Windows 7 recovery disc - where is it?

Hello

I've had my laptop for 20 months now... apprently only a 12 month warranty but the EU law says it has to be a 24 month one.

Anyway I need my Windows 7 installation disc I need to re - install windows 7, and used to come with new computers and laptops before they saw that they could save money from these discs. Apprently I have to pay £33 to get one, but I don't see why I'm the one who has to pay the money when he should have came with a in the first place.

Y at - there a way around this or something built in Winows 7 were I could burn a disc?

Thank you

Hello

There are a few options for you to consider.

1. if you do not already done, see if you can still use Recovery Manager to create a set of recovery disks/USB support as shown in the link below.

Create recovery media - Windows 7.

2 another option that you might consider is to create your own Windows 7 installation disc.

Before you try the following, make sure that you can always read the character product activation key 25 on your label Windows COA (5 blocks of 5 alphanumeric games).

An example of a COA label can be seen here.

Also, if possible, back up the folder swsetup which lie at the root of the C drive.

You can create a Windows 7 installation disc you using another PC - just download the good Disk Image ( that must be the same version that originally came with your laptop ) from the link below and use an app like ImgBurn to burn the ISO correctly on a blank DVD - a guide on the use of ImgBurn to write an ISO on a disc is here.  These Images are clean and a very respected source (Digital River).

Windows 7 sp1-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit

Use the disk to perform the installation, enter the activation key of Windows on the label of the COA at the request and once the installation is complete, use ' 'phone Method' described in detail in the link below to activate the operating system -this made method supported by Microsoft and is popular with people who want to just have a new installation of Windows 7 without additional software load normally comes with OEM installations.

http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/how-to-activate-Windows-7-by-phone.aspx

In regards to the drivers etc, you must, if you were able to save the swsetup this will contain all the software and installers of driver for laptop - if you were not able, drivers and software, you can need is found by entering your model number eith. or Nr here.

Best regards

DP - K

Tags: Notebooks

Similar Questions

  • Windows Vista recovery disc

    I can't load the Windows Vista recovery disks (3 in total).  The Recovery Manager has not opened.  I went up to step 3 only.  I guess the restore disc (CD 1) failed.

    Hello:

    Sometimes the recovery disks do not work for one reason or another.

    If you can still read all 25 characters of the Vista product key on the COA Microsoft sticker on the bottom of your PC, you can do your own Vista installation disc that should at least get an operating system reinstalled on your PC.

    Here's how:

    If you are in a fault light but rewarding you can do yourself if you can read your product key of Vista on the PC of 25 characters.

    You just download the 3 files you need on the link below and read all the instructions to create a Setup bootable DVD disk using imageburn.

    Do not take into account the part of the text in the first screen shot about "extract the files in the folder of Vista."

    The files were extracted already in this folder when you ran the X14.exe file by reading the text on top of the first screenshot.

    The other thing I noticed is on the 4th page, where it shows Developer ID Microsoft Corporation. I had to type Microsoft Corporation in me, and then the other codes already filled in.

    When I went to compile the ISO file, ImageBurn gave a message on a WIM file, file and ISO, and if I wanted to burn it in a different format.

    I selected no, make the ISO file.

    It was not so hard to do. I burned both the disk of 64-bit and 32-bit disk in case I ever need them.

    I tested both of them on my hp dc7100 CMT PC desktop computer, they worked perfectly.

    When you enter the product key, he knows which version of Vista you have.

    After you install Vista successfully, you can then install the drivers for your PC and driver page support.

    Update:  This is the new link to your own Vista installation media.

    Click on the link below and then click on the link PDF Guide of reinstalling Windows.

    Follow the instructions on pp 295-297.

    http://philipyip.WordPress.com/Dell-community-forums/

    Paul

  • HP G42: Windows 7 recovery discs

    The hard drive on my laptop HP - G42-203US (Windows 7 Home) died.  I have data backed up to Carbonite, so this isn't a problem.  I did the recovery discs when I got to the computer, but for some reason, they do not work properly.  I need to get the HP recovery disks, but when I go to the HP support site location for order and enter my serial number, nothing happens.  Do you know if they continue to provide these or I'll have to find Wi! ndows 7 install disks.

    Thank you

    Hello

    It doesn't seem to be a list for a g42-203us - is in fact, model number g42-230us?

    If that is correct, it may be worth calling HP directly - see the link below - just in case where they still have these discs.

    http://WWW8.HP.com/us/en/contact-HP/phone-assist.html#section1

    If not, they can still be ordered from the 3rd re-seller part on the following link.

    http://www.computersurgeons.com/p-21112-Windows-7-64B-recovery-kit-618103-001-for-HP-notebook-PC-model-number-G42-230US.aspx

    Kind regards

    DP - K

  • I lost my recovery disc, where can I find a copy?

    Hello

    After defragmenting my HD windows XP refuse to run again... I lost my recovery disc. How can I save some important data from my HD?
    Toshibe provides a copy of the recovery disk?

    Kind regards.

    You will not find the copy of the recovery CD. You must buy it DUDE ;)
    Contact the ASP in your country and ask for this CD.

    Good bye

  • How to install Windows without recovery disc - Satellite A660 with new HARD drive

    Hey,.

    Portable 500 GB HDD of my friend Toshiba Satellite A660 seems to have died.
    I tied him to my laptop on a sata dock and runs a data recovery program because nothing has been saved. The recovery takes forever, however, and she really needs his computer to work.

    Because the hard disk may be damaged in any case, I am considering buying a new hard drive and install in the Toshiba.

    How can I do this without a recovery disk, though?
    The old drive was a partition recovery on it, I think, but this seems useless with a new drive.
    Operating system is Windows 7 64 bit home edition.

    The product key is on the bottom of the laptop.
    I live in Turkey and so I don't think there is a Toshiba store is close.
    There are individual computer stores, so I'm confident, I can buy a new internal hard drive (I could find the sata dock here), but he must know what to do to install the software, etc.

    Thank you!
    Chris

    > How can I do this without a recovery disk, though?

    You either have the recovery disk or you are going to install the system using the Microsoft Windows disk.
    The necessary drivers are in internet on Toshiba UE page.

    The recovery disc can also be ordered here:
    http://backupmedia.Toshiba.EU/landing.aspx

  • Copy the file fails the Windows 7 recovery discs sent hp

    I have tried to solve this problem for a month now and I'm at the end of my home.
    I am now on my third set of recovery discs HP and all have the same problem. I insert disk 1 by following the instructions on the support forum. She's going through
    Reformat the hard drive windows partition - tick
    Copy of the files needed to restore the hard drive - tick
    And immediately as ending, this window appears:
    Reducer
    Copy the file fails
    From: E:\PRELOAD\BASE. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
    To: C:\RM\Image\BASE. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
    Press OK to retry

    Three series of drives have the same come.
    What the hell is happening?
    I'm so sick of this.

    Read a few other posts with similar problems, but can't seem to find the solution. I don't have an external hard drive, I can use... only the laptop I'm trying to fix. (G6-1305sa)

    Any help? It also doesn't help when the HP support is open on the phones until 5:30 from Monday to Friday. I'm at work so can't call. So frustrating...

    Aaaarrrrrgggghhhhh

    Hi Belj,

    Thank you for visiting the Forums HP's Support and welcome. I read your thread on your HP Pavilion g6-1305sa Notebook and not able to restore Windows. If the HARD drive is faulty, this can cause the restoration should not go well. You can try to run a test of material. Please note remove any and all USB devices and remove the memory card in the slot of the card reader. Disconnect all non-essential devices. What is the original HARD drive? Have you replaced all other parts? Have you tried to do a clean install of Windows 7. Try running sfc/scannow would scan your system to find errors on the command line. You can get to the command prompt by clicking F11 at startup. You can see this Microsoft document on the system recovery options.

    Hope this will help.

    Thank you.

  • Windows 7 recovery disc

    Hi all

    I brought a new laptop (a compaq presario CQ61 401 SA) today. The laptop has windows 7 Home premium 64-bit pre-installed. I would like to change the current operation to windows 7 32-bit professional. I did the recovery disk using the compaq recovery disk creation and 3 blank dvd + r disc that I want to know is that when I did the recoverys dvd to my laptop was Windows 7 Home premium 64-bit included or not during media recovery procedure? Any advise would be welcome, but in a simple format, as I am a probie computer.

    Hello

    The recovery discs you created contain the operating system - if you ever need to use them, they will reinstall your original Windows 7 Home Premium 64 - bit but also to reinstall all of the original software that came with your laptop.

    Kind regards

    DP - K

  • How to use the Windows 7 recovery discs!

    I have a pavilion DV6-1245DX and sent in for repair with windows 7 installed on it (the free upgrade).  I sent the recovery with the computer disks and it came with VISTA (THANKS!). I have no idea of friggin how to use the recovery discs to recover windows 7. Help, please!

    When you've got a free upgrade to Windows 7 would have received you a HP disk to use.

  • about 8 times tempted to order windows 7 recovery discs. . Help!

    about 8 times tempted to order windows 7 recovery as disks suggests the person helps HP who couldn't fix my intermittent wifi (computer was purchased with windows 7 originally upgraded to 8, shortly after.) I followed the procedure recommended, including having the HP identify the computer, but as soon as I get my serial number I get a message "page cannot be found". I tried pages to the Canada and the United States.  Help!

    Hey John,

    You can try ordering the discs using a different browser such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

    Let me know if you are able to pass through.

  • Windows 7 recovery discs using after replacing the hard drive

    My son has a Toshiba Satellite 115-S1100 netbook. Somehow he completely erased everything on this thing. When I tried to run Windows Recovery discs 7 32 bit Home Premium, I get a message 'no operating system found'. Toshiba support told me that I needed to replace the internal hard drive. I am a novice computer. Once the new disk in, these discs will work? Is there something special that needs to be done, or should I just run the disks? Also, given that the netbook is not a hard disk, I will be their execution via an external dvd drive. Will this work? Any help or pointers would be much appreciated. Thank you.

    My son has a Toshiba Satellite 115-S1100 netbook. Somehow he completely erased everything on this thing. When I tried to run Windows Recovery discs 7 32 bit Home Premium, I get a message 'no operating system found'. Toshiba support told me that I needed to replace the internal hard drive. I am a novice computer. Once the new disk in, these discs will work? Is there something special that needs to be done, or should I just run the disks? Also, given that the netbook is not a hard disk, I will be their execution via an external dvd drive. Will this work? Any help or pointers would be much appreciated. Thank you.

    Hey devtrev

    you would follow toshibas tips for the use of their recovery disk

    It's their recovery process

    and here's the visat forums

    and issues of windows 7

    Windows 7 forums on the link below

    http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/default.aspx#tab=2

    Answers by topic

    Walter, the time zone traveller

  • Pavilion dv7-4273US: how to order Windows 7 recovery discs and to rebuild the hard drive on an HP Pavilion dv7-4273US

    On our HP Pavilion dv7-4273US hard drive crashed last week. None of the recovery tools on board work. Installation for Windows media system. We have more disks orginal for this system of 4 to 5 years. Spend many hours on the site of HP support and on the phone with technical support. Failed to get info on how order/buy these discs.

    There are many 3rd party sellers on Amazon and eBay which cannot be verified as valid solutions.

    Does anyone know how to order these discs?

    Hello:

    To order a recovery disc for your laptop, click on the link below, select the W7 x 64 operating system from the drop-down list.

    Then click to expand the order recovery media line and then click on the blue link for more details.

    http://support.HP.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-dv7-4200-entertainment-notebook-PC-series/4346314/model/5052151/drivers

  • Windows 7 recovery disc creation

    Does anyone know how much the recovery disc are? And is there a website I can download it for free?

    Hello Cameo,

    Thanks for posting your question on the Microsoft community.

    Thank you for your query details.

    I also like the fact that you want to create a recovery media for your computer.

    I suggest you to refer to this article and check if it helps.
    Reference:
    HP PC - creating recovery discs or record a recovery Image on a USB drive (Windows 7)
    http://support.HP.com/us-en/document/c01867124

    Important notes:
    User Account Control (UAC) can help you to prevent your computer from unauthorized changes. It works by asking permission when a task requires administrative rights, such as installing software or changing settings affecting other users. We do not recommend disable user account control. If you turn it off, you must reactivate as soon as possible.

    Reformat a USB flash disk deletes all the data on this subject. Be sure to back up data that you want to keep before you begin.

    I strongly recommend to back up all your important files and folders on an external storage device before

    any attempt of any type of system recovery, upgrading or repairing of BONE.

    I hope this information helps.

    Please let us know if you need more help.

    Thank you

  • Part of of the manufacturer (e.g. Gateway) or Windows 7 recovery discs?

    I ask because I apparently contracted a virus which obtained by Avast Internet Security and cannot be cleaned automatically. I just wanted to use the recovery discs to go back to its factory condition, but Avast says that solve registry problems. That sounds wrong to me. Why the recovery discs would not be included the original registry?

    If the disk recovery process is part of Windows, then I get this question answered here. If this is not so I have to just give it a try because gateways support after warranty is almost zero. And if that fails, then I have to pay a pretty nice piece of cash for someone to fix, because we, consumers don't even have Windows OS dang drive more. Yet once, which sounds not just for me.

    Hello

    When you use the manufacturer's recovery disks or when you reinstall from the recovery of the manufacturer Partition, the hard drive is wiped clean of everything and the operating system is reinstalled back to factory (new condition, how you bought).

    The register is part of the operating system, which is replaced as part of the re - install the operating system.

    If you have the possibility to do a destructive or non-destructive restore, choose destructive.

    Make sure you save all your data first that this will also be lost when the hard drive is wiped at the destroyer resumed.

    See you soon.

  • Windows XP recovery disc

    Hello

    I have a HP Compaq 6735 s, I'm looking for a recovery disc for Windows XP. Can someone help me please.

    Hello:

    If you live in the USA/Canada, call HP at 1-800-334-5144.

    You must have the serial number of your laptop handy as well.

    $ 10 for the statements.

    You may need to specify what operating system, you need the drives for.

  • Cleaner installation (Windows 7 recovery discs)

    I use a pavilion laptop (dv7-3085dx) and I would like to do a clean install of windows 7.  After ordering HP recovery discs I booted from the dvd system recovery, reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled windows 7.  Then he asked me to put on the cd of driver and application recovery and method to install a ton of bloatware on my fresh system.  There is no option of autorun on the cd that allows you NOT to fill your computer full of useless * beep *.

    After Googling the problem I came up with two possible solutions:

    (1) install the cd drivers and complete applications, and then using a program such as pc-decrapifier

    (2) selectively install drivers useful and apps after install the clean by using a cd image program.

    I feel that programs such as "pc decrapifier" still leave bloatware remains in the registry and that installing selectively useful drivers and applications can be tricky.  Does anyone have tips for how should I proceed and what applications and drivers are essential or useful?

    TL; DR how can I reinstall windows 7 in order to avoid bloatware and have a fully functional computer?

    Thank you guys!

    SomeDude5 wrote:

    Just so I'm clear: do you recommend that I have download a windows7 cd image file, burn it to a cd and then do a clean install with a new disc?  There will be legal consequences for using this method?  Will I always have updates of Windows 7?  Is there something else I need to be aware of when installing from the windows 7 installation disc standard?  In addition, the link you sent me seems to be broken.  I am quite able to find ISO files, but you have another link that you would recommend?

    Thanks for your help

    1 Yes

    2. links on this page are to the Microsoft site, but I am not a lawyer

    3. Yes

    4, yes you have to load a driver Sata (Intel only) during installation, there is an option "Load driver" during the beginning of the installation of W7, if installation of W7 do not find a hard drive, start the installation again and load the Sata driver.

    There may be other drivers, you need to install once installation is complete, check for missing drivers Device Manager, if you can connect to the internet to do a windows update and see if it suggests and driver optional downloads.

    5. try this link, I would not trust other sources, the iso can be infected.

    http://WEBCACHE.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/04/28/download-Windows-7-ISO-official-32-bit-and-64-bit-direct-download-links/

    .

Maybe you are looking for

  • HP 5740: iPhones 6 and more than 6 s Hp5740

    new printer. Works very well. When I air print photos from phone to a printer, the quality is good, but they all have a lot of tan in them.  Poor color matching.

  • WiFi screen is frozen

    My son and I have Droid Maxx. WiFi screen is frozen. It can not turn on WiFi. Seems to have started a few days ago. In settings/wifihe, he tries to turn the WiFi but the market / shutdown will not change to blue on the status. We tried resets the sof

  • power shot g16

    I plan to spend my G10 to the last G16.  Is there enough difference to justify the expense?

  • Windows Mail: cannot send an email with 2 attachments with the file size 393KO and 345 KB

    I'm a Representaive Service Microsoft client displaying a number on behalf of the client. Details in the following way: Customer problem: "my windows mail won't allow mw email with parts 2 attachments 1 @ 393kb and the other 345kb... why? I sent the

  • Music skips/saccade blackBerry Smartphones

    When I play music I synced my phone as well with headphones and loudspeaker throughout most of the songs that the music will begin ' Stuttering/skip' then return to normal and randomly throughout the song he'll do it again. When I listen to it from m