Dave-UK wrote:
The repair disk in question here is not an installation disk. It is
a 170 M/b pre-installation image. When Vista was at SP1 stage
Microsoft introduced the facility to create a simple boot disk to run a
few repair
options. For some reason they stopped supporting this in SP2.
The file to create the disk, Recdisc.exe, is still in the System32
folder but it does nothing when you double-click it.
If you want to see one, here's one I created:
Vista 32 bit Repair Disk
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DNXH16ZK

My point has not changed.

Unless I get it from a protected known source - I would not call it
"proper". If it came with the system or I downloaded it somehow from
Microsoft (password-protected site preferrably) - I just don't think I could
trust something to repair my operating system at that base of a level.

Things can (and do) get changed on supposedly good web sites and their
mirrors - the recent IRC/Linux issues show that. Microsoft is a larger
attack target and I just cannot see recommending downloading something like
that if the user has (and they should) other options that are more
'certain' - like CDs that came with the computer, a manufacturer to call to
get said CDs, etc.

If there is a facility to create the disk out there (steps from Microsoft) I
would gladly link to those steps/etc - but I would still say that something
from "neosmart.net" for repairing my operating system from the ground up may
not be as trustworthy as something that came with my system or I could get
from my system manufacturer (people with something to possibly lose if
things go wrong - where the neosmart people could just shrug their shoulders
and move on.)

Not saying it wouldn't work, may be 100% legitimate, etc. I might even use
it after a few checks after the download - *but* I wouldn't throw it out
there as the first option to anyone.

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