How to Create a Windows 7 System Repair Disc
You’ll need an optical drive that supports disc burning (you probably have one; this is very common) to create the disc. Unfortunately, a flash drive isn’t a supported bootable media in this case.
This whole process is very easy and should only take around 5 minutes:
Insert a blank disc in your optical drive. An empty CD should be large enough for a System Repair Disc. We’ve created a Windows 7 System Repair Disc on a new Windows 7 32-bit installation, and it was only 145 MB. If you only have a blank DVD or BD available, that’s okay, too, of course. Go to Start > All Programs > Maintenance. An alternative is to execute recdisc from the Run box or a Command Prompt window. If you do that, skip directly to Step 4 below. Select Create a System Repair Disc. Choose your optical disc drive from the Drive drop-down box. Select Create disc. Windows 7 will now create the System Repair Disc on the blank disc you inserted in the previous step. No special disc-burning software is required. After the System Repair Disc creation is complete, Windows displays a dialog box that you can close. Select OK on the original Create a system repair disc window that’s now on the screen.
Using the Windows 7 System Repair Disc
Now that you’ve created the repair disc, label it something relevant like “Windows 7 System Repair Disc,” and keep it somewhere safe.
Windows 7 will now create the System Repair Disc on the blank disc you inserted in the previous step. No special disc-burning software is required.
You can now boot from this disc to access System Recovery Options, the set of system recovery tools available for the Windows 7 operating system.
As with a Windows 7 installation disc, you’ll need to watch for a Press any key to boot from CD or DVD message on screen, right after your computer turns on or restarts with the System Repair Disc inserted.
