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Back in 2006 when Windows Vista was introduced, it came with a brand new feature that is able to burn what’s called a “System repair disc” onto a blank CD. While it isn’t a disc full of utilities that can help you fix a huge number of issues such as the great Hiren’s Boot CD is able to do, there are number of functions built in that can do the basic tasks. These include helping a system with startup issues to boot, enabling you to run an offline system restore, a command prompt where you can use tools such as Diskpart, run the Windows memory diagnostic and restore a full system image backup if your installation is beyond repair.
What’s good about this tool is it’s available in all versions of Windows Vista, Windows 7 and also Windows 8. These same functions are also found on the Windows Install DVD that is used to install the operating system, so you don’t necessarily need to have a repair CD if the install DVD is to hand. The problem with this though is if you own a branded computer or laptop such as Acer, Dell or HP, the chances are they only provided you with a recovery partition or a recovery DVD without the proper Windows DVD. 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. It’s easy to install Windows XP on a system with Windows 7 or Vista installed, but XP would overwrite the current bootloader making only the XP installation bootable. The system repair disc would be able to reinstall the correct bootloader to make all operating systems bootable.
A few years back the people who make EasyBCD, Neosmart, used to host the Windows bootable repair CD’s although they now charge a fee for their own version of a repair disc. 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. Here’s how to create your own from within Windows.Creating a Windows Vista Repair Boot CD
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. Although the program to create the CD is there, it’s unusable. What you need to do if you have Service Pack 1 or 2 installed is to use the original Recdisc.exe from the RTM version of Vista and replace the current file. Here’s how to do it:
1. As noted above, you need the original Windows Vista RTM Recdisc.exe file to be able to use it with SP1 or SP2. You can download the correct version for your operating system architecture below:
Recdisc for Vista 32-bit Recdisc for Vista 64-bit
Extract the downloaded zip file to your folder of choice.
2. Download Windows Se7en Files Replacer and extract the 7-Zip file to a folder.
3. If you have Windows UAC (User Account Control) turned off, simply run the Se7en Files Replacer.exe and drop the Recdisc.exe you downloaded from step #1 onto the window. This will replace the file in WindowsSystem32, there’s no need to reboot.
If you have UAC on, run the tool and click the Manual button to the right. Then locate the executable from step #1, and locate the original in C:WindowsSystem32 from the next file dialog, although it should already be pointing to the correct folder. The reason you can’t simply copy and paste the file is because Recdisc.exe has advanced permissions which prohibits it being replaced under normal circumstances.
4. 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. This will open the dialog where the CD/DVD drive can be selected, simply insert a blank disc and press the Create button.
Creating a Windows 7 Repair Boot CD
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Thankfully, with Windows 7 it’s far easier to create the repair CD because you don’t have to worry about replacing the Recdisc.exe file like is needed for Vista.
1. 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.
If you’re one of those users that doesn’t have a working CD/DVD-RW drive in your computer, it’s normally not possible to create the repair disc because Recdisc requires an optical drive to write to. We have discovered how you can create the ISO file and write a perfectly working repair disc onto USB without using a ROM drive. You can read all about that in our Installing Windows 7 System Recovery Disc onto USB Flash Drive article.
Creating a Windows 8 Repair Disc
Unfortunately, with Windows 8 Microsoft has gone back to playing around with the recovery disc feature like they did in Windows Vista. As it stands, Recdisc is available in Windows 8 but NOT in Windows 8.1. 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.
Using Recdisc in Windows 8
1. The procedure for Recdisc in Windows 8 is the same as Windows 7 and Vista, Press Win key+R to bring up the Run dialog and type recdisc.
Using the USB Recovery Creator in Windows 8/8.1
As mentioned, only this function is available in Windows 8.1 and not Recdisc above. To use it:
1. Either press Win key+R and type recoverydrive or go to Control Panel -> Recovery -> “Create a recovery drive”.
2. At the first window, make sure the tick is not in the “Copy the recovery partition from the PC to the recovery drive” box. Then make sure the flash drive is inserted and press Next.
3. In this window MAKE SURE your USB device has been detected and is the selected drive to write onto. If your flash drive doesn’t show up, it could default to the C: drive as the device to overwrite so special attention is needed here.
4. Press Next when you’re satisfied, then read the final warning and click Create. After a short while the USB recovery drive will be created.
The Windows 8 recovery image is now 200MB+ compared to around 160MB for the Windows image that gets written to CD, but still easily fits on even small flash drives.
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ReplyI created system repair disc (6 discs total) few years ago. Now my hard drive FAILED (bad sector). How can i restore my Vista to a new hard drive using these system repair discs? Can somebody please give me a step by step procedure from BOOT? my technical level is LOW :) thanks a lot in advance.
ReplySounds great. But during the create disc process it asks for my install disk…which I thought was the point of this article: not having an install disk. I’m just planning to move to an SSD and understand I need the recovery disk to do the boot repair on the clone. That’s all I need. Thanks.
ReplyThank you very much – great blogs.
ReplyMy pc on window 8 instal but now it is automatic repair mode i have not window 8 diskplz tell me how can repair it
ReplyI was able to follow the instructions and install recdisc on a 32-bit Vista computer using the Manual option. I verified that the version of recdisc on my computer is the version I installed today. However, when I run recdisc I get the following error message:
“The selected disc cannot be used. The disc which you selected does not contain a valid Windows installation. Do you want to try a different disc?”
When I hit the “No” button, I get the message:
“Unable to create a recovery disc. A recovery disc cannot be created without the Windows installation disc.”
Any suggestions?
In Vista using the instructions for UAC on, it says the file location does not contain the file selected to be replaced.
Only shows folders no programs.
The old Recdisc.exe is visible using Win Explorer but not in Se7en.
Hi Raymond, thanks for the information. However, on Windows Vista, recdisc asks to insert the Windows installation drive (after Create disc). Is it something I’ve done wrong, or is this version of Vista (Home Premium, SP2)?
Replythank you. Easy to use n done!!
ReplyHi Raymond,
Would you please help me in the following matter! I run windows Vista Basic Home x32bit on an Acer Aspire. After I ran CCleaner, I cannot boot the system, message “An error occured while attempting to read the boot configuration data. File:BootBCD. Status: Oxc000000f”. I downloaded an iso file with vista, but the only option I got through Acer Recovery is to install Vista from scratch. I do not want to lose all my files!!! But Acer does not have an option to “Repair your computer” only to “Install Windows”. What should I do? I lost many nights trying to fix it! Please, please help!
I have a Acer aspire v3-731 win 8 don’t know if win 8.1
My daughter put a login password on it and has forgot what it is!!!!!
I can get to other bios settings and change the boot sequence but I don’t have a recovery flash drive. I have spotmau and hirens disc but to no avail I can’t get the laptop to boot from the disc. I’m ready to throw this laptop in the pool…. Any suggestions….
Quite informative. thank you
ReplyThanks Raymond, it worked great!
Replythanks Raymond for this good informative blog!!
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That utility is NTPasswd, and it is really efficient one. Let me tell you that you cannot set a new password using NTPasswd, but you can set a blank password which means you can access your PC without any password once you set the blank password using this utility. Much intro already, now let's move on to know the steps to carry out to reset Windows password using NTPasswd:
Method 1: Recover Windows Password with Freeware NTPasswd
Step1. First of all, you need to download NTPasswd which you may get it from here.
Step 2. Once downloaded, you need to make a DVD by burning its ISO file to a blank DVD. [ISO file is what you download using above link]
step 3. Put a blank DVD in the drive, and Go to the NTPasswd icon that you can see when it is downloaded. Right click on it, and choose Burn Disc Image
Step 4. Once the burning process is done, it's time to set the CD-ROM drive as first boot from BIOS so that when you next time turn on the PC while the NTPasswd DVD is in the drive, it boots from it.Go to BIOS, and set it by going to Boot Menu. Select CD-ROM Drive and Save.
Step 5. Now, restart the PC while the NTPasswd DVD is on the drive. When PC asks to press the key to boot from CD, do it and your PC will boot with NTPasswd. You will see this screen after your PC boots:
Choose the right Window from the list of OS there if you have multiple OS installed. Press enter to choose.
Step 6. Now, you will move to next screen where you will see an option to Reset Password. Enter to start the password reset process, you will see below screen. Then select Edit User Data and Passwords by pressing Enter.
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Step 7. Now you will be prompted with the Users that you have created on your PC. Select the User which password you want to reset.
I am choosing MP from the list. You can choose as per the requirement. You can see the RID of the Users right there on the left of the usernames. See the selected one in the above screenshot. Select it and hit Enter.
Step 9. It's time to quit editing user and as you can see in the below screenshot.
Next screen will ask you to confirm, Type Y to confirm that you want to write back the changes to the User data.
Hit Enter, and you are done! Isn't the process is easy and enjoyable?
Important Note: If you frequently forget the passwords, then create a DVD disk of NTPasswd beforehand so that when you need to reset the password you can do it by following the process discussed above.
Though it is an awesome utility to reset the password, it has some Cons too which are as:
1) If you never used the command prompt, you may find it difficult to deal with it.
2) You must need to have the DVD beforehand because if you forget the password, you cannot make a DVD of it. And, people usually miss having the DVD beforehand.
Method 2: Best Alternative to NTPassword - iSeePassword
As we said, if you're not a IT guy, We recommend that you do not use the Method 1 to reset your forgotten windows password due to it's so complicated, any one of the wrong operations will destroy the system's boot program, then you have to reinstall your system. But in the Method 2 section, we introduce the best alternative to NTPasword - iSeePassword Windows Password recovery. With this program, forgetting windows password is no longer the heartache it once was. iSeePassword windows password recovery tool is completely safe and trustworthy.
You need to prepare a USB drive to burn a bootable reset disk, don't worry, it's easy to use. The program make it possible to easily and fast reset the password of any user that has a valid local account on your Windows system. It supports Windows Vista, XP, NT, 2000, 7, Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 and also the latest version and Windows 10.
1Download and Install Program on Any Accessible Computer
Find a computer that you can access to , then download and install iSeePassword program on it. Run the program, you can see the main interface below.
2 Create a Bootable Reset Disk with USB Drive on An Accessible PC
There are times when having a bootable USB flash with iSeePassword tools is useful, especially if you forgot windows password. This application provides two options to make a USB reset disk. Here you should select USB device and click start Burning the Windows ISO image files to your USB drive. When the burning is succeeded, a pop up messages says Burning Successfully.
3Insert the USB Reset Disk to Locked Computer and Boot Computer from USB Drive
After you created USB reset disk successfully, insert the bootable password reset disk into your locked computer. And change the boot device order in the BIOS so your computer will boot from USB flash drive. Then restart your computer and press F2 or 'delete' key to enter BISO setting. Find the Boot tab and set the USB as the first boot priority.
4 Now Reset Your Password, then Reboot Your Computer
When you reboot your computer, iSeepassword windows password recovery will be loaded, it automatically finds your Windows SAM database and display a list of Windows accounts inside it. Choose a account whose password you want to reset, then click Reset Password button. It will remove your forgotten password instantly.
Conclusion
Moreover, we have even a simpler way to reset the Windows password and that is by using our software: iSeePassword Windows Password Recovery. This is an awesome software program, and in just three steps, you can reset password of your Windows PC.
However, most people would select the 'Command Prompt' to recover their windows password, I strongly oppose that method due to these techniques are just too arcane, and a mistake could cause serious trouble. Both NTPasswd and iSeePassword Windows Password Recovery Tools are good ones. You can use any of these as per your need and convenience.If you got to ask some queries, do ask in comments, and we will try our best to help you out.