Performing a Full System Backup in Windows Vista. Launch the Windows Vista Backup and Restore Center by clicking the Start Menu All Programs Maintenance Backup and Restore Center; The Backup and Restore Center provides the ability to back up or restore files or the computer. Click the Backup computer button to perform a full system backup. If the User Account Control prompt appears click. Download Spower Windows Password Reset Ultimate and install it in an accessible windows. Create a bootable USB or CD password recovery disk. Launch password program, plug in blank cd disc or USB flash drive, and then click Burn button to start to create a bootable password disk. Boot computer from password recovery disk. I had made a backup of all my desired files on my Windows Vista computer and attempted to restore the files to my new Windows 10 computer. I used a DVD for the backup and I used the Backup and Restore (Windows 7) on the Windows 10 computer (I couldn't see any other way to restore the backup:smileysad:). Feb 23, 2007 To begin please follow these instructions: Click on the Start button to open your Start Menu. The Start button looks like this. Click on the All Programs menu option. Click on the Maintenance folder. Click on the Backup and Restore Center icon.
If you need to make repair disks - these help repair Windows not re-install.
How to Create a Vista Recovery Disc - Free methods
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/141820-create-recovery-disc.html
NeoSmart now charges $9.75 for their ISO images to make the disks.
How to Make a Bootable Disk in Vista
http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/7050.aspx
Download: Windows Vista 32 bit (x86) Recovery Disc and Windows 7
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/
Download: Windows Vista x64 Recovery Disc and Windows 7
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/
How to Make a Windows Vista Repair Disk If You Don’t Have One
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/how-to-make-a-windows-vista-repair-disk-if-you-dont-have-one/
WINDOWS VISTA RECOVERY DISK STEP BY STEP GUIDE - another method and USB as well
http://xtreview.com/review207.htm
How to Make a Windows Vista Recovery Disk - a video and another method
http://www.ehow.com/video_4994420_make-windows-vista-recovery-disk.html
How to create a Vista recovery disk and rescue Vista
http://www.techhandbook.com/windows/3080-How-create-Vista-recovery-disk-and-rescue-Vista.html
Hope this helps.
Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.
Recover Backup Files Windows Vista
When restoring files from a backup, the Windows restore operation looks for only the most recently backed-up file. But what about older files? What if you have a file that’s evolved and you need to recover an earlier version? Maybe you want both the earlier version and the current version. Windows Backup can handle that.
Open the Backup Status and Configuration window.
From the Start Menu, All Programs→Accessories→System Tools→Backup Status and Configuration.
Choose the Back Up Now button from the left side of the Backup Status and Configuration window.
Click the Restore Files button.
You are presented with two choices:
Files from the latest backup: The file you restore is the most recent version of the file that’s backed up. Most often, this choice is the one you want.
Files from an older backup: Use this option only when you want to recover an older version of a file.
Choose the option Files from an Older Backup and click the Next button.
After clicking the Next button, you see a list of recent backup sets. To see even older backup sets, put a check mark by the option Show Backups Older than 30 Days.
Choose a date and time in the window.
The dates march back through time as long as you’ve been backing up your computer (though older backup sets are purged as the backup media gets full).
Click the Next button..
Add files and folders to be recovered.
You can use three buttons on the right side of the screen to add files to the list:
Search: Click the Search button to search for the file(s) you want to restore.
Add Files: Click this button to choose individual files to restore.
Add Folders: Click this button to restore an entire folder — and all files and folders in that folder.
After choosing a button, you see another dialog box from which you choose the files. The dialog box lists files on the backup, not on your computer.
Keep adding the files you want to restore; repeat Step 5 and keep clicking the buttons to collect all the files and folders you want to restore.
Click the Next button.
You need to choose where to restore files. You have two options:
In the original location: The files and folders you selected are placed back on the hard drive in the same folder where Backup found them.
In the following location: You get to select in which folder to place the restored files. This option is best for recovering an older version of a file where you don’t want to overwrite the current version.
Click the Start Restore button.
The files are restored.
Click the Finish button.
Close the Backup window.
Windows Vista System Disk Download
Be sure that you choose the option Copy But Keep Both Files when restoring the older version, when you do want to keep both files.