Just trying to create new recovery disks...

[STU9000]

...and following these instructions.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/141820-create-recovery-disc.html

But I am stuck on part 8 and 9

The file in 8 appears as C:\Windows\System32\recdisc as opposed to C:\Windows\System32\recdisc.exe. Not sure if that matters..

In the link explaining how to take ownership it says this-

WARNING: Do not do this to the hard drive partition that Vista is installed on. It can mess up the boot files.

The file I want to take ownership of is on my C drive where Vista is installed, Should I move it to the D drive? I'm not sure how to progress further with this at the moment in case I screw something up.

ps. I am on SP2 32 bit.

 

[Brink]

Hello Stu,

Yes, recdisc and recdisc.exe is the same file. It's just that you do not have known file extensions set to show for why you do not see .exe at the end.


The take ownership warning is only referring to not taking ownership of the C drive itself. It's fine to take ownership of any single item on the C drive as needed though. That's all.

 

[STU9000]

OK thanks. I'm at step 18 of http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67717-take-ownership-file.html now and it seems the box for Full control is already ticked. I noticed that at the start. Maybe I don't need to do these steps then and can just carry on with making the recovery disks?

Might have to pick this up in the morning, getting late. On steps 11 and 12 it is coming up with 'Destination Folder Access denied' 'You need permission to perform this action'...

 

[Brink]

If it's checked, then it appears that you have already taken ownership and full control of that file. You should be able to continue on when ready to create a Vista Recovery Disc.

 

[STU9000]

Well as it turned out I didn't do it right but I went through the steps again and got it right this time.

EDIT

I misread steps 10-13. It now appears to be working. Thanks for the help Brink.

 

[STU9000]

Another problem-

17. Insert your retail Vista installation DVD into the CD/DVD drive and click on Continue. (See screenshot below)

I don't have one of these, the computer didn't come with it....? What now?

EDIT

OK now looking into this

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/211382-vista-backup-recovery-disks.html

Let me know if this is the wrong course of action please.

 

[Brink]

The Vista Recovery Disc that you orginally wanted to create is not able to reinstall Vista. It's only used for the "System Recovery Options" to try and repair your current installation with.

If you wanted a disc for installing Vista, then please post back with the brand and model of your computer. I'll be happy to post back with instructions on how to create a set of factory restore discs for this.

 

[STU9000]

Acer Aspire 5612ZWLMi

Not sure I have time for this now but I could probably do it remotely through teamviewer.

I should mention again at this point that I tried to reset the BIOS password by disconnecting some battery inside that I couldn't find and in the process I have damaged the ribbon that connects the trackpad to the motherboard rendering it non-functional. I have a copy of SP1 on DVD that I was going to use to completely reinstall everything but now this is not possible unless I replace the track pad.

This Paragon software I just installed seems to be slowing down my computer a bit so I am also thinking about uninstalling it. A recovery disk would be fine in this instance I think, but for future reference no harm in taking note of how to do this. I hope that I can still use any recovery disks I make to recover the restore the system now that my trackpad is broken?

 

[Brink]

Here's the details for how to create a set of factory recovery media.

Acer Support: Frequently Asked Questions list for Recovery media and Restoring a system to factory load

Are you able to connect a USB mouse or trackball to use instead of the trackpad to be able to use the laptop for now?

 

[STU9000]

Yes I have a wireless mouse. I also uninstalled all Acer software.

 

[SIW2]

Backup imaging software might slow your machine a bit while it is actually creating the image.

It is definitely worth creating an image evry now and then .

You can restore the image instead of the one your manufacturer provided.