Created the Repair Disc Win 10-64, How to get it to Boot?

Rickerz said:

I have created the ' Repair Disc for Windows 10-64 Bit', then turned off the PC and turned back on with said disk plugged in, nothing happened! I got back my normal window boot screen. Am I missing something? the wonderful MS intelligent directions called the created disk a 'Bootable' CDR ! I hope someone can shed some details on WTF went wrong and how to actually get a BACKUP bypassing MS great and friendly accurate leading instructions as usual ! much appreciated.

You probably need to boot to the BIOS Menu and choose "boot from cd/dvd" or whatever your screen would say. This is what is called a "one time boot". Other option would be for you to change the boot order in BIOS to always look for the DVD first. Not really recommended. Also, if you made that using the MS instructions, it should say at the top of the boot screen (after you actually do that thru BIOS) to "press any key to boot from CD.....". You will have about 10 seconds, or it will boot normally to OS.

Also, you may need to turn Secure Boot off in BIOS.

You have an HP. The F12 key or ESC key needs to be tapped repeatedly during restart to get the Boot Menu.

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I'm unclear why you are using a Repair DVD to try to do a backup......

On an HP, F9 is the Boot menu, and F10 boots into Setup (Bios) you can also choose the ESC key for those choices as well as the Diagnostic menu.

Helmut said:

No need to change Boot order:
Settings > Update & Security > Recovery > Restart Now > Use a device > EFI DVD/CDROM.

That's fine if you can get to the OS. Always nice to know how to do it "raw".

Depending on which HP you have, first column is boot menu key and second column is BIOS. As TC says when you turn on tap the key you want a couple of times.

If this is the Repair Disk to Restore a system Image I strongly recommend you look into using Macrium Reflect. Free, Reliable and used by members. You need to create boot media for Macrium ( and test it ) so this thread is valuable.

Backup and Restore with Macrium Reflect

There are other tools like Macrium on market than can also be used.


Ken

The computer is set to boot to the internal drive on the computer.
Connecting a flash drive does not automatically make the computer boot to the flash drive.
There are two options to boot to the flash drive:
a) Click the applicable F key
b) Temporarily modify the bios boot order

The easiest is clicking the applicable F key and then selecting external USB HD.
List of PC brands with their corresponding hot-keys

For the repair disk was it a Windows 10 iso using the Microsoft website or some other website?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10

In addition to a Windows Ten Iso other repair options could include:
Kyhi boot rescue
Macrium boot repair
etc.

Rereading the opening post disc was used but later in the post plugged in was used.
A CD-r would be too small.
Was it a double sided cdr disk or a double sided DVD or flash drive?
Find a flash drive that you can format ( > than or = 8 GB).
Then make a bootable Windows 10 iso using this link:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10


Update the specs in the "My Computer" section:

System Specs - Fill in at Ten Forums
In the left corner below in your post you find 'My System Specs'.
After clicking it you can find a link a little below that says 'Update your System Spec', click on this link to get to the page where you can fill in your system specs.
System Info - See Your System Specs - Windows 7 Help Forums

Include PSU. cooler, case, peripherals and anything attached to the computer by wired or wireless (mouse, keyboard, headset, printer, xbox, USB wireless network card, etc.)