Creating an EaseUS Todo Emergency Disk

[@mnphoneemail113]

Thanks Leo for your guidance on the free EaseUS Todo. EaseUS is easy to use and has great tech support. One thing to know about creating an emergency disk on a USB drive. When I looked for files on the USB drive File Explorer said it was empty. EaseUS tech support advised me that Microsoft hides protected system files on USB drives. They are visible on the DVD version. To view the files on the USB, one must turn off Hide Protected Files. (Windows Search - type File Explorer Options/View). Tech support also said the emergency disk can be used on any computer as long as they have the same type of BIOS (Legacy or UEFI).

[@Joeage]

I created my emergency ISO file on my desktop. What should I now do with that? I don't have any thumb drives. So, should I burn it to a DVD? Copy it to an external hard drive? Thanks for such amazingly clear step-by-step instructional videos. Every one has been excellent!

[@acreguy3156]

Leo, you've done it again!! Very clear explanation of a somewhat mysterious subject. Thanks!!!

[@howardfritzke6149]

Leo, thanks very much for covering and explaining the complete process of making an emergency disk for EaseUS to do backup software. I am looking forward to any follow-up that you may offer dealing with the EaseUS to do product.

[@asd67lkj]

Thanks Leo. Glad to see other programs from EaseUS being safely recommended. I used their file recovery software last year and was very impressed with the result. Looks like I may lookat their back up software...

[@gpcrawford8353]

Leo always produces an object lesson in computer topics others take note.

[@iggytse]

My concern is my silly Lenovo laptop. If you can’t get into windows to reboot to Bios then boot from USB the only other option is to get a paperclip to help press the restart button. On other PCs and laptops you just press a function key.

[@j.d.3269]

"* To perform system recovery on a none-bootable machine, try to boot the computer through the EaseUS Todo Backup emergency disk." "Restore your hard drive and operating system" seems to show that EaseUS Todo can do a backup recovery without using an emergency disk. Macrium Reflect can do that too, even reading the backup file from a bitlocker enabled disk. It looks like a virtual emergency disk was created on the fly behind the scene then booted into.

[@patvb3243]

Hi Leo, thanks for covering this subject !

[@ottovonnekpunch1268]

Hi Leo! Thanks for posting this important utility disk! But here's the rub; will the EaseUS Emergency Disk work if the system drive is encrypted with BitLocker?

[@askleonotenboom]

A restore will overwrite everything on the partition, whether it's encrypted or not. (If you just want specific files from the image, you'd do it with your installed copy of EaseUS.)

[@ottovonnekpunch1268]

@@askleonotenboom Thank you, Leo! Allow me to ask this: Can you use EaseUS Emergency Disk to UNLOCK a corrupted Bitlocker partition if you have the recovery key?

[@askleonotenboom]

@@ottovonnekpunch1268 I don't think so. I'd look to a Windows Recovery disk or even a Windows Setup disc. Those have additional diagnostic and repair tools that may? work.

[@glasslinger]

You assume the core of windows will run. If the crash was caused by corruption of the hard drive this is false security. Best to create a disk clone and simply swap the hard drive out if a fatal crash happens. Then plug the bad drive into a USB to hard drive adapter and go to work on it. If the FAT on the drive is corrupt it may not even be able to be worked on.

[@grahampembs]

You say that you're going to make a video showing how to restore an image. I'm using a Dell laptop with two USB ports. I assume the image must be put on a separate USB drive [not the recovery drive], both of these drives will have to be plugged into the USB ports before booting to work correctly or else the drive containing the image to be restored will not be detected. How do you move around the recovery drive to make selections without a mouse being installed and needing a 3rd USB port? Does it detect the touchpad, [which I have disabled by the way as I prefer to use a mouse]? I know people have had trouble using Linux as a recovery drive as these necessary drivers are not loaded/present so therefore Win P.E. appears the way to go here. Would a USB dock be detected with more USB ports? Hopefully you'll cover these in the upcoming video!

[@gtm5650]

Hi Leo, can you please tell me the difference between WinPE and WinRE. Thanks so much!

[@davidmartin8211]

Warning. I have several USB thumb drives that died without warning. Best to have a backup is just in case.

[@alnoormanji4689]

Hi Leo: Thanks for this. When I created the emergency disk as ISO on the USB stick and changed my BIOS boot from USB, it did not work. I had to use another program to decompress the ISO to another USB after which it worked. It seems that boot does not recognize ISO file as a bootable media. Am I missing something? Edit: I realized what I did wrong. I saved the emergency disk as an ISO file on my USB. I should have selected the USB icon to create the full decompressed contents of the Emergency Disk.

[@RotaryTeamVincent]

Will this file work for rebooting other computers I have or is it unique to the one it was created on?

[@contentmafiaa]

It can be used on any Pc , there is nothing unique about it

[@RotaryTeamVincent]

What size Thumbdrive do I need?

[@contentmafiaa]

8GB Thumbdrive is enough. I have created Windows 11 ISO, and it consumed some 5.5GB

[@captainprototype187]

@@contentmafiaa I just creatd Hirens boot cd because it fits on a dvd. windows installation media is too big.

[@acreguy3156]

I just tried creating the Emergency Disk and the free version no longer supports this. We have to pay. (July 1 2024).

[@tenerife_sea]

Hi Leo, quick question related to this video. If I use Easeus' full image backup, yet I only have a System Recovery Drive that I created using a default windows feature, are they compatible? Or do I NEED to create this specific emergency/recovery disc from Easeus to restore my Easeus full image backup? Thanks!

[@askleonotenboom]

Not compatible. You need an EaseUS emergency disk to restore an EaseUS-created backup.

[@tenerife_sea]

@@askleonotenboom I see, thanks Leo!

[@_wat2do]

Do i have to select which image backup i want to use to create the Emergency Disk?

[@askleonotenboom]

You don't need an image backup to create an Emergency Disk.

[@_wat2do]

@@askleonotenboom oh right, the Emergency Disk is just a bootable version of the EaseUS software? Thanks.

[@reefseeker]

Where is it on paid version? Weird I can't find it.

[@andrewgreenwood8554]

I created an emergency USB satisfactorily but couldn’t seem to see any files on it. The 4gig drive showed as being partially used rather than empty but can I be sure that it is ok?

[@askleonotenboom]

Try booting from it.

[@andrewgreenwood8554]

@@askleonotenboom Thanks for replying. I was just worried I would start something I couldn’t stop. Great videos by the way, you’re a real star when it comes to clarifying things.

[@dmk-ki4ny]

Hi Leo, thanks for these EaseUS video series. I followed this tutorial, but a strange behavior occurred when I tried to test if the recovery works. Here is my process. I created an Emergency .iso file and then burned it on a DVD optical disk. Then I rebooted from that DVD (changing the boot priority in BIOS), and the EaseUS soft launched, but at that moment, all my USB ports became unavailable, and they just turned off. So neither the keyboard nor mouse works, and I can do nothing except reboot normally from SSD. I don't get why is that so. Would you please give me a tip on that? Maybe I made a mistake on some steps? I really appreciate any help you can provide.

[@askleonotenboom]

You might want to contact EaseUS on that. They may have an alternate ISO for you to try.

[@Joan_Garcia]

This is so timely for me. I'm unable to get into my Windows 7 desktop and need to create a boot/recover USB disk. I can use EaseUS on my Windows 11 desktop .I'm not sure. Please clarify. Where do I find an ISO file? Microsoft has none. Thanks.

[@askleonotenboom]

Which ISO? For EaseUS there is no ISO, you create teh emergency disk after installing EaseUS Todo. For Windows 7 I don't believe they're available any more.

[@perovwellyz560]

When creating the usb emergency disk/drive do you need to add a driver?

[@askleonotenboom]

99.9% of people do not. Only if you have odd hardware, and most people that have odd hardware know they have odd hardware. :-)

[@perovwellyz560]

@@askleonotenboom Thanks

[@NoEgg4u]

Leo, I have a back-end computer, that has no internet access. I install no 3rd party software on it (because it is used for Chia crypt-o mining, and I will trust no other software). But I want to back it up. If I purchase one of EaseUS's versions (I am eyeing their "Workstation" version), will I be able to install it on my daily-driver PC, create a bootable USB stick, and boot up my back-end computer with that USB stick? Will I be able to create a full backup of my back-end system, via that bootable USB stick that was created on my daily driver PC? Or is the bootable media created in some customized fashion that allows it to work only on the machine that created the bootable media? Thank you.

[@askleonotenboom]

You can indeed create a backup image from the emergency disk.

[@NoEgg4u]

@@askleonotenboom Yes... but can you do so on a different computer than the one that created the emergency disk? Can I create an emergency disk on computer #1, and use it to backup computer #2?

[@askleonotenboom]

@@NoEgg4u Yes.

[@NoEgg4u]

@@askleonotenboomThank you.

[@folmonty]

Installed EaseUS Todo "free," completed a full backup, then tried to make the emergency disk using a 16 gig USB stick. The USB was formatted yet EaseUS wouldn't create the emergency disk continually saying the disk must be formatted. Does it have to be formatted in something other than NTFS? The stick was formatted using quick and standard method with no change?

[@askleonotenboom]

I would try NTFS (it's what I use for this), and of course make sure the disk is working by just looking at it in file explorer before you attempt the emergency disk.

[@folmonty]

@@askleonotenboom EaseUS required that I let the program format the memory stick it self. Took bit of time but it eventually finished. What's interesting about the memory stick now is that the stick was labeled EASEUSBOOT but there's no files visible on it? The drive did use about 2 gig of space so there must be something there but I can't see it? Is that normal? Just hidden files?

[@tomasohainle9886]

I've got exactly the same issue. There are no files showing on the ISB stick, even when I have ticked to show hidden files. I have tried several different USB sticks, to no avail... Is this normal?@@folmonty

[@rmb658]

Same thing happening here, did you ever get it to work?

[@folmonty]

@@rmb658 Yes it did but can't remember exactly? It was just a quirky thing, nothing complicated.

[@SnowyRVulpix]

IMO emergency disks should NEVER be Windows.a Linux emergency disk can help you with your Windows instal just fine... but it also can't carry over Windows infections.

[@mdd1963]

Heaven forbid actually booting from this disk, and demonstrating it for a few seconds! :)

[@askleonotenboom]

That would be the video on restoring an image.