How to Create a Windows 10 Recovery Drive - Make Tech Easier

What if Windows 10 suddenly fails to start or the system fails? From viruses to accidental operations, corruption of the operating system may completely prevent the PC from booting into Windows 10. That's why you need to create a Windows 10 recovery drive.

If your operating system does have a broken OS, you can plug in the USB recovery drive and boot it to help repair the damage. This will give you a menu with multiple options to help you restore Windows to normal operation.

Also read: How to Start Safe Mode in Windows

Required items

All you need to create a Windows 10 recovery drive is an empty USB drive. You can buy a new one, or use one you don't need. You can't store anything else on it when it acts as a recovery drive.

Ideally you need at least 16 GB of storage, but a larger drive will do the same. If the capacity is smaller, it may not work, especially if you are using a 64-bit version of Windows.

If you have any data on your drive at the moment, plug it into your computer and format it. Open File Explorer and right-click on the letter/name of your USB drive. Click Format.

Select NTFS as the file type and press Start.

When to proceed

The answer is very simple - the best time is now!

There are no disadvantages to creating a recovery disk in advance. Therefore, it is always ideal to create it as early as possible. This way, if your computer does have a broken computer, you will have a ready drive to handle the problem.

What if my PC is running properly?

You never know when something goes wrong, and preparing in advance can avoid the big trouble when the worst happens.

Unfortunately, the easiest way to create a recovery drive is to use your own copy of Windows 10. In order to do this, you need to be able to boot into Windows 10 so that you can tell it to create a drive. If you wait until your copy of Windows 10 is corrupt, you can't start it to create the drive. Therefore, it is best to create Windows 10 before it encounters any problems.

Is there any other way?

Sometimes your operating system will be corrupted without a recovery drive to fix it. While creating a recovery drive using your own operating system is the easiest way to do it, it is definitely not the only way. For example, you can use Microsoft's Media Creation Tool to create installation media to reinstall Windows 10.

You can also create a recovery drive using another computer running Windows 10 and then use it on your own computer to repair it. Just make sure the computer you are using to create the drive has the same system type as your own (32-bit or 64-bit).

How to create a recovery drive

Open the Start menu and enter "Create recovery drive".

Select the result. This will start the Windows 10 Recovery Drive Wizard.

There is a somewhat mysterious checkbox on this page called "Backup system files to recovery drive". If you check this box, it will allow you to reinstall Windows by recovery drive when something goes wrong, which is very useful. It requires more storage to create system backups, but it is definitely worth it if you can.

When you click Next, Windows calculates the required space. Once done, it will tell you the space required to create the recovery drive. If you are planning to purchase a USB drive as a recovery drive, use the information on this page to evaluate how large a USB drive you need to purchase. If you have a Windows-compliant drive on hand, plug it in now. You can cancel the process as needed to purchase a compatible USB drive.

Remember that creating a recovery drive will erase all data on the drive! Before creating a recovery drive, check for any important files on your USB drive.

Once you plug in the USB drive and click Next, it will take some time to format your new drive. Once done, you can use it to start and access special repair operations.

Ready to be

Creating a recovery drive for Windows 10 is both simple and useful for future issues. Now you know how to create one, when should it be created, and what you need to create one.

Take this opportunity to learn how to back up to network storage devices regularly. You can also try using another bootable USB drive to recover files if Windows is corrupted and cannot be repaired.

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