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3.Selectadesiredstartupoption,thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

RecoveringyouroperatingsystemifWindows10failstostart

TheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentonyourcomputeriscapableofoperatingindependentlyfromthe

Windows10operatingsystem.Thisenablesyoutorecoverorrepairtheoperatingsystemevenifthe

Windows10operatingsystemfailstostart.

Aftertwoconsecutivefailedbootattempts,theWindowsrecoveryenvironmentstartsautomatically.Then

youcanchooserepairandrecoveryoptionsbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpowerduringtherecoveryprocess.

CreatingandusingarecoveryUSBdrive

YoucancreatearecoveryUSBdriveasabackupfortheWindowsrecoveryprograms.Withtherecovery

USBdrive,youcantroubleshootandﬁxtheproblemsevenifthepreinstalledWindowsrecoveryprograms

aredamaged.

CreatingarecoveryUSBdrive

TheUSBdrivethatyouusetocreatetherecoveryUSBdrivemustbeatleast16GBofstorage.Theactual

USBcapacitythatisrequireddependsonthesizeoftherecoveryimage.

Attention:ThecreationprocessdeletesanythingstoredontheUSBdrive.Toavoiddataloss,makea

backupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.

TocreatearecoveryUSBdrive,dothefollowing:

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpowerduringthefollowingprocess.

1.ConnectaproperUSBdrive(atleast16GBofstorage).

2.Typerecoveryinthesearchboxonthetaskbar.ThenclickCreatearecoverydrive.

3.ClickYesintheUserAccountControlwindowtoallowtheRecoveryMediaCreatorprogramtostart.

4.IntheRecoveryDrivewindow,followtheon-screeninstructionstocreatearecoveryUSBdrive.

UsingtherecoveryUSBdrive

Ifyoucannotstartyourcomputer,refertothecorrespondinginformationinthetopicChapter8

“Troubleshootingcomputerproblems”onpage87totrytosolvetheproblembyyourself.Ifyoustillcannot

startyourcomputer,usetherecoveryUSBdrivetorecoveryourcomputer.

TousearecoveryUSBdrive,dothefollowing:

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.

1.ConnecttherecoveryUSBdrivetothecomputer.

2.Turnonorrestartthecomputer.BeforetheWindowsoperatingsystemstarts,repeatedlypresstheF12

key.TheBootMenuwindowopens.

3.SelecttherecoveryUSBdriveasthebootdevice.

4.Selectapreferredkeyboardlayout.

5.ClickTroubleshoottodisplaytheoptionalrecoverysolutions.

6.Selectacorrespondingrecoverysolutionaccordingtoyoursituation.Thenfollowtheinstructionson

thescreentocompletetheprocess.

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