Vista - Create a Recovery Disc

Hey again! I'm hoping you can help me with another issue.

I just followed all the directions for this, but my new recovery disc doesn't seem to boot right. When I put it in, it opens up the drive with the files on the disc listed. There's no exe file for me to select. Did I skip a step to make it run the System Recovery Options screen?

Hi Isca,

You will have to boot from it for it work. What is it doing at boot? You might have a bad burn. Try again to see if a new one will work for you.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Got it!!! Thank you SO MUCH for these wonderful helpful threads. You're amazing, all of you.

Your welcome Isca.

I think I followed insructions: but when I clicked CreateISOimage it would not let me "include boot image". I had a hard time locating the iso file but finally RTclicked it and put it to cd. How far do I have to go to test it? Is it a valid test if I just get the screen with the repair options? I have nothing to repair right now.
I'm about to install Office Home & Student after being unable to ever get the Trial to run due to family illness which covered the whole trial period till it expired. If I understand it correctly, this disk image will not include any of the Office programs except maybe the start menu and the desktop. Is that right?

Hi VMLENZA, and welcome to Vista Forums.

I would say that if the DVD booted to the System Recovery Options screen, then it works just fine.

This Recovery Disc created here does not install Vista or any other program. It's only purpose is to help repair your already installed Vista.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

I don't know where to go.

I have vista ultimate x64.

I am needing to use the recovery disk (but I can't find mine)

so, I've got the torrent, and burned it to a dvd (twice just the check the burning was good...(two different disks)

Then I f8 and choose the dvd drive as the boot drive

i get: windows is loading files.......

then it goes to the microsoft bar, green, like its trying to boot up and start windows.

but then I get a big fat arrow that is the mouse, and the screen goes from 1600x1200 to 800x600 and seems to freeze up, although the mouse still moves.

ctrl alt delete does nothing.

what i am NOT seeing is the repair screen!!! what could the issues be?

Hi LLitten, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Double check to make sure that you have the CD/DVD drive listed as first in the boot from order in BIOS. When you boot the computer with the DVD in the drive you should not need to press F8. Instead you should get a press any key to boot from DVD message. Press a key, and it should boot from the DVD instead.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Where is the the 32 bit version on the link recommended?
Thanks.

Hi Bennys,

Sorry about that, 32 bit and x86 is the same thing at that link.

Shawn