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30 April 2020  Amanda J. Brook  Senior Product Manager
Last update by Olivia Brown at 5 January 2021

Summary
You may encounter different system errors when using Windows 10. Under such situation, you may need to repair the computer even reinstall whole system. Here, Window 10 recovery drive could do you a favor. You may confuse about the recovery drive like “What it is?” or “How to create such disk?”. Find solution here.



Part 1: What is Windows 10 Recovery Drive

Windows Recovery Drive, one of the built-in function in Windows 10, can help users create recovery tools with USB disk. User can create such disk to transfer data of system files to USB disk before computer failing to work. Once users encounter system errors and need to fix or reinstall the system, they can draw support from this Windows 10 Recovery Drive.

Part 2: How to Create Windows 10 Recovery Drive

1. Prepare an USB disk with 8GB storage at least. Beside, please backup data inside the USB disk because creating recovery drive will erase all data inside.
Connect the USB disk to computer, press Win + R button. Type in [RecoveryDrive] in the pop up Run window.
type recovery drive to run
2. Check [Back up system files to the recovery drive] option in the create window.
back up system files to the drive
3. Choose the USB drive you want to use. And click [Next].
select an available drive to make recovery drive
4. Confirm the disk and click [Create] to process.
confirm to create recovery drive
5. Click [Finish] when the recovery drive is ready. Store the recovery USB drive in a safe place.
wait for creating recovery drive

Part 3: Save Data from PC with Renee Passnow

If your computer can not boot, you need to reinstall system or fix errors with USB disk to solve this problem. However, data inside the computer which has not been backed up could be lost. If you want to get these data back before processing any system installation operations, please transfer data with Data Transfer function in Renee Passnow.
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Step 1: Download and install Renee PassNow. Open the software. Select one option from [Crate a Live USB] and [Create a Live CD]. Then, select [x64] or [x86] according to your computer. Next, click on [Download Now] to download the licensed ISO. Remember to activate the software beforehand. After that, click on [Create USB] to create the boot media.
use renee passnow to create usb to reset passnword
Step 2: Boot the target computer from the created bootable media. After loading into the main interface of Renee Passnow, please select [Data Transfer] function.
steps to change the boot order in BIOS
data transfer
Step 3: Select the original disk and target disk. And drag the target files to the target disk directly.
data transfer in Renee Passnow

Part 4: How to Fix System with Windows 10 Recovery Drive

When your computer fails to boot, you can fix it with the USB recovery disk in your Windows 10 computer. How to make it? Follow us.
1. Start the computer with the USB recovery drive inserted. Then set the disk to be the first option in BIOS. After selecting the language, users can fix, restore or even reinstall the system. On the Choose an option screen, select [Troubleshoot].
selec to run windows recovery options screen troubleshoot
2. Select [Recover from a drive], and then select the Windows 10 Recovery Drive to reinstall Windows, which will remove all files and apps.
recover from a drive in troubleshoot windows
3. Then select [Fully clean the drive].
fully clean the drive in windowsRE
4. Click [Recover] to clear all data inside the disk and reinstall Windows. After that and restart, your Windows 10 PC will work as normally.
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