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ericeod · 01-23-08

Windows Vista Recovery Disc Download

This article is dated Jan 18, 2008

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If you're like most PC users, you probably got Windows Vista with a new PC or laptop. And if you're like 99% of the population, you get your new machines from one of the major manufacturers. Dell, Acer, HP, Toshiba, Lenovo, they all have one thing in common: they don't give you a real Windows Vista installation disc with your purchase.......

The problem is, with Windows Vista, the installation media serves more than one purpose. It's not just a way to get Windows installed, it's also the only way of recovering a borked installation. The Windows Vista DVD has a "recovery center" that provides you with the option of recovering your system via automated recovery (searches for problems and attempts to fix them automatically), rolling-back to a system restore point, recovering a full PC backup, or accessing a command-line recovery console for advanced recovery purposes.

Microsoft seems to have realized this problem, and have thankfully made a recovery disc for this purpose. It contains the contents of the Windows Vista DVD's "recovery center," as we've come to refer to it. It cannot be used to install or reinstall Windows Vista, and just serves as a Windows PE interface to recovering your PC. Technically, one could re-create this installation media with freely-downloadable media from Microsoft (namely the Microsoft WAIK kit, a multi-gigabyte download); but it's damn-decent of Microsoft to make this available to Windows' users who might not be capable of creating such a thing on their own.

Recovery disc image for Vista 32:
Download Windows Vista Recovery Disc (Torrent)

Recovery disc image for Vista 64:
Download Windows Vista Recovery Disc (Torrent)

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Munchkinpuncher · 04-17-08

eric I read a post of yours that lead me here. I have vista32bit and most of the time when trying to start up my pc I get this message "missing <windows root>\system32\hal.dll And I have my Vista dvd..but when I try to repair it says it cant repair anything. Reboots and loops all over again. For some reason once in a while it let me in....sorry if this is vague but do you, or anyone have ideas? Thx a lot!