Vista "Windows Startup Disk"?

[CWLee]

I have a new HP computer, factory installed with Vista
Ultimate 64-bit. Amongst the advice provided by HP, on one
of its websites, is the following statement, related to
editing the registry: "It is a good idea to create a
Windows startup disk to start the computer in the event that
Windows fails to start."

How does one make such a disk for Vista? (Email responses
to inquiries to HP have contradicted that advice, and said
there is no such thing as a Windows startup disk for Vista.)

Enlightenment welcomed.

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[Mike Brannigan]

I have a new HP computer, factory installed with Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
Amongst the advice provided by HP, on one of its websites, is the
following statement, related to editing the registry: "It is a good idea
to create a Windows startup disk to start the computer in the event that
Windows fails to start."

How does one make such a disk for Vista? (Email responses to inquiries to
HP have contradicted that advice, and said there is no such thing as a
Windows startup disk for Vista.)

Enlightenment welcomed.

The information on HPs site is old. The Windows Vista install DVD is your
bootable recovery media with various recovery tools on.
IN the event of you not getting one of these see you HP manual about how to
create your recovery DVDs.

 

[Malke]

I have a new HP computer, factory installed with Vista
Ultimate 64-bit. Amongst the advice provided by HP, on one
of its websites, is the following statement, related to
editing the registry: "It is a good idea to create a
Windows startup disk to start the computer in the event that
Windows fails to start."

How does one make such a disk for Vista? (Email responses
to inquiries to HP have contradicted that advice, and said
there is no such thing as a Windows startup disk for Vista.)

Enlightenment welcomed.

I can't comment on what HP said, but you should always have physical media
so you can reinstall Windows, particularly with OEM machines that didn't
come with any. So this is a two-part process:

1. Make restore disks. Since each OEM's method of doing this varies (and
often varies from model to model within an OEM's line), refer to your
manual, the OEM Help files, or the OEM's website for how to do this in your
particular case.

2. Unfortunately, with restore disks you don't have an actual operating
system disk which is necessary if you want to just do repair work and not
return the machine to factory condition. These people have put together
an .iso of the recovery functions for this purpose. Note that this is *not*
a full version of Vista so you couldn't use it to reinstall the OS.

http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/

Malke