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June 25th, 2018 10:00
Windows 10 System Repair Disk Won't Boot
Windows 10 Dell Inspiron laptop #5567.
I got to the BIOS via F12. When I tried to use Legacy Boot, the system said
"Selected boot device failed. Press any key to reboot the system."
The DVD is functional, ie it can burn a data disk.
I came back and tried UEFI boot from DVD. At that point a very long load process began, seemingly off the DVD, but the splash screen said "Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery."
Based on past use, I was expecting a pretty quick load of a skinny Microsoft Utility that would give me the option to restore from system image.
I have created system image backups and the system repair disk using the Windows 7 tools still available on Windows 10. I understand there are newer options available, but the system image restores *everything*. There is a lot of time invested in loading apps etc. In case of a failure I restore the image and then restore files modified since the last image from robocopy or Carbonite backups.
Anybody know what the problem is?
fireberd
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June 26th, 2018 06:00
The old Windows backups didn't really back up everything like a full disc image will do. For a backup or disc image restore its best to use a 3rd party program such as the free Macrium Reflect (what I and most of the techies I know use). Macrium will allow backing up the entire disc (all partitions) to a separate drive. Macrium also will allow creating a "rescue media", either a CD/DVD/Flash Drive that you can boot and use to restore (not sure may allow some Win 10 repair functions).
https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree
You can also create a Bootable Win 10 ISO (which will also allow repair options) using the Windows Media Creation Tool. The tenforums.com tutorial is linked here (its title is USB Flash Drive but the Media Creation Tool allows selecting the media you want to use).
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2376-create-bootable-usb-flash-drive-install-windows-10-a.html
GooberSeven
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March 12th, 2022 10:00
Dell XPS 8930 (Windows 11)
1. Control Panel > System and Security > Backup and Restore (Windows 7) > Create a system repair disk.
2. Machine will not boot from this disk, regardless of what UEFI or legacy BIOS settings are changed.
3. However, it will boot from a Windows 11 installation DVD created from Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com).
4. A system restore can be done from here.