The file in 8 appears as C:\Windows\System32\recdisc as opposed to C:\Windows\System32\recdisc.exe. Not sure if that matters..
In the link explaining how to take ownership it says this-
WARNING: Do not do this to the hard drive partition that Vista is installed on. It can mess up the boot files.
The file I want to take ownership of is on my C drive where Vista is installed, Should I move it to the D drive? I'm not sure how to progress further with this at the moment in case I screw something up.
Yes, recdisc and recdisc.exe is the same file. It's just that you do not have known file extensions set to showfor why you do not see .exe at the end.
The take ownership warning is only referring to not taking ownership of the C drive itself. It's fine to take ownership of any single item on the C drive as needed though. That's all.
OK thanks. I'm at step 18 of http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67717-take-ownership-file.html now and it seems the box for Full control is already ticked. I noticed that at the start. Maybe I don't need to do these steps then and can just carry on with making the recovery disks?
Might have to pick this up in the morning, getting late. On steps 11 and 12 it is coming up with 'Destination Folder Access denied' 'You need permission to perform this action'...
If it's checked, then it appears that you have already taken ownership and full control of that file. You should be able to continue on when ready to create a Vista Recovery Disc.
The Vista Recovery Disc that you orginally wanted to create is not able to reinstall Vista. It's only used for the "System Recovery Options" to try and repair your current installation with.
If you wanted a disc for installing Vista, then please post back with the brand and model of your computer. I'll be happy to post back with instructions on how to create a set of factory restore discs for this.
Not sure I have time for this now but I could probably do it remotely through teamviewer.
I should mention again at this point that I tried to reset the BIOS password by disconnecting some battery inside that I couldn't find and in the process I have damaged the ribbon that connects the trackpad to the motherboard rendering it non-functional. I have a copy of SP1 on DVD that I was going to use to completely reinstall everything but now this is not possible unless I replace the track pad.
This Paragon software I just installed seems to be slowing down my computer a bit so I am also thinking about uninstalling it. A recovery disk would be fine in this instance I think, but for future reference no harm in taking note of how to do this. I hope that I can still use any recovery disks I make to recover the restore the system now that my trackpad is broken?
