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04-29-2020 05:06 AM
I created a Windows System Repair Disk on a RW-CD using the Windows System Repair Disk creation tool when I was running Windows 7 and it didn't work, i.e. the PC wouldn't recognise it when I tried to boot from it. I then installed the EaseUS free backup software and was able to create a Repair disk which I was able to boot from. I am now running Windows 10 and I have tried several times again to create the same repair disk and it still doesn't work. When I try to boot from it, I get an error along the lines of - Non System Disk, replace disk. I am reluctant to install a 3rd party backup software just to create a the Repair Disk, as the Windows 10 backup software seems sufficient. Can anyone please help me out with this? Thanks
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04-29-2020 08:18 AM
First off, I would definitely NOT trust the Windows built-on backup -- it has proven to me to be unreliable when I most needed it. So, I quit using it entirely.
Second, EaseUS makes good products as I use several of them, so I would not hesitate to use their product to create a new Repair Disk.
Third, I personally prefer to use third-party Backup solutions as they tend to be both more flexible and more reliable than any built-in solutions.
Macrium Reflect (MR) provides a FREE version that can be used to image and restore partitions or entire drives.
What I recommend is the following:
1) Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR) from here: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
2) Run MR and choose the option: "Create an image of the partition(s) required to backup and restore Windows" to write a full backup to an external drive or USB stick
3) Use the option to create a boot USB stick or CD
My experience is that MR, when using the High Compression option, typically can compress the saved image file to about 50% of the USED space in the OS partition. This means if you have an 80GB OS partition, and 40GB is used, MR only needs about 20GB to store the image file.
I use this all the time and it typically takes less than 15 minutes to do the image backup and about the same time or less to do a restore.
Plus, MR has the option to Add a Recovery Boot Menu entry. This allows you then to boot into WinRE, and you can then use that to do a restore -- when you can't boot into Windows!
NOW, you have the means to restore a full working system from the external drive or USB stick in only a few minutes.
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
04-29-2020 08:18 AM
First off, I would definitely NOT trust the Windows built-on backup -- it has proven to me to be unreliable when I most needed it. So, I quit using it entirely.
Second, EaseUS makes good products as I use several of them, so I would not hesitate to use their product to create a new Repair Disk.
Third, I personally prefer to use third-party Backup solutions as they tend to be both more flexible and more reliable than any built-in solutions.
Macrium Reflect (MR) provides a FREE version that can be used to image and restore partitions or entire drives.
What I recommend is the following:
1) Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR) from here: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
2) Run MR and choose the option: "Create an image of the partition(s) required to backup and restore Windows" to write a full backup to an external drive or USB stick
3) Use the option to create a boot USB stick or CD
My experience is that MR, when using the High Compression option, typically can compress the saved image file to about 50% of the USED space in the OS partition. This means if you have an 80GB OS partition, and 40GB is used, MR only needs about 20GB to store the image file.
I use this all the time and it typically takes less than 15 minutes to do the image backup and about the same time or less to do a restore.
Plus, MR has the option to Add a Recovery Boot Menu entry. This allows you then to boot into WinRE, and you can then use that to do a restore -- when you can't boot into Windows!
NOW, you have the means to restore a full working system from the external drive or USB stick in only a few minutes.
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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