Windows 10: Does recovery disk save personal folders and files

Discus and support Does recovery disk save personal folders and files in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I got a new windows 10 laptop a few weeks ago and I'm belatedly getting around to creating a system recovery disk on usb. I'm intending to use the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by ouroboros72, Dec 12, 2015.

  1. Does recovery disk save personal folders and files


    I got a new windows 10 laptop a few weeks ago and I'm belatedly getting around to creating a system recovery disk on usb. I'm intending to use the standard windows 10 option 'create a recovery drive'. Someone mentioned that among other things this would be useful if I ever wanted to sell the machine on further down the line and wanted to do a clean install.

    My question is, does the standard recovery disk save personal data because I've already loaded some music, docs, notes vids and added a few browser bookmarks etc. Basically I'm hoping it doesn't because I wouldn't want to pass anything on. (I already do 2 separate backups of my personal stuff in case of failure, so that's not an issue)

    :)
     
    ouroboros72, Dec 12, 2015
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  2. 58gwc18 Win User

    Upgrade 10

    Will I be able to save a copy of windows 10 file to a disk or will I have to try and burn several dvd disks of windows 10 as recovery disks.

    Will windows 10 upgrade affect any personal files on my computer when it installs.
     
    58gwc18, Dec 12, 2015
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    I need to save my photo files, will recovery disk save those? ; I am in the process of creating a recovery disk.or do i need to specify which files to save to recovery disk?
     
    redcloud B, Dec 12, 2015
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  4. Kyhi Win User

    Does recovery disk save personal folders and files

    On a new PC - I would highly recommend that you > Create a Recovery Drive..
    This will save the Factory Image to a USB - so if ever needed, you can re-install the factory Out Of Box setup..
    That recovery drive will NOT contain any personal programs or files...

    To backup the current state of your PC - Programs, Files, settings, etc..
    I would recommend Marcium Reflect Free > Macrium Software | Macrium Reflect Free
     
  5. Ok, so it seems you're confirming it will not contain any personal programs or files even though I'll be doing it after I've already transferred some stuff onto the new system, which is what I'm trying to clarify.

    I tend to just do it manually as I don't keep a great deal of stuff and media and don't do much with the settings either. But I'll certainly keep a note of your recommendation in case that situation changes.

    Much appreciated.
     
    ouroboros72, Dec 12, 2015
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  6. Mansome Win User
    For this I recommend using File History to save the personal files and folders. No need to use a separate program to do that.
     
    Mansome, Apr 4, 2018
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