System repair disc could not be created__The parameter is incorrect. (0x80070057)

Anonymous
2010-01-16T03:54:12+00:00

I get an error when I attempt to Create System Repair Disk in Windows 7 as follows:

Step 1: Press the Start button on your keyboard (the one that bears the Microsoft logo) or click the Start button from the bottom left hand corner of the screen.

Step 2: In the search box type in System Repair.

Step 3: Select Create a System Repair disk

Step 4: Take a blank DVD and put in the burning drive (DVD writer). You could also use a CD, just make sure it is large enough to store the System Repair Disc.

Step 5: Select the burning drive from the dropdown menu.

Step 6: Click Create disc.

A dialog appears immediately with the title "Create a system repair disc". It says

System repair disc could not be created

The parameter is incorrect. (0x8007057)

I verfied that the drivers on my Sony DVD RW drive are the most current, and I have no problems burning disks from other programs. I have tried using both CD-R and DVD-R media with the same result, but in fact the error appears so fast I don't think the drive is even accessed. There is nothing written to the event log.

Please help.

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Recovery and backup

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Anonymous
2011-10-16T22:30:54+00:00

Hi Folks,

Also been caught by this error and could create a system image or system repair disk. Just as a last ditch effort I unmounted my encrypted partion (I use TrueCrypt to keep my company data safe) and so far it has bow at least allowed me to create a repair disk. I'm now going to try the backup without the encrypted drive mounted. I'll let you know if that succeeds. Not sure if the is the root cause of anyone else's issues but thought I'd post my findings...

Good luck...

Dave

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-10-15T14:56:47+00:00

    I've got this issue too.  It happens on both of my laptops as well as 3 desktops.  In other words I can't successfully use this utility on any Windows 7 system I own.  WTF Microsoft????  How about providing us with a real fix instead of this half baked tech support?  If I was a potential customer seeing these kind of issues it'd certainly make me think twice about purchasing your product.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-06-07T21:33:08+00:00

    CDixonM makes a great point.  I don't know how many forums I've read in which someone, usually from MS, recommends a solution which requires a Windows 7 disk.  Maybe MS would like to mail a disk to each of us who's bought a computer that came with Win7 pre-installed so we can actually use their solution.

    I'm stuck with the same problem (error: System repair disc could not be created .... 0x80070057) whether I try to create the recovery disc from within Windows or from the command prompt.

    And I thought of using Macrium Reflect to image the drive, but that didn't work either because Macrium won't image a dynamic drive.  Since dynamic drives normally relate to RAID, I'm at a loss to explain why my HP computer's drive partitions are all dynamic, rather than basic.

    I suppose one solution would be to chance converting the drive partitions to basic, hoping no data will be lost, and then giving Macrium another try.  But that seems pretty drastic.

    The basic problem seems to be that MS can't explain why creating the system repair disc doesn't work.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-05-03T15:06:29+00:00

    This solution doesn't do a thing for the majority of us who do not have a Windows 7 disk.  It's not standard practice for the manufacturers to include a system disk anymore, and the "recovery disks" that I created, the ones intended to bring your PC back to its "factory state" won't do this repair either.  It's no wonder I see so many bootleg Windows 7 disks around--you have to have the disk when a problem arises, or else you have to re-format your hard drive!

    Fortunately, when this problem came up, I had already made an image of my C: disk with Macrium Reflect, so going back in time by about two weeks fixed the problem.

    It's kind of a drastic solution to have to format and re-image C: drive just to fix a small problem with Windows 7, don't you think?

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-04-22T02:13:39+00:00

    Hi everyone,

    I am terribly sorry for the confusion. Here are a few solutions to the Windows 7 Recovery Disk tool:

    • Debbie offers a solution to create a recovery disk using the Windows 7 disk on the following thread:

    http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/fi-FI/w7repair/thread/c2fcbf43-e859-4ca8-88ea-c6cc5e0fc1d7

    • Klickster offers a solution that still requires a Windows 7 disk, but can repair the recovery disk tool that inside Windows:

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprogeneral/thread/d21642ff-4e06-4e57-ac1e-beacdfb77168

    • Since this issue seems to be related to corrupt system files, there's also a chance that running the System File Checker will resolve the issue. The following KB article gives information on how to use SFC:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

    Hope this helps!

    Cody C

    Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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