System Restore Using Recovery Disks 

You are best computer guy evar!

Cheers mate, had to use my recovery disks (loads of different blue screens) and wasn't sure how, you explained it perfect, so a big Thank you.

good to know, had my VAIO for 3 years now, still no problem, keep up the good work.

I am amazed on how there are a million different people showing you how to make backup discs but try and find one that shows you how to reinstall the info and you wont find any. I guess these smarts guys forgot that.

Thanks for your time gives me confidence. Only thing I can think of is reverting the BIOS to boot from HD--

Thank You So Much! I didn't know how to use the recovery disc. You saved my laptop.

Great job. I'm swapping out a hard drive on a brand new computer and this really helped taking me step-by-step through the process.

I like your program Eli! (It suits me very well- an illiterate IT lady.) I like the way you explain things so I really learned a lot!

good looking out for us slow clients amigo.. much appreciated

Thank you so much, Eli! You have no idea how much I appreciated the help! :)

Hey man, Eli the Computer Guy......you saved my damn life. Thank you........

@jofjeff3120965 Just go with name brand disks. The generic ones have a high failure rate. I usually go with Memorex.

thank you sooooooooooo much you helped me fix my computer and now my computer is way faster and is retored and now i can get past the starting windows screen :)

this was very helpful cuz i forgot what i needed to do for a recovery.

You are a god for making this review.

Thanks Eli. Very helpful.

Thank you! Need to replace HD and wasn't sure how do reinstall OS. Appreciate the help.

thank you so much, I lost the operating system and had no idea how to boot from the disc

@hacksandmods1498 All you do is boot off of them, and then follow the prompts...

this helps if got hp can have one copy of them if have someone with exact same brand an model pc there disks will work on yours to but if hp it will mean you wont get to create another set on your pc though after it redoes every thing with their cds

they normally bill you $100 for them. Give their tech support a call to verify you're buying the right thing

cyber wisdom from the top prison tech guy. nice orange tee dude. good stuff! You deserve a bigger cell Eli.

That would be the shipping cost. If you registered your computer when you purchased it, you are not always charged for the recovery disks themselves by providing the product and serial number of your equipment because there will be a record of your purchase and your personal information on file. It is sent to you as a courtesy for replacement of a product you already purchased.

I suggest adopting the "LESS IS MORE" principle. Preparing better so you can take less of an extemporaneous approach to addressing the public info seekers like myself. Again, hope you can read this with the constructive idea it was written to convey.

It's highly recommended to never shut down your computer using your physical power button. It can wreck your drivers and cause massive issues with the computer. That's actually why i'm watching this video now! It IS however recommended that whenever you need to hard shut down, unplug the AC adapter and take out the battery. The components inside the computer know what to do when they lose power, but when it is forced to shut down, it will corrupt drivers and such. :(

Thanks, elithecomputerguy. I've been looking for this exact information.

Please explain the difference between the system recovery without discs and using the discs? Why use discs if the system can do it without? thanks, Barbara

Perfect...just the info I have been looking for. Subcribed

Great job, Eli! Thanks this was very Helpful.

I had to do this because my computer was messing up and its funny because i watched this vid a few days ago before it happened!!

I wish i had seen this video earlier because now i have to buy the disks but i have a question, is $15 too cheap for a recovery disk? i saw it in the HP website and i think its too good to be true.

this was a fantastic video. thanks

Great video. This tutorial helped me a lot. Thank you

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I need help with restoring my backup files on my computer. I recdntly went back from windows 10 back to windows 7. I had to go back to factory setting. I backed up my files before making the change. I don't know how to put the files back onto the computer. I would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance

Thanks, helpful information. I want sell my computer and taken all my important data out so if I run recovery disk it will wipe out all the crap from computer. Another thing is I have dual boot so if I run recovery disk will it remove dual boot as well? Can you please let me know. Tx

i have my disks (9)..after watching this a couple times i understand how to use them but..when i was having issues with virus's etc i lost all pics and music etc..my question is will using these disks bring those files back?

My hard drive failed on my laptop, so i decided to buy a solid state drive. I dont want to blow 90 bucks on a windows 7 disk but there are recovery disks that can apparently reinstall your operating system as long as you have your computers product key. If i were to buy one of those disks, how would i use it? Would i run it like a boot disk when i start my computer up?

Can I ask a really dumb question? I have a Toshiba laptop and hence found the Toshiba folder in the Windows 7 star menu. Like you said, there is an option called TOSHIBA Recovery Media Creator. However, there is also an option in the Control Panel; Create a repair disk. Should I use the windows one or the Toshiba one? Is there a difference?

I was looking on how to recover a hard drive that is no longer bootable. If my PC was able to boot that why would I need to recover. I have the recovery disks but if I can't boot what good are the recovery disks?

Now I have a question, bought two identical laptops at the very same time. seeing as how the DVD disk are a bit costly would you advise making making recovery disks off of one laptop to use for both or should I make a set of individual recovery disk for each laptop?

What type of disks do you recommend to use?

Thanks for posting! This helped me out a lot!

Help I have a Toshiba satellite L775 I don't have CD-ROM/DVD option on BIOS. I have recovery disk but I can't run them. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

yes you can if both identical

u SAVED my LIFE!!!!!!!!!

Megacoollest, Try F8 if F12 doesn't work. My PC is F8 to get boot selection screen.

Question. I did make a back up disk. Te computer crashed. Nothing worked. Would not boot. I took it in for repair. at Fry's where it was built. They change the mother board and the hard drive, not the same brand. So will my back up disks still work with this? And what is I would only want selective items move to the computer. Would I be able to that with my current back up disks? Tom

I have a question, my wife's laptop is screwed and needs a system restore done, but for some reason unlike mine which when restarted will pop up a boot screen where u have options to press say F11 to get into system recovery, hers is totally gone. Ive done a system recovery on hers before so what happened? Any idea? Was wondering too, if I could use my recovery disc from my desktop on hers, but then what about activation? Oh and is there a certain type of discs u have to use for recovery, such as DVD-R, or +R or -RW or what?

OH THANK YOU!!! YOU SAVED ME FROM A PAINFUL STRESS ATTACK OF DEATH! Ill remember you always :D

don't you put the disk while you restore the computer? or do you restore it than put the disks in?

Can you do this method if you want to restore your OS from a HDD to a new SSD? will it have partition problems? I wanted to convert my working HDD to an SSD and i really dont trust 3rd party cloning softwares. Hope to hear from you soon.

Really helpful, thank you

Thanks well explained every detail... thank you so much... Up Up Up

You can also use usb drives..... At least on mac osx. I've made one before and it's very useful and takes up less space than a CD.

could you use these disks to install them on a diffrent computer and then install the drivers you need?

when you put the disk in, and then change settings to boot from disk. after the restore , do you have to change it back to boot from h drive, or does it do for you automatically .

For ASUS, the folder is called ASUS utility and then the program is called AI Recovery Burner

I have 4 recovery DVDs , I have sony Vaio pc I created recovery media as dvd , but there are 4 DVDs now I want to recover windows 8 , how will it work pls help.

What should one do if no options are able to be selected at the "Select Restore Type" menu @18:34 of your video?

I have a lenovo G555 and I have to make my own recovery disk too. However i have no idea why mine isn't working. Can someone who has the same model tell me whats wrong? I've made the disks and numbered them correctly, but I don't know what to do next, do i just put the first disk in and let it run?

Hello Eli the computer guy ... can i use recovery disk from one computer on another computer?

my doubt is when u make recovery the data stored in other partitions is deleted????

Man i love this guy he is soo smart and helpfull and specific Keep up the good work

How to restore all the drive? C, D, or E? All of them?

how to repair unmountable boot volume? and i dont have recovery disk.. what im gonna do? thanks..

If you want to use the system discs do you select restore operating system and retain user data? Aren't all your files on your disc?

Stupid question. Can or should i do both factory default and other if i want programs

Use the Toshiba one. The repair disk won't let you restore to factory default.

thank you gateway i love you

Thanks a lot for this video

for some reason when im at the part where u click f12 i wont be on the boot options

hi sir Eli, Can i used Dell Inspiron 1545 system recovery disk to Dell Inspiron N5030?

HI Eli. I try to restore my gateway computer, but it doesn't work, I try both from windows and from F8 and it doesn't show (recovery Manager) Can you help me.Please.

what if u have backup disks but you need to install them to a clean hard drive (NOTHING on it including windows).. how would u do that?

Hello. I have a toshiba satellite laptop. The laptop did come with restore disks, but I am just having a hardtime restoring the laptop to its factory settings using those disks. As you showed in the video, i did go to the system setting to configure the fact that the machine reads the CD Rom before it reads the hardrive of the computer.But still no luck. Help please!!!!

Hey it's Stiffler the computer guy! :)

I made my recovery disks when I got the computer. I've actually had to use them before. Now I have a laptop with only 1/2 the screen working. I can't see the whole recovery directions or the buttons that I am supposed to press. Any suggestions?

i got disks with my computer and im trying to do this now. On the discs it says insert, reeboot computer and then follow on screen prompts. Nothing comes up when i reeboot computer

There has to be a shorter version :)

I am stuck just after 19:11, while it is loading, computer shuts down and then blue screens upon restart. Any ideas? Thanks

im like you great with computers does your store use WAIK to help clients in the install as if theres crash then you all could make a AI from retail versions though the factory stuff be gone

I own a Toshiba Satellite L775 Laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit installed. How would I create recovery disks from this configuration?

What if i bought my pc with W7 home basic and now it's W7 Prof. and i use System Restore Disks will it revert back to Home basic?

I got a question man I back up and backup and restored my OS to a blank RW CD but don't have the option to completely restore the OS to factory settings. Only thing I can do it repair the system option, how long is too long to wait?

a great help! thanks!

you didn't show how to bring up the menu to change the windows boot option,so how do you do that?also do you place the dvd into the drive and then shutdown the computer normal way,then re-start the computer,but how to get the windows boot option window?

What if you did a back up, not a restore , of photos from a gateway XP. But, you no longer have that gateway anymore. I now have a HP can I reclaim the photos

My HP has a recovery hard drive (D:) Can you use that to recover, and how?

Hi Eli! I'm Oma Am. Today I watched 3 to 4 of your videos, one is about CES which happened end of Last yr. or beginning of this year. Sounds exciting. Eli I'm a baby tech and a few yrs. older than you. I can't get this need to know computers outta me so instead I'm just riding the wave of geekdom. I Looove it. I've run in to some big obstacles. Being a tech is expensive. You seem to need money here and there for books, parts, and other related devices. So since I'm yet at the bottom of geekdom what I'd like to ask is can I teach my self for free to take the Aplus test because, googley moogley! I gotta find alotta cheese to take the cert. test. 2.Can I study my way on my own thru networking and security too? Also, since Programming is the thing or is climbing, can I study my way on my own thru that too and just worry about building cheese to get my cert for that too? I know I'm saying and asking alot. Loove your videos, you're funny and out of pure appreciation for God's handy work, you're Handsome. And most Importantly you're smart and sound like a person who likes to be balanced which is wise, and honest as much as a human can be honest. Thank you for your service and do hope I hear from you concerning my inquiries. Take care!

Whoa, that seems expensive. The company online we get ours from usually only charges 20-50 or so.

Oh forgot to mention, my desktop is an HP and my wife's laptop is a Sony Vaio. Will my recovery discs work still?

I followed the same instructions and it comes up asking me on what program to use to restore my computer. I'm using a Toshiba computer with Windows 7 64-bit, if that helps.

Hey my computer has a virus of some sort and it won't let me open any programs please help

I have a gateway too and its drive was divided into 7 partition. My friend deleted one ( as it showed it was not use AT ALL ) however he deleted some page memory and now my computer wont pass the windows logo screen. I inserted my recovery cd but after loading files it just goes to the windows sign and does the samething...

I have the Operating System DVD Windows 7 Professional and i want to add Spanish as a language display option. can i use this disk without wiping out my pc?

I put the disk and made it to run disk on startup first but I got a tosh ins recovery wizard error. ERROR: 03-FFFF-0001. Help please!!

thnx, you saved me $100

How do you know when to switch out the CDs? From 1 to 2 to 3 and so on and so forth?

I send my computer to be fixed because didn't start up, they delete all the operating system and intalled it again (vista). After that I note that the recovery disc was deleted so I went back and they told me that the recovery disc was corrupted so they could intall it again. So my question is: It is posible intall again the OS and do not have the Recovery disk? TKS