Questions tagged [system-recovery]
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Windows 7 BSOD: Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers
The motherboard in my old system died, so I moved the hard drive over to my backup system and now I'm receiving this error. I'm able to read the drive perfectly fine in the Recovery screen and it ask ...
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Netbook Windows 7 recovery after hard drive format
I have formatted hard drive on my netbook and deleted recovery partition.
Is it possible to recovery preinstalled Windows 7 after this?
(I have some problems with disc and this is the only way I found ...
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Accessing the recovery partition on a Vista machine that won't boot?
I've got a Dell Vista machine - Inspiron 1720 laptop specifically - which I'm 99% certain came with no media, just the recovery partition.
It's now refusing to boot, saying the system registry is ...
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How to fix Windows 7 when System Recovery Options hangs?
The battery power ran out on my HP G60 laptop and it shut down. Even after recharging, Windows 7 will now not start up. After any attempted startup, it bluescreens and takes me to the "Startup Repair ...
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Create recovery disks when Windows 7 will not load
Sony Vaio laptop with Windows 7 Home will not load Windows; automatically goes into startup repair then fails. Unfortunately, there are no restore points and the owner did not create the recovery ...
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Can I use the Lenovo Factory Backup Partition to reinstall Windows 7 on my ThinkPad T400?
I ordered a a Lenovo T400 a couple of years ago. I haven't done a full reinstall and reimage of the computer since I purchased it, and I think it's time to do that. I'm currently using the Lenovo ...
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Windows Home Server 2011 fails to boot on new hardware
I had to change the motherboard, CPU and memory in my WHS 2011 recently, but after doing so it wont boot up. After the BIOS screen, the monitor is black for a moment and then, the system automatically ...
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Using PowerShell in System Recovery?
I need to turn on system protection so I can run a system recovery.
It seems to only be possible to do this through the PowerShell:
http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/forum/windows_7-...
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Can I uninstall faulty drivers through System Recovery Mode command prompt?
My hard drive drivers are failing, I can't even enter in Safe Mode, I only have access to the System Recovery Mode, any other thing I try to load simply freezes the "Loading Windows" screen for a ...
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Attempting to recover Windows 7 on my Toshiba Laptop
One day my computer was working fine and the next it won't boot properly.
System Specs:
Toshiba Satellite T235D-S1345RD (Laptop)
Windows 7 x64
BIOS 1.7
4GB RAM
I have gotten the computer booted ...
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How can I repair Mac OS Extended Journaled Hard Drive that doesn't show up in Mac Finder or Disk Utility
I have a 120 GB Seagate SATA hard drive formatted as the default "Mac OS Extended Journaled" in a 2006 MacBook with Snow Leopard. It also has Windows XP installed with BootCamp. Everything worked ...
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During Vista Repair - No operating system is listed
After a Windows update, my brother's Gateway computer loads to the "Step 3 of 3: 0%" and reboots.
Safe Mode does not work.
I placed a Vista DVD in the drive, and re-booted. (Note, this is my Vista ...
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Restoring factory image of HP Laptop
I use a HP G62. I am unable to use my recovery disk to restore to factory settings. I had no problems earlier until I created an additional partition which I hear might have changed my hard disk to ...
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Restoring Windows System Image Backup to a different hard disk
My SSD died. Fortunately, before the crash, I made a System Image backup (to a USB hard disk) using Windows 7's built-in backup tool. The SSD has been replaced (with exactly the same model and ...
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How do I recover Windows 7 after Ubuntu and Fedora install?
I have tried many linux distros and I have always been able to see the Windows 7 option in the grub file. However, recently I installed Ubuntu 11.04 and Fedora 15, I am not able to access Windows ...
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How to get data from a VirtualBox .vdi file?
I have wrongly removed the parent snapshot of a virtual machine so that I cannot recover the latest environment. VirtualBox shows me info similar to below:
Parent hard disk with UUID {943bb73f-15cb-...
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Exchanging a brand new laptop because of a dead pixel, is there any way to re-validate my Microsoft Office product key?
I just bought a brand new laptop (Toshiba Satellite L655-S5155) and realized AFTER I had installed Norton 360 and Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 that the monitor has a dead pixel.
I'm ...
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Modifying recovery partition
In these days, laptops are being sold with a recovery partition by default (so you don't need any CD's and drivers) - just F9 at Bootup and restore.
I have an Asus G73JH.
The recovery partition ...
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How do I troubleshoot when I have no clue where to start?
I am looking for hints, tips and answers on how to get started on troubleshooting when:
The problem is intermittent
The problem could lie literally anywhere - operating system; free source software; ...
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Asus EeePC 1005PE netbook special partitions (restore and boot booster)
I have an Asus EeePC 1005PE netbook and im planning on doing a massive re-partitioning (going to install Ubuntu, Mint, XP, etc)
Ive noticed it has 2 "special" partitions: a 10Gb Fat32 RESTORE hidden ...
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Can I (legally) repair a Windows XP install without a copy of Windows XP?
Can I (legally) repair a Windows XP install without a copy of Windows XP? Restoring from the OEM recovery disk and wiping the applications is not particularly appealing, especially since I'd like to ...
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Ways of backup and restore/recovery in Windows 7
There are several ways of backup and restore/recovery in Windows 7:
"Backup and Restore" under Control
Panel\System and Security.
System Restore.
the recovery partition on my laptop
I was wondering ...
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How to verify recovery disks created from recovery partition?
For my Lenovo T400 with Windows 7, I created three DVDs from its recovery partition. I was wondering
if it is better to verify that the
recovery disks are working and how to? I don't
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Tool for checking boot sector / MBR?
I'm currently trying to recover a friends ATA100 hard drive, that suddenly started giving an 'ntldr not found' error. I've got it hooked up to a ATA->USB converter, and can read the contents.
Can ...
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Windows System Recovery: Is it needed? [closed]
I just recently deactivated system recovery on Vista, which saved me a huge amount of space. But I wonder is it necessary to have it activated? I can't remember that I any time had any use of system ...
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Where are the Windows 7 System Restore Points stored and how to preserve them?
I am using Windows 7 Professional. My system crashed few days back and to recover that, I inserted the Windows 7 DVD. While running the System Restore from the DVD, it showed there are no restore ...
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Ubuntu fails to start after system update (displays BusyBox notice on command line)
I am running Ubuntu 10.x on one of my boxes. Yesterday the SPM popped up during a session, with the choice to install the latest updates. I agreed (like I have done many times before). This time, ...
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How can an operating system be installed when the installation media is missing?
Often when trying to fix someone else's computer - especially consumer machines - the operating system will need to be reinstalled, but the owner will have lost or never created the installation or ...
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How do you restore a crashed computer without removable media?
I have a notebook (the free Steve Sinofsky PDC09 Acer) with Win7 and no removable media slots and no external CD or DVD drive. The hard drive crashed and is now in an unbootable state. It didn't come ...
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Best way to reformat/recover in Windows when your CD key is no longer valid?
I have a copy of Windows 7 Professional that I have downloaded from the MSDNAA e-academy (thanks to my school). Now, the problem is that these license keys are one-use only.
If I need to reformat or ...
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Extracting Windows from an Acer Recovery CD
I have an Acer Tablet PC that came with WIndows XP Tablet PC Edition in the form of three recovery DVDs.
Sadly, a mainboard fault put the machine out of business. I have now bought a used one from a ...
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Disable Acer eRecovery system
The meat of this question is that I'm looking for a way to either require a password before using a recovery partition or "break" the recovery partition (specifically, Acer eRecovery) in a way that I ...
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How do I boot to the Recovery Partition on an eMachines D620 notebook?
I installed the Windows 7 RC on my wife's laptop and now need to reinstall Vista for her. I was very careful to leave the recovery partition intact so that I could do this, but I don't see a way to ...
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What's the proper way to prepare chroot to recover a broken Linux installation?
This question relates to questions that are asked often. The procedure is frequently mentioned or linked to offsite, but is not often clearly and correctly stated. In an objective to concentrate ...
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How to edit registry from Vista recovery tool?
How can I edit the registry from the Windows Vista Recovery Tool?
The recovery tool provides 5 options:
Startup Repair
System Restore
Windows Complete PC Restore
Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool
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How to make sure I can restore the OS which came preinstalled on my laptop?
I bought a Lenovo IdeaPad with Windows 7 preinstalled. The laptop has a "OneKey Rescue System" which is able to restore the factory install of the OS. As I understand the files necessary for this ...
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Windows 7 doesn't start after installing a game with StarForce protection
I installed a game, which uses the StarForce protection under Windows 7 (64-bit).
After game installation, StarForce displayed a message, asking for a reboot. Since the reboot, Windows 7 doesn't ...
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Windows XP stuck on loading screen
Since yesterday my Windows XP install is stuck on the loading screen (XP logo and "progress bar" constantly moving). I waited more than one hour but nothing more happened.
Before this problem occured ...
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How do I reinstall Vista from the recovery partition on a HP Pavilion DV9000?
I have no any CD for this laptop but I have HP recovery partition there and I need to install Vista back on main partition.
I do not see any option to boot from recovery partition
Could anyone ...
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How to start recovery from Recovery Partition on a ASUS A6000?
I can't find the manual that came with my ASUS A6000.
What was the key combination on boot to start the recovery process?
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Windows Blue Screen of Death
What's the best approach for Windows XP that produce Blue Screen of Death and it goes so quickly that I can't even see what's the reason for it. Is there a way to somehow to look in the logs (without ...
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Recovery CD for Windows XP Notebook
My Windows XP notebook manufacturer provides a software to create recovery CD/DVD. (The model does not have a inbuilt CD/DVD drive, instead I have an external USB CD/DVD drive). But in the BIOS ...
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Indispensable system recovery applications to have in your toolbox? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are the essential tools you always have handy when attempting to fix someone's PC?
What tools (software or hardware) have you found indispensable for recovering a ...