repair disk

Can the Media Creation Tool be used to boot a PC and restore a recently created drive image (22H2) for Windows 10, i.e. without restoring or installing a clean new installation? Essentially can it do what the Repair Disk used to do?

I have an activation code for my software but it no longer works. My repair disk does not solve the problem. I paid full price for the software, Microsoft is not interested in helping. The message I get is my software is not legitimate. Is there any way to verify my activation code?

I have a three year old dell inspron desktop running updated windows 8.1 64bit. Suddenly NONE of the input devices are working. I've tried several different wireless mice, and I've tried both a wired and wireless keyboard. NOTHING. I've tried using different ports (both on the computer on on...

My computer was running fine yesterday. I was copying my iTunes music library file into Drop Box to transfer to my new computer. I left this unattended to do something else. When I came back to check on it, all of my desktop icons were gone and so was the task bar. Control, Alt, Delete did not...

I have a desktop and laptop with Win7. The desktop crashed. Can I make a repair disk from the laptop to use on the desktop and what exactly is the procedure? As you can tell I'm new to this. Thanks...

I have a question about creating a system image and repair disk of my Windows 10 system. If I do the following: Control Panel / System and Security / under Backup and Restore (Windows 7) / Backup and Restore (Windows 7) then click on create. The Windows 7 in () confuses me and is causing me to...

That is a good exercise, isn't it? I made a system copy on an external USB disk, then a repair disk on CD. Because there are more system copies on that USB disk I made a new directory and moved the system copy into that directory. Nothing new, all has been done before. Then I restored...

This is more of a cosmetic question than a "I seriously need help" one. Nevertheless, I appreciate any insight your may be able to offer about the nature of this issue. When Win 7 is first booting one ordinarily sees the 4-color animated "flower". However, recently the gui animation during this...

Hello all, I am new to this site so if this is in the wrong forum I apologize and move it is possible. Laptop has been acting up over the last couple of months. First off I run Windows 7 home pro on a Sager system (2 years old) and AGV antivirus a the time, now McAfee antivirus. I have ran...

I don't have any experience with UEIF machines. My nephew is autistic and learning disabled and I got him a new HP Windows 7 PC and it is UEIF. I've been setting it up for him. I made the repair disk and figured out how to boot from it but it says disk error or not a system disc. I burned an ISO...

how do I boot a recovery drive usb on start up in windows 8 .1 How do I boot a recovery drive usb on start up in windows 8 .1 like I can do in win 7 with a repair disk DVD? I followed the instructions and I cannot bring up the usb disk. Please help!! I have had problems with win 8.1 to the...

any chance of this being remedied with a smart phone and a dumb guy? i forgot to partition hd and then loaded sony acid pro twice on accident. shut 'er down posthaste.

How create a repair rescue disk Windows 8 to restore Registry ONLY? ''Have a new HP Envy 15t-J100. Has a Recovery Partition. I created a Boot USB stick. Fine I recall with other Windows versions & and such you could create a repair/rescue CD that basically allowed you to restore your settings...

Okay, So it all started with m computer giving me this: Windows failed to start. A recent hardware of software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1.Insert your Windows installation disc and restart the computer. 2.Choose your language settings, and then click "Next". 3.Click...

Hi, I have a compac (HP) laptop (CQ61-41us notebook), running WIN7 home premium, 64 bit. Aside from the normal file backup via the western digital software, I have several windows 7 generated iso images of my laptop stored on my external WD drive. Using windows repair disk, my computer does not...

I have been using Windows 8 64-bit Build 9200 (RTM) on a standard laptop device for about 3 or 4 weeks and everything has been working great! Not sure when it happened, but this morning I noticed that the USB ports were not working... I changed the hard disk to a Win7 64bit to see if it...

I apologize if this question has been answered somewhere else, or seems too simple, but everything I've been reading about repair disks/recovery disks/etc has me completely confused. After I got my new laptop, I installed antivirus, windows updates, etc, removed bloatware and installed the...

Windows 7 32bit on Dell 9200 4 GB RAM 2 x 500GB HDD ... with all OS updates. Been working fine ...booted up, used for an Hr .. left PC running, returned to it, power on but screen was 'black' Had to power off to reboot - on start up (normal) desktop paints in, the spinning wheel runs...

I have wrecked my wifes' laptop, so you can guess just how much trouble I am in. I turned the laptop off by holding the power on button depressed for as long as it took to power down. I have done this many times before. This time the laptop will not start windows after power up. Win 7 offers 2...

I have a computer running windows 7 that I purchased online (no windows disk). I get a message saying "This copy of windows is not genuine" Tried to activate in control panel. No good. Tried to activate with slui.exe 4 command. No go . Tried to make a repair disk but it doesn't do anything...