Installing Windows 7 System Recovery into USB Flash Drive

[ilev]

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2010/05/11/installing-windows-7-system-recovery-into-usb-flash-drive/

There are 2 methods on how to create a USB Windows 7 System Recovery.

First Method: From an existing Windows 7 system recovery disc

1. Copy everything from the Windows 7 Repair Disc to USB flash drive. There is a boot folder, sources folder and a bootmgr file.

2. Press WIN+R, type diskpart and click OK.

3. Type list disk and hit enter.

4. Type select disk x, where x is the number of the flash drive listed by ?list disk? and hit enter.

5. Type list partition and hit enter.

6. Type select partition x, where x is the number of the partition listed in ?list partition? and hit enter.

7. Restart your computer and boot it up with the USB flash drive

Second Method: From a Windows 7 computer. Assuming Windows is installed in C drive and your USB flash drive is F drive.

1. Press WIN+R, type cmd and click OK.

2. Type mkdir F:\boot F:\sources and hit enter

3. Type cd C:\recovery and hit enter

4. Type cd and press the Tab key once which will display your GUID with a string of random numbers with letters, and hit the enter key.

5. Type xcopy /H boot.sdi F:\boot and hit enter.

6. Type xcopy /H Winre.wim F:\sources\boot.wim , press F and hit enter.

7. Type xcopy /H c:\windows\boot\dvd\pcat\bcd F:\boot and hit enter.

8. Type xcopy /H c:\windows\boot\dvd\pcat\en-US\bootfix.bin F:\boot and hit enter.

9. Type xcopy /H c:\windows\boot\pcat\bootmgr F:\ and hit enter.

10. Type attrib -r -s -h /s F:\* and hit enter.

11. Type diskpart and hit enter.

12. Type list disk and hit enter.

13. Type select disk x, where x is the number of the flash drive listed by ?list disk?

14. Type list partition

15. Type select partition x, where x is the number of the partition listed in ?list partition?

16. Restart your computer and boot it up with the USB flash drive

[Hoang V Nguyen]

Will it help to recover error OS already install in PC like GHOST ?

[bestway]

thnx alot for ur topic

[Guest]

  On 13/06/2010 at 17:27, Hoang V Nguyen said:

Will it help to recover error OS already install in PC like GHOST ?

If you have a system image backup then yes it will.