How to Create Windows 10 System Recovery Partition

[@Tsourfetis]

This is a super useful way to clean install windows when you don't have a usb or dvd to boot from as well. Thanks Brainy Brian :)

[@yasha1989]

After 8 hours and 15+ KZbin videos, I was able to override a "managed by organization" malware and do a Factory Reset! Thank you!

[@shh9532]

Still useful in 2021 incredible and you don’t need a disk or usb, the man is a legend

[@ralphenglehart1404]

I love the way he explains his videos , it make them easy to understand.

[@trevorcoard8777]

Excellent video, and very easy to follow. As an aside, learned how to snap two windows to left and right of the main window - duh! - never knew you could do that. How many other useful shortcuts have I missed out on. Maybe a cue for a new "SImple Windows 10 Shortcuts that you did not know" tutorial? That would be very useful to me. Keep up the good work....

[@europeanconfidence32]

Thank you, I enjoy watching your videos. They are very clear and precise not to mention helpful

[@zubbusoreally65]

You are a saver of lives. However, I think it's not getting the number of likes it deserves because, you see, what I was looking for was "how install windows 10 on HDD directly/without DVD/USB". (and I think much more frequently asked) And it's not until I see your video linked a 2nd time that I realized that this video answers my question.

[@lstomasello]

Thank you for the useful HOWTO. I followed the directions and it worked perfectly. You now have a new follower.

[@drewbriggs9168]

Very well said. I have my own system recovery partition now always a must just in case of an emergency. Thanks a lot for the video :)

[@xshellyx4820]

i had friend come to me two days ago she had this issus so i gave it go and now i have her pc working now thank you so much

[@Deepdadaism]

Hey...Great to see this...Thanks...But Had a little query... Do I need to keep the Easy BCD still installed after I have created and Enlisted the Recovery Partition successfully?

[@MegaVimalsharma]

No you can uninstall it even I Didi it

[@whisper2162]

@@MegaVimalsharma Where do you get the free Easy BCD? I can't find it for free.

[@MegaVimalsharma]

Link in the description

[@EllaSal012]

....super thank you.. i deleted my system recovery.. (unaware of what i does).. then i wanted to reinstall windows and i cant do that.. this vid helped me a lot..😊👍👍

[@emeak1965]

This technique only copies the windows install media to the rocovery partition and allows you to select it from a boot menu. What about drivers and other system settings? I don't want to go through the hassle of doing a clean install again!. Is there a way to create a recovery partition which is a backup of your current system so when you select it from the boot menu it will restore your system from the recovery partition to the system partition? P.S I already know about AOMEI OneKey. I want to emulate what OneKey does....

[@AaronHurst1]

Look into creating a sysprep image. It is A LOT more involved, but keeps all the settings and programs. This is great for fixing it when it wont start, and win 10 has a built in refresh option.

[@luislast6113]

You can also use a program like Acronis or Norton Ghost to create a complete image of your drive/partition. This will be a complete copy of your installed OS, all programs, data, and settings. The image can be placed in a separate partition or on another drive, and/or be external (USB, optical, etc.). The only drawbacks are: every time you make any changes to your computer, you must create the image anew; any problems, such as malware, broken links, etc. that are on your system when you make the image will also be returned after you perform a restoration. The best way to get around this (for those with discipline), is to get in the habit of making images on a regular basis, so you can always go back to different images until you get the one that is in the best condition. This is essentially what businesses do. Also, you should keep data on a separate drive or partition altogether, so that you only have to worry about problems with the OS and applications, not with lost data.

[@williamking4663]

Simply excellent, sir. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions that actually accomplish what you set out to do!

[@ceed3d396]

Excellent hands on instructions. 👍🏽

[@quindeman1879]

This is wonderful. Very strait-forward.

[@jed9894]

Nice tutorial and works beautifully on my notebook with GPT/UEFI partition scheming. I reinstalled Windows with that method. And the result? a clean fresh install and BootManager didn't modify the boot entries made previously. So after reinstalling, the link to the bootable recovery partition is still there.

[@crazecol]

great stuff been useing your channel while now explained brilliant thanks again brian

[@cafenes176]

Many Thanks. So nicely explained. This video helped me to create Recovery Disk for Windows 10 on my Laptop.

[@mrwho7230]

Omg thank you so much god bless you I was having so many issue with my computer but you saved my life

[@psulionbacker2529]

Brian, Your instructional video was incredibly helpful to me. I have a new computer and wanted to wipe the drive of the old machine and at least put a copy of Windows on it. Thus, a little different process from what you showed here, but I gathered much confidence of how to do what I wanted to accomplish by watching this. Your explanation was extremely clear. Thanks, much.

[@andystirzaker8533]

Thank you for the videos keep up the great work

[@ammar-cv1rt]

I really like your videos Britec you really helped me alot with my laptop

[@Britec09]

+Ammar Justaina You're welcome.

[@johnbatvg]

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[@justasvts7444]

If I created win 10 partition following this guide about 7 months ago,while win 10 was still free,will I be able to reinstall windows now?please help :)

[@helenflorou7621]

ty for the video but u can do the same think with a windows cd right?

[@MartinRocha]

vrey helpful! consultation, which version corresponds to the "Pro"? "Windows 10" or "Windows 10 N" thx!

[@zzenkaii]

hi instead of installing windows can i use its repair windows feature instead?

[@rickie7589]

Thank you so much. Very well explained and you didn't go too fact. I appreciate you doing this.

[@vermillion6464]

Thank you so much mr britech. May god bless you. And continue to help anyone. More power

[@sciencetechnologyanddiy4929]

You explained well, but there is a gap. You lost your registered windows. Now, how can you get the serial number or how will you activate your windows? The installed copy will remain as evaluation version and it will work only for 30 days. Please write your comment if you feel you have an answer.

[@ashgupta854]

Does the recovery partition have to be a primary partition, or can it be a logical partition? The only reason I ask is that I remember hearing someone say that you can't boot off of a logical partition. (Also, I don't have any primary partitions left on my machine because I am dual booting Win 10 and linux.) Thanks.

[@khochal2000]

Well done Brian, excellent instruction and i am very hopeful it will help me. Now i have two issues: 1). the EasyBCD upon installation shows a message "the boot configuration data store could not be opened, would you like to load a BCD registry for EacyBCD to manage?" and i said no because i don't know what to do. what you say? The second issue is the one specific to my PC, i want to go back to win8.1 after a revelation by microsoft & samsung that my pc (samsung NP350V5C-A0EUK) was not built for win10. when i installed win10, somehow my recovery partition was deleted. now when i want to factory reinstall it, it can't find the recovery partition and so can't reset it. So after watching your video, i thought the only change i need to do is to put win8.1 ISO (rather than win10 ISO) in the recovery drive and do the rest. what you say? do i have a go on it? also any good source for Win8.1 ISO please. Thank yo very much and i am looking forward to hear from you. it will save me my passion (of DIY) as well as £65.

[@davidrjennings]

You've probably just saved my ass big time, thank you so much! Wish I had known this sooner!

[@Ograws]

Very good tutorials, always great to watch

[@PursueAndObtainKnowledge]

I'm just curious why all the videos people have on KZbin assume you already have windows installed what about with a brand new hard drive and a brand new fresh install?

[@FarazAliZuberi]

Wow! So detailed and descriptive.. thanks

[@shaishirom5421]

hi britec your videos are very helpfull thanks if i hide the recovery partition can i still reinstall windows

[@GRACFUL1]

Do I have to use EasyBCD, or can I just download the windows 10 media creation tool, and transfer the file over to the recovery partition, and be done with out any third party software?

[@subramaniyarajagopalan4187]

Very useful - thank you Keep up the good work

[@mattcasdorph]

I love this tutorial, I actually used it as an alternative to my Acer's eRecovery because my laptop came with windows 7 and after I installed windows 10 if I ever used eRecovery it would revert back to windows 7 which I did not want. I like having the convenience of having Windows setup files already on the HDD instead of having to keep extra discs around, tho I probably will burn the iso to a disc since I gave my original to my brother to update his laptop a long time ago and never got it back..lol. My question is, if you delete or do a fresh install, that is not going to overwrite the boot record is it? I'm not too familiar with the MBR. But I have had to repair the MBR from a disc before, I'm assuming if you by accident clicked repair MBR it would overwrite the modified boot record and you would have to download a MBR editor to access that Recovery partition again wouldn't you?

[@synxyt7383]

I won’t i tried yesterday I installed 1703 and the bcd wasn’t overwritten

[@treytonsmith]

Thank you I downloaded a file and it had Trojan and malware on it now I have a clean computer

[@treytonsmith]

And I have a KZbin channel and it would've been bad

[@treytonsmith]

did it again cause my computer was glitching when i started it up works perfectly.

[@uditkapoor2611]

Okay Okay, Chill now xD

[@justinrivers9355]

Michael Caine, I mean Britec, beautiful instruction!! Thnx

[@mjmedel]

Thank you... You are my Hero

[@almedogjurgji]

Thanks for the video man 👍🏻

[@Aussat]

Great video, i will do this as I think it's a good way. :) Thank you very much.. Oh I gather it will be the same for Windows 11 Pro.

[@davehumphreys1725]

The only aspect of this procedure that makes me very VERY nervous is the idea of deleting the hard drive partitions!! Can I avoid doing that?

[@sakalamshawarma]

if i delete partitions, install fresh win.10... will my windows key be deleted as well? i mean... when i reinstall via iso recovery, do i still need a key?

[@marco_evertus]

Awesome video Brian!

[@Britec09]

+Rounak Dutta Cheers.

[@alexyt]

very useful, clear and easy. thanks

[@StevenJPiper]

Is this new recovery partition literally the same as the one one you get when you clean install?

[@speakerscorner8727]

sam question for me. the 'original' recovry partition in my experience has 1go or 500mb unlike this one which seems to be +6go. that's still nice solution but I was asking myself if it was possible to (re) create the original recovry partition and how is it different to this recovry partition (which is full windows installation)

[@orbiquity]

You said near the end of the video something about installing Windows on top of Windows. Is this a doable thing which might fix a non-booting Windows? In particular, one that goes through an Automatic Repair/Diagnosing your PC loop?

[@David-hq8zy]

Yes it will

[@miqbalkatikre7975]

Thank you,, this is so superb sollutions..

[@jd13ro]

Can i remove drive letter from the recovery drive? For obvious safety reasons. Will the boot selector still work?

[@Waleedmilek]

Very Good Video it's save alot of time and Money :) thanx alot

[@garzjoe]

Awesome guide thank you VERY much!

[@ifell3]

Spot on you've done it again!!

[@NeleoNgwenya]

AWESOME.... Just what I needed!!!

[@istiakbappy4304]

Sir, I have 1TB solid storage drive (SSD) are 4 partition but GPT styles. MBR sytle Windows 10 are not supported. So I can do convert C: drive GPT to MBR sytle by diskpart cmd command. Then my hard drive partition are marge & full drive formated after install Windows 10. Now what can I recover my lost all data. Now what can I do free recovery all data & partition. Please tell me.

[@MyManifold]

Thanks Brian, great video

[@Britec09]

+Ghostly Muffin You're welcome.

[@justasvts7444]

If I created win 10 partition following this guide about 7 months ago,while win 10 was still free,will I be able to reinstall windows now?please help :)

[@somesfs170]

you can download w10 iso for free (only the product key is paid)

[@allengwee7956]

Awesome, u just saved my life! Thank you so much!

[@speakerscorner8727]

what if instead of choosing "install" we had chosen "repaire windows" ? would it just repair windows without losing our files & apps ?

[@diegodylard5192]

yes. you would get a windows.old folder with some backups from your documents and some other windowes folders to restore before deleting

[@junnel2608]

I just want to ask if i can backup my system and create a recovery image from that and remove the partition label so that it in any case i can boot and recover from that?

[@KC-qr4sc]

Thank you... Very good and useful video.

[@killerofhurt]

REALLY I SALUTE YOU KEEP HELING PEOPLES BROTHER

[@phlopalopagus]

Could I do this on a thumb skick/usb drive so I could have a fresh complete copy of 10 and a recovery drive or would that just be redundant. Does a recovery drive have the same use as a entire fresh Windows 10 copy?

[@dsldg2]

that is cool Brian, I have windows 10 home on my laptop, if I follow this video and install windows 10 pro onto it, how will I be able to buy the upgrade from Microsoft ?

[@Britec09]

+dsldg2 If you have Windows 10 laptop, just download the Windows 10 ISO for free, no need to buy it.

[@1400740]

Excellent video. Thank you v much

[@jpcosido]

Is it safe to keep the recovery partition as hidden? Will the recovery still run?

[@CrazyOneToo]

Hello. I am trying to reinstall Windows 10 and the HP software that came with my laptop using a HP recovery USB drive. The old hard drive went out and a new one was installed by the person I purchased the laptop from. How do I make create a usable separate recovery partition (like HP originally used) on the HD that will hold the HP files I need?

[@mo2nz97]

Please make a video "how to fix if system reserved partition for boot manager is missing or deleted"

[@GaRbAllZ]

Thumbs Up Brian! How about a bare metal recovery in Win 10 (keeping programs & data)? Is it possible?

[@lamuerte7012]

Is this basically resetting your pc

[@KevinKearney100]

Brilliant thank you easy to follow.

[@Zejux]

This literally saved my life, thank you

[@L0LIpOp]

Hello, after I bought a new laptop Acer Aspire 7 A715-75G I've installed Windows 10. On the installation menu partition manager told me that Windows will created additional partitions I clicked Ok and MSR 16 MB and WINDRIVER 8 GB partition were created. I wanted to test something and I've reinstalled Windows 10 on same laptop and I deleted all previous partitions. After that I clicked Ok when Windows asked me about additional partition that will be created and I was surprise that WINDRIVER wasn't there. Why this happened and how can I get it back that WINDRIVER partition on the list?

[@dishypoo1349]

What if i choose USB flash drive instead of ISO file ?

[@BlackAnt02]

couldn't you do the same using DISM and sysprep to create a install.wim then have that under the windows re environment to reset to that image

[@SouravGorai_]

Hello sir, I want to know that ...can I delete the iso file from my C drive after moving it to seperate recovery drive as you have shown ?

[@hirnkopf]

Yes, of course you can.

[@quartznation9499]

i went to disk management and it says already that i have a partition 450mb healthy (recovery partition) and next to that 750mb healthy (recovery partition) the problem was that i couldnt boot from the 450mb partion which has the original recovery to factory win10 even after pressing the F11 key (Dell XPS 9343) so i used an external usb win10 iso file that i downloaded from microsoft using the tool you just mentioned thats probably the 750mb partition that shows up..my question is what happend to the original recovery partition that is still on my pc but i cannot access when i press the f11 key at boot up? i gotta use the f12 boot up to usb screen ? can you help please? maybe i should just delete the two partitions (45mb+750mb) and use your tutorial for a new recovery partition?but then how do i make the default boot up with the original f11 key ... would that work you think? please advise thanks

[@quartznation9499]

i can send you a screen shot of the Disk Management scenario please advise thanks because i cant understand it and theres no option to delete those partitions is there?

[@quartznation9499]

and if you want to boot straight to windows 10 welcome screen or have the option of clicking f11 after clicking power up button can you have pc do that also? or does it automatically go to the windows 10/windows 10 recovery screen?

[@BrayanBrikauskey]

It is useful information but when you say that it's a recovery partition, it should contain contents of a preinstalled system not the setup files.

[@aiden_macleod]

You're talking about a backup partition which restores a ghost copy of an existing partition. Big difference.

[@kazunorikatojr]

This is great!!!

[@ericzimmerman7803]

I'd like a tutorial on how to restore the windows 10 restore partition. I need the original partition restored so I can do an MBR2GPT command.

[@crazymetallian]

you can just select repair, in the windows 10 installer and it will word like a recovery partition actually

[@solofourohsixgaming]

In my case I have two recovery partitions and cannot enable reagentc, it says cannot update boot config. Also I cannot boot into safe mode. Is there anyway to enable reagentc without creating another recovery partition?

[@gtechlogic]

after install is all complete can you remove the bcd software or does it have to stay installed for the recovery to work

[@hans-jurgenstoffels9441]

But there is a disadvantage in this system. What if windows (boot) won't start anymore? Is it possible to write e.g. a *.bat file in the recovery directory to start it without any menu? With F8 (PC) or F12 (Notebook), depending on the machine, one can choose the HD to boot from. As there are many persons installing dual systems you may hint on that, too. I have e.g. Win10, Mint, and Ubuntu on my notebook running. I installed the Linuxes with the "/" option just each in a partition on its own. But EasyBCE links to the same Linux boot no matter if I choose Mint or Linux. So a linux menu comes up first showing Ubuntu and then Mint and Windows. Windows 10 ist the one starting if nothing happens. But choosing Mint will thus caus the linux menu to appear and does not automatically start Mint. So I change the second menu as "Linux: Mint & Ubuntu". As Mint is my favorate one I'd like to start it when I chose Mint in the menu. In EasyBCD I had given the right partition (each a different one, Mint on HD0, Ubuntu and Windows HD1). This could be your next video to create. I have ... Win10, L. Mint on PC-1 Mint and Win10 on PC-2 (starts with linux menu as my wife wants to work with mint. She hates to constant updating Windows does). Win10, Mint on our Netbook Win10, Mint and Ubuntu on my Notebook At work I have one PC with Win10 & Linux Mint

[@giorgos7938]

Ι don't understand what is the MediaMeta.xml file. This is not in download iso file when open it with winrar. Can you please explain me what is that?

[@sneeksheets1371]

YOu left out, after you copy the files over, people, you need to incorporate the drivers into the WIM file that are unique to the computer, else it really isn't a custom recovery partition, it is just windows setup on a drive.

[@careygarcia7937]

How

[@DantesInferno96]

Drivers are all provided by Windows updates these days. That's not really an issue. If you have an Ethernet cable, you'd need for nothing.

[@fishermenmike47]

AWESOME BUDDY ,I DIDNT SEE VIDEO ,THANKS

[@Tarik01336]

when i goto advanced option and select recovery it say there is no windows image attach a usb that have windows image or insert recovery disc i want system wise recovery i recently update my laptop from windows 7 to windows 10 i need inbuilt recovery option i delete windows 7 recovery disk via cmd and make new recovery as you showed in this tutorial

[@jayantmelkani3210]

i formatted recovery drive of my new laptop. is there any way to make recovery partition again?

[@vikaskambhampati]

I already had a recovery disk partitioned in my pc and it is about 7GB When I'm resetting my PC it is warning me that some Hp,Intel drivers are going to get deleted and I have to reinstall them from Internet or flash drive. Will that Partitioned Recovery disk in my PC automatically reinstalls all the deleted things? Help me please

[@Lars_Ziah_Zawkian]

excuse my ignorance but why even get a recovery partition if i cant even save my files??????? i thought this method would fix the boot sequence

[@dewijones7842]

thank you excellent job works on my laptop and computer very happy with the software highly recommended job well done. once again thank you Britec09

[@shareapps3248]

Hi Thanks for your help, why u have deleted System reserved partition ? do we need it ? why does it exit in the first place please ? does any one have some clarification thanks in advance

[@Mr3344555]

Is there a way to make it into the F11 partition? Kind of looks sloppy upon boot

[@edwardseth1230]

so if my laptop EFI system is active, do i need to disable this cause when i run the software, i am told that my EFI system is on, and the Add entry button in the right hand corner after the boot.wim is added is missing or not shown.

[@k300sa]

This is not a system recovery partition This is a Windows CD in a partition This recovery partition is supposed to be for system restore as the time the system image was taken

[@Jay_kaying]

The windows 10 iso is 3.37 GB, can I make the partition for 3.40 GB or is that not enough? I'd rather not waste space if possible.

[@RahulRoy-ig3zq]

how much time does it take to create a recovery partition