How to make a Windows 10 USB recovery drive

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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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@radonrubbish 3 жыл бұрын

Why can't all tutorials be like this? Simple and precise!

@ferozdurrani8797 3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@benakuamoah1922 2 жыл бұрын

True

@martinthedrainedsedlak 2 жыл бұрын

@Imran A luckily he's back

@huntersherman9185 2 жыл бұрын

@Imran A WHAT

@jamescarson4507 2 жыл бұрын

Love his videos

@garywateridge 4 жыл бұрын

after searching on line and getting confused by written explainations, found your youtube video, excellent clear youtube presentation. Thankyou so much

@jeffersonbroady 3 жыл бұрын

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

@darealcaptainpatriot 3 жыл бұрын

One of the only few people on here that actually gives instructions, you've just earned a new sub🔥💯

@highperspective5252 4 жыл бұрын

I really like the smooth editing, taking out the usually painful waiting. A quality product!

@POP-ir5jx 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@handelnumber1 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@chrystalrosinski6766 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@jublywubly 6 ай бұрын

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.

@garylove2836 4 ай бұрын

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?

@choksanng7747 5 жыл бұрын

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

@ivanjacobo6639 4 жыл бұрын

One of the simplest and well-structured videos I have seen on this topic. Thank you for the info.

@mcleand 3 жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq??? You are definitely needed on here. From: New subscriber

@danishsunasra3968 4 жыл бұрын

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

@lisajunbautista6482 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been searching on how to create recovery drive, yours was the only one that worked.. 😊

@MotoWarrior-650 4 жыл бұрын

Is it the bios that you need to open

@MuzikaLov 3 жыл бұрын

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

@user-jl6wc6yw5t 2 ай бұрын

Hello did you actually read my comment to him?

@hanserian4099 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@sajmeister 4 жыл бұрын

Great to see my fellow Brits doing these videos! God Bless you all!

@kerryhuawei3576 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect tutorial! Clear, concise, succinct and articulate.

@lilythomson8040 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant mate.....as a complete techno bafoon even i managed to get it to work first time so thanks very much.

@tanyanonna77 3 жыл бұрын

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 🙄

@smalldickbigdreams2386 Жыл бұрын

This is by far the simpliest and cleanest presentation.

@elektron2kim666 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@billschnake6378 5 жыл бұрын

Dave, nice job. Great instructions and easy to follow. Thank You.

@ianrwood21 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I am barely computer literate and just use my PC and laptop for novel writing, games, Quora and KZfaq. Even I could follow your guide. That's awesome, thank you so much - I really appreciate it.

@SARJ1013 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@syedhasanmohiuddin827 4 жыл бұрын

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 ! 🙂

@jamescarson4507 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this easy and clear steps, for creating a recovery drive.

@chinaintahiti 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@rikiueatamatau6525 3 ай бұрын

Pretty straight forward. I loved it and it really helped me a lots with limited computer knowledge. Thank you Dave

@gismofly2847 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Simple and straightforward.

@davidmattches4020 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutly superb, best and clearest ever... Thanks

@Lee.mon3y 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@Dulcilady 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative. Thank you I'm expecting my new laptop within the week and finding your video was timely.

@Max47340 3 жыл бұрын

Dave, you are a rock star! Thank you for a great video, I found it very helpful.

@danielfennock3707 2 жыл бұрын

I personally use Aomei backupper to back up and restore and it can also make recovery USB, it's just a perfect tool.

@therockindoc5453 2 жыл бұрын

Dave, I REALLY like and appreciate your videos. They are simple, to the point and extremely useful. Thank you!!!!!!!!

@RFD7 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent, well produced, very clear instructions, and it works. Second video of yours I have had to use both superb. Thank you

@3Dprintingviking 4 жыл бұрын

very helpful, made recovery drive and formatted the whole thing to start from scratch, your video was extreamly helpful thank you so very much.

@Merseysiderful 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@youflix8673 2 жыл бұрын

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

@corporealcasimir4885 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@cherryviper3940 5 жыл бұрын

*Now that's what I was looking for!* Good work buddy!! You deserve a BIGG THUMBS UP! 👍

@spaceberrie 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@morisumxd3396 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for helping me fix my computer, I am extremely grateful. God bless you sir. B)

@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you very much.

@promateengineer 2 жыл бұрын

You have one of the best approaches to disseminate information on KZfaq. very concise and informative.

@samsimpson4448 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to make such a easy to understand video!

@idahagglund524 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@hrishikeshgupta1998 5 жыл бұрын

A very helpful video Buddy! keep up the good work.

@clydeperrine2959 3 жыл бұрын

I just used your link to buy a USB Kingston drive from Amazon. I will use it to make a Recovery drive for the computer I am using to write this. I use this computer (Laptop) to write and produce a monthly newsletter for my golf group. The president of the group recently lost his files on his computer and needed a copy of our By-Laws. This reminded me that I need to backup my pc before I suffer the same lost files from my hard drive going bad. I have an external USB 2.0 hard drive that still works that I will copy my golf newsletters over or maybe make a image and do it the way you describe in your video. Thanks for the tip.

@johnb6749 4 ай бұрын

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.

@KT-ow1sz 4 жыл бұрын

Clear, concise, what's not to like ? Thanks.

@alexanderramos7020 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Sir. I am from Dom Rep and let me tell you, your explanation was as clear as crystal. thanks a lot.

@scottgriffin3507 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@handelnumber1 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@whatappme-3452 3 жыл бұрын

*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)*

@pritam20001 5 жыл бұрын

Very nicely explained, thx.

@david808323 5 жыл бұрын

Using a USB 3.1 decreases the time about ten-fold. It's a very noticeable difference. It's a must!

@snapper8283 5 жыл бұрын

David Walker also depends on the read and write speed of the USB drive.

@Pyrocy779 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Worked like a charm, had no issues making a recovery drive.

@nanothefruit8063 3 жыл бұрын

This video really saved me, you deserve 10 million subscribers, may God bless you.

@pay9011 5 жыл бұрын

The actual process starts at 2:20 But watching the beginning might be helpful to the less experienced.

@menatoorus5696 5 жыл бұрын

Saving others people time is very kind gesture. Thank you.

@gobyg-major2057 4 жыл бұрын

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@justgamer8270 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks that was very helpful

@CharlesCollins 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent helpful and informative video. For anyone having an issue with 'please wait' never-ending, in the search box search for recovery drive and right-click the option and choose Run as Administrator. Worked for me.

@clitzkow1 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent job giving only info that is relevant. No stories about your dog, cat etc. Thank you

@bryangl1 5 жыл бұрын

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!).

@minekillgaming 5 жыл бұрын

Very well

@markedwards5904 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Jacob13044 4 жыл бұрын

no its that they did not find it helpful cause there hard drive does not hold anof storage

@gobyg-major2057 4 жыл бұрын

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@gobyg-major2057 3 жыл бұрын

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@nisheeths5542 5 жыл бұрын

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

@bonnierose1455 3 жыл бұрын

Top of the line teaching technics. I had to subscribe after watching a few of your videos. Keep up the good work.

@jublywubly 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this brilliant tutorial! I've just made a Windows 10 installation USB stick. Now I'll have to buy a second one to make a recovery file. I have two disc drives in my current computer, with the default to check one of those for a Windows disc before checking elsewhere, so I'll make a DVD recovery disc too.

@Vicky-zd3uv 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you this tutorial is useful and I also think aomei is well to create repair tool.

@sgtchicken9486 4 жыл бұрын

You are the best person on planet earth youve got your self 1 subscrber :D keep up the good work

@saisrinivas100 3 жыл бұрын

Browsing for this information. Finally got it. Very neatly explained. Thank you so much

@rogerhill883 25 күн бұрын

Good to see a simple explanation

@meow8158 5 жыл бұрын

That is amazing explanation i am very thankful for you, Gob bless you bro

@badmiddens 4 жыл бұрын

I too, worship gob

@gowtham8203 5 жыл бұрын

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 ?

@ladyrotha5420 4 жыл бұрын

So helpful. Thank you so much! You answered all the questions I had. Off to buy the correct USB stick. 👌

@thangchill8350 Жыл бұрын

The introduction was very helpful, thanks!

@bobbygeorge3698 5 жыл бұрын

thank you, very clear..!!

@MAScimeca 4 жыл бұрын

This was so easy to understand and I was able to make my Windows 10 USB recovery drive. Definitely Thumbs Up

@oldrocker3438 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. If only every technical video were this clear!

@RubberontheroadIndonesia 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@yemarican 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@mdfrcp 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@DavesTechRescue 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You don't need to format the drive as the recovery tool should do it for you.

@nisheeths5542 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave, Could you please write how to create System Repair Disc on USB Thanks

@robertanthonywilson3521 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best and clearest explanations I've seen. Excellent

@211sweetypie 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@cebukitty 5 жыл бұрын

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?

@DavesTechRescue 5 жыл бұрын

It’s best to make a recovery usb for each one, just in case they are not quite compatible.

@darrelking8720 4 жыл бұрын

Outstanding! Thank you! Exactly what I needed.

@albanydan5739 Жыл бұрын

You have good clear delivery ..this helped me thanks

@o_o6869 3 жыл бұрын

such a humble guys and tech geek ,way to go yay

@ThisOLmaan 4 жыл бұрын

Dave's Tech Rescue: i just made a OS Drive but ima make just a Recovery drive also Thank You.

@kimjongun637 4 жыл бұрын

Mine took 10 hours, btw thanks dude

@hamzapuris 2 жыл бұрын

Simple but amazing tutorial, well explained. Keep it up!

@vardhmangold Жыл бұрын

Thank you it was a perfect short and to the point video. Good work.

@hunterjoy4346 2 жыл бұрын

I made the repair tool with Aomei, it's actually great.

@suneelkumarp489 4 жыл бұрын

Can I do(install recovery) that from my friends laptop and boot my laptop to get my files recovered?

@manjulparashar2469 4 жыл бұрын

@thats_so_anushka 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave..this video is really helpful..I have done the Windows 10 recovery of my PC successfully . Thank you so much❤

@meerwajeedali8861 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave. Found really relevant to my need

@vincenzotapusoa8209 4 жыл бұрын

Will I be able to use the recovery drive I made for my laptop on a different pc ?

@pankoza 3 жыл бұрын

you should be able

@rubyzeng9017 2 жыл бұрын

My WinRE is missing have no clue to repair my computer, have nor recovery disk either, what to do?

@whitetee6664 3 ай бұрын

Reinstall Windows.

@ashansenarathne7703 4 жыл бұрын

Better with a clear and concise explanation. Thank you great brother. keep it up

@sebastienlebatteux185 3 жыл бұрын

We need more videos like this. Thanks.

@Azeckwazion 4 жыл бұрын

It keeps telling me "can't create recovery drive", I tried USB flash, hard drive and SD card, keeps telling me the same thing

@jf3209 4 жыл бұрын

it happens to me too. i bought 4 new flash drives. 32GB/each. I tried about 10 times. every time when created the file to about 3.84GB, computer stopped and said: " Can't create recovery drive."

@paulbarth3851 4 жыл бұрын

Can i create an recovery drive from a different pc/windows

@maestroroshi1627 4 жыл бұрын

yes

@1.buiduyanh9a14 Жыл бұрын

Wow, so well done! Thanks for posting, man! Very helpful.

@marthai.garcia5760 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree with Bryan Leech, spent don't know how many HOURS ! trying to make a recovery disk on the pen drive (USB ?) read so many articles and even used the Drive Tool I downloaded to upgrade my good old Windows 7 to W10, the second time trying to make an ISO image and then using "Rufus" to create a Recovery Disk ... I am exhausted just remembering all those fails ! Nothing worked, until I decided to read your tutorial !! Piece of pie !! The recovery drive is being created as I type this hope it will all work OK this time. MANY MANY thanks and lots of "thumbs up" (sorry for the long comment)