Windows Vista Recovery Disk and Repair Disc Download

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1. Hi, thanks a million for your rescue CD. I’ve only so far used it to recover my BCD, but would also like to use it for restoring backups.

   Thought I would point out this url:

   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927391

   To fix my problem, I had to go to a command prompt during the rescue, delete the BCD, and recreate it. This is the second time I’ve had to do this. Is there something wrong with the disk?

   This happened after Windows Update decided to turn my laptop from Suspend mode to “awake”, added a few patches, and rebooted to “can’t find \boot\bcd”.

   My Toshiba laptop doesn’t come with a Rescue CD, just a CDROM to rebuild the whole Vista install.

   Thanks again,
   Dave

2. Hi there

   i have got acer laptop and vista and im facing problems from last few months.
   Speed is getting slow day by day.
   now days im facing new problem
   im trying to connect to wireless router but im not to able connect to internet
   earlier it was fine
   most imp thing im not having any recovery cd of it
   please if nyone can help me
   please try to contact me through email as im not able access internet
   my id is veeru4u19@yahoo.com
   thanks in advance

3. Hi .I have an acer 5735z under warrenty.I dint make any recovery/backup disk(I know) two month later I get the error loading os messege.Pc world tell me its a software prob. and not thier prob.as I should have made a rec.disk. The fault then changed to disk access error .this was a faulty hard drive which they replaced.So with a new drive and windows basic (which came with it)I thought “better make a backup this time.
   Tried to bthru the acer recovery manegement software but it wouldnt do it,just ran for hours froze the screen and wrote nothing.Acer online support told me that the os propably wasnt loaded withe the recovery partition properly so get the “techguys” to install it again.
   Pc world said it wasnt thier prob. as it was installed from a mirror of my original os (which I should have backed up),so go away.
   Will making a disk from this site solve my probs. and which should i make?
   Thanks very much,Bry

4. Guru,
   Two days ago I woke up to find that an automatic update had an error which caused my vista to crash, My computer informed me that I needed to reinstall Vista to correct the error. I, now realising that this was a stupid move, followed these instruction, only to realise that everything on my computer was erased. I’m trying to restore my computer to what it was, and was hoping that you could help me with this. Is there any way to restore what I lost, favorites, documents, etc?
   Thanks,
   Rodge

5. @Rodge: If you cleaned your system using “(Quick)” format, you might still be able to retrieve your files (only if nothing has been written of them).

   Stop whatever activity you are doing on your computer.
   Remove your hard disk and connected it as an additional drive on another computer.

   On the other computer, download and use the following recovery tools:
   DiskDigger -http://dmitrybrant.com/diskdigger
   FreeUndelete – http://pcsupport.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=pcsupport&cdn=compute&tm=450&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=3&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//majorgeeks.com/FreeUndelete_d4407.html
   Recuva – http://pcsupport.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=pcsupport&cdn=compute&tm=22&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=4&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.recuva.com/download/builds
   Roadkil’s Undelete – http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=28

   Usually, just one will be enough, but I have found that results may vary from one program to the next. So, its better to try more than one.

   Good luck.

   -Eric

6. Guys, hold on. Rodge may not have necessarily erased the disk during the install, but instead installed over the existing install, and Rodge’s data is still there. Use this Vista Rescue disc and go to a command prompt. Change to C:\Users\\ where “” is your normal user account name, like “rodge” for example. Do “dir” and see if there are any files there you recognize first.

   Don’t jump to conclusions and think you have to take drastic measures to recover data that may still be there. Eric is right, though, don’t make any more write changes to the disk until you find out what shape it’s in.

   Best,
   Dave

7. Okay, I’m not that computer smart, but if i use “dir” in command prompt when my computer is already running I don’t see anything from before the install, all I see are files from after. When I restart and use the boot, I see some files from before, what do I do now?
   Rodge

8. man i hope this one works.,

9. Heyy guys.. i downloaded the 32bit recovery disc.. it loads up and everything.. but when i click repair.. it starts it.. but keeps going on for hours….. does not restart my laptop.. CAN SOMEONE PLEEASEE HELP ME OUT

   THANKS IN ADVCANCE…

   ASUS LAPTOP
   DOES NOT REPAIR.. KEEPS GOING ON…

10. Mike,

    What is the reason you’re using the boot disc in the first place? What problem are you actually having? Be as descriptive as possible. Is there a reason you can’t contact your place of purchase for support, or is it no longer under warranty?

    What do you mean the rescue disc “keeps going on”? Do you mean the CDROM drive keeps spinning for hours and never actually boots into the rescue disc? Is it possible the drive or media is defective, or you did not burn it properly?

    Does your laptop recognize the hard disk when the system boots? What happens if you try and boot your laptop without the CDROM in the drive?

    Best,
    Dave

11. Is this Vista 32-bit torrent still active? There don’t appear to be any seeders.

    Thanks for any info.

12. While I think this is great to have been made available here- a tutorial on how to use each option would have been nice.

    You’ve got the files made available, tutorials on how to burn the image- but no tutorial on how to use the options available.

    No wonder there is so much confusion and so many posts requesting assistance!

    But thanks for making it available! (seriously)

13. Respect!

    You are like an oasis in this vast computer desert.

    As an old computer geek, when my 2 days old Vista laptop gave me the famous “Bootmgr missin” message I just loughed and thought that this would be easy to solve with a boot disk… Right: a boot disk and Vista… There is still lots to learn! Thanks to MS for giving you the occasion to be someone’s hero, right?

14. Hey dave thanks so much for replying

    the reason i am trying to boot my laptop is because while i was trying to do my assignment … my laptop suddendly FROZE… so i pressed the shutdown button.. and it switched off.. when i tried switchin it back on .. it gets to the stage where windows vista bar is loading.. ( the bars keep going across.. but my windows doesnt load up) so that bar just keeps on going.. i tried pressing enter… esc.. everythin but it still keeps on going…

    so this is the reason i decided to BOOT with the recovery disc from here.. because when i switched it off again .. black screen came up with safe mode.. and good config .. and the rest.. i tried to go with safe mode.. the screen scrolls down but nothing happens..

    so i inserted the recovery disc that came with my laptop.. it doesnt load up .. meaning.. it boots but doesnt give me any options such as to repair or to install..

    but with this recovery disc from here.. it allows me the option to repair or install after i pick the language … BUT WHEN I CLICK REPAIR.. IT LOADS UP .. BUT THE BLUE BAR KEEPS ON SEARCHING AND REPAIRING FOR HOURS N HOURS.. IT DOESNT DO NOTHING..

    HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME OUT..

    THANKS A LOT GUYS..

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15. Mike,

    It sounds like you want something different than the Vista Rescue disc. This disc is for recovering from initial boot problems, such as from a corrupt master boot record or initial boot information.

    It sounds like you have more of a hardware problem or problem with Windows registry.

    It might be a good idea to make sure you don’t have problems with the computer’s memory. Download the following and burn it to a CDROM:

    http://memtest86.org/

    Put the disc into your laptop CDROM drive and reboot. Let it run for at least two hours. If it finds no errors, then go here:

    http://neosmart.net/forums/

    Try posting your question there, being sure to provide as much information as possible on what you have already done and what type of laptop you have.

    You might also want to find out the manufacturer of your hard disk, and find the hard disk analysis program on their website to make sure there isn’t a problem with your hard disk that is causing this trouble.

    Regards,
    Dave

16. I have downloaded the disk recovery. It boots fine, but how do I reinstall Windows? My hard drive was formatted when I tried to recover, still have boot partition, but I can’t reinstall Vista from the boot partition. The CD does not install Windows, just offers recovery–need to install windows. I have a valid product code, but cannot seem to figure out how to reinstall from the recovery partition (keep getting error when I use the recovery program–it wiped out my c drive, but won’t reinstall) Any ideas?

17. Lyn, it is not possible to reinstall Vista using the Recovery Disc. It is only for recovering boot problems with Vista. For reinstallation, you must use your original Vista media provided with your computer.

    Regards,
    Dave

18. I am trying to download the recovery disc and every time I try, I get “problem loading page” – my internet is slow but other websites that I access work just fine…any suggestions?

19. I’ve downloaded the recovery disc and all.. but when it starts loadind it says that the install. file is missing.. what should I do?

20. MissETZ, you are trying to download the bittorrent version, correct? Do you have a bittorrent client properly configured? Have you read the instructions on how to properly download?

    You may also download from here:

    http://www.mediafire.com/file/jjgn2zommoz/cybernetnews

    This is a straight download and does not require a bittorrent client, but is not going to be as fast or as reliable.

    Hope this helps,
    Dave

21. Isabelle, you need to be more specific. What is the error message, exactly? Where did you download the rescue CDROM from? What method did you use to burn the image to a CDROM?

    It sounds like something went wrong during the download or burning process. Burn the image again at the lowest speed setting on your CDROM writer, typically 4x, to be sure.

    If you still have a problem, describe your setup further. What type of computer? What is the problem you’re having? What other things have you done to try and fix the problem?

    Can you boot the CDROM on the same computer you burned it on successfully?

    Regards,
    Dave

22. Dave,
    Thanks for putting that other link for the Vista Recovery Disc I have successfully downloaded it. I’ve been trying for days with the other BitTorrent link but didn’t receive anything at all, so thanks again. I don’t actually need it yet, but I suppose I’d better do a dry run through to see if it goes through the motions now, before I really need it as it wouldn’t be much good if it didn’t work then would it.

    I burned the image as suggested with ImageBurn, as I have previously had problems with Nero burning the odd bootable image, that wouldn’t work. I normally use Nero 6 on XP and Vista but I have Nero 9 installed on Widows 7 64-bit as there seemed to be some problems with Nero 6. I’d much rather use Nero 6 as it’s nowhere near as bloated as the newer ones.

    Here’s hoping I don’t have the problems that a few of the people on this forum are having I’ll get back to you and let you know how it went.

23. Dave gazillions THANKS!!!!
    I downloaded the link, rebooted the laptop and it’s running now ;)) Thank you so much for all your help and swiftness ;))
    ~MissETZ

24. Hello,

    Thanks for the download. I have burnt it to a disc with ImgBurn and booted from it. It all seemed to work fine until I got to the Product Key part.

    The key I have (which I found in Control Panel\System and Security\System in the section Windows Activation>Product ID) is in the form XXXXX-XXX-XXXXXXX-XXXXX while the Vista Recovery thing appears to need a key in the form XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX.

    I am trying to use this on my TOSHIBA laptop that came with Vista installed and no recovery disc. I hope someone can help.

    Thanks =]

25. the download doesn’t work for me, is it a problem on my side or a problem with the site?

26. Brendan, try one of these keys:

    019704 506015 941293 568704 054540 085070 (phone activation)

    Ultimate: 6F2D7-2PCG6-YQQTB-FWK9V-932CC (DVD)
    BG9P2-VFK9D-RHR8G-2448C-9B4J2 (CD)
    Business: 72PFD-BCBK8-R7X4H-6F2XJ-VVMP9
    Home Premium: 8XPM9-7F9HD-4JJQP-TP64Y-RPFFV
    Home Basic: 762HW-QD98X-TQVXJ-8RKRQ-RJC9V

    Regards,
    Dave

27. Miko, it’s a problem on your side. How are you trying to download it? Provide more information so we may help you more effectively. Have you installed a bittorrent client on your PC and configured it properly? Have you read the instructions on how to properly download?

    Regards,
    Dave

28. It appears that the Windows 7 torrent links are working for me, but the Vista 64 (which I need) is not. I get the following error:

    “Failed to Connect
    Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at neosmart.net:6969.
    Though the site seems valid, the browser was unable to establish a connection.
    * Could the site be temporarily unavailable? Try again later.
    * Are you unable to browse other sites? Check the computer’s network connection.
    * Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing.”

    To reiterate, the Windows 7 links ARE working, so I don’t know what the problem could be.

    Any ideas?

29. I am trying to find the ISO file for the Windows Vista 32-Bit Recovery Disk, and you still have the link to download it from your website. But every time I try to download the torrent, both in Firefox or Internet Explorer, I get an error saying that a connection cannot be established with the server at neosmart.net:6969

    Is the server down?
    Do you still have the file available? If not, do you know where I can obtain a copy?

    Thank you for any assistance in this matter you can give.

    Sincerely,

    Zane B Stein

30. Hi. If you’re having difficulty downloading the Vista Rescue CDROM via bittorrent, please try the following link:

    http://www.mediafire.com/file/jjgn2zommoz/cybernetnews

    Hope this helps.
    Best regards,
    Dave

31. Tried out the disc although didn’t actually do a repair as my system is still OK. Just making sure it will boot for when it may be needed.

    Thanks for for the disc and all the help. I’ve now put the disk image I got from the mediafire download site, in the torrent folder and it is uploading now, but it only seems to be with dht so maybe it’s a problem with my hosts file. I’ll have to investigate.

    Thanks again for a fantastic repair tool and all the help, and keep up the good work.

32. You are amazing!! Thank you.
    Microsoft is such a horrible company; this should be available to everyone, rather than having to go to some scary places (ie torrent world).

33. Oh man!!! I have problems. I used Reg Easy and ever since then my laptop won’t boot. I can get in with Spotmau and see all directories and get into reg edit etc.
    Spotmau replaced the ntoskrnl and other boot files but still not go.
    Here is the latest recovery effort. Can any help with some ideas???

    When I use the DVD to reboot and select repair the system goes off checking and doing stuff for some time then returns a box saying ?Windows cannot repair this computer automatically?

    Problem details are as follows:-
    Problem signature
    Problem Event Name: StartupRepairV2
    Problem Signature 01: ExternalMedia
    Problem Signature 02: 6.0.6001.18000.6.0.6001.18000
    Problem Signature 03: 6
    Problem Signature 04: 262148
    Problem Signature 05: CorruptFile
    Problem Signature 06: CorruptFile
    Problem Signature 07: 3221225624
    Problem Signature 08: 3
    Problem Signature 09: WrpRepair
    Problem Signature 10: 10
    OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
    Locale ID: 1033

    If you select command prompt from the System Recovery Options window you can get into the hard disk x: and view all the windows directory in C:\windows

    Can you help me recover this? It is an OEM installation details below and hence I do not have an Ultimate DVD (I have borrowed a Home Premium DVD from family)

    OEM Details from sticker on base of Laptop
    Windows Vista Ultimate OEMAct
    Toshiba
    G66C0001KA10
    00144-008-673-679
    Product Key ? is genuine

    X13-04661
    LAN MAC is 00A0D17A8B94

    HARDWARE ? Toshiba QOSMIO F45
    Thanks anyone out there!

34. hi, my computer has been broken for a while now, it has some boot configuration data missing and i downloaded the links on this website to a disk to try to fix it, i went onto the windows vista help page and followed the step by step instructions to fix the problen and it sort of half worked, everythime i turn on my computer now it tells me that the problem is still not fixed and i need to insert the vista restore disk in to my computer and restart it, (as it said it would on the help website) and i did this with the disk i made but it keeps comming up with the same screen. i tryed another disk to see if it would work (windows xp recovery disk)and it dose but it wont fix the problem (obviously)

35. ok i downloaded the 32bit and put the iso on a disk and blah

    wen i put the disk in it pops up with folders no exe’s pr anything wat am i really suposed to do to get this to work plz respond as fast as possible

36. Hi,a friend of mine has a fujitsu siemens amilo li 2735 and has problems,i downloaded the recovery disk from this site and tried it on my laptop (acer aspire 6930) but i was wondering,does it work on a dutch version of windows vista,because the only language i can choose is english (US).

37. Hi,

    I had windows vista on my Hp laptop. Model no dv6767tx. Recently i installed windows XP in D drive using a windows XP bootable disk (windows vista was earlier installed on C drive).
    No the issue is i am not able to log into windows vista.
    when i tried to start the windows Vista recovery disk. It shows no response.

    Is the windows recovery disk corrupted?
    How can i fix this issue?
    Any solution to keep both the windows vista and xp working together and fix the windows Vista recovery disk too?

    Any solution will be appreciated. you can also mail to my email id as said below.
    spentza_will@yahoo.co.in

38. Hello @all

    I just downloaded the “Windows Vista 32-Bit (x86) Recovery Disc Torrent” burned it to a dvd and put it into the laptop I want to fix.
    It then kinda boots from the disc but halts at a black screen with just the mouse cursor on it?

    ANY help is appreciated, is this normal? should it be a menu where you can select the repair options ?

    Thanks for your kindness

39. Naveen, no that’s not normal. It’s possible you have another issue. Download memtest+ from the following site:

    http://www.memtest.org/

    Burn it to a CDROM by following the directions, and boot your computer using it. Let it run for a few hours to see if it detects any memory or processor errors.

    You may also want to download the utility from the manufacturer of the hard disk in your laptop, and analyze the disk for possible hardware errors.

    Regards,
    Dave

40. As I mentioned before I have downlaoded the 32 bit recovery disk ( done this several times now ) but when run I get after entering my reg no – missing install.wim file message. If I were to add this file to the resources dir om the disk would this solve my problem.

    Thanks in advance.

41. i like windows vista i the best ever i had

42. God bless you, guys!
    you saved me from cracking my head against the wall

43. Thank you for providing this information and download. You helped me out a lot. Thanks!!!!!

44. Thank you sooooooooooooo much this just saved me ?120

45. Hi @ all i have one question where is the product key i need it for the installation please answer fast thanks for up

46. Hi Team,

    I am stuck at a peculiar problem.
    I had some file in Windows XP as in encrypted format. Some how the windows got crashed. I have installed a fresh copy of windows xp again. Now the issue is i am not able to access the encrypted files. It gives me a access denied error.

    After all this happening the partition on which the files were, was formatted some how. I have recovered the files for this partition after the format. The file size is the same as that it was earlier.

    I want to know is it possible to get access to these files and view then once again. i can see that the other files which were not encrypted(and has been recovered after the system crash and partition format) can be viewed. But not the one which were encrypted.

    Any help on this will be highly appreciated.
    You can reply to me mail id (i.e spentza_will@yahoo.co.in) directly.

    Thanks in advance for any help.

    Regards,
    Naveen Singh Thakur

47. Thx so much for posting the Vista recovery ISOs. U just saved my ass, man 🙂

    -sodala

48. hi, i hope this disc works as i have a hp6735s that keeps coming up with BOOTMGR compressed after i did a dual boot, Any ideas?

49. I have an Acer Aspire 5100. I downloaded the Vista ISO and copied it with imgburn. I can boot it with my laptop but it wosays it repairs successfully but then when I retwart it it won’t start without the boot disk and then I just have to go through all the same stuff again. I tried start up repair and restore to certain point but with not luck. when I did go to restore I noticed that my D: drive was not on there. Should it be. That is supposed to be where the vista files are. If I go to the prompt from the repair screen it won’t let me change to d: or c: drives. It will only let me see the x: drive. Is that normal? PLEASE HELP ASAP.

    Thank you,
    DB

50. im not very familiar with iso files, but i know how to burn one to disk, however when i download the 32 bit vista file there is no ‘iso’ file in it only a
    ‘bootmgr’ a ‘boot.wim’ a ‘boot.sdi’ a ‘bootfix’ and a file called ‘bcd’

    how do i convert these into an iso that i can burn to disk, any help will be greatly apreciated.

    thanks