Windows 10: Need help -- Backup and Restore windows 7 OS is Win 10; create system repair disk fails

I have Dell Inspiron laptop N5110 and Dell Inspiron desktop - 3847; Original OS on both was Windows 7. I updated OS to Win 10 in Dec 2015. During Dec 2015; I created: 1 USB of Win 10 64-bit upgrade - to install upgrade to Win 10 on laptop 2 CD Win 10 64bit System Repair Disc - 1 from each of the 2 computers after upgrade 3 USB Recovery Drive - for of laptop onlyNow neither computer meets minimum requirements required to run Win 11, so I'm repurposing the Win 10 computers to backroom. My initial tasks in this process, is to review the backup/restore media [for each computer] fo

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after upgrade to win 10 , i cannot create repair disk

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I have tried on using new 32gig sd card. And it still fail.



I tried to create using control panel-backup and restore-create a system repair disk

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When the select drive comes out, there is none that is listed. So I cannot use the windows 7 method at all now.

so is it possible to create boot disk for win 10?

 

Repair Windows 7/8/10

Hello! Sorry for the delayed response... I would recommend you start a new thread dedicated to your issue, but while we're here I'm glad to try and help.

Manually restarting VSS writers may help but only temporarily...if after a system reboot the issues have still been occurring then manually restarting VSS writers will not fix anything as they get reset when the OS restarts. Manually restarting them is how I get around rebooting servers when a backup or shadow copy issue occurs.

Did you read the Windows 7 in-place upgrade section of this thread? If not, I suggest you read through that and try it. It is different from the Windows Repair Disc option, and if you can get to the desktop it is absolutely worth a shot. The in-place upgrade will replace OS files while keeping your profile, data and programs intact.

Another option is to read the SFC section in the OP, the link to Microsoft's SFC page also has a section on how to repair/restore files that fail, so you said that SFC /Scannow displayed a few errors that could not be fixed...did you read the log to find out what could not be fixed? I bet they could be repaired with more specific commands. SFC /Scannow is a very generalized command, and while it can fix a lot of things, there's also a lot it cannot.

Again, I would suggest you start a thread dedicated to your issue, especially if my suggestions fail to help. Lastly, you start your post with stating you'll probably format the HDD and reinstall Windows, depending on the data on the Dell laptop that might be the quick and easy solution, especially with Solaris17's Win7 update batch file (or manually if you like it that way). But if you're willing to reinstall, I would challenge you to trying an in-place upgrade first to see if that fixes it. Seeing it takes about the same amount of time as a fresh OS install and you don't have to re-install drivers, programs, etc. At least in the cases I've used the repair on.

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System Repair Disk for BU and Restore (Windows 7) in Windows 10

Thanks!

My question was about something else entirely!! I am not talking about upgrading to Win 10 or installing Win 10 on new PC.

I am already using Win 10 on a laptop. Win 10 has a Win 7-style image backup. Restoring Windows 10 from that image backup requires booting from "System Repair Disk". The only way to make a System Repair Disk is to a DVD burner. I don't have a DVD burner.

How do I create a System Repair Disk on a USB drive so that I can restore from image backups?

Aloke

PS: I wish I could attach screen-shots to posts here..