{"id":2589,"date":"2019-04-20T16:25:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T16:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidpapkin.net\/?p=2589"},"modified":"2019-04-20T16:25:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T16:25:38","slug":"david-papkin-how-to-create-usb-recovery-drive-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidpapkin.com\/?p=2589","title":{"rendered":"David Papkin How to Create USB Recovery Drive in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This David Papkin post is about how to create USB recovery drive, instead of a Recovery disk,<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This post is reposted from https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3140449\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-windows-10-recovery-drives.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You never know when you\u2019ll need a Windows recovery drive in order to restore your system to a pristine state, so the time to make one is now\u2014and it\u2019s very easy to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recovery drive is similar to the media you\u2019d receive if you bought a prebuilt system. Back in the day, PCs would ship with a CD or DVD that included an image of the system as it left the factory. If your PC\u2019s OS went sideways, you could easily restore it to the way things were on day one (though you\u2019d lose all of your subsequently created data and applications, obviously). Nowadays manufacturers usually just put an image of the system as it left the factory on a hidden partition of your main drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Windows recovery disk builds on this idea. In addition to letting you reinstall Windows, it includes several troubleshooting tools, which can be lifesavers if your system won\u2019t boot.[ Further reading: Our best Windows 10 tricks, tips and tweaks ]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of these tools used to be part of the OS. If your PC failed to boot you were presented with a menu allowing you to try and boot into Safe Mode, or use \u201clast known good configuration.\u201d That\u2019s no longer the case with Windows 10. Now you need these tools to reside on a separate, bootable USB drive, and every person running Windows should keep one in a safe place with the label \u201cin case of emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can easily create a recovery drive using Windows 10\u2019s built-in tool.\u00a0<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s how you create one and what it can do for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, obtain an\u00a08GB to 16GB USB drive<\/a>\u00a0and insert it into an open USB port on your PC.\u00a0Next, go into Windows\u2019 Control panel (right-clicking the Windows icon is the easiest way) and type\u00a0create a recovery drive<\/strong>\u00a0into the search bar. The manual method would be to go to\u00a0System & Security<\/em>\u00a0>\u00a0Security & Maintenance<\/em>\u00a0>\u00a0Recovery<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You may need to enter your admin password to go further. In the resulting dialog box, check the box labeled\u00a0Back up system files to the recovery drive<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With your recovery drive created, you\u2019ll have to boot from it in order to use it. How your PC\u00a0boots from USB<\/a>varies according to your PC\u2019s age and motherboard, but typically you can press one of the F-keys during boot to arrive at a boot selection window. From there you select the USB drive you\u2019re using, and it should proceed to boot from the recovery drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you successfully boot from it you\u2019ll see a screen that offers a\u00a0Troubleshoot<\/em>\u00a0option. Click on that and you will see the following:\u00a0Recover from a drive<\/em>, and\u00a0Advanced options (<\/em>and possibly\u00a0Factory Image Restore,\u00a0<\/em>if available).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What you\u2019ll see when you boot from the recovery drive, allowing you to either fix Windows or reinstall it completely.\u00a0<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The first option lets you reinstall Windows. Note that it says you will lose all your data and installed applications. This is a clean installation of Windows, not a restore from backup or something along those lines. This is the nuclear option, in other words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second option, which is labeled\u00a0Advanced options<\/em>, lets you fix your Windows installation in several ways, and brings you to the following menu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The advanced options offer quite a few useful troubleshooting and PC repair tools.\u00a0<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Advanced options<\/em>\u00a0menu allows you to do the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

System Restore:<\/strong>\u00a0Use this to revert your PC to a happier time, when things were working normally. This does not affect your data, but it does affect installed programs as it replaces the registry with an earlier version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

System Image Recovery:<\/strong>\u00a0If you\u2019ve used the\u00a0image backup tool in Windows 10<\/a>, this would be where it would come in handy. You can restore the image of your PC at the time you created the image, which includes all your data and installed programs at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Startup Repair:<\/strong>\u00a0This is sort of a \u201cblack box\u201d in that it tries to fix whatever issue is preventing the system from booting, but it doesn\u2019t tell you what it\u2019s doing or, if successful, what the problem was. This is the first thing you should try, as it\u2019s the quickest and least invasive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Command Prompt:<\/strong>\u00a0This can be useful for a wide array of tricks and tactics, most especially running the\u00a0SFC \/Scannow<\/em>\u00a0command to scan and fix corrupted system files. We all know the command prompt is a wizard\u2019s toolbox, and if you know what you\u2019re doing, the possibilities are almost endless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go Back to the Previous Build:\u00a0<\/strong>Though worded a bit cryptically, this lets you revert your PC to the previous build of Windows, meaning the one before whatever update turned everything pear-shaped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you can see, it\u2019s quite useful to have one of these recovery drives handy. Do yourself a favor and make one now. And if for some reason you can\u2019t create a recovery disk in Windows 10,\u00a0we have some suggestions<\/a>\u00a0on that front as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More useful links below<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/windows_10\/how-to-create-a-recovery-drive-for-reinstalling\/58df9c7d-84de-4652-9952-8bac34abc6c5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.howto-connect.com\/create-usb-recovery-drive-in-windows-10-step-by-step<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

End of David Papkin post about info about creating a Windows 10 recovery USB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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