How to Create a Recovery Console CD in Windows Vista

To start, download the Windows Automated Installation Kit available from Microsoft's Official Website and burn it onto a DVD, or mount the image with virtualization software

Once inserted into the CD ROM, click on the drive and run it.

Click, "Install Kit".

The installation process will start. Choose "Accept license"

Click on "next" until the final window closes.

We will now create the "winpe_x86" file.

Go to, Start / All Programs / Microsoft Windows AIK. Right-click "Run as administrator" on => Command Prompt tools Windows PE.

at the prompt type this:

copype.cmd x86 c: \ winpe_x86

The command will start a process. Wait a short while.

Type exit to close the prompt once it's finished. Open the folder C: \ Program Files \ Windows AIK \ Tools \ x86

Right click on "ImageX" => copy

and paste it into => C: \ WinPE_x86 \ iso

Open Notepad => Run as administrator and copy this:

[ExclusionList]

ntfs.log

hiberfil.sys

pagefile.sys

"System Volume Information"

RECYCLE

Windows \ CSC

[CompressionExclusionList]

*. mp3

*. zip

*. cab

\ WINDOWS \ inf \ *. pnf

click "file" => Save As

at this location: C: \ WinPE_x86 \ iso

name it wimscript.ini with file type "all files"

Creating the ISO Image

Start / All Programs / Microsoft Windows AIK

Right-click "Run as administrator" on => Command Prompt tools Windows PE at the prompt type this:

oscdimg-n-bc: \ winpe_x86 \ etfsboot.com C: \ winpe_x86 \ ISO C: \ winpe_x86 \ winpe_x86.iso

This command will compile the files located in Windows PE and generate an image in ISO format.

Burn the ISO created in the folder C: \ WinPE_x86 with your burning software. When the ISO is burned insert the file Bootsect.exe.

Then run UltraISO, typing CTRL O, in order to open the archive located in C: \winpe_x86 \ winpe_x86.iso. Then press F3 to add the files.

Finally burn the CD.

You have now created the recovery disk for Windows Vista. If at any time your Windows Vista installation becomes corrupted just insert the CD, boot, and at the console type:

bootsect / NT60 all

All done!