jhr
11-13-2010 05:36 PM (488 days ago)
When trying to make a System Repair Disk I get the following error box:

System repair disc could not be created
The parameter is incorrect (0x80070057

Key System Stats
Win7 64bit HP Pavilion loaded system
dv6t 2300

CD/DVD Blue Ray drive works fine and no other obvious problems
It appears that this error number is common to many non related problems

John

HaggisCat
11-13-2010 05:56 PM (488 days ago)
If you haven't, try using a Sony DVD+R, non rewritable, that's assuming that you have not done this already.

I also found this if you still can't get it to work. Remember to also create your system image disc's, these are used in conjunction with the W7 repair disc's.

http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/
jhr
11-14-2010 04:41 AM (487 days ago)
It doesn't matter what media I use, in fact the error pops up so fast that it never has time to even check the BD-ROM drive. Since it is still in warrantee I may have to bite the bullet and do a factory reinstall to confirm the problem still exists. I was hoping that someone else had seen this problem before.

Your second link sounds like a promising alternative.

Thanks
HaggisCat
11-14-2010 09:48 AM (487 days ago)
There are other things to try before doing a factory restore. Try reinstalling the drive for the CD/DVD ROM in the device manager and /or doing a windows restore point, going back as far as you can, assuming that there was a time when it worked properly.

I got that link from Google, but that was only on the second page, so you could dig a little deeper, there may also be more to find on the Microsoft Site.

You didn't really say if you had tried burning something else.

Here's another one :

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprogeneral/thread/d21642ff-4e06-4e57-ac1e-beacdfb7...
Mumbodog
11-14-2010 02:00 PM (487 days ago)
Several things to try

1. Burn to CD not DVD

2. Run recdisc.exe from an elevated command prompt

3. Run a System File Checker http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833
then retry

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jhr
11-15-2010 05:33 AM (486 days ago)
First let me warn all you youngsters, don't get old and forgetful. Anyway I did some digging in my backup storage cases and found that when I purchased my laptop I actually made a system repair disk and a set of recovery disks. So I have all that I need but I still was bugged about what changed.

Your second link to a MS thread had some very revealing information. There was a discussion about the CD/DVD drive letter assignment. When I checked it was assigned as drive "F". What I initially did after making the repair disk and a set of backups was to add a new partition to my large single hard drive. HP already had two partitions on it which forced the CD/DVD drive to "E". When I added the extra HD partition it now became "F".

If the commentary in the thread is correct it suggested that CD/DVD drive assignments of "D" or "E" probably worked then that is why I initially was able to create the repair suite. Now that the CD/DVD drive is assigned "F" could be the reason it flags the error code.

I would like to prove that but don't want to delete a hard drive partition to test this out.

My heartful thanks to the responders to this post.
jhr
11-15-2010 05:35 AM (486 days ago)
Please see my response to the previous post but I did a successful run of System File Checker. The link you provided will come in handy in the future.

Thanks for responding
Mumbodog
11-16-2010 06:35 AM (485 days ago)
Normally if you make one set of recovery discs, it will not allow you to make any more, you only get to make one set.
I make copies of the discs and store them in ISO format on a backup drive. That way I can burn another set if I ever need them.

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RossF
11-16-2010 01:29 PM (485 days ago)
Hello

I purchased a second hand "HP Pavilion dv6728ca Entertainment Notebook PC" and have attempted to create the recovery disc set and since it was done by the previous owner I cannot do it again. Is there a way to get around this at all? Like maybe in the registry?

Thanks
Mumbodog
11-16-2010 02:06 PM (485 days ago)
http://www.troublefixers.com/create-more-than-one-set-of-recovery-cd-on-hp-laptop-computer/

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kentray
03-03-2011 10:24 AM (378 days ago)
I have the same problem on two new Pavilion dv6 laptops. Have tried using both cd and dvd media. Have additional partitions created before I tried to make the repair disk, but assigned them letters p and k, so my cd/dvd drive is still E, so the drive letter should not be the problem. I suspect there is some registry key that controls this. Does anyone know what it is?
p.s. there is some confusion in this commentary about what the problem is. I am NOT trying to make additional sets of HP recovery cds. I AM trying to make the bootabler windows repair CD so I can set up to recover from the windows backup i made to a USB drive. I wish we could all come to some understandable definition of backup, restore, and recovery to avoid these confusions.
Mumbodog
03-03-2011 10:41 AM (378 days ago)
A possible workaround, if you can boot into the recovery environment using F8 at boot time you can try to make the disc from there.

When it gets to the main setup window, click on Repair from the lower left corner.

Select Command Prompt from the main Repair menu.
[works fine, but note your CD/DVD drive letter may be all different than normal]
At the command prompt type in "recdisc", then ENTER.


You'll get the popup to choose which drive letter to create the Recovery disc to.
you must determine which drive letter is the DVD R/W in Wind RE
Have a clean DVD in the Dvd drive - select start.
This should get your System repair disc created.


kentray
03-03-2011 05:42 PM (378 days ago)
OK, so I did the F8 trick and got the screen you illustrated above. I chose REPAIR YOUR COMPUTER but did not get any opportunity to go to a command prompt. Instead I got instructions to put in my Windows installation CD which, of course, I do not have since I only have my HP original image CDs that I obviously do not want to use. What am I missing? Help!

Mumbodog
03-03-2011 05:53 PM (378 days ago)
The WinRE partition is either missing or is damaged.

Is it 32bit or 64bit Windows 7 that you have?
kentray
03-03-2011 06:13 PM (378 days ago)
64 bit Home Premium
kentray
03-03-2011 08:34 PM (378 days ago)
Further investigation reveals that the partition you mention is not seen in Disk Management. I only have:
199MB SYSTEM
C:
103MB HP_TOOLS
29GB RECOVERY to restore the original HP setup
the K: data partition I created.
Mumbodog
03-04-2011 06:03 AM (377 days ago)
199mb SYSTEM is the Windows RE partition.

Check your private messages.
Elladel
03-12-2012 01:04 PM (3 days ago)
I just bought g6-1360ed and my retailer installed Windows 7 Home Premium. I asked for a separate Data-partition. My computer shows 4 partitions: C:/, D:/Recovery, E:/HP_Tools and G:/Data. So my DVD-station is also at F:/.
And I got the same error (0x80070057). The System File Checker on Microsoft website did not solve the problem. With EaseUS ToDo Backup I managed to create a systemrepair disc.
jhr
03-12-2012 02:49 PM (3 days ago)
I feel pretty certain the problem occurs when you change or make an extra hard drive partition. If you read the threads again I described this in more detail.