Windows 10 recovery USB - which size???

SIW2 said:

I haven't looked at Acronis for a while - but I expect it will let you store the image on the usb stick as well, if you wish.

Macrium Reflect Free will as well.

NavyLCDR said:

...you can also boot into something like Kyhi's recovery tools which boots into a mini-Windows environment and it has Macrium Reflect installed as a program, and I think it also has Acronis installed as a program (not sure about that)...

It does, and Aomei. See the 2nd screenshot here.

It does, and Aomei. See the 2nd screenshot here.

That link brings me to a thread with 1481 posts.
Could you give me the post number for this screenshot?

And : The post about Kyhi's tool?

I now have a rescue USB for Windows and a rescue USB from Acronis so I should be quite safe but I am always eager to learn new things

It seems a standard feature for imaging programs. They all do it, as far as I know.

NavyLCDR said:

Macrium Reflect Free will as well.

Amazone said:

That link brings me to a thread with 1481 posts.
Could you give me the post number for this screenshot?

Post #1, this screenshot....

Again thank you.
I have been reading about this here and there and think that kyhi's tool is a collection of programs that you can install on an usb stick and use on any computer in problems (so not only the computer you created it on).
Is that correct?
Does it work on older Windows versions too?

And where should I download it from? see picture:


And then my last question: Do you need to update these recovery tools regularly?

Nobody?

Thank you very much. Will do

Amazone said:

I tried to not use Windows 10 for as long as possible but now had to buy a new laptop with Windows 10.
On all previous desk- and laptops I used Acronis to make disc images. This has saved me very often.
I installed latest Acronis on this laptop too.
Acronis is set so that it is possible to start Acronis before Windows.

I had an issue last week where Windows would not start. It tried to repair itself but that wouldn't work either.
I was able to start my Acronis but it got stuck.
Luckily I had made an Acronis recovery USB and this got everything working again (by returning to previous image).

I decided to better be safe than sorry and decided to make a Windows recovery USB too.
The USB is 16GB.
Windows started making the recovery USB. It took more than an hour (Acronis does this job in some 15 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!). And then at the end I got the message that the recovery USB could not be made.
Nothing else!!!!!
On the USB is only a little free space left. This makes me think that I need more than 16GB because I have installed a lot of other programs.

Isn't Windows capable of checking if the free space is big enough before working for an hour????
Can't Windows explain why it isn't working????

Yup a 32 GB drive is now definitely needed. Thanks for the update Microsoft