Windows 7 bootable install disk?

When I got my new T530 Win 7 Pro x64 a month or so ago, I didn't think to ask if I could get an installer disk should I be forced to reinstall from scratch. I'm not having a problem mind you, but I would feel a lot more comfy if I had such an install disk, not least for any future problem, for example, where I might have to boot to it or the like. Just sayin'
I'm assuming here that I might not be able to boot the laptop any other way. Is such a disk available? I don't want to BUY the OS again, I just want a bootable install disk for my legal OS for emergencies. If not, is there another way to do this?
TIA
elaine
Ivy, VA

Hi elaine,
You can burn your own recovery media.
This link should help: Creating Recovery Media in Windows 7
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