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What are the best ways or tools to create recovery drives such as recovery DVDs or USB recovery drives?
Thank you.
Thank you.
jedishrfu said:What do you mean by recovery? Windows provides recovery drives as CDs.
Vanadium 50 said:And the manufacturer either provided you the tools to make a recovery CD/DVD/USB or they did not. If they did not, you are stuck.
Vanadium 50 said:They don't want you taking the recovery image to a different computer and using it to install bundled software. Furthermore, they don't want to unnecessarily complicate matters: if you can use it to do recovery on that PC, it's good enough. They don't have to work to add features beyond this.
To create a recovery drive from the manufacturer's recovery partition, you will need to access the recovery partition on your computer. This can usually be done by pressing a specific key during startup, such as F11 or F12. Once you have accessed the recovery partition, follow the steps provided by the manufacturer to create a recovery drive.
Yes, you can use a USB drive to create a recovery drive from the manufacturer's recovery partition. Make sure the USB drive has enough storage space and follow the steps provided by the manufacturer to create the recovery drive.
While it is not necessary to create a recovery drive from the manufacturer's recovery partition, it is highly recommended. This recovery drive will allow you to restore your computer to its original factory settings in case of system failure or other issues.
No, it is not recommended to use a recovery drive created from another computer's manufacturer's recovery partition. Each computer's recovery partition is specific to that particular device and using it on a different computer may cause compatibility issues.
If you no longer have access to the manufacturer's recovery partition, you can still create a recovery drive by using a third-party software. There are many free and paid options available online that can help you create a recovery drive for your computer.