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Windows 10 recovery drive

  • 29-01-2016 06:31PM
    #1
    boffin54321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭


    I bought a new Acer laptop with windows 10 on it. I'd like to create a recovery drive in case it crashes. I was told I need 16mb.

    Whats the best medium to use? Can u get a a 16mb dvd or shoud I use a usb stick? thanks


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    boffin54321 wrote: »
    I bought a new Acer laptop with windows 10 on it. I'd like to create a recovery drive in case it crashes. I was told I need 16mb.

    Whats the best medium to use? Can u get a a 16mb dvd or shoud I use a usb stick? thanks

    I assume you mean 16GB, you can use USB to back it up, it would be better and quicker than DVD...

    You may need to format it to the NTFS file system first beforehand...

    You can even back it up online nowadays I believe... :)

    Have a read here :

    http://www.howtogeek.com/220986/how-to-use-all-of-windows-10%E2%80%99s-backup-and-recovery-tools/


  • #3
    Boice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭Boice


    If you use the Windows built-in tool to do, I remember it requires the USB a minimum of 32GB in size.
    You can try AOMEI Partition Assistant to create a bootable USB which 13GB is possible.


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