Win7 Repair disk and Image

Where does the repair data for that come from when I have no
installation disks?
if it comes from a partition then it cannot find the partition.
i see a small partition that looks right but repair feature can't find
it.
So how do I create the disk other than using the Win 7 feature that
will not work?

I also wanted to put a system image on a network drive, My NAS.
But Win 7 said no because I could not enter a user name and a password.
I do not have or use that with my NAS.
So how do i do that?



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OldGuy wrote:
Where does the repair data for that come from when I have no
installation disks?
if it comes from a partition then it cannot find the partition.
i see a small partition that looks right but repair feature can't find it.
So how do I create the disk other than using the Win 7 feature that will
not work?

I also wanted to put a system image on a network drive, My NAS.
But Win 7 said no because I could not enter a user name and a password.
I do not have or use that with my NAS.
So how do i do that?


Generally, there is a copy of the contents of C:, hiding
in a factory restore partition. When the laptop prompts you
to "burn DVDs" on the first day, that's where the 3 DVD set
comes from, from that partition.

You check the user manual, to see if additional features
are supported. Older computers, they only had a "nuke" option,
which returned the unit to factory conditions. Newer machines,
may offer more light-weight (keep your files) type options.

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If you want to do a repair install, on Windows 7 that's called
an "in-place upgrade". As Philo pointed out the other day, you
can't actually do that by booting a Windows 7 DVD. You insert the
DVD while Windows is running, and run the setup.exe on the DVD from
there. That is a significant limitation compared to WinXP, where you
could have a "dead C:" situation, boot from the WinXP CD, and
fix it up.

The details are documented here.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...r-install.html

There is a link in that article. It points to the "digitalriver"
copies of Windows 7. I got a Windows 7 SP1 x64 Home Premium disc
that way, and I have already used it, to blow away the Acer
version of Windows 7 x64 OEM Home Premium. That removes
cruft, like the games that came with the laptop. (I did a Clean Install,
rather than a In-Place Upgrade, so in my case, I would have booted
from the resulting DVD. I kept my original C: around, hidden,
for emergencies. The DVD could not "see" my original C: partition,
when I did the Clean Install. I used the license key off the
laptop COA, for the installation. Windows 8 laptops don't have
a COA, and that's yet another situation.)

http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technol...download-links

"Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 (old) X17-24209.iso"

By searching on one of the iso names, like that one, you
can find other web sites with the lists as well. DigitalRiver
sells the software, but the download servers are left open,
and OEM laptop owners can grab a copy. If you look around,
you may even find a MD5 or SHA1 checksum to use, to verify
the DVD has not been modified by someone. Some day, when
DigitalRiver is shut down, and people are torrenting these
discs, you'll need the checksum for safety. You would not
use your new 3.5GB DVD, if the checksum was wrong - the
disc could have been modified. And an invalid checksum,
doesn't tell you if the mods are good or bad ones.

The DigitalRiver servers will not remain open forever,
so get your copy *now*.

Paul