Vista Recovery Disk

I have a question. When the Window 7 is released and I install it. What if I do not like the Window 7 and want to get Vista back. My computer doesn't come with the actual Recovery Disk, it is at Drive D. How can I re-install Vista back if I don't like Window 7?
Thanks in advance!

You need to make your own Vista recovery disks before trying installing other OS.
Since you mention you still have Recovery partition untouch try solution in this thread
Pavilion DV2922TX, XP-SP3 32bit, Intel T5750 2.0Ghz, Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS with 128MB, 4GB 667 DDR2, 250GB HDD

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Portege R600 Vista Recovery disk

Hi everyone,
Is some how possible to retrive vista recovery disk from toshiba?
I have xp recovery disk that comes with my toshiba r600, but is there a way to get vista recovery disk from toshiba? download? or something?
I did not create recovery disk with vista...so is it lost? I dont really need vista OS but just in case, is it possible to retrive it?
Thanks.

Thk, for answer.
Well yes, it was vista installed on toshiba when I buy it, but I formated whole hdd, and reinstal win 2008 server(I`m not vista user :) ), and I did not create recover vista disk,
any way i have xp recovery disk on dvd that cames with toshiba (also I`m not xp user)., but some how right now i cant do some things from other installed OS,
like BIOS Upgrade and other things without preinstalled OS that came with my toshiba...
So that link you provide did I need to pay to get vista again? or i can dowlnoad it some how for free(Vista cames with toshiba anyway...)?
Thanks for answer man.

IBM T60 - Vista recovery disk

Hi,
My disk crashed and I want Vista recovery disk for IBM T60 laptop. Where can I get it.

I am not positive, but I don't think Lenovo sells a pre-configured recovery disk for a T-60 with Vista.
I have a T-60P, and bought Vista when service pack one came out and installed it. Here's what I did:
- Downloading all the drivers and utilities for Vista from Lenovo in advance, unpacked them and saved them on a USB drive
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Windows Vista recovery disk

I want to order a recovery disk for my laptop, however when i give them the computer's serial number and part number they tell me to select which disk i would like to purchase but the only option they give me is one with 64bit however my computer is running vista 32bit would i still be able to restore my computer or do i need the 32bit? If so what can i do to order it because this is my only option: SW Media - DVD-Satellite-L300-Win Vista 64bit Home Premium-EN as you can see it has 64bit.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
This is my serial number: 89577426Q
And Part number: PSLB8U-14F025

Hi Chicharito,
I've forwarded the problem info to the people who manage the recovery media database so that it can be corrected. Meanwhile, if you send me a Private Message with your daytime phone number I will also send that to Customer Service and request that they contact you.
In case you weren't aware of this option, if your laptop is currently operating normally you should be able to restore the original hard disk image by first shutting down Windows and then holding down the zero ('0') key while the system boots up. You should also be able to run the Toshiba Recovery Disc Creator program to burn your own set of recovery media onto blank discs.
Of course, you should also be able to order the correct recovery media so do send me a Private Message with the requested info if you'd like to continue down that path. To access Private Messages, click on the small envelope icon in the upper right area of this and most forum pages. From there, click the 'Compose New Message' tab and enter "jim" in the 'Send To' field.
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Creating Vista Recovery disk on Portege M400

I have upgraded an M400 which came with XP to Vista Business. Launching the Toshiba Recovery Disk utility delivers a message "not HDD partition found". The management console shows a recovery partition - though it probably still has the XP recovery info.
Anybody got ideas on how to transfer in a Vista recovery image into this partition? Is this available from Toshiba somewhere in the world? I can get my tech support people to chase it if we know it exists....
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From Australia

Hi,
maybe you should properly format the drive and remove ALL partitions with an external program (like UBCD -> "Ultimate Boot CD") and then try it again.
It can be that the XP recovery partition is blocking the new recovery/installation process.
If I were you I would try this format-thingy.
Otherwise grab another HDD and try it with this. ;)
Cheers

Ordering Vista Recovery Disks

Hi,
Have a Pavilion DV9000 (Service Tag: DV9824CA). I lost my HD...needed to replace. Unfortuntely, I did not create recovery disks when HD was alive (stupid me).
I've ordered the Vista Home Premium 32b Dual Language Recovery Kit from HP ($45). The package only came with 1 DVD. It clearly says on the DVD (1 of 2). Upon installing the first DVD...it injects and asks for DVD #2....surprise, surprise....after numerous calls with HP support they insist that it's only one DVD.
Am I missing something here?
Thanks!
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I think HP has this issue resoved.
Quote from a HP employee private message.
"Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We got the distribution folks to do a bin check and they did find that many of the recovery disc kits were missing disc 2. This has been corrected, and we've asked them to look through recent past orders and send new kits to anyone who may have received a kit without Disc 2."

Where can I get the Vista Recovery disk - Satellite P205D-S8802

Hey Guys,
I bought my Toshiba Satellite P205D-S8802 last year
I got it without a Recorvy CD but if I want to formation the HDD i need the disk
Where can i get the Disk?
I have the orginal Windows Vista home premium(on the buttom of the laptop is a label from Microsoft)
Thank you for help

There are two ways to solve your problem:
You can order new copy of recovery DVD by nearest authorized service provider or
You can use original Microsoft installations DVD for clean Vista installation
All necessary drivers, tools and utilities you can find on Toshiba support page.
BTW: MasterG is right about activation key at the bottom. This key belongs to preinstalled version you got with your notebook.

I have compaq cq50. was VISTA upgraded to WIN 7. Recovery disks not working. BOOTMGR compressed

will not boot up. I have 2 recovery disks, the 1 of 2 will take but 2 of 2 disk doesnt run.

Hi:
If you are trying to use the Vista recovery disks and they are not working, and you can read your Vista product key on the bottom of your notebook, then you can make your own Vista installation disk by reading the guidance below.
If you're up to a slight but rewarding challenge you can make your own if you can read your 25 character Vista product key on the PC.
Just download the 3 files you need at the link below, and read all of the instructions to create a bootable DVD installation disk using imageburn.
Disregard the part of the text under the first screen shot about "extract the files to the Vista folder."
The files were already extracted to that folder when you ran the X14.exe file by reading the text on top of the first screen shot.
The other thing I noticed is on the 4th screen shot, where it shows Developer ID Microsoft Corporation. I had to type Microsoft Corporation in myself, and then the other codes automatically populated.
When I went to compile the ISO file, ImageBurn gave a message that about a WIM file and ISO, and if I wanted to burn it in a different format.
I selected No, make the ISO file.
It was not that hard to do. I burned both the 64 bit disk and the 32 bit disk in case I ever need them.
I tested both of them an my hp dc7100 CMT desktop PC, they worked perfectly.
When you enter the product key, it knows what version of Vista you have.
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/w/microsoft_os/3317.2-3-microsoft-windows-v....
After you successfully install Vista, you can then install the drivers from your PC's support and driver page.
Paul

Can't load Vista from factory recovery disks?

I have an X200 running XP. The X200 was delivered with XP installed and Vista recovery disks. I wanted to see how Vista performed so I decided to load the Vista from the factory recovery disks. There are 3 disks...Disk1 Start Recovery Disk, Disk2 OS System Recovery Disk, and DIisk3 Applications and Drivers Recovery Disk. I have an external Lenovo DVD drive and the BIOS is set to boot from this first.
I placed Disk 1 into the drive and rebooted. The system loaded and the Rescue and Recovery program came up, did it's thing, and asked for Disk 1 to be inseryed. Well, Disk 1 was already inserted but I ejected and re-inserted it - it said this was not the correct disk. So, I figured Disk 2 might be "disk 1" in this context but it didn't like that one either coughing up the same incorrect disk message. So, only disk 3 is left so I tried that too, same results.
OK, what am I doing wrong or might Lenovo have include incorrect disks.
Any help is much appreciated.
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There is a chance that the discs included is not suitable for your model type or the discs itself are bad, call Lenovo and ask for another set.
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Jin Li
May this year, be the year of 'DO'!
I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

Vista recovery CDs not working

A virus completely hosed my X200 laptop. I'm trying to do a bare metal restore from the Vista recovery disks that came with the laptop. The disk boots a seems to be going ok, then it hits a screen a just sits there for a minute or so. The DVD drive isn't doing anything and the HD isn't doing anything. Then it just reboots. If I leave the disk in it will repeat this cycle over and over again, so it's not that it's doing some sort of prep on the first round.
Is there a way to fix this or are my CDs bad? I just removed them from their packaging and the look like they are in pristine condition.

ErikEngbrecht, welcome to the forum,
having read your posts you seem to have been doing everything correctly. As your system is hanging after booting from disc #1, I'd suggest copying that disc and trying to boot from the copy. If the same occurs contact support and ask them to send you another set.
Alertanitively, have you tried booting to the service partition? Press the blue ThinkVantage button when booting, when you see the message "To interrupt.....". This should then offer you the possibility of selecting F11 to diagnose or recover your system.
Yet another alternative would be to create your own recovery discs, assuming your system still works, these will be created from the service partition and should not be influenced by the virus infection.
Hope this helps
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Can I use same recovery disk for two identical computers?

I own two PCs, model m8034n, which were identical when I bought them. If I order a Windows Vista recovery disk for one of them (specifying the serial number when I order), will I be able to use it to restore the other computer to its factory condition?

I imagine as long as the Vista versions are the same on both computers it would be OK to use it. No guarantee it will work but you may try.
Please mark my post as SOLVED if it has resolved your problem. It helps others with similar situations.

Dual boot using supplied XP recovery disk on Portege R500-11C

I have a new Portege R500-11C which came with Vista Business installed, but also has an XP Pro recovery disk as well as a Vista recovery disk. The laptop also came with a partitioned hard drive.
I would like to use the XP recovery disk to install XP on the 2nd partition (drive E), without erasing Vista, so that I have a dual boot machine. Does anyone know if this is possible, perhaps by using the expert rather than standard mode?

Hello Elanor
Just short comment to all this:
> When I asked Toshiba support if I could use these disks to make a dual boot machine, they said no, that the XP > recovery disk would wipe the Vista installation - but posts here suggest otherwise!
I do not know on which posts you think but I am also pretty sure that you can not use two recovery DVDs with different operating systems to install two operating systems and make dual boot. Unfortunately I have no possibility to test this but, as far as I know, you can not install recovery image on unallocated disk space.
Just for example: if you use Vista recovery DVD and install OS on new partition using SETUP option (for example you can take 50 % of HDD capacity) using second recovery DVD (WXP) you will not be able to choose second partition as favourite place to install WXP. You can just do the same as with Vista recovery image.
For older notebooks recovery menu was different and using expert mode it was possible to choose already existing partition for OS installation.
If you have some time please test it and give some feedback. It can be very useful info for al of us.

HDD recovery for a T130: recreating the recovery disk

Hi There,
I own a Toshiba T130, white model which comes with Windows 7 x64, 4Gb RAM, and without a DVD drive. I've recently attempted to install a Linux operating system through an automated procedure via a network setup (cobbler) which actually wiped out clean the hard-disk as a first step before installing the system, contrary to my intention to actually install it on a separate partition, along side Windows!
It happens that (from day 1, after having purchased the laptop) I've already saved/stored the (entire) HDD recovery folder originally placed on a second partition in Windows 7, on an external USB hard disk, but didn't actually made a DVD or a USB recovery medium as it's recommended. The content of the folder is as following:
+ HDDRecovery
+ ODDFiles
| + Boot
| + EFI
| + HDDPREP
| + HTMPREP
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| 10347XSP.swm
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| 10347XSP3.swm
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So, do you guys know if I can build a restore medium out of these files? If yes, what's the procedure?
Thank you very much,
Waiting for your answer.
-Ilyes Gouta

Hi Ilyes,
Congratulations on getting it working.
Just wanted to add that recently I've had one of our users come to me with a broken Toshiba Laptop, and have ended up in much the same predicament.
The HDD was quite severely damaged in that it wouldn't even read from the standard boot partition, but it had the recovery partition reasonably intact.
I had a spare Hard Disk that I could use with the PC, but no installation CDs for that copy of Windows (Vista) and the user had long since lost all the packaging.
I was able to access the HDDRecovery Folder on the old HDD, with the SWImg subfolder containing the initial base image (spanned SWMs)
For reference, the steps I used to get a working installation were as follows:
1. Partition the new HDD appropriately (3 Partitions, similar layout to old disk)
2. Copy the *SWM files from the old HDD over onto one of the spare (non-boot) partitions on the new HDD.
3. Use the freeware file archiving utility "7-Zip" (http://www.7-zip.org/) to extract the contents of the SWM files onto the main (boot) partition of the new HDD (The "2" subfolder when these are extracted contains the "working" installation - all files in this "2" subfolder should therefore go in the root of the new boot partition . Dispense with the rest of the extracted files). Would be easiest to use a USB caddy to link the new disk up to a working windows PC for this bit, but I imagine 7-zip could be made to work off a Boot CD environment with a bit of effort.
4. Tweak the boot record of the new boot partition so that it will boot into Vista properly (I used the Vista Recovery Disk which is available at http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Recovering+the+Vista+Bootloader+from+the+DVD but you can use a proper Windows DVD if you've got one available) - doing this via a Vista DVD involves selecting "repair my windows installation", picking the command prompt option and then typing in both the "bootrec.exe /fixMBR" and "bootrec.exe /fixBoot" commands.
5. Boot the laptop off the new HDD.

Vista has left the building...and the Recovery Disks do not work correctly.

I've spent over a month and a half trying to fix my non-booting Satellite A215-S5818 running Vista. Sometime mid-March (ah, the Ides of March!) I think I downloaded an automatic update and I remember the next time it booted my desktop was black; icons but no background picture. Then I noticed on the bottom right it was saying my copy of Vista was not genuine. I know that it is, because it is pre-installed. So I ran check disk from the Properties page of C: in Windows Explorer. After it ran, I got BSOD. At first I just booted into SafeMode and tried to disable whatever hardware/uninstall whatever software was causing the problem. I think I got it to boot in SafeMode once or twice, then no more. For a while I kept getting IRQL-NOT-LESS-OR-EQUAL, but I somehow stopped that through the command prompt(forum advice?). Startup Repair could not fix it, System Restore would not work on ANY restore points, even before March. The new BSOD error was:
"STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error}-
The initial session process or system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0x00000000 (0xc0000221 0x00100594)"
From then on I could only get a command prompt through the Repair Console. So I xcopy-ed my Users directory to an external hard drive and grudgingly booted from the Toshiba CD, knowing it would obliterate everything, but I was desperate. I got the 03-EEEE-0000 error. Now I have a plethora of useless(?) CDs and DVDs I have burned ISO images on of any Freeware I thought could fix it, downloaded from the Internet using my husband's Windows 7 desktop computer. I followed these instructions to the letter and it worked (I guess; it started immediately, no DOS objection), but when it rebooted I got a window (!) saying something about the type of hardware. I haven't added or changed any hardware, but I have updated the BIOS recently. So I clicked OK (no other choice), and now every boot up I get a window saying "Windows could not complete the installation. To install Windows on this computer, restart the installation". Startup Repair does not find any problems. Could it be the BIOS? I have re-flashed it twice, no difference.

Oops! Sorry that was stupid on my part.
From the command prompt you could type in systeminfo , and hit the 'Enter' key, it will take a little while to run, when it finishes, scroll back up to the top and you'll see OS Version and Service Pack you've got loaded. But, if you're booting off the recovery disk, that's the system info you'll get.
If you can't get to the command prompt from the Advanced Boot Options menu, by trying to boot off the hard drive, and pressing F8, I'm not sure how you can find what Service Pack you have loaded.
By using the Recovery Boot Disk, have you exhausted all the recovery options that Jerry linked before?
What are the system recovery options in Windows Vista?
How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair start...
Mike

Hi can i use xp recovery disk for dv2000 to downgrade a dv2000 with vista pre installed thanks

Hi
i have 2 dv2000 laptops with different model no,s
one with xp factory fitted and one with vista factory fitted
can i use the xp recovery disks from the xp laptop
to downgrade the vista to xp or is it better to install windows 7 please
many thanks
maggieglanville
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Hi:
You can probably downgrade your Vista notebook to XP, but you don't have a license (downgrade rights) to do that from Microsoft.
Normally, only business notebooks and desktops were given downgrade rights to XP due to the risk of companies operations grinding to a halt because of software incompatiblities with some programs and Vista.
Personally, it would be better anyway to move on up to Windows 7.
Since your notebook came with Vista, it can run Windows 7. For any missing drivers you may have you can normally use the Vista drivers on your notebook's support and driver page.
Additionally, you may want to read through this dv2000 upgrade guide for Windows 7.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-Systems-and/Windows-7-Upgrade-Guide-for-dv2000-model...
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