Download our recovery and repair disk for Microsoft Windows Vista (also available for Windows 7, 8, XP, 10, 11 or Windows Server editions) that can be used to access system recovery tools, giving you options of using an antivirus, System Restore, document and picture backup and recovery, automated system repair, and a command-line prompt for manual advanced recovery.
Download recovery disk for Windows Vista
Looking for recovery disks for other Windows versions?
- Download Windows 7 recovery disk
- Download Windows 8 (and 8.1) recovery disk
- Download Windows XP recovery disk
Easy Recovery Essentials (or EasyRE) is a 55 to 135 MiB download image ready to be burned directly to a CD, DVD or a USB stick.
Features of Easy Recovery Essentials include:
- Automatically find and fix errors
- Works even when you can’t get into Windows
- Recover from virus infections
- Restore your PC to a working state
- Access and back up your important data
- Use your PC even when it doesn’t work
- Advanced tools for IT experts
Contents
Disk for recovery & repair
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 disk with your purchase.
Instead, they bundle what they call a “recovery disk” (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 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.
Download recovery disk for Windows Vista
Easy Recovery Essentials repair process is non-destructive, recovering PCs without formatting or reinstalling Windows.
The powerful repair process can fix many issues that Microsoft’s own Startup Repair cannot. In addition to the industry-leading automated repair features, this disk will give you access to the following:
- System Restore
- Web Browser
- Partition Editor
- Antivirus Scanner
- Data/File Backup and Recovery
- Commandline/Terminal Access
Later update: Please note that this download is no longer free, due to licensing restrictions imposed upon us.
Download Easy Recovery Essentials for Windows Vista
Our recovery disk supports x86 and x64 platforms and all Windows Vista versions, including 32-bit and 64-bit editions:
- Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit editions)
- Windows Vista Enterprise (32-bit and 64-bit editions)
- Windows Vista Business (32-bit and 64-bit editions)
- Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit and 64-bit editions)
- Windows Vista Home Basic (32-bit and 64-bit editions)
- Windows Vista Starter (32-bit edition)
And all Service Packs:
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)
- Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2)
This disk is a 120 MiB download in standard ISO format that you’ll need to burn to a CD or DVD before you can use it as a bootable recovery medium. You can also burn it on a USB stick.
You cannot use a recovery or repair disk to install or reinstall Windows Vista.
Burn to CDs, DVDs or USB sticks
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. You can burnt it with ImgBurn, Alcohol 120% or ActiveISO:
You can also burn it on a USB stick if you don’t want to use CDs or DVDs. We published a guide on making a EasyRE recovery USB.
Compatible with PC manufacturers
This recovery and repair disk is compatible with desktops, workstations, laptops, notebooks, netbooks, ultrabooks and servers from major PC manufacturers, like Dell, HP, Asus, Acer or Lenovo plus more.
Dell, HP, Asus, Acer
Dell
The disk is compatible with all Dell laptops and desktop computers, including all its manufactured series like Adamo, Inspiron, Studio, Vostro, XPS, Latitude.
Do you have a Dell computer running Windows Vista? Read our Dell recovery and restore guide.
HP
The disk is compatible with HP computers: ENVY, EliteBook, Essential Home, Pavilion and x2 for laptops and ENVY, Essential Home and Pavilion for desktops and All-in-One Desktop PCs.
Do you have a HP computer running Windows Vista? Read our HP recovery and restore guide.
Asus
It’s compatible with notebooks, ultrabooks, laptops and desktops from ASUS.
It works for any computer that was manufactured by ASUS, if it runs Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 or any of the following Windows Server editions: 2003, 2008, 2012.
Do you have an Asus computer running Windows Vista? Read our Asus recovery and restore guide.
Acer
It’s compatible with any Acer computer that has Windows installed, including these manufactured series:
- Aspire R, Aspire V3 and Aspire E for notebooks
- Aspire S7, Aspire S5, Aspire S3, Aspire P, Aspire M, Aspire V7, Aspire V5 for ultra-thin computers
- Aspire One for netbooks
- Aspire M and T, Aspire X and Predator G for desktops
Do you have an Acer computer running Windows Vista? Read our Acer recovery and restore guide.
Lenovo, Toshiba, Samsung
Lenovo
You can download the repair disk for any Lenovo computers, such as:
- ThinkPad, IdeaPad, Essential series for laptops
- Thinkcentre, Ideacentre and Essentials series for desktop PCs
Do you have a Lenovo computer running Windows Vista? Read our Lenovo recovery and restore guide.
Toshiba
It’s compatible with any Toshiba computers running Windows:
- Satellite, Qosmio, Portege, Tecra, Kira family series
- All-in-One desktop series
Do you have a Toshiba computer running Windows Vista? Read our Toshiba recovery and restore guide.
Samsung
The disk is compatible with Samsung line of laptops and desktops, including:
- ATIV Book, Gaming and Business PC series for laptops
- ATIV One for All-in-One desktops
IBM, Compaq, Gateway, eMachines
IBM
IBM personal computer business division was acquired by Lenovo in 2005.
This disk supports IBM desktop and laptop models, most notably the ThinkPad line.
Compaq
Compaq was acquired by HP in 2002, but some of its famous PC line series are still used by our customers.
Our disk works with Compaq notebooks and desktops PCs, including Compaq Presario series.
Gateway
Gateway Computer was acquired by Acer in 2007.
Our disk is compatible with Gateway Computers netbooks, notebooks and desktops PCs, such as:
- Series SX, DX and One ZX for desktop systems
- NE and NV series for notebooks
- LT series for netbooks
Do you have a Gateway computer running Windows Vista? Read our Gateway recovery and restore guide.
eMachines
eMachines PCs were manufactured up until 2004 when Gateway Computers brought the company. Gateway Computers was later acquired by Acer in 2007, but the eMachines PC brand was used until 2012.
If you own a computer from this computer brand, our disk is compatible with eMachines PCs.
Disk for Windows 7, 8, XP or Server editions
Windows 7
You can get our recovery disk for Windows 7. It supports all versions: Ultimate, Enterprise, Professional, Home Premium, Home Basic and Starter.
Windows 8
You can also get the recovery disk for Windows 8.
Windows XP
Easy Recovery Essentials is available for Windows XP users and it supports all Service Packs: Service Pack 1 (SP1), Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Service Pack 3 (SP3).
Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012
Easy Recovery Essentials supports Microsoft Windows Server editions: 2003, 2008 and 2012.
Support
Our disk supports all Windows service packs (Windows XP SP1, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP1, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 7 SP2, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012 R2.
Please don’t ask for help below, it’ll get real cluttered real soon! Open a support thread at https://neosmart.net/forums/ and we’ll help you resolve your problem ASAP.
HI DAVE A FEW DAYS AGO AFTER REMOVING NORTON ANTIVIRUS 60 DAY TRIAL GOT WITH MY PURCHASED GATEWAY LAPTOP THE VISTA LOADING BAR COULD NOT STOP AND AFTER USING THIS 32BIT RECOVERY DISC IT GONE ALL RIGHT WORKING AS BEFORE.WHY AVERYONE SAYS THAT NERO IS NO GOOD FOR MAKIN’REBOOTABLE CD\DVD? WHEN I AND A FRIEND OF MINE MAKE OS VISTA,XP,7 AND EVEN THIS RECOVERY EVERY DVD OR CD WORKS AS IT SHOULD? HA WE USE THE NERO 7.THANKS SO MUCH FRIEND,THIS REALLY WORKS….
Hello – I am trying to find help for my Acer Laptop. I keep getting the warning:
“configuring updates stage 3 of 3 0 complete do not turn off computer”
I tried to start in safe mode…nothing! I’ve tried reapir mode (Startup Repair), nothing… tells me to contact my systeam administrator or manufactureer for assistance.
The computer just keeps rebooting and rebooting… I don’t know what to do.
Does anyone have any pointers?
Thanks,
Jackie
FIXED MY PROBLEM WITH OUT THIS DOWNLOAD…
STEP 1. As your computer restarts erratically over and over and reaches the point where you see the ?(c) Microsoft? and the moving lines, hold the Power button down until it shuts off your computer completely.
STEP 2. Turn on computer. Now your computer is going to start in the ?Windows Startup Repair? diagnostic mode. Press ENTER so that the ?Startup Repair? may commence. I let it ran until the search was done and I got the message ?Windows cannot repair this computer automatically?
STEP 3 Look down for the ?View advanced option for system recovery and support? and CLICK on. You?ll be prompted to ?System Recovery Option?; select your keyboard language (US) and click NEXT button.
STEP 4 Now you are in the ?Administrator Account?. In the ?User name? pop up, change ?Administrator? to ?user? (which is you). Than enter your usual ?log in? password (if you have one on your computer) and press NEXT.
STEP 5 .You are now in the ?Choose a recovery tool?. Go down to ?Command Prompt? and CLICK on. You are prompted in to the MS DOS/ text mode.
STEP 6. In here simply apply Pieter magic text (as per his post @ 21):
type: prompt winsxs (press enter)
type: move C:\windows\winsxs\pending.xml text.xml (press enter)
type: exit and restart computer
YOU ARE DONE!
And don?t forget to backup your photos, important files and the rest on an external Hard Drive or a DVD asap!
HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE ELSE. GOOD LUCK!!!
I made the recovery operation, but my hdisk is not seen !
It propose to load drivers from setup files, but that seems not inside this recovery soft!
does someone knows how to do ?
Hi,
I am using UMPC Sharp D4 with OEM Vista Home Premium preinstalled. I don’t have original CD nor recovery disc from Sharp.
Two weeks ago, because of my UMPC got data corrupt, then I did clean install using NON original Vista Home Premium.
With your “Windows Vista Recovery Disc”, can I use it to get my original Vista Home Premium ? I have Vista key license sticker on my UMPC device.
Thanks for your attention.
Best Regards,
Mada
I have successfully used this for a Vista Home Premium computer a while ago, thanks! I am having trouble with a computer at the office that has Vista Business on it now, will this work with Vista Business as well?
i burned the 32-bit file on my pc becuase i got a new hard drive for my laptop and when i put the cd the Windows vista file on the repair page doesn’t show up and i don’t know where to find it when i click on the load drivers.
Hey i downloaded 64x Bit then i downloaded CDburnerXP and i got into CDburnerXP but i cant find the file i serched every were but i cant find it to convert to CD/DVD. please help much appresiated
Hello
I was able to download, successfully burn the iso file on CD. I booted the
HPmini 2133 Vista HOme Basic with the Windows Vista Recovery Disc and it loaded and begainits operation. However, after clicked on ‘Repair Your Computer’ the program was not able to locae my OS.
Is there anything else I can do to recover this laptop?
One attempt I selected “…to know be before repairing..”
I returned to a black screen erroe message
My next attempt to boot from Windows Vista Recovery Disc was a BSCOD
“driver has overun a stack based buffer..”
I am going backwards??!!??? Please help!
I’m having the same problem as a couple other people. I run the Recovery Disk and get to the point to Choose Operating System, but none are listed. The hard drive does not show up when I select Load Drivers. Dude984 figured his problem out, but didn’t post back how he did it. And Nico has the same problem. If anyone has an answer, I’d appreciate it greatly.
This whole computer problem started when I suspected a corrupt infcache.1 file. I renamed it so Windows would rebuild it, and when it didn’t I renamed it back. But now that file is nowhere to be found, and I hoped a Vista Repair Disk would solve the problem.
@THNDRacket, the fix is to download the hard disk drivers from your computer manufacturer on to another PC and copy them to a floppy disc or USB key, depending on the instructions outlined by your manufacturer, and use that disc when prompted by the Vista Rescue disc. This will then load the drivers necessary for the rescue disc to recognize your hard disk.
From this, you should at least have something to use Google to search on. Let us know how you make out, and what you did to fix it.
Don’t despair. At the worst, you can remove the hard disk and put it into another computer to at least rescue your files.
Regards,
Dave
hi…i format my recovey partion….so now i cant use the restore factory settings…can i use this Windows Vista Recovery Disc to back my recovery partion..so i can use again the restore factory settings??
sorry im bad in english.. tnx.
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Thank you so much for this help. We were especially motivated to donate something because you are willing to generously offer the help for free and we feel that you deserve some gift in return.
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David and Dawn
Hi
I followed all of the instructions listed in the blog and ive successfully burned the iso (x64) yet when i put the disc into my toshiba laptop i just get the same message as before:
File: windows\system32\winload.exe
Status: 0XC000000F
Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt.
It tells me to insert the windows installation disc which i do not have. Is this article even for me? Am I in the wrong place downloading the wrong things?
Thanks
@DSP, are you sure you have your computer configured to boot from the CDROM? Refer to your manual for specific instructions, but typically you press the F2 or DEL key just as the computer is booting, which brings it to a special configuration menu, where you can control how the computer boots.
If the computer boots from the CDROM, and you see a prompt that says “Press a key to boot from CDROM” then please note that in your response.
Regards,
Dave
@Dave Ok so the laptop gives me two options when the computer starts up, it says either press F2 for system utilities and F12 for boot menu
I have pressed F12 and end up at the boot menu which is a grey box and blue font with the options
1. HDD
2. FDD
3. CD/DVD
4. LAN
5. USB
When i press CD/DVD (which is what i assume im supposed to press?) it takes me right back to where i started.
When i press F2 and scrool over to the Boot section it gives me the same options but when i cant select CD/DVD. Does this mean my CD Drive is broken?
I dont see “CDROM” or “press a key to boot” anywhere.
I hope this is gives you more detail, im technologically challenged haha.
hi, thank you for posting this and being such a good sport with us all.
my problem is that:
i downloaded the recovery disk and burn the .iso file onto a cd.
ran the cd, took me to the option menu and i tried the first option (start up repair) which is supose to restore my computer automatically, but everytime i tried this it give me a error messege that says that it cannot repair this computer automatically.
on sinature error line number 7 says bad disk.
does this refer to the cd i burned or to my hard drive?
i tried doing the system revory (rollback) but did not work either:
it says cannot find my files: 0x80070002
the first error i got that got me going through all of this was an error that asked to introduce the instalation cd and run repair computer:
the error said that the file jbtcp.sys was corrupted or missing
error:0x000000225
what can i do? thank you
@DSP, it sounds like you didn’t burn the CDROM properly. Did you follow the directions on how to properly burn the CDROM? Using the computer you burned the ISO file from, if you view the disc after you have burned it, does it display a list of files, or is it just the one file on the CDROM? If it is just one file (the name of the one you downloaded) you have done it wrong. You must burn it as an image.
@Johnnywild, it sounds like the CDROM you burned is corrupt. Try burning it again, and make sure to choose the verify option from within the burning program (I assume you used the free ImgBurn, as it’s most reliable). If it still doesn’t work, it sounds like the CDROM drive on your PC that you are trying to recover is defective.
You might also try going through the boot process on the PC you burned the image from, and see if you can boot using the CDROM successfully. You don’t have to follow all the way through the process, but at least see if it makes it past the point you previously received the error on the PC you are trying to rescue.
Regards,
Dave
@Dave this is really embarrasing but i put the wonrg disc in! But I have another problem now. Ive now gotten to the Windows System Recovery Options and selected Repair Windows and it says cannot automatically repair (just like for Johnnywild). The problem event name is StatupRepairV2, should i list the problem signatures to you?
Dave, thanks for advice.
unfortunately i booted the laptop with the cd i burn earlier, work perfectly, tried first two options (startup fixer and roll back) went through all the process of booting.
i retried doing it again on the pc, (startup fixer) got the same error messege. read the log, and it said that all test were fine(updates, system, harddrive) so at the end where it says source of error said bad harddisk.
does it mean i’m not going to be able to rescue the computer. do have change the hardDrive. or can i get it back.
error on black screen says sbjtcp.sys damage or missing.
so i reburn the cd with another program just in case, samething happened.
i have a couple of harddive tools but it won’t let me use them, i don’t know if it`s because they are old and they are packed with an xp version.
when i tried using the tools it tells me bad command line.
driver xmsdsk.exe not loaded. and from then on i can’t get pass trhough
it won’t creat ram as R:
@Johnnywild, what you have written makes no sense. I have no idea what program you are running, or what you did to cause that error.
Instead download the Seagate disk tools and use it to confirm your hard disk is not corrupt or has a physical defect. This is a small ISO file, much like the Vista recovery disc, that you burn to a CDROM in the same way as the Vista recovery disc. You can find it here:
http://bit.ly/18ZRYX
Download the one for DOS. This one should work for all disk manufacturers, but if you know the manufacturer of your hard disk, you should be able to find a similar program from them. Make sure your hard disk is physically working properly before continuing.
@DSP, it’s possible you also have a disk that is defective. Follow the directions I’ve posted above to verify your hard disk first.
You can also use Google to search for the error codes the Vista recovery disc provided you with, and see if it returns any further information that might be helpful.
Regards,
Dave
i used the seagate tool and the test return SMART TRIPPED!!!
what now?
@Johnnywild, that means you have a bad hard disk. If it is still under warranty, you can return it to the manufacturer for a replacement. If not, try and use the tool to repair the bad parts of the disk. Read the documentation for the Seagate utility.
If it’s not under warranty, and you can’t fix it with the Seagate tool, chances are your SOL..
Regards,
Dave
I got a new hard drive, and it asks me for a boot disk and i burned the windows cista 32*bit to the cd and it always says it’s missing a file, or when i search for windows vista it doesn’t show up
@Dave Well, i followed the steps and burned it properly and had it verified, i did it 3 times just incase and ive tried all three discs. I dont care about any of the files on my laptop or anything, is there an easier way that i could per say just reset it?
@Jan9, @DSP, this is only a Vista recovery CDROM. It does not include the full distribution, so you will not be able to “reset” your system or install the full version of Vista using this method.
Find a technical friend, and ask him/her to find the real Vista online and use that to install, purchase a new copy, or complain to your computer manufacturer.
Regards,
Dave
@Dave Ok thanks for your help and time! Ill probably just buy a new one because toshiba is the worst.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, I AM DONATING RIGHT AWAY
Just a note, if anyone is having trouble loading the Recovery Disc (like I did), make sure you change the booting preferences in BIOS so that the DVD/CD drive boots before the HDD. Also don’t panic if the Recovery Disc takes a long time to load, I was staring at a blue-green screen for ages before I could see any options.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
I LOVE YOU THANKS DUDE
dAVE
A RECAP AND THEN MY CURRRENT STATUS:
AfTER HP MINI 2133 HAD BSOD WITH STOP MESSAGE
AFTER USING SEVERAL DIFFERENT UTILITIES i SOME HOW GOT TO BLACK SCREEN WITH “BOOT MGR MISSING..”
BURNED WIN VISTA RECOVERY ISO FILE , REBOOTED WITH A SUCCESSFUL BOOT OF PROGRAM
ISSUE WAS THAT THE RECOVERY DISK COULD NOT FIND THE vISTA OS
PER YOUR SUGGESTION TO GET MANUF HD DRIVERS, WENT TO HP DOWNLOAD/SUPPORT SITE TO ONLY FIND FIRMWARE TO UPGRADE HITACHI HARD DRIVE. VISTA HOME BASIC WAS LISTED AS AN APPLICABLE OS
DOWNLOADED DRIVER TO USB, BUT WHEN i GOT TO THE PART OF TEH VISTA RECOVERY PROGRAM THAT INSTRUCTS TO LOAD DRIVER, THE SOFTWARE SAW MY USB , BUT IT COULD NOT SEE THE FILE. tHE FILE TYPE IN THE IN THE DRIVER LOAD WINDOW WAS ” SET UP INFORMATION”
. tHERE WAS NO OTHER FILE TYPE TO SELECT FROM,,
i THEN GET THE BSOD AGAIN AND AFTEACH SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPT RESULTED IN VARIOUS RESULTS.
i ALTERNATED FROM REBOOTING NOTEBOOK WITH USB PLUGGED IN AND WITHOUT. I WOULD GET TO VARYING DEGREES OF THE RECOVERY DISK PROCESS AND HAVE VARIED RESULTS.
SOME CASES i WENT ALL THE WATY THROUGH TO LOADING DRIVER BUTTON,
PC FROZE ON BLUE VISTA SCREEN BEFORE TH LANGUAGE REQUEST
OTHER TIMES I GO HUNG UP AFTER INITIALL LOADEING OF VISTA RECOVERY ON BLACK SCREEN
EITHER WAY I ENDED WITH BSOD WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IN THIS ORDER:
“NO PFN LIST CORRUPT”
“SHUT DOWN TO PROTECT…STOP MESSAGE”
BLACK SCREEN BOOT MGR MISSING CTRL ALT DEL
DRIVER OVERAN A STACK BASED BUFFER
BLACK SCREEN
LOADED ALL THE WAY TO REQUEST TO LOAD DRIVER WHICH DISPLAYED AND X: DRIVE, MY USB DRIVE, A SOURCES FOLDER, A WINDOWS FOLDER BUT COULD NOT LOCATE DRIVERS…
THINKING OF CONVERTING TO XP AS I HAVE XP DISKS BUT FROM WHAT i READ IT SEEMED A BIT RISKY.
i AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT FILES JUST RETURNIN OPERATING SYSTEM
SSEEMS LIKE I WAS CLOSE. I AM THINKING THEAT FIRMWARE UPGRADEING HP DRIVER WAS NOT THE DRIVERS I NEEDED? ANY ADVICE ANYONE?
BLACK SCREEN
dAVE
LAST bsod MESSAGE WAS : driver itql NOT LESS OR EQUAL”
tURN pc OFF AND i COULD GET TO LOAD DRIVERS PART OF PROGRAM WHERE i CAN SELECT LOAD DRIVERS
AND AGAIN i COULD SEE ALL THE DRIVES ON THE PC, BUT NO DRIVER FILLES???
btw i HAVE A FRIEND WITH THE SAME HP MINI 2133. ALTHOUGH SHE NEVER CREATED RECOVERY DISK SET. iT SEEMS AS IF THE windows home BASIC DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPAPBILITY TO CREATE RECOVERY DISK.
IN LIIGHT OF MY SISTUATION, I DID HOWEVER BACK UO HER ENTIRE HARD DRICVE TO DVD’S AND ON A USB.
IS THERE ANYWAY I CAN USE HER DATA TO REPAIR MY HP MINI?
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP
IS THERE ANYWAY I CAN USE THAT INFORMATION
Hey..
My girlfriend have Vista Home basic 32( i think thats the name ) installed..
A danish version..
There are a lot of trouble and probs with the system so i thought that this might help, because she didnt creat the vista-backup disks.
It is a Acer Aspire 5536 laptop..
Does it work with the danish version?
I have utorrent and wyzo and can not download this torrent vista startup disc i have tried other torrents so i know my client works why cant i download this from your site?help please
jeff lande
Our tracker is temporarily offline due to server problems. We’re working on getting it fixed ASAP.
Update: it should be up and running now.
thank you mahmoud it just started downloading
jeff lande
hi, i upgraded to win 7 from my original vista and my laptop is running too hot. when i had vista everything worked fine. i wonder how i can uninstall the win 7 upgrade so i can operate on vista back again?
hi, sience i upgraded from vist<a to win7 my laptop is running too hot. im asking how to remove the win 7 upgrade so i will be able to operate on my old original vista?
i have an acer aspire 7735, and no vista cd.
Hi, my computer fails to load the last part of my vista 32 startup (it just flashes before it restarts) after I ran an ad-aware scan and removed its suggested malware. I burned the recovery disc using your instructions and tested it on my work computer which actually runs Win7 64, worked fine.
At home it doesn’t work at all. I go into Bios and choose dvd rom as first boot device but after the dvd rom starts spinning the screen still just flashes.
I have a bios from American megatrends – v2.06
Any ideas what’s wrong here?
Hi Dave… I have a Toshiba Satelite 5205-S503 .I have the same Problem as this person. I notoced you didn’t respond to her question. I also noticed your a pretty busy guy. I’m sure we all thank you for your help…AnyIdeas as to Aulya and My problem?…Thanks. Phtank
Aulya
Aug. 29th, 2010 at 5:24 am
Hay Dave, Im glad I landed on this page which gives everyone a hand really well. Im having a trouble with black screen with a cursor in the middle that still can go around the screen. I went to heaps of forums saying to tap f8 and choose the options and NONE of the option is working (ended up the same, with black screen and cursor). I used your method with the recovery disc 120mb boot up my CD-rom pres enter and still ended up the same.. any clue what is wrong with my laptop? btw my laptop is Toshiba satellite H135-54487
appreciate for the help. thanks 🙂
P.S. I’m running Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3
@Phrank, there is a virus that causes a very similar problem. Start with running the AVG antivirus rescue disc:
http://www.avg.com/ww-en/avg-rescue-cd
Burn it to a CDROM in much the same way as you did with this Vista rescue disc, then boot from it. It will scan all of your hard disks and registry, and have it remove any viruses it finds.
You should also use Google to search for similar problems:
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=windows+black+screen+cursor
There are quite a few solutions shown there.
Regards,
Dave
Thank You Dave…I will try everything ..I’ll let you know…Thanks again for the quick response…Phrank
hwo do i download to pc then to disk?
Steve…First download the file to a folder on your HDD (C: probably), then from that folder download to a Blank Disc ( CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RW, etc…)
Phrank
Dave, I have finally resolved the situation myself via a registry change. If you wish to know how, drop me a line and I’ll explain it to you.
I’m not sure how the multiple installations were created, like I said, the ACER service idiots tried to re-install Vista AFTER I ASKED THEM NOT TO. Now that I have the proper volume mounted as C drive I am attempting to recover all deleted files before deleting the additional, uneccessary drives.
I will then look for an application that will allow me to “absorb” the allocated space into my volume mounted as D:
Hard to believe that a trip to the ACER technical support center for a motherboard issue has created such a damned headache.
Hi. I cant get my computer on! When I start up my computer it goes to the point before the moving bar with ‘Microsoft Corporation’ text and an error screen pops up: Windows Boot Manager Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. then theres the steps to repair with the installation disc, which I dont have. File: \Windows\System32\Drivers\xuxbov.sys
Status: 0xc0000098
Info: Windows failed to load because a critical system driver is missing, or corrupt.
Ive tried to fix this problem with a 32 bit vista installation disc that a friend had burned – didnt work, my PC didnt response to it in anyway. and then I tried to fix this problem from this site, I downloaded the 64 bit and burned the, what I think was WinRAR file instead of an ISO to a CD then tried it on my PC – no response either! Im out of options since I dont have the original installation disc 🙁 Someone help me I wanna get back to my computer! Im on my brothers bad laptop at the moment. Im not a computer genious, I dont even know what my computers model is, nor do I know whether its a 64 or a 32 bit D: I got the computer from my sisters boyfriend, when he came with it he just gave me a keyboard a mouse, the computer, the screen and the wires. No disc no package to tell what model etc it is.. Im pretty sure a virus corrupted and destroyed the system32 drivers, since I wouldnt know where to even find them. Please someone help me! I might have done something wrong with the burning.. not sure. If only I had the installation disc so I could just wipe my computer of everything and start anew!
Any help is appreciated.
-Nick
wow ty phrank u just helped me download it now lets hope it works buds