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| Thread ID: 100542 | 2009-06-11 21:33:00 | Win 7 Repair | pctek (84) | Press F1 |
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| 781484 | 2009-06-11 21:33:00 | Hey guys, those of you using Win 7...... The repair install in XP is great - and non-existent in Vista....... Whats it like in Win 7 or did they leave it the same as Vistas? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 781485 | 2009-06-11 21:36:00 | Only way of getting something similar is the recovery CD, with repair boot, system restore etc At least they made a "Create Recovery Cd" option more obvious, now on the start menu, unlike recdisc.exe in Vista. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 781486 | 2009-06-12 02:28:00 | Thats not what I asked. | pctek (84) | ||
| 781487 | 2009-06-12 03:16:00 | Fine:Answer=NO | Blam (54) | ||
| 781488 | 2009-06-13 03:07:00 | Fine:Answer=NO WRONG ANSWER :groan: Yes you can do a repair install on Windows 7 Similar to Xp This article tells how (www.sevenforums.com) -- I've Just tried it out (www.imagef1.net.nz) -- Worked perfectly - only thing I lost was the original desktop wall paper (big deal) but it was in the same location as I put it ( My Pictures). Only thing I have not tried is doing a repair install on a system that is not bootable into windows first, but that will come :lol: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 781489 | 2009-06-13 03:10:00 | WRONG ANSWER :groan: Yes you can do a repair install on Windows 7 Similar to Xp This article tells how (www.sevenforums.com) -- I've Just tried it out (www.imagef1.net.nz) -- Worked perfectly - only thing I lost was the original desktop wall paper (big deal) but it was in the same location as I put it ( My Pictures). Only thing I have not tried is doing a repair install on a system that is not bootable into windows first, but that will come :lol: *sigh* You could do that in XP too, basically an upgrade. But as you said many times earlier on it rarely worked. |
Blam (54) | ||
| 781490 | 2009-06-13 03:12:00 | *sigh* You could do that in XP too, basically an upgrade. But as you said many times earlier on it rarely worked. It rarely worked in VISTA ( I tried many times) - and this is NOT vista - its windows 7 - totally different. The Vista DVD blanks out the upgrade path, Windows 7 didn't. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 781491 | 2009-06-13 03:17:00 | *sigh* You could do that in XP too, basically an upgrade. But as you said many times earlier on it rarely worked. It was more like a downgrade than an upgrade and it did usually work depending on what the initial problem was. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 781492 | 2009-06-13 03:39:00 | *sigh* You could do that in XP too, basically an upgrade. But as you said many times earlier on it rarely worked. XP overwrote the system files. It didn't check them, it just overwrote them Which is why it worked. Most of the time, unless it was totally stuffed. Vista thought it was smart and checked them first and then always decided they were fine. Which is why it didn't work. Ever. I wanted to know what Win7 did, and if it worked or not, well you do need a damaged non-booting Win7 first to really test it...... I don't really care what it calls the method so long as it works. If it thinks its an upgrade then whatever - at least that seems to be an overwrite and a massive improvement on the Vista crap. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 781493 | 2009-06-13 06:28:00 | Thanks for the Link Wainui have bookmarked the Win 7 forum | gary67 (56) | ||
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