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Here’s an easy “how to guide” for creating a Vista SP1 recovery disc. As we all probably know Vista, and for that matter all Windows OSes allow us to make recovery discs. These are not to be confused with system restore discs which allow users to fall-back to the stage that they purchased their computer at, otherwise known as a factory-state.

These are more like repair discs which allow the user to save valuable data and move files between multiple drives, such as, CD, DVD or USB drives. Of course this was also possible in XP but a little more time consuming. Here it will only take a couple clicks. [more after the jump]

Simply go to “START”, then ‘All Programs, Maintenance, Create Recovery Disc”.

Now all you need is a blank CD or DVD and your Windows Vista installation disc and you’re all set. When you boot your CD it will look like a fresh install but it’s not, you will need to click the “Repair your computer” tab to select the partition would like to repair. After this you will be prompted with three options, startup repair, system restore and command prompt. You can even use a USB drive to copy files to, if you so choose.

Hope this helps!