Click on the first one: "Repair your computer". Windows will then try to find the installation directory for Vista or Windows 7, depending on what you have. Next up is a screen with a box called Recovery Options. Click the first option, Startup Repair. You'll see a Startup Repair box with the message "Startup Repair is checking your system for problems…". When it's done, it will prompt you to reboot.
If there is more than one problem it may reboot again to continue repairing. At this time, you can plug out the DVD, restart your computer and everything should be working normally. Then you can boot your Vista successfully. I keep getting the pop-up window saying "Windows cannot search for updates", etc.
To make a long story short, it seems I have to "repair" Windows. I've tried a few different options, this is the only option left. Can I re-install Windows without having the CD? To do this, follow these steps:. Open an elevated command prompt. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow.
Misskathomas ok this is what is said Windows Resorce Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Detailsb are included in the CBS. Matt Milsap Once you have attempted other repair options and have identified corrupted system files in your OS that cannot be repaired by System File Check, you can access good files on your Vista Install DVD and copy them to your OS to replace corrupt files and get your system humming again.
When you boot your computer, look for "Recovery" or "Options" something a long those lines and see if it lets you recover. With my laptop, I have 3 options to choose. In other words, you need to make your own system repair disc through Windows.
A simple scenario where a repair disc would be useful is if you decide for whatever reason that you want to install Windows XP as well as your current Windows. The system repair disc would be able to reinstall the correct bootloader to make all operating systems bootable.
Most other repair discs made by Windows and uploaded to websites have just about all been taken down from the internet by Microsoft actively seeking their removal, for some reason. Although not immediately obvious in Windows Vista, it does come with the ability to create the repair CD which you can use to repair things like the boot sector, boot failure issues or various other problems. The odd thing about Vista is it appears the function to create the disc was removed in Service Pack 1 onwards.
What you need to do if you have Service Pack 1 or 2 installed is to use the original Recdisc. You can download the correct version for your operating system architecture below:. Recdisc for Vista bit Recdisc for Vista bit. If you have UAC on, run the tool and click the Manual button to the right. If done correctly, you should now be able to run the repair disc creator. Go to Start or press the Win key and type recdisc.
All you have to do is press Win or go to Start and type recdisc, then follow the prompts by selecting the optical drive with a blank CD and pressing the button. Unfortunately, with Windows 8 Microsoft has gone back to playing around with the recovery disc feature like they did in Windows Vista.
All is not lost though because you still get the new to Windows 8 feature of writing the repair disc directly to USB flash drive. Then make sure the flash drive is inserted and press Next.
After a short while the USB recovery drive will be created. I replaced the recdisc. When running recdisc. I did reinstall Vista today just to test this and it asks me for the install DVD as well.
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