How to Create a Windows 11 Recovery USB

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In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a Windows 11 Recovery USB drive. This Recovery USB will allow you to reinstall Windows 11 on your computer if you have a major crash on your system.
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@NorthernVikingEveryday Жыл бұрын

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@dennisle8225 Жыл бұрын

can Win 10 be able to do same ?

@robertpeterwhite7581 Жыл бұрын

As a old man of 70 here in Dublin Ireland. I found this very helpful and easy to follow. I did manage to create a recovery usb drive for the first time. Thank you.

@NorthernVikingEveryday Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome 🤗 Glad I could help.

@sps4774 Жыл бұрын

@@NorthernVikingEverydayhow much gb file it is ( recoverd file storage) ????

@420POGCHAMP 4 ай бұрын

@@sps4774 mine was 32 but it says for him it was 16 gb

@420POGCHAMP 4 ай бұрын

thanks man simple and straight to the point. If anybody i know is having computer issues I will show them your channel!

@NorthernVikingEveryday 4 ай бұрын

Thank You!

@koik9082 11 ай бұрын

Thank you sir for a quick consice and information packed video. Love from Canada

@NorthernVikingEveryday 11 ай бұрын

My pleasure! I'm in Canada as well. 🤗🇨🇦

@mpjusa Ай бұрын

Thank you. your info is very useful!

@NorthernVikingEveryday Ай бұрын

You are welcome!

@JayAdams-ml5jf 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the help.

@NorthernVikingEveryday 5 ай бұрын

Happy to help

@spiritualhub708 Ай бұрын

Very simple and easy thanks 😊

@NorthernVikingEveryday Ай бұрын

Most welcome 😊

@karwan7421 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much.😇

@NorthernVikingEveryday 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome 🤗

@garyrendano4717 10 ай бұрын

can this recovery drive be used on another computer or is it specifically for the computer you made it on ?

@BooLee01 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I am running into a problem and I hope you (or anyone else reading this) can help. When I try to make a recovery USB drive, I get an error that reads "We can't make a recovery drive on this PC. Some necessary files are missing." I upgraded this laptop from Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro. I suspect this is the problem. I would like to know if there is some workaround to make a recovery USB drive for an upgraded Win 11 Pro. Thanks.

@fatihikiz198 Жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for the tutorial! Are web able to use this USB recovery flash to recover a different computer? Or is it only usable on the exact computer that we used to create the recovery USB ?

@NorthernVikingEveryday Жыл бұрын

You can use it on a different computer if you like.

@rababkarim7469 Жыл бұрын

Thank you lovely

@NorthernVikingEveryday Жыл бұрын

No problem 😊

@JoshuaLeggans Жыл бұрын

Would it have a capable installment OS for other computers running Windows 8.1 and 10?

@AUGUSTALLEN28 10 ай бұрын

After creating the recovery drive,how do you use it to restore?

@amd7878 7 ай бұрын

what is the format we need use to create a recovery drive (NTFS or FAT32 ? Thank you

@nithin_narayanan 22 күн бұрын

Thank you

@NorthernVikingEveryday 21 күн бұрын

You're welcome

@avs-forum Жыл бұрын

How do you use it if needed?

@narutouzumaki1472 6 ай бұрын

You boot your PC in safe boot menú and you'll see the recovery/restore point

@addictedtotreasuretrash108 9 күн бұрын

Hej . I have followed your instructions and made a back up disk to a spare external HD. Great, now how do i use it if something goes wrong on my laptop ? I have another laptop that had the ususal updates etc and after updates the screen went black, well you can see some kind of bluish black on the screen but i cant get into it. Is there a way i can get into my laptop without taking it into a repair shop ? Thanx

@themastersvoice8636 6 ай бұрын

Dear brother.Thank you for the help.After the back your drive, shows the name of the folder as "Boot". But in mine it says "windows backup" .Is is alright ?

@Twobarpsi 9 күн бұрын

How do you back up your installed programs?

@CoreChannel_INC. Жыл бұрын

can it also install your personal folders?

@baohagia10 11 ай бұрын

can you do a video about the tutorial this usb? i must download Oracle and it can make my laptop have some issues.

@sajidkalim2554 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for informative vedio. how to create full back recovery drive at pendrive

@mattedward6155 Жыл бұрын

Any idea what would cause the system files not to transfer when checked but when unchecked some files transfer? I have been having hardware issues with my computer and want to ensure I am covered in this aspect. Thank you and Happy Holidays!

@Growler57 Жыл бұрын

I had same problem I just unchecked it

@suzanneszarai 10 ай бұрын

Would a memory card work? Thanks

@ghostieeew Жыл бұрын

is there any way to download the files from the internet? it says that there are files missing, which i don't know how to get. I got the usb drive specifically for this and this is my school provided computer, and i can't even reset it

@reddevils5923 Жыл бұрын

Can we backup on an internal drive not external one?

@josephashley4122 10 ай бұрын

What's difference between backup and recovery?

@sandipkrgupta 15 күн бұрын

For a Dell computer, which is the right option - Creating a Windows 11 Recovery USB using the native Win 11 recovery drive or using Dell OS Recovery Tool to create a recovery USB?

@bahadurali8887 5 ай бұрын

Do you need to format the usb drive to other than FAT32 ?

@Andre-rs1gp 10 ай бұрын

Hi, it says that i cannot create a recovery, even tho I have enabled recovery and system files aren’t damaged. Any help pls? Thanks

@Whiteeagle166 Жыл бұрын

How do you use this recovery usb?

@weshoot10000 Жыл бұрын

Mine worked somewhat differently. After several tries at this following this video, and the recovery program not even seeing the flash drive, although the computer could find it fine, I finally unchecked the check box, hit next, and it found the flash drive, asked if I wanted to format it, then asked if I want to make it a recovery drive. Windows 11 sure is an odd beast!

@NorthernVikingEveryday Жыл бұрын

That is true. Glad you figured it out.

@weshoot10000 Жыл бұрын

👍

@shooshoousa Жыл бұрын

How often should I recreate my system recovery? I assume I can reuse the same USB since it will wipe the previous backup.

@teamofone1219 Жыл бұрын

You can reuse the recovery tool and only recover system if you feel like your computer is running slow.

@JP-mq4zc Жыл бұрын

Wondering is the Windows stored in the USB drive is activated or needs to be activated agaain? If you are replacing the hard disk can you use it?

@remytechz10 Жыл бұрын

On I G

@marklamon628 4 ай бұрын

does it keep all your settings?

@toastedttoest 7 ай бұрын

what about the activation key and stuff

@aliiftikhar8337 3 ай бұрын

Looking for some guidance please help The scenario is that I have only 128GB of SSD in my laptop which is not enough for the softwares that I'm using so I want to expand the storage which is only possible by replacing the SSD, How can I create a full backup of my windows including all the important software from my university which are already paid for including windows 11 which is also paid and registered in the new SSD which I will install in my laptop. I want all the data and softwares to be in place when I install the new SSD Questions 1) I have a high speed 128GB USB can I put all the data in it and duplicate it when I install the new SSD? If so, how can I do that? 2) Should I do the cloning thing? I've seen many videos on KZfaq about cloning

@NorthernVikingEveryday 3 ай бұрын

You could backup all your files onto a flash drive and reinstall Windows. But My choice would be to do a clone of your SSD. I believe that Samsung SSDs have Free cloning software available that makes it quite simple to copy the entire drive over before installing it. Unfortunately I don't have a video on the topic but others likely do.

@eddy45686 3 ай бұрын

Samsung will only let u clone to Samsung drives and others to their own Use Macrium reflect free to clone to larger drive and select to fit whole drive when you copy partitions . Thus way your drive will be cloned and you will have it on all the larger drive not just 128gb and rest unpartitioned.

@cybernit3 5 ай бұрын

I followed the instructions and appears it created a win11 recovery flash usb.... but I get error code: 0xc0000225 Your PC/Drive needs to be repaired couldn't find missing file or contains error. I tried this on different USB flash drives on a 64 GB and 16GB...and same error... So I can't get even to Choose Keylayout when I try to boot my usb to test if it works. Anyone know how to fix this and why would this occur? So I don't think it is a faulty USB but something to do with windows 11... weird...

@beth36 Жыл бұрын

Would it be ok to use an external harddrive instead of a flashdrive?

@ssgus3682 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@AnOnym0uS888-5 3 ай бұрын

Can this be used with any windows 11 machine I have laptop and desktop and not sure if I got to do this twice

@NorthernVikingEveryday 3 ай бұрын

Yes, It is designed to help recover, repair and reinstall Windows so it should work on multiple computers. It isn't doing a backup of your files.

@Nixavation Жыл бұрын

Can i do this after i have used computer and saved files and programs to computers hard drive? Or do have to do it when computer is first booted up after bought?

@NorthernVikingEveryday Жыл бұрын

You can do it at any time, but it's not going to save any of your files, photos or any personal documents. It is just for resetting the computer back with a fresh install of Windows.

@BranDuke Жыл бұрын

@@NorthernVikingEveryday By "not save" do you mean that it will wipe your hard drive? Or just the usb drive while formatting?

@samsadeniz Жыл бұрын

@@BranDuke recovery drive is for emergencies. Example: blue screen of death etc... It doesn't recover your personal files.

@BranDuke Жыл бұрын

@@samsadeniz I understand. I am having boot loop issues. But I have also heard from other sources that you can attempt to repair your OS with one instead and save your files.

@Bongwell420 7 ай бұрын

I goofed and tried to uninstall a old program on my girlfriends pc and ran in toa error. Could I make a back up copy from from lap top to restore her pc?

@hussain8243 5 ай бұрын

What about laptop drivers will it also get back up in pen drive

@NorthernVikingEveryday 5 ай бұрын

This would be the recover Windows not your drivers. If you need those, you should be able to download them from your laptop manufacturer's website.

@buddyadkins2432 Жыл бұрын

Will a USB Recovery drive perform a bare metal Windows 11 install? Like when a hard drive crashes and is not recoverable.

@NorthernVikingEveryday Жыл бұрын

It's basically a fresh install of Windows.

@royallclark6331 Жыл бұрын

I've got a Dell laptop that is dying and they are sending out a new unit in about a week. I followed direction on a video about "backing up Win 11" and then he said that this would be like a "computer image" file. Will this drive I'm making with your direction be the same thing? What I'm trying to do is save what I need to make sure I can get all my files and programs over to the new computer without taking it to the Geek Squad. Or should I just take to GS and be done with it?? Hard to get this very OLD brain to wrap around it all. Thanks!!

@NorthernVikingEveryday Жыл бұрын

No, this does not back up your files. This is for repairing and reinstalling.

@royallclark6331 Жыл бұрын

I guess I'll have to rewatch the video. I'm so confused now. (easy to do for an old fart) If I use this thumb drive I just made, it will maybe "repair" the problem? And how does win11 get reinstalled then? Sorry if I'm a little dense about all of this.....

@A5Skavanger Жыл бұрын

Does this work when swapping out to an SSD? I plan on swapping my laptops current 256SSD to a 1TB SSD. The laptop is brand new and I have nothing saved/installed to the current SSD.

@NorthernVikingEveryday Жыл бұрын

This would be for a reinstall of Windows. So yes you could use it on a new drive, however you would loose all your info. You could also look at cloning software that comes with several brands of SSD. I know Samsung's is easy to use.

@speedmemeshorts 4 ай бұрын

How to reset now ?

@pavelbau6356 Жыл бұрын

Where do I find the software online to create it ?I don't have access to windows 11

@NorthernVikingEveryday Жыл бұрын

You should be able to find it in this link. support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-installation-media-for-windows-99a58364-8c02-206f-aa6f-40c3b507420d

@pavelbau6356 Жыл бұрын

@@NorthernVikingEveryday thank you

@guardion2394 Жыл бұрын

No files addet afther recovery i did 11 recovery to windows 10 in windows 10 what he did is reinstall to 11 without backup everything how it was

@GamingNightmareYT Жыл бұрын

Can i use pendrive instead of flash drive?

@CKlegion7272 Жыл бұрын

Same thing.

@dishankanand6454 Жыл бұрын

I installed a game on my win 11 pc can i still create recovery drive?

@NorthernVikingEveryday Жыл бұрын

Yes, you can.

@pezhmansafaei6095 Жыл бұрын

how to restore???

@863NightOwl Жыл бұрын

I did everything but 30 mins into it I got.."We Cant Create a Windows Recovery Drive". This is a new 32gb fat32 usb.. so I'm going to format it and see if that works..Trying again..ugh

@NorthernVikingEveryday Жыл бұрын

That's odd! Hope you get it sorted out.

@christiannielsen3863 2 ай бұрын

is it bootable?

@NorthernVikingEveryday 2 ай бұрын

No, this is for recovery.

@davidstephens189 6 ай бұрын

I'm creating one now, and I got a message that drive needed to be at least 32GB, not 16GB. This is one year after your video. So Win 11 has changed the minimum capacity needed.

@NorthernVikingEveryday 6 ай бұрын

That's good to know, thanks for sharing.

@darrenk1146 Жыл бұрын

Can you use the recovery drive to restore to a different PC than the one you created it on?

@exploiter_soloo Жыл бұрын

same doubt you got any answer ?

@darrenk1146 Жыл бұрын

@@exploiter_soloo No. I ended up needing Windows 10. I just Googled how to create a recovery drive, picked the Microsoft website directions and used those and it worked fine for the other PC. They have the same instructions for Windows 11.

@chriscampbell7776 7 ай бұрын

32gb not 16 gb!! Desperately needs updating!! Windows 11 (home) now requires at least 32 gb usb drive. I watched this, ordered a 16 gb drive, got it, came back and it wants 32gb minimum. I'm writing this 12/18/23. You owe me six clams, man. lol

@NorthernVikingEveryday 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing the info. When I made the video it was 16 gigabytes so it's good to know they've made the change. Sorry that you ended up buying the wrong size.