{"id":1477,"date":"2013-01-08T15:28:21","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T21:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2024-02-07T11:51:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T17:51:32","slug":"windows-server-2008-and-2012-recovery-discs-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/windows-server-2008-and-2012-recovery-discs-download\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2008 and 2012 Recovery Discs Download"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article shows you <strong>how to create a recovery disk for Windows Server 2003, Server 2008 and Server 2012<\/strong> or <strong>where to download our disk &#8211; Easy Recovery Essentials.<\/strong> We also have versions for Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/EasyRE\/\" rel=\"follow\">now available for download<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"download_recovery_disk_windows_server\">Download recovery disk for Windows Server<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not able to create a recovery disk for your Windows Server edition (2003, 2008 or 2012), you can download our recovery and repair disk, Easy Recovery Essentials, to repair your Windows Server edition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/EasyRE\/\" rel=\"follow\"><strong>Download Easy Recovery Essentials<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Features of Easy Recovery Essentials include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Automatically find and fix boot errors<\/li>\n<li>Works even when you can&#8217;t get into Windows<\/li>\n<li>Recover from virus infections<\/li>\n<li>Restore your PC to a working state<\/li>\n<li>Access and backup your important data<\/li>\n<li>Advanced tools for IT experts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Easy Recovery Essentials is an ISO download image ready to be burned directly to a CD, DVD or a USB flash drive.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"colorbox-1477\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/EasyRE-Home-1024x631.png\" alt=\"Easy Recovery Essentials Screenshot\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s compatible with newer versions of Windows, up to Windows 8.1:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/2012\/windows-8-recovery-disk-download\/\" rel=\"follow\">Our recovery disk for Windows 8 computers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/2009\/windows-7-system-repair-discs\/\" rel=\"follow\">Our recovery disk for Windows 7 computers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/2008\/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download\/\" rel=\"follow\">Our recovery disk for Windows Vista computers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s also compatible with Windows XP:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/2012\/windows-xp-system-repair-and-recovery-cds-available\/\" rel=\"follow\">Our recovery disk for Windows XP computers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Create recovery disk for Windows Server 2003<\/h2>\n<p>To recover a Windows Recovery 2003 system you&#8217;ll need to boot into the Recovery Console (similar to Windows XP steps).<\/p>\n<p>You need to have your original Windows Server 2003 installation CD to access Recovery Console, if you don&#8217;t have it installed on your computer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"info\">If you&#8217;re not able to access Recovery Console, go to <a href=\"#download_recovery_disk_windows_server\">Download recovery disk for Windows Server<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow these steps to access the Recovery Console:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Insert the CD in the optical drive<\/li>\n<li>Restart your computer<\/li>\n<li>At the <em>Welcome to Setup<\/em> screen, press <kbd>R<\/kbd> to load Recovery Console<\/li>\n<li>Select the Windows installation you want to access with Recovery console<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll need to log in as an Administrator or with any user that has administrative rights to the system. Do so and enter the password.<\/li>\n<li>Press <kbd>Enter<\/kbd><\/li>\n<li>The Recovery Console should now be available<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In Recovery Console, you can now run the <a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/bootcfg\" rel=\"follow\">bootcfg<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/chkdsk\" rel=\"follow\">chkdsk<\/a> commands.<\/p>\n<h2>Create recovery disk for Windows Server 2008<\/h2>\n<p>Your original Windows Server 2008 installation CD can be used a recovery disk.<\/p>\n<p>If you already created a bare metal restore image using the Windows Server backup utility, you can restore your computer from that image.<\/p>\n<p class=\"warning\">Restoring Windows Server 2008 from a bare metal image will delete all personal files and replace your system with the backup image.<\/p>\n<p class=\"info\">If you haven&#8217;t created a bare metal image (required to restore your computer) and can&#8217;t boot into Windows to do so, go to <a href=\"#download_recovery_disk_windows_server\">Download recovery disk for Windows Server<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow these steps to create a bare metal restore image that you can restore later using the installation CD:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Boot into your Windows Server 2008<\/li>\n<li>Click Start<\/li>\n<li>Click Administrative Tools<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Windows Server Backup<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Backup once&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Different options<\/strong> at the <em>Backup options<\/em> screen<\/li>\n<li>Click Next<\/li>\n<li>Select Custom<\/li>\n<li>Click Next<\/li>\n<li>Click Add Items<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Bare metal recovery<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click OK<\/li>\n<li>Click Next<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Local drives<\/strong> from the <em>Specify Destination Type<\/em> screen\n<p><img class=\"colorbox-1477\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-server-2008-local-drives.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Server 2008 - Local Drives\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click Next<\/li>\n<li>Select your backup destination from the <em>Backup destination<\/em> field<\/li>\n<li>Click Next<\/li>\n<li>At the <em>Confirmation<\/em> screen, click <strong>Backup<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Wait for the backup process to finish<\/li>\n<li>At the <em>Backup Progress<\/em> screen, you should see the <strong>Status: Completed<\/strong> text<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In order to restore your Windows Server 2008 from this created bare metal image, follow these steps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"info\">You need your original installation CD for the steps below. If you don&#8217;t have it, go to <a href=\"#download_recovery_disk_windows_server\">Download recovery disk for Windows Server<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Insert the Windows Server 2008 CD in the disc tray<\/li>\n<li>Boot your computer<\/li>\n<li>Boot from the CD<\/li>\n<li>At the <em>Install Windows<\/em> screen, select a language, time and keyboard<\/li>\n<li>Click Next<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Repair your computer<\/strong>\n<p><img class=\"colorbox-1477\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-server-2008-repair-computer.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Server 2008 - Repair your computer\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>At the System Recovery Options screen, select Restore your computer using a system image that you created earlier\n<p><img class=\"colorbox-1477\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-server-2008-select-image-created-earlier.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Server 2008 - Select system image backup\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click Next<\/li>\n<li>At the <em>Select a system image backup<\/em>, select <strong>Select a system image<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click Next<\/li>\n<li>At the <em>Choose additional restore options<\/em> screen, you can choose to format and repartition the disks<\/li>\n<li>Click Next<\/li>\n<li>Click Finish<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Yes<\/strong> at the warning message\n<p><img class=\"colorbox-1477\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/windows-server-2008-re-image-computer-warning.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Server 2008 - Warning Message\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wait for the process to finish<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Create recovery disk for Windows Server 2012<\/h2>\n<p>Windows Server 2012 uses the Windows Server Backup utility, just as Windows Server 2008 does, which lets you create a bare metal image that you can use later to restore from.<\/p>\n<p class=\"warning\">Restoring from a bare metal image will delete all personal files and will be replaced with the image you are restoring from.<\/p>\n<p class=\"info\">If you haven&#8217;t created a bare metal image (required to restore your computer) and can&#8217;t boot into Windows to do so, go to <a href=\"#download_recovery_disk_windows_server\">Download recovery disk for Windows Server<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow these steps to create a bare metal restore image:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Boot into your Windows Server 2012<\/li>\n<li>Click Start or search for the Windows Server Backup software<\/li>\n<li>Load <strong>Windows Server Backup<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Backup once&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Continue with the wizard instructions until you can select the Bare metal recovery option<\/li>\n<li>Click Next<\/li>\n<li>Continue with the wizard instructions to create the image<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve created the bare metal image, you can restore it using your original Windows Server 2012 installation DVD:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Insert the DVD in the optical drive<\/li>\n<li>Boot from the DVD<\/li>\n<li>At the <em>Windows Setup<\/em> screen, click <strong>Repair your computer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Troubleshoot<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>System Image Recovery<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select the Windows system, e.g. Windows Server 2012<\/li>\n<li>At the <em>Re-image your computer<\/em> screen, you can begin to select what image to restore from<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Next<\/strong> and follow the instructions to continue with the process<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>More Information<\/h2>\n<h3>Linked Entries<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/bootcfg\/\" rel=\"follow\">bootcfg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/wiki\/chkdsk\/\" rel=\"follow\">chkdsk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Support Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/EasyRE\/\" rel=\"follow\">Easy Recovery Essentials for Windows<\/a> \u2013 our repair and recovery disk.<\/strong>\n<p>It&#8217;s an easy-to-use and automated diagnostics disk. It&#8217;s available for <a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/2012\/windows-8-repair-cd-download\/\" rel=\"follow\">Windows 8<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/2009\/windows-7-system-repair-discs\/\" rel=\"follow\">Windows 7<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/2008\/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download\/\" rel=\"follow\">Windows Vista<\/a>. It&#8217;s also available for Windows XP and Windows Server.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/neosmart.net\/blog\/windows-recovery-discs\/\" rel=\"follow\">Windows Recovery Disks<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/neosmart.net\/forums\/\" rel=\"follow\">The NeoSmart Support Forums<\/a>, member-to-member technical support and troubleshooting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Applicable Systems<\/h3>\n<p>This article applies to the following operating systems:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Server 2003<\/li>\n<li>Windows Server 2008<\/li>\n<li>Windows Server 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article shows you how to create a recovery disk for Windows Server 2003, Server 2008 and Server 2012 or where to download our disk &#8211; Easy Recovery Essentials. 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