Unable to recover from repair discs

Hi I am not able to find the system image on the DVD that I have burnt. It is asking for drivers installation. I am not sure what drivers it is looking for. Can somebody please let me know what is it looking for?
Thanks, Shiva

Hi, The model of the thinkpad is 3249-CTO. The operating system is windows 7 PRO. I used the following steps to burn a copy:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/ht004960
Boot media was burnt to CD and then Data media to a DVD. When I load the boot media it loads the RnR menu and later it asks for load drivers and I am stuck here. NOTE: I am trying to install this on a new HDD. Thanks, Shiva

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Am I right in thinking that I definitely need to repair this even though things appear to be running alright? If so, do I do this by booting from the install disc?
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Any help is appreciated, like I say I'm pretty hopeless!

dellywoo wrote:
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Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Am I right in thinking that I definitely need to repair this even though things appear to be running alright?
Yes.
If so, do I do this by booting from the install disc?
Yes.
I attempted to boot my Macbook from the install disc to run a repair but I just can't seem to get this working! I put the disc in, restart the machine and hold C, but the mac seems to just boot up as normal. Am I doing this incorrectly?
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Persario CQ61-327sa
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A life saver, especially at christmas as I didnt want to have to buy another laptop.
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L755-S5244 - W7 system repair disc could not be created... unable to parse... XML data. (0x800705B9)

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System repair disc could not be created
Windows was unable to parse the requested XML data.
(0x800705B9)
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Note that my computer is working fine. I just need to be able to make a system repair disc in case there are future problems. There always are, eventually.
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big red X: "To use System Restore, you must specify which Windows installation to restore. Restart this computer, select an operating system, and then select System Restore." That makes no sense because I only have one Windows installation! This is an important option. Is there any way to access it when Windows 7 won't start normally?
3) System Image Recovery - It found the image file I had created previously. But I didn't want to risk it on a properly functioning computer (no reason). So I don't know if it will actually work right... someday when I really need it.
4) Windows Memory Diagnostic - doesn't work
"Windows cannot check for memory problems. An error is preventing Windows from checking for memory problems during startup. To run the Windows Memory Diagnostic manually, boot the computer from the Windows installation disc, and then select Windows Memory Diagnostic from the Windows Boot Manager menu." However there is no such thing as a Windows installation disc on Toshiba OEM W7. Or is there? Also, I can get to Windows Boot Manager by pressing f8 during startup then select Repair Your Computer, but it won't do anything. Again, it requests the Windows installation disc, which I don't have. Then at the end of all the verbiage... "... Status 0xc000000e; Info: The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible." It would be nice to run a good memory diagnostic because I just upgraded from 4G to 8G RAM. Suggestions?
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Hi Gully, I agree with iyacyas
{quote:title=iyacyas wrote:}If you have another Mac to use you can place the sick Mac into Target Disk Mode and plug it into the good Mac via firewire and run DU against it from their.{quote}
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