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Vista - Repair
I have a laptop that is running Vista Home Premium 64-bit. It boots to the self-recovery.
When it attempts to fix itself, it fails. The details state that there is a corrupt file that it can not fix.
When I boot to the recovery CD (Toshiba), I am informed that the Toshiba Recovery will format the drive, all data will be lost.
Question 1:
Is this a function of Vista, or of the Toshiba recovery? What happened to the old XP setup that permitted you to attempt to repair an existing installation?
Question 2:
If, using a non-OEM installation CD, The "Repair" option is available (as in XP), where can I download an ISO for Vista Home Premium 64-bit, so I can create a Vista boot CD?
Thanks
When it attempts to fix itself, it fails. The details state that there is a corrupt file that it can not fix.
When I boot to the recovery CD (Toshiba), I am informed that the Toshiba Recovery will format the drive, all data will be lost.
Question 1:
Is this a function of Vista, or of the Toshiba recovery? What happened to the old XP setup that permitted you to attempt to repair an existing installation?
Question 2:
If, using a non-OEM installation CD, The "Repair" option is available (as in XP), where can I download an ISO for Vista Home Premium 64-bit, so I can create a Vista boot CD?
Thanks
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Reply to MasqueRAID:
I don't like your answer. I was afraid that was going to be the case, but I found some hits (google) about using a Vista retail full, or Vista retail Upgrade to do this task. The "Repair your computer" in the startup tells me that it can not fix the problem (which seems to be a common reply for that process). Please explain about the Toshiba OEM license statement. I have, on several systems, used either a Dell recovery CD (on non Dell systems) to simply to the XP Repair (Setup). This apparently does not attempt to relicense the OS, but simply replaces the system files with those on the CD. Is Vista different in this regard?
I have not tried the SFC yet. I will do that this evening.
Reply to Jackieman:
There are no system retore points. Already tried that. Apparetnly, the user has disabled system restore for some reason.
Reply to Jackieman (2):
Again, no system restore points.
The only Vista recovery disk that I have is the one that shipped with the laptop. It offers the standard Windows Vista repair options, and the single Toshiba System Recovery option. The Toshiba System recovery option is going to format the drive, and reinstall the OS as it was from the factory. I would rather not lose the data, nor the settings. That is why I am looking for a way to obtain a Vista Home Premium 64-bit OS disk. The license information is on the sticker. I just need a different OS disk that offers the "repair" during the setup.
I don't like your answer. I was afraid that was going to be the case, but I found some hits (google) about using a Vista retail full, or Vista retail Upgrade to do this task. The "Repair your computer" in the startup tells me that it can not fix the problem (which seems to be a common reply for that process). Please explain about the Toshiba OEM license statement. I have, on several systems, used either a Dell recovery CD (on non Dell systems) to simply to the XP Repair (Setup). This apparently does not attempt to relicense the OS, but simply replaces the system files with those on the CD. Is Vista different in this regard?
I have not tried the SFC yet. I will do that this evening.
Reply to Jackieman:
There are no system retore points. Already tried that. Apparetnly, the user has disabled system restore for some reason.
Reply to Jackieman (2):
Again, no system restore points.
The only Vista recovery disk that I have is the one that shipped with the laptop. It offers the standard Windows Vista repair options, and the single Toshiba System Recovery option. The Toshiba System recovery option is going to format the drive, and reinstall the OS as it was from the factory. I would rather not lose the data, nor the settings. That is why I am looking for a way to obtain a Vista Home Premium 64-bit OS disk. The license information is on the sticker. I just need a different OS disk that offers the "repair" during the setup.
There is repair function in 64 bit Vista Recovery Disk. Select "Startup Repair" in "System Recovery Options"
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The startup repair fails to fix the problem. It reports that there is a corrupt file, but it is unable to repair it.
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I'll try that this evening.
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Update:
I was able to get the drive connected to another vista computer and was then able to discover that the hard drive has partially failed.
I appreciate everyone's commnts and will close this thread shortly, since no software solution will fix a bad hard drive.
I was able to get the drive connected to another vista computer and was then able to discover that the hard drive has partially failed.
I appreciate everyone's commnts and will close this thread shortly, since no software solution will fix a bad hard drive.
Question 1:
Is this a function of Vista, or of the Toshiba recovery?
Not a function of Vista, but a recovery to the factory status by Toshiba recovery.
What happened to the old XP setup that permitted you to attempt to repair an existing installation?
You need a Vista Setup DVD or 64 bit Vista Recovery Disk to repair the Vista installation.
But, my opinion is that you try to go back to a previous restore point before you try the repair option.
Question 2:
If, using a non-OEM installation CD, The "Repair" option is available (as in XP), where can I download an ISO for Vista Home Premium 64-bit, so I can create a Vista boot CD?
There is no legitimate ISO for Vista Home Premium 64 bit to be downloaded to create a Vista Setup DVD, but you can use the Vista Recovery Disk (which is bootable) to repair Vista installation.