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samdraper:
When attempting to create a system repair disk I loaded an empty 700 MB CD-RW into my CD drive on my Win 7 64 Dell Inspiron. This process had worked previously. The program said to use Drive D. When I tapped create disk, I got the error message "The parameter is incorrect Ox80070057"

After multiple attempts I researched the problem using Windows support to no avail. I then tried using your Tweaks repair system. No luck solving the problem. Can you and your team assist me?

Thank you very much.

Sam Draper

Boggin:
If you have used Windows support then I would assume you have used the recdisc command, but if you haven't, boot up into the Advamced Boot options (usually by tapping F8 as you switch on) and select Safe Mode with Command Prompt.

I normally use a DVD-R rather than a RW disc but if RWs have worked okay for you then continue.

Insert the disc then at the prompt enter recdisc

This should correctly identify the CD/DVD drive then follow the prompts.

Remove the disk when completed and to exit the Safe Mode enter shutdown or shutdown /r

The latter will reboot the machine back into normal mode.

If you still get any errors then I think it would be a factory reset, but Shane may have another workaround.

samdraper:
Thank you for your help. Tried your solution and used a DVD-R. Still got "The parameter is incorrect Ox80070057". I don't know how to do a factory   reset. Would I lose all my personal files?

Thanks, Sam

Boggin:
It looks like standard procedure to factory reset a Dell Inspiron http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN117599/EN but I wouldn't use Windows back up as I've found it doesn't always put stuff back where it found it even when you select that option.

You would lose everything you had installed since new and would have to reinstall programs and any printer.

I normally make a list of what needs to be reinstalled before the reset and I prefer to manually back up my personal stuff, a lot of which is in the Downloads and Docs folders, but hang back from the factory reset as Shane may have a workaround, although I would have thought he would have picked up this thread before now.

I also create a full system image first as a fall back.

Shane:
Looks like it is a known problem and MS has a fix page for it :-)

Let me know if this does the trick for you
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/982736

Shane

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