Bootable OEM Vista recovery cd

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kfm

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hi every one ..and thanx for all who help others in this site ..

i ask if someone may know of a way to create a bootable USB flash drive with a OEM Vista recovery CD.
coz as you know now adays laptops have a recovery cd which is liable to be lost or scratched :cry: and the worse senario is when you had deleted the recovery partition .. in that case your only hope is to order a new set of recovery cd from manufacturer which in my case didnt restore the recovery partition thats why i need to recover the system from an usb flash drive...

any help is appreciated ;)
 

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Once the recovery partition is deleted it can't be restored. I have no idea how to make a bootable usb with a OEM recovery disc cause its just a clone of the factory hard drive when you first got the pc.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Compaq Presario/SR5113WM
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 1.9Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N68-LA
    Memory
    PNY Optima Memory DDR2 2GB 2x1 kit
    Graphics Card(s)
    PNY Nvidia 8400 GS 256MB
    Sound Card
    On board RealTek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer X163W LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 160 GB SATA 3G (3.0Gb/sec)
    7200 rpm
    Western Digital 160 GB IDE
    PSU
    Dynex 400w
    Case
    Nothin Special
    Cooling
    Stock
    Keyboard
    Standard 102 key with volume and sleep buttons
    Mouse
    Wireless Logitech LX7
    Internet Speed
    Comcrap 10mb cable
    Other Info
    Insignia 2.1 speakers, wireless Xbox 360 controller w/plug n play charger, Belkin wireless G + mimo usb network adapter.
Hi KFM!

Welcome to the forums.

You didn't mention who the manufacturer of the laptop is. In any case, there is probably a support website where you can download drivers. You can use an upgrade or full version DVD of Vista to reinstall your O/S and use the CD key on the back or bottom of your laptop for installation. That CD key will tell your installation disc which version of Vista you were using (Basic, Premium, Business or Ultimate) and instll that version.

Good luck!

Snarks
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Precision M4400
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    250 GB SATA 7200rpm
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Revolution
thanx 4 quick responces guys
i have hp pavilion dv 6570 ee .. and i have the recovery cd from hp which contain the vista home premium , hp drivers and softwares in addition to 2 months norton 2007 ..
snarky u didnt understand my request : i need to make a bootable usb flash driver from this oem dvd so that i can use it to recover my system in case my laptop dvd driver dosent work for example and i have no recovery partion on my laptop...

BTW i am VERY unlucky .....
 

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My Computer

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Me
    CPU
    Athlon x2 7750 BE
    Motherboard
    Asus M4A78 Pro
    Memory
    2x2gb Kingston
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire HD 4830
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Xtreme Music
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer P221w and Acer 1916w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 and 1440x900
    Hard Drives
    2x80 GB Seagate 7200.10 in RAID0, 500 GB Seagate 7200.12
    PSU
    Antec Earthwatts 500W
    Case
    Antec Sonata III
    Cooling
    AC Freezer 64 Pro and a couple of 120 mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 v2
    Internet Speed
    10000/1000

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
thanx stormy for the link which i already visited (i google alot ) and i maked myself a copy of there iso file but excuse my ignorance stormy if i manage to make my usb flash drive ms -dos drive (like floppy disc) what is next to do i mean can i then just copy the content of recovery cd into the flash drive and boot from it or is it impossible....
 
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thanx siw2
i already was there and it didnt work coz the hp recovery cd is not a retail vista cd so it has no bootsect.exe file and miss other files also but any way that was a v good thread and it works with vista cd 100%
 

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