Can I run Vista ultimate recovery disc on a premium laptop.

Qb2k5 · Aug 16, 2008, 08:54 PM

Anyone know?

caveman-jim · Aug 16, 2008, 09:08 PM

Is it the Microsoft Vista Recovery disc that uses the Win PE 2.0 environment to give acess to the Recovery Center? If so it should work, there are only two versions - x86 and x64.

I'm not aware of any version specific recovery discs, but that doesn't mean there aren't any.

Qb2k5 · Aug 16, 2008, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by caveman-jim

Is it the Microsoft Vista Recovery disc that uses the Win PE 2.0 environment to give acess to the Recovery Center? If so it should work, there are only two versions - x86 and x64.

I'm not aware of any version specific recovery discs, but that doesn't mean there aren't any.

Im not sure about Win PE 2.0, but the laptop Im about to work on is running Home premium x86 and my copy of ultimate is also x86.

mynakedrat2 · Aug 16, 2008, 10:31 PM

it will work. any version can repair it for you

caveman-jim · Aug 16, 2008, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mynakedrat2

it will work. any version can repair it for you

I think it'll be fine too.

I have seen some OEM's provide 'recovery discs' that actually reimage the computer to the original delivered install state, so using that from one machine to another may not be the best solution.

stormy13 · Aug 17, 2008, 06:49 AM

http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/window...disc-download/

caveman-jim · Aug 17, 2008, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by caveman-jim

Microsoft Vista Recovery disc

Quote:

Originally Posted by stormy13

http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/window...disc-download/

stormy13 · Aug 17, 2008, 10:34 AM

Oops. :embarrased:

Not enough coffee when I posted that.

Qb2k5 · Aug 17, 2008, 01:43 PM

Thanks guys. It appears that the laptop HDD is dead. I tried doing repairs with Vista it kept getting BSOD. When I tried booting in safemode it kept stopping at crcdisk.sys. I even tried running the WinXP PE 2.0 repair recovery console and it says no disk could be found. Tried connecting the HDD to a different pc. Same symptoms. So its a dead HDD.

caveman-jim · Aug 18, 2008, 02:22 PM

RIP lil' laptop HD

Qb2k5 · Aug 18, 2008, 09:32 PM

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RIP lil' laptop HD

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stormy13 Radeon HD 6970 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto.Ontario Posts: 569	Oops. :embarrased: Not enough coffee when I posted that.

Aug 17, 2008, 01:43 PM	#9
Qb2k5 Alienware Certified Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Florida Posts: 12,097	Thanks guys. It appears that the laptop HDD is dead. I tried doing repairs with Vista it kept getting BSOD. When I tried booting in safemode it kept stopping at crcdisk.sys. I even tried running the WinXP PE 2.0 repair recovery console and it says no disk could be found. Tried connecting the HDD to a different pc. Same symptoms. So its a dead HDD.

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