Lifehacker

Windows 7 Recovery Discs Gets Your System Out of Tight Spots

Windows 7: If you run into a boot-up error with Windows 7 and don't have a recovery disc handy, you're usually in for some manic fiddling, or you're just out of luck ...
Ars Technica

Corrupted Boot on Windows 7, no install disc, what are the options?

I have a laptop running a fully licensed version of Windows 7 Ultimate x64. For some reason, the boot partition has become corrupted. I didn't get a Windows 7 disc or a recovery disc with the install.
ZDNet

How to get a free Windows (or Linux) recovery image for your Dell, HP, Lenovo, or Microsoft Surface PC

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Bleeping Computer

Microsoft: Windows 7 recovery app fails after January updates

Microsoft says Windows 7 recovery discs created using the Control Panel Backup and Restore app will fail to start after installing Windows updates released since January 11, 2022. However, while ...
Ars Technica

Burning a disc in OSX that will be bootable in Windows

I have a problem PC laptop. I'm trying to burn a few different discs (Win 7 recovery disc, 3rd party rescue disc) but my laptop won't boot to them. I plunk in an old XP retail disc and it boots right ...
PC World

Create a System-Repair Disc in Windows Vista

In the April, 2010, issue of PC World, and back in December here at the old Hassle-Free PC Blog, I explained how Windows 7 users can use built-in tools to create a system-repair disc–an important step ...