Recovery Drive - Create with USB Flash Drive in Windows 8

How to Create a USB Recovery Drive in Windows 8 and 8.1


information   Information
If you run into problems with your PC, a USB recovery drive can help you troubleshoot and fix those problems, even if your PC won't start.

This will show you how to create a bootable recovery (system repair) USB flash drive in Windows 8 to use to boot to the system recovery options that can be used to help recover Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 8.1, or Windows RT 8.1.

This is basically the same thing as a system repair disc, but is on a bootable USB flash drive instead.

You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to create a recovery drive.

Note   Note
A recovery USB flash drive cannot be used to install Windows 8 unless this is an OEM PC that came with Windows 8 preinstalled, and you checked the Copy contents from the recovery partition to the recovery drive box at step 5 below.

If your PC came with Windows 8 and you upgraded it to Windows 8.1, your recovery drive will include Windows 8, and you’ll need to upgrade to Windows 8.1 after you refresh or reset your PC.

A created 32-bit recovery USB flash drive can only be created in a 32-bit Windows 8, and used to repair a 32-bit Windows 8.

A created 64-bit recovery USB flash drive can only be created in a 64-bit Windows 8, and used to repair a 64-bit Windows 8.


EXAMPLE: System Recovery Options
NOTE:
After you boot from the recovery USB flash drive, you will need to select your language and keyboard layout (if displayed) for Windows 8, then select Troubleshoot to see the system recovery options.
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(On some newer OEM PC's with Windows 8 preinstalled, you may have the option to reinstall in the OEM manufacturer's tools like below if the Recovery Partition is still in place.)​
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Here's How:

1. Connect a USB flash drive that is at least 256 MB (8 GB if copying the recovery partition) in size, then do either step 2 or 3 below.


2. Press the :winkey: + R keys, type RecoveryDrive.exe, press Enter, and go to step 4 below.

3. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Recovery icon.
A) Click/tap on the Create a recovery drive link, and go to step 4 below. (see screenshot below)​
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4. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes.

5. Click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)

Note   Note
If you have a store bought OEM computer that came with Windows 8 preinstalled, then you could also check the Copy contents from the recovery partition to the recovery drive box to be able to use the recovery USB flash drive to do a factory restore/recovery of Windows 8.

If you do not have an OEM recovery partition, then the Copy contents from the recovery partition to the recovery drive option will be grayed out.

warning   Warning
If you checked the Copy contents from the recovery partition to the recovery drive box, then once the Recovery Media creation has completed, you will have an option to delete the recovery partition at step 10 below. On most systems, this partition is about 10G in size.


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6. Select a USB flash drive at least 256 MB in size that you would like to make a bootable recovery drive with, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)
WARNING: Everything on the selected USB flash drive will be deleted, so be sure to backup anything on it that you do not want to lose first.
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7. Click/tap on Create. (see screenshot below)
WARNING: This is your last chance to backup anything on the USB flash drive that you do not want to lose before doing this.
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8. The USB recovery drive will now be created. (see screenshot below)
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9. Do step 10 or step 11 below for what you would like to do.

10. If you wanted to Delete the Recovery Partition
warning   Warning
It is recommended to NOT DELETE the recovery partition. It has been reported by many that they were unable to restore Windows 8 to the hard drive using the recovery USB drive without the OEM factory recovery partition still intact.

You can free up some drive space by deleting the recovery partition, but you won't be able to refresh or reset your PC again without the recovery drive.


A) If you checked the Copy contents from the recovery partition to the recovery drive box at step 5 above, click/tap on the Delete the recovery partition link. (see screenshot below)​
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B) Click/tap on Delete to confirm. (see screenshot below)​
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C) Click/tap on Finish. (see screenshots below)​
Delete_recovery_partition-3.png

11. Click/tap on Finish. (see screenshot below)
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That's it,
Shawn


 

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You're welcome. Sorry that you may need to go the System Recovery route instead.
 

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Trying to create a Recovery Drive on a 4GB USB stick, but every time I do, I get the "missing files". I do not have a Recovery Partition; instead, I simply want to create a Recovery Drive -- the USB equivalent of what I had in Win7. Is this not possible without a Recovery Partition?

Asking because I found a thread on NeoSmart that said this problem is solved if you copy the contents of the Win8.1 ISO to the C: drive -- which I did. But then, when I tried to do the "reagentc", it complained about not finding a Winre.wim file.

I checked the files copies and, in fact, there is no Winre.wim file. I also checked the files on the USB stick (which I made from the ISO file I downloaded from MS), and it too, has no Winre.wim file.
 

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Hey Mark,

Yeah, you'll need to have the recovery partition to be able to create a recovery drive.

However, you could just create a Windows 8.1 installation USB with the ISO file that you could also use a recovery drive since WINPE is already included.
 

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However, you could just create a Windows 8.1 installation USB with the ISO file that you could also use a recovery drive since WINPE is already included.

I already did that. So, the Recovery Drive would be redundant ... then.
 

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Pretty much unless you had an OEM PC and included a copy of the OEM recovery partition with the recovery drive to also have a factory recovery option.

Otherwise, it's pretty much the same a System Repair Disc from Windows 7.
 

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As long as you have the WinRE registered you can create recovery media, but unless you have a recovery image (install.wim) it is nothing more then WinPE with a recovery gui..

If you create the recovery media and put the install.wim from the setup media.. you will restore the windows image and thus by pass windows setup..
 

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Recovery drive changes to FAT 32

I have an Acer laptop running Win 8.1. It has a 128 GB SSD, NTFS, 64 bit. I Purchased a 128 GB flash drive (ADATA) to use as my Recovery drive.

Being that my SSD is NTFS format, I reformatted my flash drive to NTFS. However, when I used the Create Recovery to create an image of my internal SSD, it automatically reformatted my flash drive as FAT 32. Does this mean I’ll have trouble if I must recover from my Recovery drive?
 

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Hello jbob,

Since your laptop is UEFI, you would need to have the USB formatted using FAT32 to be able to boot from it.

However, FAT32 has a 4GB file size limit.
 

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Recovery drive with NTFS

Thanks for your swift reply. I feel more comfortable now. However, I have another question: While I don't think I have any files larger than 4 GB, I cannot be certain, so, is there a way to create an image backup on my flash drive in NTFS format?

Another Q: Would a 3rd party image creator (Acronis) be superior?
 

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Windows System Image will not save a system image to a USB flash drive despite saying it can.

It would be safer to save a system image to an external hard drive, or a separate internal hard drive.

Any 3rd party image program would be better since the one included in Windows is just for basic usage. Acronis is good. Marium Reflect is another good one as well.
 

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Hi everyone, i need some help please, i have a question, i bought a new HP PC with Windows 8.1.
I created a USB recovery drive using the tool in Windows so that i can boot from it whenever i want to reinstall Windows from scratch.
It worked fine.
When i did it, i only had a 64GB USB in hand but in fact only needed about 13.5GB.
So now i would like to transfer that to a 16GB USB and use the 64GB USB for something else.
Do i just use copy and paste the files in Windows or is it more complicated than that ?
I would appreciate any help

Thanks in advance
 

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Hello Benaknoun, and welcome to Eight Forums. :)

You could just create a new recovery drive on the 16GB USB. When it's finished, you can format the 64GB USB and use it how you like.
 

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Hi Brink
Thanks for your post.
Unfortunately that's not possible.
When I created the recovery USB, I ticked on " remove recovery partition from the PC", it was done to save space on the original HDD which I cloned to a SSD.
I was a few GB short on the SSD so removing the recovery partition helped me clone into the SSD.
so now, I tried to create a recovery on USB again but I get a message saying recovery cannot be created on this pc. Something about missing files...
So i guess I better not lose the USB drive.
I wish I had a 16gb USB when I created the recovery drive...

Thanks again, much appreciate your help
 

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I see. Yeah, you won't be able to create another one using the same method.

Luckily, you can still use your 64GB USB for other storage.
 

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Yes, you can copy the contents of the 64GB to the 16GB formatted using FAT32. Afterwards, mark the 16GB as active using an option in the tutorial below. When finished, boot from the 16GB USB and test to make sure it works properly before formatting the 64GB USB. :)

Partition - Mark as Active - Windows 7 Help Forums
 

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If I may jump in and make a suggestion...
You could always use something like Macrium Reflect and make a system image (if you're absolutely sure your system is free from any malware right now & you're not having any problems otherwise) then use your 16GB stick to make the WinPE recovery drive(or use a DVD even).
It does about the same as your recovery partition except it keeps your programs and Windows is updated to the last image made too(big big bonus). It's what I did with XP, 7, and now 8.
Windows 10 is coming out soon, and If you're planning to upgrade in the first year(to get it free), you may need a system image program anyhow if something happens after the first year the makes you have to reinstall(not known yet if the key given in the first year is good for a clean/re-install.
 

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UEFI boot mode do not use boot sectors on the USB flash drive (and the hard drive) and do not require active partition to be set.

Format your USB flash drive (see screenshot below). Note: You need to choose the FAT32 file system.

When formatting is complete, copy the contents of the 64GB to the 16GB.

Format Removable Disk.png
 

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Yes, you can copy the contents of the 64GB to the 16GB formatted using FAT32. Afterwards, mark the 16GB as active using an option in the tutorial below. When finished, boot from the 16GB USB and test to make sure it works properly before formatting the 64GB USB. :)

Partition - Mark as Active - Windows 7 Help Forums

Hi Brink
That´s a great idea, i´ll do that.
Thanks
 

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UEFI boot mode do not use boot sectors on the USB flash drive (and the hard drive) and do not require active partition to be set.

Format your USB flash drive (see screenshot below). Note: You need to choose the FAT32 file system.

When formatting is complete, copy the contents of the 64GB to the 16GB.

Hi Genet
After formatting the new USB to FAT32, i just do copy and paste?
Or do i use something like Easeus partition master and copy the partition over ?

Thank you
 

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