Computer and Software Support


Create a Recovery Drive 

 

Windows 8

To create a recovery drive, follow these steps

  1. Open Recovery

  2. Click Create a recovery drive

   
  1. Click Yes

   

 

To create a recovery drive, do the following

  1. If you have a computer from a manufacturer, it may have a recovery drive with special recovery tools.

   
  1.  If you want to create the drive with these tools, put a check on Copy the recovery partition from the PC to the recovery drive

  2. If you do not want to create the drive, leave the box unchecked

   
  1. Click Next

   
  1. Select the drive you want to use (caution: this will erase everything that is on the drive. If you have something on the drive you want to keep, copy it to another drive)

   
  1. Click Next

   
  1. One final warning that the drive will be erased in case you forgot about a file on the drive.

   
  1. Click Create

   
  1. The drive will be created

   
  1. Click Finish