Windows 10: Does Windows 10 have a recovery solution like Windows 7 had?

Discus and support Does Windows 10 have a recovery solution like Windows 7 had? in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; I've never liked relying on a recovery partition so under Windows 7 I'd make recovery disks then, when the hard drive failed, I'd install a new (blank)... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by pchelp, Oct 18, 2015.

  1. PCHELP
    pchelp Win User

    Does Windows 10 have a recovery solution like Windows 7 had?


    I've never liked relying on a recovery partition so under Windows 7 I'd make recovery disks then, when the hard drive failed, I'd install a new (blank) hard drive, boot from the recovery disks, and restore the PC to 'factory condition'.

    It appears that Windows 10's recovery drive can't do that even if you check 'back up system files to recovery drive'. (It makes sense if you read it carefully. 'system files' isn't the same thing as 'system image'.)

    Is there something in Windows 10 that can do what I'm trying to do or is this something else Microsoft removed?

    Thanks.

    :)
     
    pchelp, Oct 18, 2015
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  2. MARTINARELLANO
    MartinArellano Win User

    Unable to create a recovery drive on windows 10

    Hi every one,

    I upgrade to the free version of windows 10 from windows 7 and I tried to create a recovery drive. I get this message every time I tried "unable to create a recovery drive on windows 10, I have use a external drive of 1000 Gb and 8 GB usb. does some one
    have a solution?.
     
    MartinArellano, Oct 18, 2015
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  3. CHRISTINEJONES6184
    christinejones6184 Win User
    last Windows 10 update

    Why does Windows 10 look like Windows 7 after last update?

    Moved from: Windows / Windows 10 / Windows update, recovery, & backup
     
    christinejones6184, Oct 18, 2015
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  4. KYHI
    Kyhi Win User

    Does Windows 10 have a recovery solution like Windows 7 had?

    It is supposed to...

    Control Panel > Recovery > Create a recovery drive
     
    Kyhi, Oct 18, 2015
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  5. PCHELP
    pchelp Win User
    It doesn't. It appears to contain software to restore from a system image but the image itself must be created separately.
     
    pchelp, Oct 19, 2015
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  6. OLDMIKE65
    OldMike65 Win User
    Most folks use Macrium Reflect the free version to make image backups. Works much better than any windows backup ever did.
    Just download, install on your hard drive, then choose "other options" from the pull down menus, than choose create rescue media. You can use a flash drive or your DVD. Users choice, this will make a bootable rescue disk, which you can make your image backup of your C-drive.
     
    OldMike65, Oct 19, 2015
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  7. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR New Member
    Right click the Windows Start Button, select Control Panel. Somewhere in there is Backup and Restore (Windows 7). In there is a make system image option. I trust Macrium Reflect Free much more, though.
     
    NavyLCDR, Oct 19, 2015
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  8. KYHI
    Kyhi Win User

    Does Windows 10 have a recovery solution like Windows 7 had?

    Windows 10 Recovery works far different then previous versions
    Windows 10 recovery does not use an Image file... It uses the component store to re-create itself...

    Use Macrium Reflect > Macrium Software | Macrium Reflect Free

    Like Mike said >
     
    Kyhi, Oct 19, 2015
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  9. VAGS
    vags Win User
    It has, backup restore (windows 7) something like that is the name as posted also by another guy before, the same as at 7. I had use it many times and from recovery cd also.
     
    vags, Apr 4, 2018
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