It is essential for techs and end-users to have access to Windows 7 recovery options if it fails to boot. While most techs will have a full install disk, many users will not. In fact, many users don’t have any recovery disks, as they have purchased a new computer with Windows 7 pre-installed. That is why this disk is important. If Windows fails to load, you will need some way of booting into a mode that will give you options to load a restore point, run diagnostics or automatically repair issues you are having with start-up. This disk will not reload your Operating System, so users are still encouraged to burn recovery disks as instructed by the PC manufacturer.
To make a Windows 7 Recovery Boot Disk, simply go into the Control Panel and look under the System and Security section for “Back up your computer.” Once you click that, you will see an option off to the left to “Create a system repair disk.”
Follow the prompts to make the disk using a blank DVD. Once the disk is made, try rebooting the computer. The boot disk should launch and present you with the following screen:
We encourage users to take a moment to make this disk, as it could be their only option of repair in the event their computer goes down. Backing up your system, creating restore points and having a way to access them is all part of having a successful recovery plan.
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I purchased a new emachine with pre-installed Windows 7 and when I tried to make the recovery/backup disks it would not write them. It told me it would take 3 disks and it would run for a few seconds then tell me to put in another disk this went on thru 8 so obviously it didn’t work! After using the computer for 10 days it totally crashed. Called tech support and it would not reboot thru system recovery in computer. I am getting nothing but the run around trying to get disks. I am being told they are working on creating them!! every time I call I am told it will be 1-2 weeks and this has gone on for a month and now WalMart will not take the computer back! Can’t get a straight answer if it is the machine or the software. Anybody out there know the answer?
Not really sure about eMachines, but most manufacturer’s allow you to recover via a hidden partition on the hard drive. Do you see something on the initial boot screen that says “Press (certain key) to access Recovery?
Aside from that, it sounds like the optical drive is a dud. You might want to try different DVDs. Some are better than others, and some drives read other brands better than others.
recovery disks for vista run under almost identical software and in almost every blue screen on boot up i have come across (i also diagnose and fix friends’ and co-workers’ computers as well) the system recovery option on a cd/dvd as well as the native hdd have never, ever turned up errors. if system restore doesn’t fix the problem, which it only occasionally does, i end up spending hours in the command line pouring through a DOS dictionary from 1992 and come out with a solution