Then if windows 10 goes kerflooey you can restore it from that drive. Then insurance is the best thing since mustard on a hot dog.

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For more information see create a system repair disc.

What does a recovery disc do. Alternatively referred to as a boot disc system restore disc restore cd recovery disc and recovery disk a restore disc is a cd or dvd included with many oem computers. The recovery drive is new to windows 8 and 10. You need to create the system repair disc.

If you use a tablet pc or other computer with a touchscreen you might need to connect a keyboard and mouse in order to use startup repair and the other tools in the system recovery options menu. It s a pain and costs money to keep up and you never really see the benefit of it. The disc may be used to restore the computer to its original factory configuration state.

Insert the recovery disc into your pc s optical drive. A windows 10 recovery disk is like insurance for your home or car. If you don t create one you limit your recovery options.

You can also create a system repair disc that contains the system recovery options menu. Basically it works like this. The same for windows 10 backups and recovery disks.

Until you need it. Boot from the optical disc. The system repair disc is designed to let you boot up windows even if nothing else works and provides you with several options for repairing your failing system.

It s a bootable usb drive that gives you access to the same troubleshooting tools as a system repair disc. Using these discs often makes reformatting easier. Obey the directions on the screen for restoring your pc.

The system repair disc also gives you tools for restoring your pc from an image backup that you ve created. A recovery drive stores a copy of your windows 10 environment on another source such as a dvd or usb drive. A recovery disc is any of various media containing a backup of the original factory condition or a favored condition of a computer as configured by an original equipment manufacturer or an end user.

Oem supplied recovery media are often shipped with computers to allow the user to reformat the hard drive and reinstall the operating system and pre installed software as it was when it was shipped. Restart the computer or turn it on. The value of a recovery disk.