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October 12th, 2009, 07:07 PM
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Windows 7 Recovery Discs Download
In keeping with NST tradition, I've created and uploaded the ISO images for the Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit recovery discs, ready for anyone that needs them. Seeing as the holiday season is getting real close and Windows 7 is about to hit the shelves, I think the number of people needing this disc is about to sky rocket.
Download Windows 7 System Recovery Discs The NeoSmart Files
Pass on the link and happy downloading!
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October 12th, 2009, 09:30 PM
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Terrific , Mahmoud.
I am sure a huge number of people will be grateful.
No point in having the Vista recovery disc. The 7 one repairs Vista better than the Vista one does.
Try this:
On a Vista machine - write nt52 bootsector code and mbr, and delete bootmgr and the Boot folder.
Run startup repair from the 7 system recovery options 3 times ( same bit version as the Vista installation ) . Perfect.
Last edited by SIW2; October 12th, 2009 at 09:42 PM.
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October 12th, 2009, 09:41 PM
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Thanks, SIW2
Technically, Windows Vista users are already licensed to use the Windows Vista repair disc and Windows 7 users are licensed for the Windows 7 repair disc.
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October 12th, 2009, 09:44 PM
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Absolutely, thanks for highlighting that. Dual booters only need the 7 one then.
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October 19th, 2009, 06:37 PM
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Hi Mahmoud,
I posted the above link on another Forum - someone there asked why there was a size discrepancy
Did YOU make a restore disk and compare YOUR boot.wim file size to the one on the torrent? Mine is 168,035,538
The one in the torrent is: 168,390,841
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I am not sure why that would be - it's probably something very obvious that I am overlooking.
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October 19th, 2009, 07:24 PM
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Boot.wim itself is a different size? That's weird.
Did he create it from a system with all the latest updates installed?
btw, I did not burn from recdisc.exe then rip to an ISO; instead I used something known as a virtual CD burner.
64-bit: 168,390,841 created from Windows 7 Build 6.1.7600.16385 with RecDisc.exe with an MD5 of CDE81C3D7B325B33D8E0EA1AD7E93655
32-bit: 144,838,785 created from Windows 7 Build 6.1.7600.16385 with RecDisc.exe with an MD5 of D8C17663091088F594258FF40F23E4B6
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October 19th, 2009, 07:31 PM
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Thanks, I will pass that message on.
Would the updates affect the size of the recovery disc ?
I thought recdisc just used winre.wim from the hidden Recovery folder.
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October 20th, 2009, 06:29 AM
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The contents of the recovery CD are dynamically created each time you use recdisc.exe from the various system files in your Windows 7 installation.
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