Windows 10: Creating a Recovery Drive . . . Is it Machine Specific?

Discus and support Creating a Recovery Drive . . . Is it Machine Specific? in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; Confirmed that a Recovery Drive is 'bit specific'... but is it 'machine specific' as well? Are drivers etc. from the computer used to create the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by TDPsGM, Sep 17, 2015.

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  1. JOHNRC
    JohnrC Win User

    Creating a Recovery Drive . . . Is it Machine Specific?


    Confirmed that a Recovery Drive is 'bit specific'... but is it 'machine specific' as well? Are drivers etc. from the computer used to create the Recovery Drive?

    Just wondering so that when I lose one of my Recovery Drives (*Biggrin inevitable), can I use, for example, a 32 bit Recovery Drive on a computer that was created on another 32 bit computer? My hunch is that the answer is 'no' since this particular laptop requires a minimum 32GB USB whereas another used 8GB.

    Cheers.
     
    JohnrC, Jan 29, 2017
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  2. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR New Member

    Yes, you can use the recovery drive from another computer as long as the bit level (32-bit v. 64-bit) and the version of Windows (Home v. Pro) are the same. The extra stuff (mostly hardware drivers) will be loaded onto the "other" computer, but just won't be used. If there is any hardware on the "other" computer that require manufacture's drivers, then you will have to obtain and install those drivers manually.

    Personally, I don't bother with system recovery drives. I have vanilla Windows 10 installation discs made from the ISO's downloaded from Microsoft and have computer specific drivers stored separately for the hardware that requires it.
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 4, 2018
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