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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
OK...let;s see.. It's January of 2015, and there is still no resolution to this problem??
I have a Lenovo x230 tablet that came with Win 7 Pro, with all win and Lenovo updates applied.
I successfully created the System Image on a NAS drive (or so the OS tells me), but when I go to create a system repair disc, I get the system repair disc could not be created error message.
I repeated with another external drive, and still no success (Pioneer and Sony).
I am not using any encrypted disks. I only have one internal HDD.
MICROSOFT - PLEASE HELP
I was able to create a recovery disk last summer. Since then I created an ISO, ran Windows 10 beta for a period of time. After I was finished with Windows 10, I restored my Windows 7 ISO. After those processes I was unable to create a new system recovery DVD. I have the Windows 7 Ultimate DVD, so am able to use it to restore the system. However, there is some evidence here that something during the process of changing operating systems corrupted my ability to produce a system recovery disk from withing Windows 7.
Creating an ISO backup, and having a Windows 7 ISO downloaded and burned to a dvd is probably the easiest solution. Microsoft no longer sells Windows 7, and their support has faded; all to force us into Windows 8 or 10 which in my opinion is dysfunctional with a typical desktop, monitor, keyboard and mouse power system.
Now MS has me between a rock and a hard place. This month's black Tuesday patches are reputed to cause a BSOD on some systems. The workaround is to boot from a recovery disk and delete a file. However, I can't make a recovery disk. If the BSOD occurs, I seem to have no option at all from Microsoft.
I guess I can make a Ubuntu disk and boot from that to remove the file.
I wonder if Microsoft runs their business on Windows.
