How to make a Windows 10 USB recovery drive
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- One of the first things you should do with your Windows 10 computer is make a recovery USB drive. Then if it every stops working, you have a tool that should be able to help you fix it.
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Why can't all tutorials be like this? Simple and precise!
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I really like the smooth editing, taking out the usually painful waiting. A quality product!
One of the only few people on here that actually gives instructions, you've just earned a new sub🔥💯
David, I would like to personally thank you for this fantastic video on the Windows 10 USB recovery drive. I completely overlooked making a recovery drive, after watching you video I went out and purchased a 16GB memory stick and fabricated my recovery drive. Your tutorial explained everything perfectly and making the recovery drive was exactly explained. Please keep up the great information and tutorials. Thank you, Jeff
after searching on line and getting confused by written explainations, found your youtube video, excellent clear youtube presentation. Thankyou so much
Just watched your 3 videos on Windows 10 recovery. I'm not IT savvy but your explanations are very good and even I can understand them. Thank you and keep up the good work.
Chuck
This video has been a lifesaver to me. I'll never fear a blank screen
again. Dave's explanation is better than all the gobbledygook
from the manufacturer.
One of the simplest and well-structured videos I have seen on this topic. Thank you for the info.
I tried to make a recovery drive using HP recovery tool but the tool locked up. I used your method and it worked. Glad I found your channel.
I’ve been searching on how to create recovery drive, yours was the only one that worked.. 😊
Is it the bios that you need to open
I know this was filmed 2 years ago but out of the many many videos that I have browsed in an effort to fix my laptop, yours was the only one where instructions were clear, to the point and actually worked! Where have you been all my life and WHEN are you coming back to CZcams??? You are definitely needed on here.
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Just finished upgrading to windows 10 (from 7) and it works. You deserve all the credit...Just like Bryan said "clear, concise" and CORRECT information. I appreciate that you took the time to cover the possible pitfalls and how to correct them. Thank you for your video.
Have you encountered issues with your C drive being filled up with Windows 10 updates? I did after "upgrading" from Windows 7 to 10.
I also discovered when I "upgraded" from 7 to 10, it didn't actually do a full upgrade. The main part of Windows called it Windows 10, but somewhere the settings screens called it Windows 7. A program called "Belarc Advisor" viewed it as Windows 8.1.
Since the upgrade, it kept doing more updates than other people with Windows 10, making me think it was updating Windows 10 and 7 at the same time. It didn't delete installation files, either and it hid a lot of junk files that I didn't need. After a few years I ended up with a Windows 10 installation that was nearly 110GB!
I've since done a clean installation of Windows 10. It was a royal pain in the butt! It has a different colour range for toolbars and some older programs won't work properly any more. Strangely, the original version of Age of Empires (game) works fine, but the newer, expanded edition won't run on Windows 10.
Still, at least I'm not using Windows 11.
I reset my dell pc windows 10 and when i tried to start windows it shows the window logo and then it just hangs then I go into the window RE an it ask me is ask me for administrator password which I didn’t know.then I created a windows 10 bootable usb and install it but it just hangs does the same thing when I reset you think my harddrive went bad? Cuz I even type in the command prompt disk part list volumes and it show the partition with windows 10 says healthy but is like 450 gigabytes size that’s a huge size shouldn’t be like 3 gigabytes?
Perfect tutorial! Clear, concise, succinct and articulate.
Dave, nice job. Great instructions and easy to follow. Thank You.
*Now that's what I was looking for!*
Good work buddy!! You deserve a BIGG THUMBS UP! 👍
I've had trouble since last 4 days to backup. I messed up one time before so I was asking everyone how to do it. I saw your vid recommendation first, but I was lazy to go through to a 15 min vid(previous). But after finally learning nothing, I decided to give your videos a try and honestly every single thing you explained is perfect, concise and all details including. Others just showing a basic or missing out some info, but your vids are perfect. I don't subscribe to tech channels but you earned my red click. Thank you sir
Brilliant mate.....as a complete techno bafoon even i managed to get it to work first time so thanks very much.
Thank you for this easy and clear steps, for creating a recovery drive.
Very informative. Thank you
I'm expecting my new laptop within the week and finding your video was timely.
Dave,
I REALLY like and appreciate your videos. They are simple, to the point and extremely useful. Thank you!!!!!!!!
Very well done. I found no flaws in your explanation and have recommended your video to a friend, as I am not a good instructor. Ignore the thumbs downers. Excellent video! Thank you!
Thank you. Simple and straightforward.
Wow, thank you so much for this!! I'm not much of a tech person and I'm still learning these things but you've made it look super easy!
This really really help me out! I was about to pay a lot just for a simple fix like this! Thank you so much man!
I love how humble and honest he is when he's talking. He's not trying to prove anything to you, he's just teaching you - plain and simple. Love that. New Sub
Hello did you actually read my comment to him?
Hi. Thanks for making this video. It's awesome , really. Great quality , clean and concise explanation . It took me 8.6 GB and about 1 Hour to get it done . Again thanks, and keep up the good work ! 🙂
Excellent, well produced, very clear instructions, and it works. Second video of yours I have had to use both superb. Thank you
An extremely easy instruction sequence to follow with clear text of the also very clear audio; I shall revisit to sort out any other problems i may encounter. Many thanks AGG.
very helpful, made recovery drive and formatted the whole thing to start from scratch, your video was extreamly helpful thank you so very much.
Great to see my fellow Brits doing these videos! God Bless you all!
Thank you for taking the time to make such a easy to understand video!
This is by far the simpliest and cleanest presentation.
Absolutly superb, best and clearest ever... Thanks
Thank you so much for helping me fix my computer, I am extremely grateful. God bless you sir. B)
Awesome video! Worked like a charm, had no issues making a recovery drive.
Nothing I tried seemed to work so I had to use the recovery from drive but you were by far the most descriptive and helpful person I've seen.
Dave, you are a rock star! Thank you for a great video, I found it very helpful.
Exactly what I was looking for, thank you very much.
So helpful. Thank you so much! You answered all the questions I had. Off to buy the correct USB stick. 👌
Pretty straight forward. I loved it and it really helped me a lots with limited computer knowledge. Thank you Dave
A very helpful video Buddy! keep up the good work.
I personally use Aomei backupper to back up and restore and it can also make recovery USB, it's just a perfect tool.
Thank you. If only every technical video were this clear!
OldRocker
If we all knew how to do this computer stuff just think how many of these computer NERDS would be out of a job. I think they just code or write or whatever they do just to protect themselves and their jobs.
This video really saved me, you deserve 10 million subscribers, may God bless you.
Sometimes I wipe out the boot files for Windows and run in circles to make things right to even get an option of loading some backup, but your advises here (some of us learned those as well) have saved many hours of potential reinstalling software for weeks.
Very informative and knowledgeable video. Back in the 1990s I used to work for a company assembling and repairing Personal Computers and Windows 95 setup discs were included with each computer. It was relatively easy to reinstall or repair the operating system. I don’t understand why the manufacturers no longer include a setup disc for Windows 10 or even a built in disc drive. The very least they could do is provide a Windows 10 recovery USB stick to avoid causing people frustration.
but they like to make us believe that u r pc is gone and
charge us for repairing or convenice us that to buy a new laptop !
and also they are the one who create viruses also
Money.
They add a recovery partition, but let's be frank, most people hard recovering windows is usually due to SSD failure. So having the backup on the hardware that eventually dies and warrants the recovery is infuriating.
Man, I am barely computer literate and just use my PC and laptop for novel writing, games, Quora and CZcams. Even I could follow your guide. That's awesome, thank you so much - I really appreciate it.
You have one of the best approaches to disseminate information on CZcams. very concise and informative.
Clear, concise, what's not to like ? Thanks.
Very nicely explained, thx.
Top of the line teaching technics. I had to subscribe after watching a few of your videos. Keep up the good work.
Excellent job giving only info that is relevant. No stories about your dog, cat etc. Thank you
This was so easy to understand and I was able to make my Windows 10 USB recovery drive. Definitely Thumbs Up
You are the best person on planet earth youve got your self 1 subscrber :D keep up the good work
Simple but amazing tutorial, well explained. Keep it up!
Easiest step by step I have found! Everyone else talks too much and/or goes off on the original point that has nothing to do with the topic 🙄
Great video Sir. I am from Dom Rep and let me tell you, your explanation was as clear as crystal. thanks a lot.
Thanks that was very helpful
Thanks Dave..this video is really helpful..I have done the Windows 10 recovery of my PC successfully . Thank you so much❤
One of the best and clearest explanations I've seen. Excellent
That is amazing explanation i am very thankful for you, Gob bless you bro
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Useful info with clear and concise explanation. Thank you. (I'm sure there are people who like giving a thumbs down just to be nasty - ignore them!).
Very well
I'm not given anybody a thumbs down for a video, but I give isSyria's thumb down and the middle finger up to the PC manufacturers who go the cheap way and leave us hanging out to dry six or seven years later.
no its that they did not find it helpful cause there hard drive does not hold anof storage
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Excellent video - concise, clearly-stated and bang-on relevant to it's title - exactly the reminder of 'how to do it' I was looking for.
Many thanks for a truly useful video.
Browsing for this information. Finally got it. Very neatly explained. Thank you so much
This was very helpful! I recently got stuck in a loop between failing automatic repair and BSoD where the ntfs.sys was the issue. Finally got windows up and running by switching the HDD to another SATA connection. Magic! Now I'm paranoid, and wanted to make something like this if and when the HDD goes bonkers again. At least this way I can switch to a new hardrive without much mess.
Thanks for the easy clear instructions!
thank you, very clear..!!
I'm here because I watched your tutorial on how to create a system image backup ! so.... Thank you for uploading both videos .. very nice and neat!
Excellent! Very well explained, simple, precise and great English pronunciation.
Outstanding! Thank you! Exactly what I needed.
The actual process starts at 2:20
But watching the beginning might be helpful to the less experienced.
Saving others people time is very kind gesture. Thank you.
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Thanks Dave. Found really relevant to my need
We need more videos like this. Thanks.
Thank you this tutorial is useful and I also think aomei is well to create repair tool.
Dave's Tech Rescue: i just made a OS Drive but ima make just a Recovery drive also Thank You.
Better with a clear and concise explanation. Thank you great brother. keep it up
Very clear explanation. I just had the dreaded blue screen on my laptop which is very scary. I bought a 32 GB Sandisk and will get to work following your procedures. Thanks!
Using a USB 3.1 decreases the time about ten-fold. It's a very noticeable difference. It's a must!
David Walker also depends on the read and write speed of the USB drive.
I made the repair tool with Aomei, it's actually great.
This gentleman did great! Thanx so much. This was the best video lesson that i found.
Thank you very much for explaining this in details.
Mine took 10 hours, btw thanks dude
Thanks for this very comprehensive guide. I have multiple machines running windows 10 (office, home pc, laptop) do i have to make a recovery USB for each pc or can i just one for all?
It’s best to make a recovery usb for each one, just in case they are not quite compatible.
First class presentation! Thank you.
Wow, so well done! Thanks for posting, man! Very helpful.
Thank you for marvellous video with clear and precise instructions. Do I need to reformat the USB stick from FAT to NTFS before I start making the recovery drive? Thank you.
Thanks! You don't need to format the drive as the recovery tool should do it for you.
Hi Dave,
I found your videos very helpful. Could you please write me how to Create a System Repair Disc on a USB. When I tried to create one ,it asks to connect DVD rewriter which I don't have.
Cheers
You made so clear and straight to the point...very thankful to you.
Super easy instructions to follow. Thank you!
Hi Dave,
Could you please write how to create System Repair Disc on USB
Thanks
Pro tip- use a 32GB thumb drive and save yourself some time. Most of my Windows 10 machines wouldn't create a recovery drive using anything smaller. They don't cost too much more.
better to be safe than sorry, and 32GB sticks have dropped in prices as well.
If I have the money, I'd go or a 64GB or more... just so I can comfort myself lol.
Vyom Swami I think it can but you should make several partitions. So you allocate the back specifically over a partition so every time you back there and won’t affect the rest of your HDD. But this is just my thought I am a newbie so I haven’t done it
well mine did its 16gb
Can i use the recovery usb drive for regular data transfer (after i had done my recovery on the same usb drive)?
The introduction was very helpful, thanks!
Thank's Dave. My Windows 10 PC crashed again.
So I installed the memory stick as you show in
this video and the computer started again perfectly.
*ALL THANKS TO VAQPRO ON INSTAGRAM 💯 LEGIT HE HELPED ME OUT AND HE IS GOOD IN TERMS OFF WORK DONE LIKE THIS( RETRIEVING DELETED FILES)*
I've updated my pc from windows 1803 to 1903 through windows update assistant, after installation everything is fine but I can't see any text on desktop apps from windows manager to task manager. Please make a video on how to fix this ?
My WinRE is missing have no clue to repair my computer, have nor recovery disk either, what to do?
Reinstall Windows.
Thank you it was a perfect short and to the point video. Good work.
Wow! I didn't think it was this easy to back up my pc. I'm thinking about updating my Windows PC to the lastest update H21 but I'm afraid something might go wrong. You make it easy. Thanks a lot, I'll try this.
6:00 Take Note - by default Windows 10 does not make restore points you have to turn this on and then create your first restore Point from then on it will be automatic
Thanks John, yes really important to make sure your computer is making restore points. Can see you a whole lot of hassle later on!
Restore points are useless since they're on the same drive as the OS...when the drive crashes what good are those restore points LOL.
They have their uses - if a windows update causes problems, or installing a program or driver causes problems, they can often get the computer working again within 10 minutes.
Yeah, I never created a restore point, so I couldn't restore it at all. This all happen from getting the latest windows update (1903) my comp got stuck at the loading screen and never boots to windows.. Great job windows on your "updates" lol
@@wildbill23c True but in most cases it has saved my arse and pretty sure many others as well.
Can I do(install recovery) that from my friends laptop and boot my laptop to get my files recovered?
No
Very simple easy to understand. Thanks Dave,
Informative video, Thanks Dave :-)