Specifications

Identifier GUID-2D4FD3BB-D11E-4568-9B46-51EF228459EA

Status Released

Create a USB recovery drive for

Windows

Dell recommends that you create a recovery drive to troubleshoot and x problems

that may occur with Windows. An empty USB ash 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 ash 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 les to the recovery drive and click Next.

6 Select the USB ash drive and click Next.

A message appears, indicating that all data in the USB ash drive will be deleted.

7 Click Create.

NOTE: This process may take several minutes to complete.

8 Click Finish.