rescue disk

  1. Windows 11 A guide to using backups

    Hello, Windows 11 on my HP x360 14tea laptop. After creating a backup image, I am trying to restore the image. The image was created and stored on a network hard drive without any issues. Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to restore the image. I have a USB CD/DVD Burner that I have used to...
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    Windows 11 How to Use Backup

    I have an HP x360 14tea laptop that came with Windows 11. I have been trying to create a backup image and then go through the procedure to restore the image. I have created the image and stored it on a network hard drive with no problems. But, I have not found a way to restore the image. I have...
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    Windows 10 windows 10 will not start after full reset

    I have inherited a Lenovo H330 pc complete with HDMI monitor. It was apparently bought c. 2013 and at that point came with windows 7 home premium pre-installed: the processor shows as an i5 2320 3.0ghz and it now has 8gb ram fitted (4 originally) and a 500gb hd. At some point it was upgraded to...
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    Windows 7 Rescue Disk cannot be created error 0X80070057

    Hello; I get this error when trying to create a rescue disk from the Backup and Restore app in Control Panel. I know that the disk can be created using recdisc.exe. That is not the issue. Why not from Control Panel? Second, is this rescue disk failure possibly related to the deletion of the...
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    Windows 8 Reinstall win 8

    Hi, I have a vaio SVS151290s with windows 8 preinstalled. I partitioned the hard drive with easeUS partition master when it reset it refuesed to boot, I was finally able to get it to boot by following some bcd commands i saw in the forum. windows seems to be running fine but i cant seem to...
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    Windows 7 Will Windows Backup & Restore work on a Raid array ?

    I was contemplating using a Raid 0 array as my primary C: drive with OS. I understand all the issues with that and do regular daily backups. I used to use Acronis which had no trouble with a raid array. But on this new build I was wondering if the built in backup tools would be able to image and...
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    Windows 7 Can't install or run any programs...

    A friend of mine called me over because he was having troubles, and it seems that I cannot run any program (Firefox, avast antivirus, EVERYTHING) and I tried putting malwarebytes on his computer, which I had the install file on my USB drive, it wouldn't open up and install boxes whatsoever. On...
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    Windows 7 Win 7 x 64 image

    Hello Iif you use Win 7 imaging, can you both back up the system and also be able to recover a single file or is one or the other? Do you use the rescue disc to do either or can you use the program itself via Windows? Thank you
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    Windows 7 Window 7 USB DVD Drive Detection

    Pioneer External USB DVD\RW unit detected and worked fine on an XP desktop, no problem, worked fine and detected on a Vista Laptop....Upgraded Vista Toshiba Satellite to Win 7 Ultimate and now external USB DVD drive not detected at all...the device is powered by AC power and turns on...
  10. Windows 7 Windows 7 shut down and now fails to boot.

    I was using Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit normally when for no foreseeable reason it just shut down (It looked like a force shut down as it went off immediatly). After it restarted by itself and it went through the usual start up Dell screen but as soon as the time for Windows to boot came...
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    Windows 7 Windows does not recognise my DVD writer when I try to create a rescue disc

    Windows f Home Premium does not recognise my DVD writer when I try to make a Rescue Disk using "Maintenence-Create a System Repair Disc". The DVD writer is shown on the "Computer" window, and "properties" shows the disc writer to be working properly, and it will burn discs from Windows Media...