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Apologies for what's probably a dumb observation... but if I was in the following scenario:If make the USB Recovery Drive
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5132-recovery-drive-create-usb-flash-drive-windows-8-a.html
& than
1) Delete the Recovery Partition.
2) Wipe the HDD.
3) Add drive letter to the Recovery Partition.
The USB Recovery Drive will be unusable.
... then I would hope the USB Recovery Disk would be what I could use to recover the computer, as that's exactly the sort of scenario when I'd expect it to be the recovery method.
- Make a USB Recovery Drive
- Suffer complete HDD failure at some future date
- Replace HDD with a new blank one
What's the step in the first scenario that makes the USB unusable, and how is it different from my scenario?
If you use the OEM version of
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/5132-recovery-drive-create-usb-flash-drive-windows-8-a.html
Warning
Deleting the Recovery Partition is NOT RECOMMENDED
The OEM manufacturer's USB Recovery drive, only overwrites the OEM manufacturer's install.
If you Replace HDD with a new blank one.
You need to use the Windows system image. (or 3rd Party)
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/8956-system-image-create-windows-8-a.html
or
You can order the Microsoft official OEM Recovery disks from the OEM manufacturer's website.
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