Question 6: How to Create a Windows 10 Recovery Drive and Why You Should?

How to Create a Recovery Drive

If you want to create a recovery drive on a working copy of Windows 10, just follow these steps.

First, access Windows 10’s search feature. You can do this by right-clicking the Start button and clicking Search.

In the search box type “Recovery Drive.” When an option called “Create a recovery drive” appears, click it.

A window will pop up telling you that it’s about to set up a recovery drive.

There’s a somewhat cryptic check-box on this page called “Back up system files to the recovery drive.” If you tick this box, it will allow you to reinstall Windows via the recovery drive if something goes wrong, which is highly useful. It’ll require more storage space to create a system backup, but it’s definitely worth doing if you can.

When you click Next, Windows will take some time to calculate how much space is needed. When it’s finished, it will tell you the space needed to make the recovery drive. If you’re looking to purchase a memory stick as a recovery drive, use the information on this page to gauge how big a memory stick you’ll need to buy. If you have a drive on-hand that fits what Windows asks for, plug it in now.

Remember that creating a recovery drive wipes all data on the stick! Check your memory stick for any crucial files before creating a recovery drive.

Once you plug the memory stick in and click next, it’ll take some time to format your new drive. Once done, you can use it to boot into and access special reparative actions.