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Create a System Repair/Recovery Disc

Published in Windows 7 How-To by Steve Sinchak with 13,815 views and 6 comments

New in Windows 7 is the ability to create a system repair CD that will help you recover your computer from serious errors preventing windows from starting up. The recovery disc is based on Windows PE and includes the standard recovery options that are found on any Windows 7 installation disc.

If you have a Windows 7 installation disc, that doubles as a repair disc so you don’t need another. This article is only useful for users that have Windows 7 pre-installed and did not receive the installation media with their computer.

Creating the disc is very simple. Just click on the start button and type in recdisc.exe and press Enter.


Once started, put in a CD-R or CD-RW into your burner and click Start Burning.

 
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Joe Avelar
2 years ago
It would be nice if this would work from a USB stick.
Steve Sinchak
2 years ago
Joe, that may be possible. Try formatting a USB flash drive with Fat32 and then copy the entire contents of the CD to the USB drive. It may actually boot without any additional work. Let me know if you try.
OrganizedFellow
2 years ago
In your tutorial, you have the command as 'resdisc', but in your screenshot, you have the command as 'recdisc'.
:)
Steve Sinchak
2 years ago
Thanks, I fixed the article.
Ivan White
One year ago
Will a dvd work just as well?
Kevin V
300 days ago
Will it work on a windows 7 starter?