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Hi,
as a new convert to Win8.1 I have slowly been setting my system up and one of the main things is system security incase of any unforeseen mishaps.
This has led me to create a Recovery Drive and through many hours of Googling I have found that Win8 had the ability to write the Recovery Drive to DVD but since Win8.1 this option has disappeared to be replaced by using only a USB flash drive.
I have used a USB stick and made my Recovery Drive but I have been wondering if instead of having to keep an otherwise useful USB stick secure with such a small amount of data on it, can I not just copy the files from the stick and burn to a DVD and use this DVD to boot from?
DVDs are very cheap compared with USB sticks.
Regards..,
as a new convert to Win8.1 I have slowly been setting my system up and one of the main things is system security incase of any unforeseen mishaps.
This has led me to create a Recovery Drive and through many hours of Googling I have found that Win8 had the ability to write the Recovery Drive to DVD but since Win8.1 this option has disappeared to be replaced by using only a USB flash drive.
I have used a USB stick and made my Recovery Drive but I have been wondering if instead of having to keep an otherwise useful USB stick secure with such a small amount of data on it, can I not just copy the files from the stick and burn to a DVD and use this DVD to boot from?
DVDs are very cheap compared with USB sticks.
Regards..,