Create a Windows 10 USB Recovery Drive

Create a Windows 10 USB Recovery Drive

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Creating a Recovery Drive for Windows 10 is much like creating one for Windows 8.1. For best results, grab a flash drive that’s at least 16 GB and plug it into your PC. Then type: recovery drive into the search field and hit Enter. Or select the option to create on from the results at the top.

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Now select the flash drive you want to use for your recovery and click Next.

On the next screen click Create to start the process of creating your recovery drive…it should just take a few minutes or complete. Keep in mind that the all of the data on the drive will be deleted.

Keep in mind that the all of the data on the drive will be deleted.

That’s it! Now make sure to put the drive in a safe place so you can use it in the future if needed.

Advanced Boot Options

If you’re unable to boot into Windows 10 for any reason, you can boot from the recovery drive and will get a menu of advanced options to help troubleshoot the problem and get your system up and running.

For more on Microsoft’s new operating system, make sure to check out our complete archive of Windows 10 articles.

Also, for more help with getting your system up and running, and Windows 10 discussion in general, join the Windows 10 Forums.