Windows 10: New recovery drive is much smaller than previous one.

Discus and support New recovery drive is much smaller than previous one. in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi, I'm confused. After my Windows 10 upgrade was finished I created a "Recovery drive" on a 32 GB flash drive and it filled the drive to 26.8 GB. I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Whatrymes, Aug 26, 2015.

  1. WHATRYMES
    Whatrymes Win User

    New recovery drive is much smaller than previous one.


    Hi,

    I'm confused. After my Windows 10 upgrade was finished I created a "Recovery drive" on a 32 GB flash drive and it filled the drive to 26.8 GB. I just finished a clean install on my hard disk with all unallocated space and decided to make a new "recovery drive" on the old flash drive when I was finished. I did "check" to include system files and the process took quite a while but only 3.5 GB are now being used on the flash drive. Why such a difference in data this time than before? Is this drive okay?

    Thanks,
    Ed

    :)
     
    Whatrymes, Aug 26, 2015
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  2. SALTGRASS
    Saltgrass Win User

    Can we not create a system repair disk within a folder on a blank 4.7 GB DVD+RW Pro disk, and related questions

    My current system, if I create a Recovery Drive, requires a 32 GB Flash drive.

    The DVD option, if it does work, will need more than one DVD.

    If you choose not to backup system files it will be done on much smaller media.

    A recovery drive takes the entire media. Even if you had a 128 GB flash drive, it would use maybe 32 GB and the rest would be unusable.
     
    Saltgrass, Aug 26, 2015
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  3. KINGBERRYLK
    KingBerryLK Win User
    Hard Drive space much smaller than it should be

    Thank you so much for the solution. I now have all my disk space.
     
    KingBerryLK, Aug 26, 2015
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  4. MANSOME
    Mansome Win User

    New recovery drive is much smaller than previous one.

    Windows 10 uses a different recovery method than previous OS.
     
    Mansome, Aug 28, 2015
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