Windows Vista, 7 and 8 include an option on the install DVD to perform a small number of important repair and recovery functions, but the chances are you didn't get an install DVD with your computer. In this case, you need to create a repair disc in Windows. Windows Vista, 7 and 8 include an option on the install DVD to perform a small number of important repair and recovery functions, but the chances are you didn't get an install DVD with your computer. In this case, you need to create a repair disc in Windows. Re: Windows Vista Recovery without CD Hi, ive have also been a dell VAR (value added reseller) for a few years now, I know that every computer i have ever sold came with the OS Disc. If best buy or these companies dont include the OS cd then they are thieves. Dec 10, 2007 The Recovery CD is used to restore a backup image of a failed system disk or partition from the Intel® Entry Storage System SS4000-E. This revision of the Recovery CD is able to restore data from 32-bit Windows. Vista. OS. Within the compressed file is an ISO image that is used to create a bootable CD-ROM with the recovery application. It contains the contents of the Windows Vista DVD’s “Recovery Center”. It cannot be used to install or reinstall Windows Vista but does provide you with all the Recovery tools which should hopefully get you back on track. Download: Download Windows Vista 64-bit (x64) Recovery Disc.
Have you lost your original Windows Vista DVD or need Windows Vista on a flash drive and figure downloading it as an ISO image is the way to go?
If you're without the installation files for Windows Vista and you need to get your hands on them, downloading certainly makes sense..but think again.
Unfortunately, there isn't a single, completely legal way to download Windows Vista.
The Windows Vista operating system was never sold online from Microsoft, nor from other legitimate retailers. Online distribution of Windows didn't start until Windows 7 and, of course, continues today through Windows 10. In fact, good luck finding even a boxed copy of Windows Vista. You might find a few folks selling Vista on Amazon but there isn't usually any kind of regular stock.
The here-and-there copies of Windows Vista you might find for sale from sites you've never heard of are probably selling illegal copies alongside fake or stolen product keys.
So what do you do? You do have a few not-so-legal options, which we'll explain:
Download Windows Vista via a Torrent Site
A number of copies of Windows Vista in ISO format exist floating around various torrent directories, all easy to grab with a free torrent client. Unfortunately, you never know which one of these Vista torrent downloads are hacked, full of malware and other issues you don't want to deal with.
We don't recommend that you download Windows Vista via a torrent.
Download Windows Vista From GetIntoPC.com
One site, GetIntoPC.com, hosts both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Windows Vista in ISO format, ready to download: Windows Vista Home Premium Free Download ISO 32-Bit 64-Bit.
As far as we can tell, these are clean (malware-free), perfect ISO images of those two editions of Windows Vista Home Premium.
It's doubtful that Microsoft has explicitly condoned the hosting of those Windows Vista downloads, but they probably don't care that much, either. You'll still need a valid product key to install it, which is really what you're paying for when you pay for a version of Windows.
Another option, if the ideas above don't sound appetizing (we agree), is to request a replacement of your Windows Vista DVD from either Microsoft or your computer maker.
If you bought a boxed copy of Windows Vista yourself, like from a store in town or an online retailer, you might have luck requesting a replacement disc directly from Microsoft. Contact the Microsoft Supplemental Parts Team and explain your situation to them.
If you bought your computer with Windows Vista pre-installed on it, you'll need to contact your computer maker directly for a replacement Vista DVD, or at least a Restore Disc. Have these details ready before calling: your purchase date, your Vista product key (probably located on a sticker on your computer), and any other information you have about your computer.
Last, but not least, if you actually do have your Windows Vista installation DVD but are just interested in getting that onto a flash drive so you can install Vista on a computer that way, please know that you don't have to download Vista to do this.
See How to Install Windows 7 From USB for help. Yes, the process works for Windows Vista, too.
Resolving Windows boot errors might sound like an easy job but it’s not easy by any means. As you likely know, there are limited number of “working” software out there to deal with Windows boot records and partitions. Since boor errors don’t allow you boot into Windows operating system, you will have to use live CDs to fix these issues.
The name Easy Recovery Essentials or EasyRE may be an unknown to majority of Windows users but I am sure that many Windows users have used or at least have heard about EasyBCD software, the free for personal use tool which helps you deal with Windows boot records.
Easy Recovery Essentials or EasyRE is a live recovery CD from the developer of EasyBCD but usually isn’t free. The recovery CD is capable of repairing bootmgr, bcd, and various other boot time errors. In addition to that, it repairs issues with MBR, GPT, and other partition records. Easy Recovery Essentials is helpful to repair EFI boot loader errors as well.
Since EasyRE is available as an ISO file, you can create a bootable CD or bootable USB out of it. Once the bootable media is ready, you just need to boot from it and select appropriate options to begin the automatic diagnosis. As you can see, the user interface is easy to understand and navigate.
Besides that, it offers offline virus scanning, recover deleted partitions, and a graphical partition manager. To help you get additional details while using EasyRE, it comes with a web browser as well.
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As said before, EasyRE isn’t a free software but the developer is offering EasyRE for Windows 10 for absolutely free as long as Windows 10 Technical Preview build is available for public. In other words, you can download EasyRE for free until Microsoft releases Consumer Preview or next major build of Windows 10, which might happen in March or April.
Note that users who download EasyRE for Windows 10 for free will be able to use it even after the RTM release of Windows 10. So don’t miss this opportunity. For those of you wondering, EasyRE for Windows 10 doesn’t work on Windows 7 or Windows 8. You need to purchase and download EasyRE for Windows 7 or EasyRE for Windows 8.
Visit the following page to know more about EasyRE for Windows 10 and download the ISO image (about 360 MB) of the same. You need to provide your email ID in order to download your copy.
Update: EasyRE is no longer available as a free download for Windows 10.