System Repair Disc Not Bootable in Win10

Anonymous
2020-07-11T09:42:19+00:00

I am running Win 10 Pro 64bit version 1909. I used Control Panel, System and Security, Backup and Restore (Windows 7) to create a system repair disc. That worked fine, no error messages, until I went to use it. I tried to boot my pc from the CD drive where the repair disc was inserted but got an error message, non system disc or words to that effect. I had done this previously with Win7 without any problem. Any thoughts as to why the same process is not working in Win10?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-07-13T21:42:17+00:00

    Hi,

    To start... The System Repair Disk must be the same version or newer than the Image being restored, if you are trying to restore an image.. This may still apply if you are attempting some other type of repair..

    Do you remember seeing a "EFI" partition on your HDD with Windows ? You can look in Disk Management and check if needed.. This partition is used on UEFI Bios machines, and not Legacy..

    There is a remote possibility that your machine switched from a Legacy installation on Windows 7 to a UEFI installation on Windows 10... How you create the installation media for Windows 10, and how you boot with it, can trigger this..

    Regardless... When you boot your computer with the CD, hit the key for BOOT OPTIONS at the manufacturer's screen... Usually F9, F11, F12, Esc, but it varies by machine..

    You may see your CD\DVD drive listed twice.. as a CD\DVD Drive or Optical Drive, and again as a "UEFI CD\DVD Drive" or "UEFI Optical Drive"... Try both if they exist..

    Some machines do not support booting from a "UEFI CD\DVD Drive"...

    Just as a note... Windows 10 Installation Media has a "REPAIR" option on the lower left of the Install screen.. This gives all the same options and tools as the Repair CD would.. Simply select Repair... Troubleshoot...

    If necessary, you should be able to boot with the UEFI USB Flash Drive version of the Installation Media..

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-07-13T19:09:12+00:00

    Here's what I got when I executed the reagentc command.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-07-13T18:52:32+00:00

    First you choose not to include system files, then you run the command below to check the operation of your recovery tools..

    Admin command prompt is always required..

    reagentc /info

    If the listing shows as disabled then try these two commands and then recheck the operation..

    reagentc /disable

    reagentc /enable

    Let us know what the listing shows.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-07-13T18:40:33+00:00

    The process is different in Win10 than in Win7. When I enter "recovery drive" in the search box I end up with this image. What next?

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-07-13T16:38:28+00:00

    Windows 10 has it own version of the Recovery disk.  When you create it, you can choose to include system files or just the recovery tools.  If you have a system which is setup to use the OEM factory restore images, the USB drive needed will be larger than one for just using the Recovery Tools..

    Try typing recovery drive  in the search box to see if that is a different process than the Win 7 version..

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