Creating a System Repair Disc
In Windows Vista, you could attempt to get a badly behaving machine up and running again by booting to the Vista install disc and then accessing the system recovery options. That was a nice feature, but only if you could find your install disc (or if you ever had one in the first place)! Windows 7 fixed that problem by giving you the option of creating your own system repair disc and, despite the more convenient feature of the USB recovery drive, Windows 8 still offers that option (although slightly deprecated as a “Windows 7 recovery tool”). Here’s how you go about his:
1. Insert a blank recordable CD or DVD into your burner. If an AutoPlay notification shows up, close it.
2. Press Windows Logo+W, type file recovery ...
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