creating recovery disk
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I will not bore you with the details but would offer this. I have seen numerous solutions already presented on this forum and chose one to create my rescue disk. It was the one presented by the forum Moderator "Trouble". It worked and was quite easy to accomplish. Basically, I used the utility Acronis True Image 2016 to create the disk which I used to restore my system. I simply inserted it (nothing else) and was instantly returned to a copy of my original system with all of its programs and personalizations intact.
I downloaded the 30 day free trial of Acronis, created the disk, and tested it by loading from it all in just five minutes.
I downloaded the 30 day free trial of Acronis, created the disk, and tested it by loading from it all in just five minutes.
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Here is the best step-by-step process of creating a Windows 10 recovery that I've seen:
http://www.techradar.com/us/how-to/...-to-create-a-windows-10-recovery-disk-1302377
Hope it helps!
http://www.techradar.com/us/how-to/...-to-create-a-windows-10-recovery-disk-1302377
Hope it helps!
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My advice......
Hold off on creating a "Recovery Disc", nothing wrong with the idea, it is just that the "Recovery Disc" only does one thing, it supports the Win RE (Windows Recovery Environment).... again, nothing wrong with that or bad necessarily, it's just limited.
Use the ISO and burn it to the media of your choice (USB ThumbDrive or DVD), which will accomplish two things.....
1. Allow you access to the Windows Recovery Environment just like a Recovery Disc, using the second page (after the select a language and keyboard layout screen) "Repair Your PC" link Advance Troubleshooting options.
As well as....
2. Provide you with an on hand resource to re-install Windows 10 or perform an in-place upgrade repair, should either of those ever be necessary.
Two birds..... one stone.
The installation media can be obtain through either of these two resources.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/techbench
OR
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Once you have the ISO, you can use ImgBurn to burn it to a DVD or Rufus to burn it to a USB ThumbDrive, either of which you can use to boot your computer.
Hold off on creating a "Recovery Disc", nothing wrong with the idea, it is just that the "Recovery Disc" only does one thing, it supports the Win RE (Windows Recovery Environment).... again, nothing wrong with that or bad necessarily, it's just limited.
Use the ISO and burn it to the media of your choice (USB ThumbDrive or DVD), which will accomplish two things.....
1. Allow you access to the Windows Recovery Environment just like a Recovery Disc, using the second page (after the select a language and keyboard layout screen) "Repair Your PC" link Advance Troubleshooting options.
As well as....
2. Provide you with an on hand resource to re-install Windows 10 or perform an in-place upgrade repair, should either of those ever be necessary.
Two birds..... one stone.
The installation media can be obtain through either of these two resources.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/techbench
OR
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Once you have the ISO, you can use ImgBurn to burn it to a DVD or Rufus to burn it to a USB ThumbDrive, either of which you can use to boot your computer.