Recommendations for a WinPE 3.0 recovery disk?

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by malch, May 7, 2010.

  1. malch

    malch MDL Novice

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    Has anyone found a really good Win 7 replacement for my old BartPE recovery disks?

    Looking for something based on WinPE 3.0 with a decent selection of repair and recovery tools. Can't afford the time to build my own right now.
     
  2. Tito

    Tito Super Mod / Adviser
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  3. timesurfer

    timesurfer MDL Developer

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    If you used the RTM in "repo" then it is recovery disk. I'm missing something aren't I...lol
     
  4. Tito

    Tito Super Mod / Adviser
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    Welcome dude......
     
  5. searchengine

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    yes, you are missing something .... the links posted by Tito provide the required tools to change the standard Winre.wim (which is the "recovery" image); into an advanced Winre.wim with more recovery options/tools.
     
  6. timesurfer

    timesurfer MDL Developer

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    Thanks I have to ask to learn sometimes:)
     
  7. malch

    malch MDL Novice

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    There is an unfortunate limitation that I'll mention in case it helps someone else.

    To repair a 64-bit Win 7 installation, you need to make a 64-bit recovery disk. But you can't add any 32-bit apps to that recovery disk. Well, you can; they just don't run. Unfortunately, most of the apps I wanted to add are 32-bit.

    You can make a 32-bit recovery disk and run those apps. But it won't perform the major built-in repair operations on a 64-bit Windows installation.

    That's a bit of a shame but it's still a very worthwhile tool to have in your toolbox.