Windows 10: RECOVERY DISK OR STICK

Having prepared a full external hard drive back back up of my System Image I then normally burn a disk or memory stick as a boot recovery media.


Recently having completed the system image, I then clicked on Start and 'recovery' in readiness to prepare the recovery media when I was surprised to see a dialogue box stating that ('We cant create a recovery drive on this PC' Some required files are missing. To troubleshoot problems when your PC can't start use your Windows installation disc or media.)


I don't have a Windows installation disk as my Windows 10 (1909) system was installed from the internet.


When I ran the Belarc Advisor program it stated that my operating version was 1903 and there were at least two security updates missing including Adobe flash player and a Microsoft update version 10.0.18362.1.


I would appreciate any advice on resolving this problem.

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Recovery Disks

Hi Ron,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Appreciate your interest in using Windows 10.

In order to create a recovery disk, follow the steps below:

• Type “Recovery” in search box and press Enter.
• Select the option to create a recovery disc and follow the prompts to create a recovery disc.

Hope the information is helpful. Feel free to
write to us for any other assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

XP disk versus Laptop Recovery Disk?

Recovery disks are just OEM copies of XP disks. Ie, they can have things such as the companys logo within the files.

If you got a normal XP disk you cant use it. The only way your dads copy of XP will activate is if your normal XP copy is OEM, unless you use the recovery disk.

I always use the recovery disks. Works just like a normal copy *Smile . Plus with the recovery disks you dont need the serial key as I *think* its embedded into the files on the disk. Just need to activate windows once on the net *Wink .

 

USB stick previously used as a boot stick for Killdisk not recognized

Try method 2 under Windows 7 8 10 here:
Free to Remove Readonly Attribute in Windows

Method 2: Clear readonly status with Diskpart

In Windows 10, 8, 7 OS, you are also able to run Diskpart in Command Prompt to clear read-only attribute on any partition on your computer. You can follow the tutorial below:

Step 1. Open Command Line and type Diskpart
Step 2. Type list disk
Step 3. Type select disk (disk number)
Step 4. Type attributes disk clear readonly





Then try Clean