Buy windows vista recovery disc

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They will tell you how to do that. You can do a Startup Repair, System Restore, etc from it. Posted by: Jack Babcock 05 Feb In my win 7 program under backup there is both a create a system repair disc, and create a system image.. Why not use these.? Posted by: K Paterson 05 Feb I tried to create a Recovery disk for Vista. I am quite technically savvy and have a 50 page website. But I found this procedure far from easy. For the novice it would be daunting. They also have to have a Bittorrent.

I could get one as long as I sent two SMS messages to get a code to enable the Bittorrent and each would cost cash. I finished up by recommending that it would be simpler to go to Ebay and try to find a reputable seller. Posted by: Darcetha Manning 05 Feb Thank you, Bob Rankin, for your wonderful website! It is about time that someone realized that not everyone who has a computer is a computer technician, who understands computer jargon. You take the time to break computer jargon down into plain, simple English.

And you also give clear examples on where we can find stuff for free on the internet. I know you are married, but I just want to say, your wife is lucky to have such a great, patient man like you in her life. By the way, do you have any cute, single younger brothers? Take care. Posted by: steven richards 15 Feb I burned the DVD's when I got my two computers years ago.

I was surprised as to how slow it took to recover the XP computer. Something trash my recovery partition. I just thought ALL manufacturers supplied a recovery option. I wonder if windows 7 requires even more DVD's. Posted by: wazzat 10 Mar Iso burning program?

Try Imgburn it's fairly simple to use. No excuse on having to learn something new. Somewhere you learned to use the computer. Here again, here's some learning to do. Plus you've got to download the program and install it.

Or use Microsoft's built in restore program which is not as flexible or dependable. This is advice from a self taught computer user speaking from his own experiences.

Let's see- how do you start this thing? Posted by: Tom R 10 Mar Might look at Microsoft's Windows Steady State. Get your machine set up the way you want it and Steady State can return it to that point at any time.

I've got a couple of "loaner" machines I use this on. Makes for easy cleanup so it can be loaned to the next customer. Also you can eliminate dvd's by going to a portable hard drive to store your recovery images in one single.

Just make the portable drive a single use product. In other words put the image on it and set the drive on a shelf until it's needed. Experience has taught me that a label identifying the contents and the date it was created can be useful. Posted by: SarahL 10 Mar I would be interested in a simple method to create a bootable USB key; when working on computers, it would be handy to have.

Before you download and install Windows Vista, make sure that your system meets the given requirements. You can also download Windows 7 Professional. A Installation Disk can also be made to use for Repair. How to: What are my options for obtaining Windows 7 reinstall media? Hope this helps. Overview of Windows Vista As due to enhancements in computers, an enhanced operating system was also needed to utilize the evolving resources.