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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.
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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
This is indeed not a problem with Truecrypt. I do not have, nor ever heard of Truecrypt, don't have it on my computer and it's now January 29, 2016 and this is the first time I have ever received this error. I also, do not have a bunch of partitions on this computer.
In trying to find an answer for the exact error as the title of this thread, this was the first on the search engine results.
I have made a Windows system image backup 2-3 times the last few years and wanted to make an updated disc and the other times worked just fine. So, for me to get this error all of sudden, does not make sense to me, nor do the replies on this thread.
I suppose I will have to make my own post to get any attention and help, but I wanted to make it clear this is not the main reason for this problem. I am also using a different brand laptop than the brands you are talking about (i.e. Toshiba, Dell, HP); I have an iBuyPower laptop (MSI tweaked a little bit). I bought this in 2012 and it's been running strong thus far and I realized it's been 1 year since I backed up my computer, which is a stupid oversight on my part. So, I am doing it right now and am very angry to see all the posts everywhere for this problem from several years ago and no true answers yet.
This worked for me. I have two 2 Tb hard drives that are additional to a 256 SSD which is my drive C. I have over 15 partitions between the 2 hard drives. I did as BrandyLee suggested and placed my 2 hard drives "Offline" and was able to make a repair disk.
Thank you Brandy.
Well, I'm having the same problems with Windows 10. Mine is a new DELL laptop which came with Win. 8.1 installed. (They are still selling the same model, now with Win. 10 installed.) It worked OK out of the box but I hated the O.S. and free-upgraded to Windows 10 after one day.
I had many difficulties with this upgrade, partially due to my unfamiliarity. So I tried to get MS online assistance to help me, and it was (and is) a nightmare. Some of these "Technical Dept." operators could not speak any kind of English that I could understand. A few were indeed helpful but they timed-out, exceeding the limit that MS allows them to speak to a customer. So then I needed to phone in again and invariably ended up with an unhelpful person, and all that had been gained in the previous session was lost. A couple of operators put me on hold for about half an hour until the connection timed out. So now I have a computer that is bricked, and has a blue screen. One operator had directed me on getting an ISO from MS for Windows 10, and that loaded partially but wouldn't complete. Then I learned that my product key from the Win. 8.1 would be no good for this new install, and the new operator (The 16'th) advised me to get Dell to repair the damage, and to purchase a new product key!
I've been trying to take things into my own hands now and I have this idea that I should try to make a system restore disc from my Windows 7 computer, then try to use it on the new Win. 10 computer. So now I'm getting all the same stuff that has been described by you all!
Well here it is October 2, 2015, I'm going to guess Cody never did do anything constructive with this problem. I have Win7 same problem -- no fix. I can't wait til I'm forced to upgrade to Win10, and find out the same problem still exists. WTG Microsoft, how you continually ignore a problem for 10 years is amazing. Why don't you guys pony up here ,and tell your paying customers that you really don't give a rats patootie, and explain why the error occurs.
