USB Recovery Drive will not work

albatross32

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I have created a Windows 8 Recovery Drive from another machine. I have inserted it into the defective machine and have changed the BIOS to make the USB the first boot device. The machine just goes to a black screen and nothing happens.

Any ideas?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Vista
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ACER
Did you test the recovery USB (does it boot) on the other machine and what is the problem with the defective machine?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
The machine would not switch on. The original error message was UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME. After trying some ideas for dealing with that decided that the best option was to try and boot from a USB recovery Drive and then try and recover the system without affecting the files on the hard disk.

Have made the Boot Disk (although not tested it) and when I try and boot from it the screen just goes black. Not even the comfort of BSOD!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Vista
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ACER
If you have a friend with an Windows 8 disk try to do the repair with that.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
I found that a Windows 8 repair disk that I made on a BIOS computer would not work on a UEFI computer.

I'm not sure if it applies to Recovery drives too, seems like it might.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
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