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Create a USB recovery drive for Windows, Reinstall Windows using a USB recovery drive

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Create a USB recovery drive for Windows Dell recommends that you create a recovery drive to troubleshoot and fix problems that may occur with Windows. An empty USB flash drive with a minimum capacity of 16 GB is required to create the recovery drive. NOTE: The following steps may vary depending on the version of Windows installed. Refer to the Microsoft support site for latest instructions. 1 Connect the USB flash drive to your computer. 2 In Windows search, type Recovery. 3 In the search results, click Create a recovery drive. The User Account Control window is displayed. 4 Click Yes to continue. The Recovery Drive window is displayed. 5 Select Back up system files to the recovery drive and click Next. 6 Select the USB flash drive and click Next. A message appears, indicating that all data in the USB flash drive will be deleted. 7 Click Create. NOTE: This process may take several minutes to complete. 8 Click Finish. Reinstall Windows using a USB recovery drive CAUTION: This process formats the hard drive and removes all data on your computer. Ensure that you back up data on your computer before beginning this task. NOTE: Before reinstalling Windows, ensure your computer has more than 2 GB of memory and more than 32 GB of storage space. 1 Connect the USB recovery drive to your computer. 2 Restart your computer. 3 Press F12 after the Dell logo is displayed on the screen to access the boot menu. A Preparing one-time boot menu message appears. 4 After the boot menu loads, select the USB recovery device under UEFI BOOT. The system reboots and a screen to Choose the keyboard layout is displayed. 5 Choose your keyboard layout. 6 In the Choose an option screen, click Troubleshoot. 7 Click Recover from a drive. 8 Choose one of the following options: - Just remove my files to do a quick format. - Fully clean the drive to do a complete format. 9 Click Recover to start the recovery process. This will take several minutes to complete and your computer will restart during this process. 6

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Create a USB recovery drive for Windows
Dell recommends that you create a recovery drive to troubleshoot and fix problems that may occur with Windows. An empty
USB flash drive with a minimum capacity of 16 GB is required to create the recovery drive.
NOTE: The following steps may vary depending on the version of Windows installed. Refer to the
Microsoft support
site
for latest instructions.
1
Connect the USB flash drive to your computer.
2
In Windows search, type
Recovery
.
3
In the search results, click
Create a recovery drive
.
The
User Account Control
window is displayed.
4
Click
Yes
to continue.
The
Recovery Drive
window is displayed.
5
Select
Back up system files to the recovery drive
and click
Next
.
6
Select the
USB flash drive
and click
Next
.
A message appears, indicating that all data in the USB flash drive will be deleted.
7
Click
Create
.
NOTE: This process may take several minutes to complete.
8
Click
Finish
.
Reinstall Windows using a USB recovery drive
CAUTION: This process formats the hard drive and removes all data on your computer. Ensure that you back up data
on your computer before beginning this task.
NOTE: Before reinstalling Windows, ensure your computer has more than 2 GB of memory and more than 32 GB of
storage space.
1
Connect the USB recovery drive to your computer.
2
Restart your computer.
3
Press F12 after the Dell logo is displayed on the screen to access the boot menu.
A
Preparing one-time boot menu
message appears.
4
After the boot menu loads, select the USB recovery device under
UEFI BOOT
.
The system reboots and a screen to
Choose the keyboard layout
is displayed.
5
Choose your keyboard layout.
6
In the
Choose an option
screen, click
Troubleshoot
.
7
Click
Recover from a drive
.
8
Choose one of the following options:
–
Just remove my files
to do a quick format.
–
Fully clean the drive
to do a complete format.
9
Click
Recover
to start the recovery process.
This will take several minutes to complete and your computer will restart during this process.
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