Create a System Repair Disc in Windows 7

The new version of Windows seems to be a lot for stable than previous releases, however you never know when a malfunction might occur. Today we take a look at an option in Windows 7 that lets you create a System Repair disc in case you need to boot from it to recover your OS.

Create System Repair Disc

Type system repair disc into the search box in the Start menu.

The dialog box opens where you select the right drive and click Create disc. A CD will be fine as it only takes up 142MB of space.

 

Using the Disc

If you are having problems with your machine just pop in the recovery disc and boot from it and enter into Windows Setup [EMS Enabled].

After it boots up you can access recovery tools or restore the computer back to a system image (see our article on creating a system image in Windows 7).

Now you can choose from different recovery options to help you get your machine back up and running.

You never know when an Operating System disaster might occur, but having a System Recovery Disc to boot from should be part of your backup and recovery toolbox in case it does.

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This article was originally written on 10/28/09 Tagged with: Windows 7, Windows 7 Tips

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Comments (5)

1. October 28, 2009 6:07 am
   user33

   The System Repair Disc exist in Windows 7 install disk
   So you don’t need Create a System Repair Disc

2. October 28, 2009 8:45 am
   Ken Long

   Is the System Repair Disc different from the install disc? (Other than the lack of all the install files?)

3. October 28, 2009 2:40 pm
   TreborG2

   You know… the only reason I want this … is for the command prompt. And I’d rather have it the *old* way, where we could install the command console on the system and have 5 seconds to choose windows or command console.

   I find myself going into cmdcons **far more often** to delete files of malware so they can’t trigger again when the system starts windows normally… only on the very rare occassion have I needed to go in and move/copy parts from previous system restore points around… but malware… all the time.. (not my personal pc.. customers, friends, family)

4. October 30, 2009 12:28 pm
   Niks

   This is helpful for me atleast, bcoz now i dont need to format my laptop for reinstalling OS due to malfunctioning….

5. November 15, 2009 5:24 pm
   Heiko

   Yeah its on the DVD as well. I accidentaly managed to screw up my bootsector, the Starup Repair feature fixed it in the matter of seconds.