Create Recovery Drive in Windows 10  

Brink said:

Hmm, it may not be large enough for Back up system files to the recovery drive.

It should work with the Back up system files to the recovery drive box unchecked though.

It's actually a partition of a 128 GB drive, so I could repartition the drive with more room. Would it be worth it to do that so I can back up my system files?

My apology for not replying since January!
I got so frustrated when doing a clone and both my internal and external drives were rendered un-bootable that i forgot the thread! I used the Macrium Rescue Media and the Win 10 Repair Disc and still wasn't able to get my computer to boot.
So, I took another cloned drive from the previous month and used that to get my computer back up and running! Even though I may have lost a document or something, that was no big deal! Most important was getting my computer back up and running. Moral of the story is that it's always a great idea to have at least one extra cloned external drive on hand that has been checked and boots ok ... The other thing I've learned is that I think it's better to Drag and Drop the partitions as opposed to just copying them from one drive to the other. DD

Brink said:

Personally, I would recommend to create updated system images instead of relying on a recovery drive.

Thanks.

When I deselected "Back up system files to the recovery drive," it says that I only need about 1 GB. Makes me wonder whether I shouldn't repartition this flash drive to give the recovery just 2 GB and the rest to storage.

The OP contains links to creating recovery images for a Surface device. Is the procedure the same for a PC with Windows 10? If not, can you provide a link to the procedure?

@Brink:

Hi Shawn. So I had to create a Recovery Drive off my wife's Lenovo Windows 10 machine to get my HP back up and it all seems to work, but I notice that now my machine thinks its a Lenovo.. Lenovo Apps and software and Keys in the Registry. Not sure I have all the right drivers installed.. It seems to boot up a little slower than it used to.. but it works.

My question is: what actually gets copied when NOT SELECTING backup System Files? Would it cause this identity problem on my machine?

Thanks, Jeff

@Brink

I'm choosing to forgo those options at this point, but thank you for the advice. The machine seems to be working fine for now. I did create a default Win 10 usb recovery drive just in case. I've always saved all my files on a usb hard drive anyway, so we'll see how it goes. Thank you for your help. :)