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Personal files and any apps that did not come with your PC will not be backed up. You'll need a USB drive that's at least 16 gigabytes. Warning: Use an empty USB drive because this process will erase any data that's already stored on the drive. In the search box on the task bar, search for Create a recovery drive and then select it. You might be asked to enter an admin password or confirm your choice.

When the tool opens, make sure Back up system files to the recovery drive is selected and then select Next. Select Create. Many files need to be copied to the recovery drive, so this might take a while. If you ever need to use the recovery drive to reinstall Windows 11 on your PC, see Recovery options in Windows for further instructions. It's a good idea to Backup and Restore in Windows frequently because the recovery drive isn't a system image.

Andre Da Costa Volunteer Moderator. See how you can do that: Go to a working computer, download, create a bootable copy, then perform a clean install. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Sumit Volunteer Moderator Volunteer Moderator. DaveM Independent Advisor.

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What's new in this version - 2 easy to use recovery modes - Bug fixes - Improved scan and recovery performance. Additional information Published by Microsoft Corporation.

Published by Microsoft Corporation. Approximate size 2. Age rating For all ages. This app can Access all your files, peripheral devices, apps, programs and registry Run as administrator Write registry entries and files that are not cleaned up on uninstall.

Permissions info. Installation Get this app while signed in to your Microsoft account and install on up to ten Windows 10 devices. Language supported English United States. You may install and run one instance of the software on up to each of ten of your Windows 10 devices that are linked to the Microsoft account associated with your Windows Store account.

The software may include third party applications that Microsoft, not the third party, licenses to you under this agreement. Any included notices for third party applications are for your information only.

This agreement is effective on your acceptance and terminates on the earlier of i 30 days following first availability of a commercial release of the software or ii upon termination by Microsoft. Microsoft may extend this agreement in its discretion. You may receive periodic reminder notices of this date through the software. You may not be able to access data used in the software when it stops running.

The software is a pre-release version. It may not operate correctly. It may be different from the commercially released version. If you give feedback about the software to Microsoft, you give to Microsoft, without charge, the right to use, share and commercialize your feedback in any way and for any purpose. You will not give feedback that is subject to a license that requires Microsoft to license its software or documentation to third parties because Microsoft includes your feedback in them.

These rights survive this agreement. The software may collect information about you and your use of the software and send that to Microsoft. Your opt-out rights, if any, are described in the product documentation. Click Next to continue. You can also save the Windows 10 recovery tool as ISO file. Click Next and wait for the creation to finish. Note: You can also create a self-booting Windows 10 recovery option without any media.

Then this option will appear automatically from next boot, and continue booting Windows after a few seconds if you do nothing. Choose Restore this system backup , confirm the operation and Start Restore. Remember to tick Universal Restore if the system image is created on dissimilar hardware. You could create Windows 10 recovery tools like recovery USB, repair disk, installation media to fix system problems. But if you find the process too complicated, or Windows 10 recovery tool not working, you can also use AOMEI Backupper to create bootable media or startup recovery option.

Even if you want to replace the hard drive and avoid reinstallation from scratch, it could help you migrate Windows 10 from HDD to SSD.

USB Repair disc A system repair disc can be used to boot your computer. Tool 1. How to create and use Windows 10 recovery USB? Tool 2. Tool 3. How to create and use Windows 10 installation media? Alternative to create Windows 10 recovery media or boot option easily Tool 1. How to create a Windows 10 recovery USB: 1.