System Recovery Disks

[Guest]

I have a new system 2 weeks old with windows vista home premium on it.
Yesterday this box pops up on my desktop with the 3 choices for creating my
system recovery disks. It will let me choose any option but it won't let me
scroll up or down & I can't close this box out. I've looked under everything
I think might pretain to this but I'm at a loss. I know I'm overlooking
something. I'm not ready to create these disks atr this time & I don't want
this box on my desktop. Thanks for any help!

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Robin,

Run msconfig and check the startup tab for the manufacturer's reminder
program. Unchecking/disabling it should resolve the issue. You will likely
find the option to run the program in the program menu when you're ready to
make them (and I strongly recommend that you not wait too long to use this
feature).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Richard Urban]

Please, for your benefit, do not wait too long before you create these
disks. The longer you use the system the greater the chance that you may get
something installed without your knowledge. At that point, creating the
disks will not do you much good.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[XS11E]

I have a new system 2 weeks old with windows vista home premium on
it. Yesterday this box pops up on my desktop with the 3 choices
for creating my system recovery disks. It will let me choose any
option but it won't let me scroll up or down & I can't close this
box out. I've looked under everything I think might pretain to
this but I'm at a loss. I know I'm overlooking something. I'm not
ready to create these disks atr this time & I don't want this box
on my desktop. Thanks for any help!

Create the disks NOW! You should have done so 2 weeks ago, this needs
to be done immediately on powering up the system.

I hope it's not too late to do so, do NOT wait any longer!

 

[AJR]

It has nothing to do with Vista - OEMs create system partitions which
provide for restoring the computer to original "factory" condition in the
event that complete restoration is necessary.

Uusually there is an option to hit one of the function keys (F10 or F11) to
do the restore. If the F key option is not available you are to create the
restore disks - your statement "...I'm not ready to create these disks at
this time...." ??? no sense to it!!

Whenever you do your own "complete" backups, you can consider removing the
recovery partition - again OEMS usually provided an utility for doing so.

Meanwhile - create the disks!!!

 

[Chad Harris]

Hi Robiin--

I wonder whose box it is. Is it OEM, or is it from Vista? I don't know
exactly what the box says, but spyware of some types also thows boxes like
this on your desktop. I'd run a spyware scan from Adaware, Defender (ships
with Vista) or One Care will run a spyware scan as well as a viral scan if
you have it.

Backup in Vista is easy:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/699ce30c-13f1-46ec-9684-e84bf4109dd81033.mspx

Why would you not be ready to do it if the box is from a legit source. What
happens if disaster strikes and you need a backup? There are about 10 ways
to fix a no boot Vista, but that doesn't mean they'll always work. A backup
is essential and I recommend Acronis 10 for backing up and making up to date
images of your system.

Restore files from a backup
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/55e35b7f-58ab-409b-997c-bcc81d64c4271033.mspx

Back up and restore: frequently asked questions
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/9eb3d150-fe33-41a0-b7f6-233d7fe4460a1033.mspx

CH

 

[XS11E]

Meanwhile - create the disks!!!

Good advice but please attribute correctly, your answer was intended
for the original poster, not me.

 

[Chad Harris]

They sure do, and a high percentage of the time they are worthless as are
so-called OEM system recovery disks. MSFt forces OEMs to do this instead of
ship a Vista DVD. Dell rebelled with Vista and has stopped shipping these
pieces of crap not suitable for a dog frisbee.

Scott Di Valerio is responsible for this among others who is an accountant
who works on the MSFT Redmond campus and is ironically the VP in charge of
OEM including the hardworking system builders on the street.

This is about making people spend thousands for OEM machines and denying
them the Vista Recovery tools and substituting the quite worthless recovery
discs. I've written at length about this. MSFT is afraid to discuss it and
that's why you'll never see a softie taking this up here. It's a sorepoint
for those dedicated to excellence in Vista because they know they deny
millions of their enduser customers the panopoly of Win RE tools.


CH

Thanks to the US Congress for secretly writing an immigration bill that
their employers, the US citizens cannot read until after it's voted on.
This is the typical "mock up" of real democracy at work in the Bush
admistration and Congress. It runs on the theme--hide it from the people
until we sneak it past.

The Republican Monica, Monica Goodling who engineered firing of the US
Attorneys for the West Wing (Rove, Miers, Cheney, Kelly, complaining
Congressmen and women and Senators--who has never litigated so much as a
parking ticket and went to one of the worst law schools on the planet is
going to testify before Senate Judiciary on Wednesday 5/23/07. She is the
postergirl for Bush incompetence and lack of training, and her damage is
profoundly different than the perceived attrocity of Monica Lewinsky by the
Republicans who can't read.