Windows 10: recovery environment?

Hi guys; what is "recovery environment" that comes up when booting win 10TP?

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Recovery

After installing windows 10, on the Surface Pro 3. it was running fine, although a couple of programs wouldn't work, I decided to do a system recovery, And I couldn't do a recovery to the system, it wouldn't let me kept on telling me to install a disc
or usb stick, surely, if I had a recovery partition, with windows 8.1, then it should recover with windows 10 without having to use a USB stick.

 

Recovery

Hi Richard,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

If you are upgrading to Windows 10 Final version. Yes, upgrading from Windows 7 or a later version it will preserve your personal files, applications and settings.

I would like to inform you that most third party applications designed for Windows 7 or later should work with Windows 10. Of course, with significant changes expected in Windows 10, it is best you contact the developer of your software programs to find
out about support for Windows 10.

You may refer to this FAQ and check if it helps.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-faq

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

See here : Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) Technical Reference