this difficult time that the world is facing.
My vista computer went black screen with blinking curser. Can get to boot menu. Will load disc. Can see info is on hard drive through win7 upgrade disc. Tried repair from upgrade disc, no luck. Will this disc repair Vista?
Great Disk. Problem Resolved.
Vista would not boot. Burned disk and now all is well. What a Great Thing!!
This download is worth the 20 bucks and more! I had a working computer one night and the next morning (after a windows automatic update) a dead computer. “No bootable drive detected” is not a pretty sight on the screen. I too did a huge long search online and found this site and the cd. Then I had a computer ‘tech’ come to fix it. Knew I was better off doing it myself as she wanted to know where I found it and had no idea how to use it. I didn’t want to lose the personal files and photos, there were current photos of my dog and she had passed away the week before. Imagine my happy face when I loaded the ‘browse and backup’ tool and saw all those photos of her that I thought I had lost. Thank you so much, the information found online is invaluable and sites like this are proof you don’t need a computer geek to fix your computers!
My computer runs vist Home Premium 32 bit & I wondered if you had a recovery disc for this one as I purchased my computer from a catalogue and wasn’t supplied with a windows recovery disc
Part of my computer (Vista) works, but I have regular problems booting (takes forever), shutting down (generally have to force close), but the biggest problem is anything to do with Adobe. I’ll uninstalled what I have and reloaded it several times. The computer takes 1/2 hour to open each pdf and then 95% of the time won’t print it. It never even shows up as a document to print. I’ve searched for repairs, updates, and nothing has helped. With this download repair Vista yet keep my files intact?
Hi. I have a 5 year old HP notebook running Windows Vista. I already had to have the Hard Drive replaced once over a year ago. Anyhow, I recently received a screen saying that Windows cannot load and then lists options such as boot in safe mode, restore to previous working state, etc. However, none of those options work. It just loads and load and then goes back to that same screen. Although a flash of a blue screen appears only for a split second. I believe it says something about a registry error. Anyway, my question is, will this downlaoadble disc 100% help my issue? I am a Mom of 5 making min. wage, less than 20 hours a week. $20 is a big amount for me. But, my baby’s pics are all on my notebook and that’s even a bigger deal. I have to get those off of their, at the minimum. So I am desperate, yet hesitant. Please let me know. May God bless. =) -Tasha-
I purchased a new startup/recovery disc for my computer, and reloaded Vista. I lost everything but my computer works. You do need the Windows key code on the bottom your computer and you need to purchase the correct version of the windows start up discs, in your case Vista. I then purchased a win7 upgrade. Win7 is much better.
Good Luck!!
I purchased a new computer with Windows 8 installed then installed my Hard drive containing Vista 64. I set up dual boot but when I try to start in Vista I get an error about not finding ‘WINLOAD’ or else the computer just sits on a blank screen and doesn’t load anything. I can load windows 8 but I also need Vista to run as I have a lot of programs installed on this disk. Will this recovery disk enable me to run Vista as well as Windows 8 from a dual boot configuration and do you have instructions on how to recover my Vista system
My Gateway ran slow and kept crashing so I started a completely recovery but now I don’t have the recovery disk so I keep getting “Bootmgr is missing”. Will your product help?
i have a windows vista home premium , It will start to boot up and that is all , i have a black monitor and no
keyboard or mouse action, Let me know if any one else had this problem and if the repair disc repaired it..
Joe, I had the same problem and the Easy Recovery Essentials CD fixed it for me. Maybe you’ll have the same luck too.
Can you boot from USB drive once you download this Windows recovery disc? I have Win Vista pro
vista wont load, no mouse, keyboard or function key activity–will this download boot disk help? thanks in advance
I have an HP slimline with an AMD processor that the motherboard failed.I installed another motherboard but it is an Intel duo core. The computer tries to “repair” itself but can’t. I know that numerous drivers are different between the 2 boards so it won’t be able to fix itself, but can your CD help me fix my problem? I don’t want to buy a Vista home CD.
ps; It runs Ubuntu wonderfully in the meantime ;}
Windows Vista Recovery Disc saved my sanity!!! This is a great product that will definately recommend.
Is there a Vista Recovery Disc Download for 32bit