{"id":29684,"date":"2012-03-28T14:51:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T14:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=29684"},"modified":"2012-03-28T14:52:47","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T14:52:47","slug":"windows-guides-use-a-windows-repair-usb-drive-to-fix-your-broken-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/windows-guides-use-a-windows-repair-usb-drive-to-fix-your-broken-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Guides: Use a Windows Repair USB Drive to Fix Your Broken PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/484.png?c3a98b\" alt=\"Use a Windows Repair Disc or USB Drive to Fix Your Broken PC\" title=\"Use a Windows Repair Disc or USB Drive to Fix Your Broken PC\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28703\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Rich Robinson for Windows Guides<\/p>\n<h3>Use a Windows Repair USB Drive or <\/br>Disc to Fix Your Broken PC <\/h3>\n<p>Previously, we showed you <a href=\"http:\/\/mintywhite.com\/windows-7\/7maintenance\/download-windows-7-burn-discput-thumb-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\">how to download Windows 7 and Burn it to a disc\/put it on a thumb drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Having the whole operating system on disc isn\u2019t necessary if you just need to repair your Windows installation. Recovering or repairing your current installation of Windows is favorable because most recovery software that comes with brand name PCs will wipe your PC back to factory settings.You should have a repair disc on hand to deal with the following situations:<\/p>\n<p><font SIZE=\"2\"><\/p>\n<li>You\u2019ve made a change to your PC and it now won\u2019t boot into Windows<\/li>\n<li>You get a message such as NTLDR is missing but your hard drive has not failed<\/li>\n<li>You get a virus on your PC and need command line access to fix the issue<\/li>\n<li>Windows starts to boot and then your PC power cycles<\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this guide:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font SIZE=\"2\"><\/p>\n<li>How to make a Windows 7 repair disc yourself<\/li>\n<li>How to make a Windows 7 repair USB drive<\/li>\n<li>How to boot from a disc\/USB drive and use it to repair your PC<\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: A repair disc cannot be used to install Windows and provides no functionality beyond that of a Windows installation disc. 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