Windows Vista Recovery Disk and Repair Disc Download

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1. With a swedish Windows Vista Home Premium, not starting, can I use an English Vista Recovery disc ? Language selection at start of V R imcludes only English.

2. have downloaded the disk but dont kno what to do at all. Vaio have told me that the disk i need will cost me $50.00 dont wanna pay that!!! can any one help

3. k so i downloaded the file and i mounted/burned to my disk so now i dont know what to do because when i go into the disk it just opens up the folder and then i have 2 other folders and a file with 328kb.

4. Hi my pc did have a system Recovery program inside the pc itself now it dosnt seem to show itself anymore i need to reformat my pc will this allow me to reformat? cause the CD i got all it does is install vista it dosnt refrmat the pc at all and now i got at least 3 Vista’s on my pc

   my computer is a Emachine Bought Used by TigerDirect

5. i am using toshiba satellite l310. i was using xp as os and recently when i tried to formate and install vista, it didnot formated and vista installed and old xp files compiled into old windows folder. i also tried for boot from cd but found error of os not found in cd. i also want to install intel matrix storage device driver but for that i think formate is needed. so guide me how to formate my laptop with this cd.

6. This is a message to all of the people trying to use this to install. DON’T ! It is not an install cd. It is a repair cd. If you try to use it to install, it WILL fail because it doesnt have the installation image needed to install. This is not a magic bullet to put vista back on after you wiped out your drive with Ubuntu or by trying to downgrade to XP. If you deleted the Recovery partition, you need to buy a copy of the recovery DVD’s from the manufacturer. Once again, This is not an install cd, so don’t even bother with the “Install” option.

7. this .iso = 120MB
   WAIK = 992MB

   But what exactly is in this .iso?

   We understand this is not an “install” disk FOR INSTALLING TO HARD DRIVE.

   However, this is a streamlined and functional Vista OS, which in fact is FASTER than any hard disk-installed (RAM-diskless) Vista.

   And, with some tweaks this “recovery Vista” can be expanded to include whatever the “extras” an end user might require.

   Your existing hard disk-installed Vista that you paid for when you bought your PC has EVERYTHING you need to do this.

8. @willib

   FreeBSD will not touch your MBR unless you select that option during install. The install menu is quite clear about that and if I recall it even warns Windows users not to leave the MBR alone. Moreover the FreeBSD handbook at FreeBSD.org explains everything you need to know about setting FreeBSD in plain language, in ONE document. Alas, Windows does not come with a User Manual or anything similar.

   FreeBSD is the world’s most reliable OS. That’s why sites like Yahoo and Microsoft themslves have used it to run their servers.

9. my hp laptop 9500dv home premium vista 32 bit wont start,it loads the micros ft corporation thing and a black screen appears and the computer restarts,i get a message stating that the last start up failed,use start up repair ,it doesn’t diagnose anything all it says that been caused due changes in system configuration.system restore also doesn’t work

10. WOW ok thx neosmart so very much i will seed this works great i did what you said it took me about 20 mins to fix my mom vista computer i down loaded the 32 bitx86 from utorrent then i used nti cd maker wich works great for iso does it auotmaticly then burned it to cd then i went into the bios changed it to boot from cd loaded the vista recovery disk all i can SAY IS WOW DONE FIXED LATER IN 20 MINS saved all setting pics files ect. not even frys could help me and ever one else wanted me to buy this thanks so much no problems works great!!!!! if you do it right!!!

11. I have checked it now. MagicISO, PowerISO, and UltraISO all recognize the image file as bootable so these three should work without a problem. So… for those of you having problems with the disc working; install one of these three programs, right click the Vista Recovery Disc iso image file, “Open With” and select the above program, insert your empty disc & click the burn icon.

    Home Pages:
    http://www.magiciso.com/
    http://www.poweriso.com/
    http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/

    Torrents:
    http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=magiciso
    http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=poweriso
    http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=ultraiso

12. Hi. I’m not really interested in recovering all the sections of my laptop, I just want to recover certain files. Is it possible to backup data from the boot section when you start up Windows Vista? I have a Toshiba Satellite A215 if that will help. Thank you.

13. Hi i’ve done all as in instruction and boot the computer from bootable cd boot program does not see any of partition that are created. Does anybody has the same problem?? please help.

14. I have used nero 8 and it can run very well, just open the iso file and burning.
    follow this instruction
    thanks all guys..

15. I downloaded the recovery disk and it worked all the way the first time i used it, however something happened during the repairing process and the computer restarted. Now when I try to boot from the cd it will get to the points where it says “windows is loading files” and after it loads them it goes to the screen with the green bar bar going back in forth after that the screen goes black and then a cursor appears on the screen…it literally stays like this for hours and I don’t know whats wrong..Can anybody help me out????????

16. hi . my vista home basic original crashed few months a ago .. i have downloaded this will it work for me .. or is there any other way to get my original os back as i had not made a recovery disc ..

17. What can I say – worked like a charm. Much appreciated!

    /Joakim

18. Hi, I have succesfully burned this onto disc and have put in on the computer and tried the startup repair and it says it cannot repair this computer autimatically. It is missing an OS loader. I have tried system restore, but it says there are no restore points. Any help woould bee appreciated because I am lost! Many thanks.

19. After dowloading the ile i get error incompatible version, i have Vista Basic

20. no luck for me… im trying to reinstall vista on my girlfreinds HP laptop but when i went to “Boot from CD/DVD Drive” it just loaded windows…

    i used ImgBurn and burned the ISO to a CD and seemed like i followed all the steps ill keep trying.

21. thanks!
    I am very happy that I can download from this website one recovery CD. I hope it will work if I need it.
    I made one recovery CD before from the recovery partition but that CD didn’t work.

22. I have searched far and wide for this type of disk! Thanks a bunch! Its amazing that microsoft hasnt made this kind of disc by now… slackers…

23. i have download and installed ubuntu linux and didn’t notice that i had the option of choosing where its boot loader was installed and now i am not able to boot vista. i have reinstalled ubuntu and its boot loader on another hdd but now i need to fix vista’s boot loader hopefully this will work but i dont no where to get an img burner that works for linux. a link to one will be greatly appreciated.

24. Thank You SOOO much. I had lost functionality of computer for the past 5 days and I had no idea what to do and paying for HP to send me a restore disc that would take a week seemed ridiculous. Thank you again for saving me more time and stress!

25. i cant boot my vist OS, i erased linux on the other partion and reinstalled XP, i was hoping to find VISTA and XP on ms boot manager. but Grub is gone now and only boots up to XP. my primary partition, c:, wont boot. only d: will boot. and i have this error from a partion software about my c:…:

    “W004: partition does not start on cylinder boundry.”

    Help!

26. I know this sounds really simple but I’m getting the Boot\BCD error on my Vista, I’ve tried downloading the ISO file, then I burned it to a CD using IMGBurn, put the disc in my other laptop, restarted but it just went straight to that error msg again, I didn’t get a Press any key option! *cries* any ideas why?

27. I, like many other people that have posted on this section, have the problem in which the file “install.wim” can’t be found, and if you explore the iso yourself, you wont find a trace of it. there was a site mentioned earlier where the download link for the file was provided, however it does not work anymore.
    http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/01/60316070-3318705–NOA/msvista/pub/Vista_WIM/i386/install.wim
    ideas, anyone?

28. I previously deleted my recovery drive because I did not know what is was for and I wanted the extra hard drive space. I downloaded this, burned it fine, booted it up perfectly, but when it goes to repair I can’t do anything because there is no recovery drive. It just gives me an error saying that it couldn’t find a file on the D: drive (which now no longer exists because of the aforementioned deletion), and tells me to contact tech support. Any ideas?

29. Hi,

    Does anyone know of a similar download for Windows XP x64?

    Thanks.

30. Can you please help me?
    My laptop Vista doesn’t boot.
    i have about 6 “restore cds” i put them in and they either freeze at please wait or says there is something missing or wrong.
    I have a lenovo T61
    6459-CTO…
    Vista
    The Rescue and Recovery of lenovo freezes when i access it
    It just shows the first page where it says Rescue and Recovery 4

31. hey guys, hope someone would be able to help me out here.

    i’ve got an acer 4920g laptop, and it won’t boot into windows.

    i downloaded the x86 and inserted it. they tried to repair but it still couldn’t boot to windows, it always hangs at the loading bar. when i go into safe mode, it still hangs at crcdisk.sys without any difference.

    so i’ve retried it a few times and now it says it can’t resolve the problem, and asks me to find technical support.

    so i turn to you guys, looking for hope! anyone has info that might be able to help me?
    do you think if i used the x64 cd and tried, it would work?

    cheeerrrrss!

32. I’ve downloaded the file provided above but when I unzip it, I can’t find the .iso file. Can someone help? Thanks!

33. I have tried to download both of the files but I got two tiny files of 19 and 11 KB respectively, could you be so kind to verify if the links is still working? thanks in advance, I need to recover my system and I have read a lot of good comments about those recovery disks,

    Thanks in advance

34. This is a interesting article and very detailed information..Great job!! I will download the files and keep you posted with my progress…Thanks again

35. This article just saved my bacon!

    Anyone looking for a solution for the error:

    \Boot\BCD

    0xc000000f

    should use this CD… it turned out that a couple of lines from the boot config had gone missing…. Recovery CD found the errors and suggested a fix… said fix used, re-started and immediately had Vista back up and running.

    Excellent.

36. This torrent DOES NOT WORK!
    Have to check it because it is missing the Install.wim file.
    Everybody has downloaded SEVERAL TIMES AND BURN the CD SEVERAL TIMES.

    EVERYTIME THE SAME THING: INSTALL.WIM IS MISSING!!!!!

37. Hi, i have a HP Pavillion 9628nr that came with Vista and a Recovery Partition. I formatted the hard drive and created two disks leaving the Recovery Partition intact. Then i installed xp. It runs great. But I was wondering if i could go back to Vista and found out that there is no boot option to enter the recovery disk. Will this cd help me to get Vista installed from the recovery partition? Thanx!!

38. hi, i’ve lost the third recovery disc…so now i can’t reinstall anything…the product to download functions like recovery discs?and does it work with all marks?

39. Step by Step Reinstallation of Windows on a Dell PC

    Step 1: Look at the Windows Product Key sticker on your Dell PC. Write down the version of Windows.

    Step 2: Take your Dell Windows Reinstallation CD/DVD and insert it into the cd/dvdrom drive.

    Step 3: Press F12 during bootup. Choose boot from CD/DVDRom

    Step 4: Follow onscreen instructions and reload windows

    If you dont have a Reinstallation CD/DVD, you can go to: http://www.oemsoftwaresource.com or for a replacement.

40. Thank you for this amazing disk!
    I just want to stress out, again, that I also had problems booting the cd after burning it with Nero. Instead, I downloaded ImgBurn and everything went great. You should consider of putting a note in the bottom of the article so people can be aware right in the beginning.

41. good

42. Hi, I did everything here but when windows loads the files, stay in black screen for hours and the screen to repair windows don’t come out… I have sony vaio with vista home premium…. please…

43. Hey Im in a predicament were my desktop isn’t showing up or anything.I don’t know where the original vista disk are and I tried downloading the two links at the top still no luck. I need help!

44. I have downloaded the repair file as mentioned and am in the process of repairing Vista. It is now asking for the installation media drivers. When I hit the OK button it is directing me to the ‘X’ drive. Where are the drivers that it is asking for?

45. First I would like to say thanks to you because I think this is a fantastic thing for vista user. This recovery disk is amazing and solves all recovery related problem of my system.
    Before this recovery CD I was a user of recovery software named stellar phoenix windows recovery software. which helps me in recovery of files and folder and data from hard drive, floppy disk, CD, DVD, USB storage media .I have tried demo version of this software and for complete recovery of bought license key . But now I reach on my destination. I tried this cd on my old system and recover all data.

46. Your ISO doesn’t contain SATA drivers. My Windows Vista isn’t being recognized on its HDD because the ISO doesn’t contain the necessary drivers to detect it.

47. No seeders D:

48. THIS FILE WORKS GREAT! SAVED EVERYTHING I HAD, NO LOST FILES.

    NOTE TO ALL ASUS LAPTOP USERS: Your laptop will not automatically boot the cd, nor will the F12 key work. You MUST hold down the ESC key while the system restarts. I dont know why, but ASUS configured their systems that way. Hold down that ESC key and it will bring up the BOOT screen. Make sure you arrow down and choose the CD drive to boot from. Once you load the CD (with the .iso recovery file on it), just make sure you click on “Repair my computer”.

    It worked perfectly and saved me from losing everything… because ASUS technical support will tell you that you must use their recovery CD to re-install Vista and lose everything… Forget that crap.

49. 32it version downloads properly but the 64 bit version will not.

50. I created a Vista Recovery Disc as instructed when I first got the my notebook (Acer) which I?ve used frequently until the last time I tried to do a system restore but installation just couldn?t complete because the disc was scratched? I?m not really a computer guru but I think that I wiped out my operating system and yet left without recovery disc. I downloaded the file mentioned above (Windows Vista Recovery Disc) hoping that it?d help but it just wouldn?t work for me ? I booted from the CD and it started to load approximately 80% before it failed, it turned out that some files had gone missing. . Did I perhaps not burn the disc properly, because I just double-clicked on the file I downloaded and hit the ?burn? tab?
    What do you guys suggest I do?