Where is the recovery enviroment in Vista Business

[D1reesesystem]

Downloaded Vista Business Upgrade from Microsoft and a week later my hard
drive is starting to fail with bad blocks, but files are still intact I have
a new hard drive installed and want to perform a complete restore of the
computer, so I did a complete backup of the computer. I restarted the
computer pressed F8 and on the options there is no computer recovery options.

 

[John Bryntze]

You need to start with the installation Vista DVD and chose repair, there
you have an option to restore from your full backup.

 

[Paddy]

You need to start with the installation Vista DVD and chose repair,
there you have an option to restore from your full backup.

And there is the rub for those who buy a machine with the OS etc dumped on a
so-called "Recovery Partition". I believe the OEM licence that allows OEMs
to do this is a bloody disgrace.

Paddy

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

And there is the rub for those who buy a machine with the OS etc dumped on
a so-called "Recovery Partition". I believe the OEM licence that allows
OEMs to do this is a bloody disgrace.

Paddy

OEMs use recovery partitions because it is the only way that a newbie can
recover a computer to a working state, complete with drivers and OEM
manufacturer 'helpware'..

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[Alias]

OEMs use recovery partitions because it is the only way that a newbie
can recover a computer to a working state, complete with drivers and OEM
manufacturer 'helpware'..

And a Recovery DVD wouldn't do the same thing? If the hard drive goes
south, how can a "recovery" partition help?

Alias

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

And a Recovery DVD wouldn't do the same thing? If the hard drive goes
south, how can a "recovery" partition help?

Alias

I agree, but uses tend to lose CD/DVDs provided with systems, and then years
later expect the manufacturer to procure something for a system three to
four years old.

Also, in most cases, the very first window to greet the new user contains
information and methods to create a set of recovery CD/DVDs.

Most users don't do this, being more eager to get MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and
subscriptions to online gaming sites. Then there are the excuses about not
having blank DVD's, they forgot, there was nothing wrong with the computer
at that time, they didn't understand the instructions, they never read all
of that 'crap'..

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[Mark L. Ferguson]

I agree with Mike, it's the cheap way to buy a system. There is a 'best
cheap path' but it's not 'bottom of the line'. You get a system with the
'complete PC Backup' option, (I think this is Home Premium or better, but
maybe it's Business or better, I don't know that yet). You add a second hard
drive or less good, a burner and about 25 disks. You get a 1 gig or better
flash drive, if the system will boot to flash.
Download the image of the recovery disk, and burn it, or drag the open image
onto the flash drive. (A virtual CD will do this)
Windows Vista Recovery Disc Download - The NeoSmart Files:
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/
Virtual CD drive download:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...d58df02efa2/winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe
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[Alias]

I agree, but uses tend to lose CD/DVDs provided with systems, and then
years later expect the manufacturer to procure something for a system
three to four years old.

I still have the CDs from my old Pentium 1 that I bought in 97. I don't
have the computer anymore though ;-)

Also, in most cases, the very first window to greet the new user
contains information and methods to create a set of recovery CD/DVDs.

Most users don't do this, being more eager to get MSN, Yahoo Messenger,
and subscriptions to online gaming sites. Then there are the excuses
about not having blank DVD's, they forgot, there was nothing wrong with
the computer at that time, they didn't understand the instructions, they
never read all of that 'crap'..

I think it's easier to not do the recovery burn than hold on to a DVD
that came with the computer.

Alias

 

[MICHAEL]

It's Business, Ultimate and Enterprise that has CompletePC Backup.


-Michael