Windows 10: Create recovery disk failed big time

Went to create a recovery disk using the windows tool. win 10, latest updates on new computer. The process started and when I came back later, a

popup window told me the process failed. Not the end of the world but now the USB drive is useless. The 64 GB drive now has a 32 GB partition with

the rest of the drive unallocated. There are a few files on the 32 GB partition that cannot be deleted nor can files be copied to it. Neither chkdsk or diskpart can unlock this partition. Easeus partition manager fails in any process attempted format, delete, etc. error messages tell me the MBR and partition table are locked. Killdisk looks like it is overwriting the partition but it does not appear to be as everything seems as it was before when I go into Easeus . Killdisk may have worked but the system thinks the files are still there.


Loss of a 64 GB USB is not the loss of century but it seems to me there should be a way to fix this drive.

:)

 

Recovery Disks

Hi Ron,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows 10.

In order to create a recovery disk, follow the steps below:

• Type “Recovery” in search box and press Enter.
• Select the option to create a recovery disc and follow the prompts to create a recovery disc.

Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to
write to us for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

How To: Create recovery partition.

it worked when i copied all the files of the disk to the recovery partition i created, but i had to use WinPE tab to add the entry.

Type: WIM Image (Ramdisk)
Name: Recovery
Path: Z:\Sources\boot.wim
and hit Add Entry
I tried it in VirtualBox and it worked.
At first, it would add a second "Windows 7" entry to the list, but when the installation is finished, the old one is deleted. (I formatted only C: partition)

 

how to create a start-up disk for windows 10 pro

Hi,

To help you create a recovery drive, we suggest that you try to follow the steps found in the article below:

• Create a recovery drive

We would also need to ask you if you are trying to create a bootable USB disk for Windows 10.

Let us know so that we can further help.