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This is an option that Microsoft wisely elected to put into its operating system with Vista ServicePack 1, and included in Service Pack 2 and Windows 7. The utility to make the system repair disc is located atĪnyone concerned with the legality, should not be. Click Start>Programs>Maintenance>Create a System Repair Disc or simply type "maintenance" into the search box above the Start button. You can do this on a computer running Windows Vista SP1, Windows Vista SP2, or Windows 7.
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This will help you access StartupRepair to repair a Won't Boot Vista or Windows 7 when the cause is asoftware cause without a hardwarcomponent in the equation and this includes a corrupt driver. But when many of you read this, you will be introuble and this is the way to get out. :ġ) It's best to make this "recovery disc" which gives you access to Vista/Win 7's Startup Repair when Vista or Windows 7 is running well, and you aren't in trouble.
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**How to Make Vista Recovery Disc from MSFT with Startup Repair When You Don't Have a Vista DVD from a PC with Windows Vista SP1 or Newer**: There is an important tool that MSFT now provides with Vista SP1.
The important bootrec command should have been written with the switch this way with no space between rebuild and bcd I would urge everyone, in the interest of having the maximum ability to repair Vista, to follow the directions that are linked here from the Win RE team's blog to load Win RE onto their hard drive, analagous to the way some of you loaded the Recovery Console onto your hard drive for use in Windows XP.
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How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows Vista Its use is outlined here in this MSKB and that's bootrec.exe: There is an additional tool that might help you in the Win RE panoply of tools. Safe Mode with Command: At the prompt you would type the command to use for system restore at the safe mode cmd prompt is: If you get into any of the other safe modes (4 from F8) and one from Startup Repair via the Recovery Link from the Vista DVD, you have many ways to hit system restore, but typing restrui into the run box or restore into the search box above the start button will workįrom the Win RE Recovery link on your DVD: One of the safe modes is Safe Mode with Command, so I'm going to supply you with the command to use from the command prompt for that particular category. If you can't obtain a Vista DVD, then here's what I'd do: Sometimes it works when System Restore from Windows, and system restore from F8's options don't work so I urge you to try it. In my testing of the Win RE environment, System Restore from the Recovery link on your DVD is also a viable option. The menu I refer to is in this set of directions with a grey background.īootrec /rebuild BCD In Windows 7, you won't need the DVD to use these repair options, at long long last, but that doesn't help you here with Vista. If Startup Repair's repair mechanism doesn't work, then go back to its "Recovery Options menu" and select command prompt and try the bootrec switches. At this point, Vista should either boot normally, or you can attempt the automatic startup repair from the Vista DVD to get to it.You can boot from the DVD and use Startup Repair, or you could use what I often find helpful, the bootrec switches by using the command prompt from the Repair link on the Vista setup screen: Run bootrec /fixboot and bootrec /rebuildbcd again after setting the partition to active with the diskpart tool. In that case, you'd need to use the "diskpart" and set the Windows partition to active. Enter the recovery environment Command Prompt and try the following commands: chkdsk /R (to check the filesystem and attempt bad sector recovery) bootrec /fixboot (to attempt and recover the boot sector) bootrec /scanos (to see if it finds Vista) bootrec /rebuildbcd (to try rebuilding the boot manager) Sometimes bootrec /fixboot tells you "the volume does not contain a recognized file system." bootrec /rebuildbcd may find Vista, yet can exit with the error: "The volume does not contain a recognized file system" error. Startup Repair can sometimes work, but more often than not it can't repair the computer automatically.
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Instead of letting Windows attempt an automatic recovery, or if the OS is not listed in the "System Recovery" screen, click "Next" to get to the manual System Recovery Options. The first step involves booting from the Vista DVD, and clicking "Repair your computer". When this happens, you need to attempt to recover the primary drive Master Boot Record and set the partition active (provided you haven't introduced any new drives). If you attempt a multi- boot of Windows Vista/7 with another Windows/Linux OS, a side effect is that Vista can sometimes become unbootable with a dreaded "Missing Operating System" message.