Windows Vista Recovery Disc Download

[iMav]

If you're like most PC users, you probably got Windows Vista with a new PC or laptop. And if you're like 99% of the population, you get your new machines from one of the major manufacturers. Dell, Acer, HP, Toshiba, Lenovo, they all have one thing in common: they don't give you a real Windows Vista installation disc with your purchase. Instead, they bundle what they call a "recovery disc" (that's if you're lucky - otherwise you'll have a recovery partition instead) with your machine and leave it at that.

Microsoft seems to have realized this problem, and have thankfully made a recovery disc for this purpose. It contains the contents of the Windows Vista DVD's "recovery center," as we've come to refer to it. It cannot be used to install or reinstall Windows Vista, and just serves as a Windows PE interface to recovering your PC. Technically, one could re-create this installation media with freely-downloadable media from Microsoft (namely the Microsoft WAIK kit, a multi-gigabyte download); but it's damn-decent of Microsoft to make this available to Windows' users who might not be capable of creating such a thing on their own.

Download Windows Vista Recovery Disc (120 MiB)

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[New]

Sweet news for Vista users...Thanks for the news and link

[Charan]

I got two pressed Vista Any Time Upgrade DVD's from the US , $5 each. .. I can use it to clean install it Vista on my laptop. Any way this is a boon for Vista users who dont have recovery DVD's bundled with their PC/Laptops.

[nsbindra]

Great news for people like me. just got dell xps 1530 with vista home premium.

[naveen_reloaded]

Thanks..
P.s my vista was automatically turned to reduced function mode a week ago..and some how managed to bring it back on track..but it gave me a sh!t...
Ya i am using a pirated one..

[alsiladka]

Any idea or screenies about it? What it actually is?

[ThinkFree]

Thanks for the news

[nish_higher]

seems its the portable edition-
http://www.istartedsomething.com/200...recovery-disc/

also -
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../aa905120.aspx

[casanova]

Thats really great.

[gxsaurav]

I got WAIK from the Technet DVDs. Hmm....it shouldn't be hard to make a recovery CD with Vista PE along with some File explorer like Bart PE. Let's see, will try this might be able to bundle portable apps like Pidgin Portable etc too

[iMav]

^^ yes u can make a proper installation disk with the WAIK and this

[chesss]

they don't give you a real Windows Vista installation disc with your purchase.

for those that do have the vista anytime upgrade disc,the disc can be used as a recovery disk . No need to make a recovery/startup disc

[ejvyas]

Thanks!