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.
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!
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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?