Windows 10 has more ways than ever to restore and backup your system. It also offers more advanced boot options when your computer won't boot. There may come a time when you can no longer start up if something goes wrong. That is why it is essential to create a recovery disk before problems with Windows arise.
Creating a recovery drive allows you to boot from the USB drive and access advanced boot options. You can then use these tools to troubleshoot and even restore your system Reinstall Windows 10.
Creating a recovery drive for Windows 10 is similar to creating a recovery drive for other versions of Windows. For best results, grab a USB stick of at least 16 GB and connect it to your PC.
Create Windows 10 recovery drive via USB
To create a recovery drive in Windows, type in the Windows search bar: recovery drive. Click on Recovery Drive to open the “Recovery Media Tool”.
I recommend that you enable the option: Back up the system files to the recovery drive. Then click Next.
It will now search for the USB stick connected to your computer. This may take a while.
Select the available USB drive. Then click Next to continue creating a recovery drive.
Windows warns you with the following message: All existing data on the drive will be deleted. First, back up any personal data on this drive.
Click Create to continue creating a USB recovery drive for Windows.
A recovery drive will now be created in Windows, this process may take a while as all system files need to be copied to the USB drive.
Once the recovery drive has been created, click the Finish button to complete.
If you ever experience problems with Windows, you can use the boot your computer from the newly created USB recovery drive. You will then need to adjust your computer's BIOS settings so that the boot order is set to booting from the USB disk drive instead of your built-in hard drive.
Because every BIOS is different, I recommend that you search for the BIOS model or computer model and then find out how to adjust the boot order.
If you are using the USB Recovery Drive then you can from the Advanced boot options Restore Windows.
The Advanced boot options are system restore, produce with installation image, boot repair, rollback to previous version and Command Prompt for troubleshooting.
I hope this helped you. Thank you for reading.
Can you use 1 recovery stick for multiple PCs, or do you have to have 1 stick per PC or even per generation of an OS version (20H2, 21H2, 22H2, 23H2)?
Hello, you can use a recovery drive for multiple computers as long as they are made for Windows 11 or 10. Generation doesn't matter.
Thanks for the help in creating a Recovery USB
+I have an HP PC that has been upgraded from W10 enterprise to W11, I have heard that I may have problems with W11 because my bios is not suitable for W11, however, it now says W11, there is a downgrade option, and I wants to do that, but will he go all the way back to W7, with which the PC was sold? The guy who upgraded the PC did it from W10 enterprise, what will happen if I downgrade?
Hello, if you downgrade from Windows 11, Windows 11 will go back to Windows 10. Read more:
https://www.pc-tips.info/tips/windows-tips/windows-11-terugzetten-naar-windows-10/
Success!
bios settings
How can I find it in Windows 10 please?
so that I can save it for later (if ever booting fails)
PS Do I have to periodically create the recovery USB again (e.g. once a year)?
Hello, here's how to open the bios settings:
https://www.pc-tips.info/tips/windows-tips/2-manieren-om-de-bios-of-uefi-instellingen-te-openen/
You create the recovery USB for Windows 10 once, and then you can save it. Good luck!