Can't create Vista recovery disk

mikenowo · 02-13-2008, 02:08 PM

I have a new HP machine with Vista on it but when I try to create a recovery disk no matter which DVD or CD I put into the drive it tells me it is not a blank disk. I tried writing to one of the new DVDs I bought and that works fine with drag and drop BUT the recovery disk utility says none of the new DVDs are blank. I even tried formatting them and still says not blank. I've tried both R and RW cds/dvds.

truthseeker · 02-13-2008, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mikenowo

I have a new HP machine with Vista on it but when I try to create a recovery disk no matter which DVD or CD I put into the drive it tells me it is not a blank disk. I tried writing to one of the new DVDs I bought and that works fine with drag and drop BUT the recovery disk utility says none of the new DVDs are blank. I even tried formatting them and still says not blank. I've tried both R and RW cds/dvds.

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Lumix · 02-13-2008, 09:02 PM

I doubt this, but it may be your CD drive. Maybe using a different one or getting a new one would help, otherwise use a removable drive such as a flash drive. Nothing too expensive, just a 256MB should be about 6$.

02-13-2008, 02:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
mikenowo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP	Can't create Vista recovery disk I have a new HP machine with Vista on it but when I try to create a recovery disk no matter which DVD or CD I put into the drive it tells me it is not a blank disk. I tried writing to one of the new DVDs I bought and that works fine with drag and drop BUT the recovery disk utility says none of the new DVDs are blank. I even tried formatting them and still says not blank. I've tried both R and RW cds/dvds.

02-13-2008, 09:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lumix Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 9 OS: WinXP/WinVista	Re: Can't create Vista recovery disk I doubt this, but it may be your CD drive. Maybe using a different one or getting a new one would help, otherwise use a removable drive such as a flash drive. Nothing too expensive, just a 256MB should be about 6$.