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Create a USB recovery drive for Windows, Reinstall Windows using a USB recovery drive - hard 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. 7

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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.
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