Restoring the MBR on a CD-ROM less Notebook

[NoOp]

On 05/22/2010 03:11 AM, Amichai Rotman wrote:
> I guess I wasn't clear enough...
> 
> I am way beyond fixing GRUB. I have run the Recovery process, and I only
> have Windows 7 on the hard disk. I have no Ubuntu or GRUB.
> 
> Here is the partitioning state:
> 
> sda1: 15Gb for Recovery
> sda2: Bootable 80GB for Windows 7 System (OS)
> sda5: Extended NTFS for DATA
> 
> I now need help with dumping the Winsows 7 Recovery CD to a USB stick in a
> way the BIOS will recognize it as a CD.
> 
> The BIOS supports booting from USB because it booted the Ubuntu Live CD I
> made with usb-creator. It didn't work with the Rescue CD...

Maybe:
<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&complete=0&q=windows+7+%2Brecovery+%2Busb&btnG=Search>

Not sure, but this one looks like it might work:
<http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2010/05/11/installing-windows-7-system-recovery-into-usb-flash-drive/>
and:
<http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2009/09/09/how-to-install-windows-7-faster-using-usb-flash-drive/>