Steps To Create A Windows 8 Recovery Drive

A Recovery Disc or Drive is defined as a backup of original data, which can be used to restore it, if said data is accidentally deleted. The Windows 8 Recovery disk helps to restore the data in the computer running on the Windows 8 operating system. A bootable Windows 8 recovery drive can help you repair or restore your PC if and when problems arise. Although you can create a recovery DVD, USB flash drives are much more convenient and are fairly inexpensive. However, if the hard drive fails, is fully reformatted, or is replaced, the recovery partition will be lost. However, due to the customer using data on the hard disk, sometimes they accidentally overwrite the recovery image data. So, you need to beware while using the Windows 8 USB recovery drive.
You can follow the below-mentioned instructions to create a Windows 8 USB recovery drive before seeking assistance from the Windows 8 help.

• In the first step, go to the Windows 8 Start Screen. From this Windows 8 Start screen, enter Recovery, then choose Settings to see the search results under Settings. Now, you can select the Create a recovery drive option to begin the recovery drive tool.
• If you want the recovery tools that came with your PC to be included in the recovery drive, check the box next to Copy the recovery partition from the PC to the recovery drive.
• If the selection does not work, that means your PC does not have a recovery partition. You would just need at least a 16 GB USB flash drive for it. Hence, make sure you check the space in the USB. You can also contact Windows 8 help to seek assistance with the Windows 8 USB recovery drive.
• Always make sure you clear all the data on the USB drive. Any data left on the flash drive would be deleted by the recovery drive tool. Hence, when you get to the end of the wizard, click the Create button, and wait for the procedure to get finished.
• Now you can boot the Windows 8 USB recovery drive and perform a Refresh, Reset, System Restore, System Image Recovery, and an Automatic Repair.

Hence, you can follow this procedure to create a Windows 8 USB recovery drive. For more information, you can check Microsoft’s official website.