Windows 10: How to recover Windows 10 on the correct drive using the recovery drive?

I bought an SSD, but I want to install the OS which is provided by my computer manufacturer.

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Recovering Windows using a recovery drive

Hello,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



The recovery drive can be used to recover Windows to a working state even if the PC is not booting. However, if the recovery drive is overwritten there is no chance to recover it back.



The drive can be recreated using a new USB or the same USB. However, the contents of the recovery drive will be deleted and it can be used to recover the system to a state when the recovery drive was created.



For more information on creating a recovery drive and recovering the PC using the same drive refer the articles

how to: Create a Recovery Drive for reinstalling Windows 10 and

Recovery options in Windows 10.



Also, for creating the recovery drive no changes are needed to be done on the Windows recovery tools drive. However, in order to know more about the D drive on the system, I suggest you to post a screenshot of the disk management.
Refer the article
How to include a screenshot in your post.



Hope it helps.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator