Still prefer dedicated CD or DVD disks since my usage is occasional and when I have an issue, it’s simple to look through the disks which are labeled with their function. If I did PC stuff for a living, I might prefer the USB drive version since having a key chain with tons of utilities would be easier and less likely to have left the needed tool on a disk back at the shop.
BTW, I’m first time dealing with cloning or building from a disk image a W10 backup drive where the original SSD works fine but duplicating it on a new SSD does not boot. just did the windows repair disk via your article and ran the repair tool for “system not starting”. It ran for about 15 minutes and then gave me a message that “Windows cannot repair this disk”.
First time for everything.
Cloning SSDs and moving the data from one to another, and keep things bootable must be done with specialized software. A free product that you may want to try is Macrium Reflect.
The system repair disc that used to be bootable in Windows 10 will not boot in Windows 11. Several other posts on the web have reported the same issue so this appears to be broken.
If you look at Youtube videos on how to create a system image in Windows 11, they always boot to that image from ‘repair your computer’ on a Windows 11 OS disc, never from a system repair disc.
I stated in the article that the Windows 11 repair disc has a different size than the repair disc made in Windows 10. Therefore, it isn’t surprising that a Windows 10 repair disc won’t work for Windows 11. The repair disc includes different files and different versions of those files, making them incompatible for use on a different operating system than the one used to create it.
It’s pretty difficult to answer “how often” without first answering “what is on it?”
Does your System Repair Disc contain your data? (No)
Does it contain info about how your HD is partitioned? (Unsure)
Does it contain Windows version info? (Unsure)
Does it contain tools that read your backup data… and rebuild your system even if you can’t boot with your HD? (Yes)
Are there different versions for 32bit VS 64bit? (Unsure)
I had made a USB recovery disk for windows 10. Having problems one day I tried to do a system restore to a previous date. Selected a date and clicked it. It acted like it was doing the task, but it sat there like that for over an hour. I had no other option than to shut computer down. Then I couldn’t get it to boot or get to the BIOS or anything except to do a complete reset. Back to windows version that came installed with computer when new. Win 8. Found out how to get Win 10 installed after that. Again, I wanted to do a system restore point, and it failed to work properly and it almost got hung up again. Is it possible to replace the system restore file?
Ciprian, Thank you SO much for creating this tutorial. My Control panel did NOT have an option to create the disk so your directive to look in programs for Maintenance folder worked like a charm. Thank you & God bless you for creating this helpful page…. it saved me a ton of grief! 🙂
I cannot create a system repair disk for windows 7, it comes up with “the parameter is incorrect (0x80070057). Is this something to do with a failed installation of windows 10
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Still prefer dedicated CD or DVD disks since my usage is occasional and when I have an issue, it’s simple to look through the disks which are labeled with their function. If I did PC stuff for a living, I might prefer the USB drive version since having a key chain with tons of utilities would be easier and less likely to have left the needed tool on a disk back at the shop.
BTW, I’m first time dealing with cloning or building from a disk image a W10 backup drive where the original SSD works fine but duplicating it on a new SSD does not boot. just did the windows repair disk via your article and ran the repair tool for “system not starting”. It ran for about 15 minutes and then gave me a message that “Windows cannot repair this disk”.
First time for everything.
Cloning SSDs and moving the data from one to another, and keep things bootable must be done with specialized software. A free product that you may want to try is Macrium Reflect.
The system repair disc that used to be bootable in Windows 10 will not boot in Windows 11. Several other posts on the web have reported the same issue so this appears to be broken.
If you look at Youtube videos on how to create a system image in Windows 11, they always boot to that image from ‘repair your computer’ on a Windows 11 OS disc, never from a system repair disc.
I stated in the article that the Windows 11 repair disc has a different size than the repair disc made in Windows 10. Therefore, it isn’t surprising that a Windows 10 repair disc won’t work for Windows 11. The repair disc includes different files and different versions of those files, making them incompatible for use on a different operating system than the one used to create it.
It’s pretty difficult to answer “how often” without first answering “what is on it?”
Does your System Repair Disc contain your data? (No)
Does it contain info about how your HD is partitioned? (Unsure)
Does it contain Windows version info? (Unsure)
Does it contain tools that read your backup data… and rebuild your system even if you can’t boot with your HD? (Yes)
Are there different versions for 32bit VS 64bit? (Unsure)
Windows 10 reminds you to create a new System Repair Disc *EVERY*
time you create another backup image. Does that mean we should?
I have my SRD from W10 1607. Do I need another one from W10 1703?
I had made a USB recovery disk for windows 10. Having problems one day I tried to do a system restore to a previous date. Selected a date and clicked it. It acted like it was doing the task, but it sat there like that for over an hour. I had no other option than to shut computer down. Then I couldn’t get it to boot or get to the BIOS or anything except to do a complete reset. Back to windows version that came installed with computer when new. Win 8. Found out how to get Win 10 installed after that. Again, I wanted to do a system restore point, and it failed to work properly and it almost got hung up again. Is it possible to replace the system restore file?
Ciprian, Thank you SO much for creating this tutorial. My Control panel did NOT have an option to create the disk so your directive to look in programs for Maintenance folder worked like a charm. Thank you & God bless you for creating this helpful page…. it saved me a ton of grief! 🙂
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I cannot create a system repair disk for windows 7, it comes up with “the parameter is incorrect (0x80070057). Is this something to do with a failed installation of windows 10
my packard bell p8 will not boot it says to insert recovery disc i dont have one how can i make a bootable recovery usb HELP PLEASE
Thank you so much!
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i have windows 8.1 and a dead windows 7 system. How to I format the drive for windows 7 with my windows 8.1 system?
Make a tutorial how to do the same thing on a usb drive please
Please read our list of recommended articles, at the end of this guide. It includes a reference to this tutorial: https://www.digitalcitizen.life/create-usb-memory-stick-system-recovery-tools/
it’s a good idea to get help whenever we damage the OS accidentally