On 07/09/15 16:19, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 09/07/15 13:08, g wrote: >> win7 has a recovery process that will build 3 dvd's to restore system. >> >> to access it, press the 'windows' key, the key with the windows logo, >> in the bottom left entry bar, [ Search programs and files ] enter the >> word: recovery press <enter>. >> >> you will then see a window with; >> >> Programs (2) >> Recovery Media Creator >> Recovery Media Creator Help >> >> click on: Recovery Media Creator >> >> follow instructions in the: Recovery Media Creator window. >> >> this must be run as 'Administrator'. > > > I will look at this procedure, but three DVD's to restore Windows7? i agree. ms has stock in dvd makers. ;-) actually, i believe it is because the files are segregated. so, not knowing what a user has added, the dvd's are allocated as to the type of files. like: #1 = base system, #2 = additional, #3 = recovery programs. which is just a guess, with #3 being the recovery boot dvd. application dvd 3: [geo@boxen TOSHIBA]$ ll total 984 -r--------. 1 geo geo 49 Nov 28 2005 AUTORUN.INF dr-x------. 38 geo geo 1768 Jun 1 16:03 comps1 -r--------. 1 geo geo 8 Sep 3 2007 DISK.1 -r--------. 1 geo geo 12261 Aug 10 2006 INSTALL2.CHM -r--------. 1 geo geo 18276 Aug 10 2006 INSTALL.CHM -r--------. 1 geo geo 955760 Aug 14 2009 INSTALL.EXE -r--------. 1 geo geo 12893 Aug 31 2009 INSTALL.INI [geo@boxen TOSHIBA]$ du -h * 2.0K AUTORUN.INF 9.7M comps1/TC0009130 4.5M comps1/TC0009150 22M comps1/TC0012630 37M comps1/TC0014330 15M comps1/TC0014820 26M comps1/TC0014830 42M comps1/TC0016370 22M comps1/TC0019060 13M comps1/TC0020970 86M comps1/TC0021240 43M comps1/TC0021470 55M comps1/TC0021490 20M comps1/TC0022160 2.3M comps1/TC0022170 4.0M comps1/TC1003250 110M comps1/TC1003260 2.7M comps1/TC1003270 14M comps1/TC1003280 3.6M comps1/TC1003290 635M comps1/TC1003300 4.2M comps1/TC1003310 7.3M comps1/TC1003320 137M comps1/TC1003330 3.4M comps1/TC1003620 5.8M comps1/TC1003710 5.9M comps1/TC1003730 16M comps1/TC3000800 9.4M comps1/TC4002380 7.3M comps1/TC4004990 14M comps1/TC4006020 14M comps1/TC4006030 29M comps1/TC4006540 70M comps1/TC4006570 13M comps1/TC4006900 114M comps1/TC4007240 21M comps1/TC4007590 1.6G comps1 2.0K DISK.1 12K INSTALL2.CHM 18K INSTALL.CHM 934K INSTALL.EXE 14K INSTALL.INI [geo@boxen TOSHIBA]$ recovery dvd 1: [geo@boxen TI103196W0D]$ ll total 390 dr-x------. 1 geo geo 4096 Jun 1 15:13 BIN dr-x------. 1 geo geo 2048 Jun 1 15:13 BOOT -r--------. 1 geo geo 383562 Jul 13 2009 BOOTMGR -r--------. 1 geo geo 187 Jun 1 15:08 DATA.INI -r--------. 1 geo geo 1807 Sep 1 2009 PLANDATA.INI dr-x------. 1 geo geo 2048 Jun 1 15:13 PLANFOLDER dr-x------. 1 geo geo 2048 Jun 1 15:13 SOURCES -r--------. 1 geo geo 0 Jun 29 2009 !V6_00_03.VRP dr-x------. 1 geo geo 2048 Jun 1 15:13 ZZImages [geo@boxen TI103196W0D]$ du -h * 8.6M BIN/X64 15M BIN 12M BOOT/FONTS 15M BOOT 375K BOOTMGR 512 DATA.INI 2.0K PLANDATA.INI 4.0K PLANFOLDER/TI103196W00 6.0K PLANFOLDER 131M SOURCES 0 !V6_00_03.VRP 4.0G ZZImages/ZZImages 4.0G ZZImages [geo@boxen TI103196W0D]$ recovery dvd 2: [geo@boxen TI103196W0D]$ ll total 4 -r--------. 1 geo geo 187 Jun 1 15:08 DATA.INI dr-x------. 3 geo geo 88 Jun 1 15:34 ZZImages [geo@boxen TI103196W0D]$ du -h * 2.0K DATA.INI 3.4G ZZImages/ZZImages 3.4G ZZImages [geo@boxen TI103196W0D]$ > I'm not sure it's worth that, and what does restore mean, restore what was operational. ie, base system, service packs, user added programs and files. all of which would be needed if one needed to restore system that was lost, corrupted, etc, etc... > would I have a copy I could install in a VM in a different computer or > does it only restore using a "hidden" file on the original computer? if your install uses 3 partitions, you would have to allocate 3 partitions in vm. on this toshiba, 1st part = system boot and data, 2nd part = actual system, 3rd part = hddrecovery. how the names came about and apply, that is something for someone more familiar with today's oos. i dropped oos at w95b. > Sounds iffy ... i understand, but you have to consider that you are not installing from ms oem disk. recovery/restore is just that. also, because it is a laptop, you need special drivers for unique hardware of dell. something that may best be answered by someone who has built a vm image. if 'dd' can be used to create a vm image then 'dd' would be way to go. but you do need to mount drive with something like partition magic live, then look at drive to see if it is sliced up. > For me Fedora running from a flash drive is a joy to use compared to the > installed Windows7. hell, anything is a joy to run instead of oos. only reason i saved win7 on my laptop is to play the win games i have. ;-) > Even the touch pad works better and I didn't think I could manage without > a track ball. if your track ball is usb, win7 will find it during boot up and make it usable. this post could be considered as "TMI", but it is only that i am trying to pass along to you what you may have in store. in closing, did you get a dell oem cd for your laptop? i do believe that for someone to sell a computer with ms system installed, they are required to also supply the install cd. in your case, that cd must be a dell oem cd. -- peace out. -+- If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. -+- CentOS GNU/Linux 6.6 tc,hago. g . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
