Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Tips For Creating A Bootable Windows 8 Recovery Tool

Windows 8 is the most recent operating system released by the Redmond based Company ‘Microsoft’ and is characterized by its outstanding features and functions. Usually, some problems in the Windows OS can be only addressed with the help of recovery media. However, in the new Windows 8 OS, Microsoft is providing two features called as Refresh and Reset that will help the users to solve issues that usually require a recovery disk.
Both Reset and Refresh buttons play a vital role in troubleshooting issues with Windows 8 computer. The Refresh button is capable of reinstalling Windows without altering the settings, data and programs of Windows. Whereas, the Reset option will help you to reset your machine to the factory settings. Both the features do not require any extra drive, media or disks.
However, a bootable recovery tool is required when your machine does not boot and the Windows 8 OS provides an easy option for it. Kindly read the below given points to solve such Windows 8 problems by creating a recovery tool.

Instructions

Given below are the instructions for creating a bootable Window 8 Recovery tool with the help of a blank disk or a flash drive.
  • Start the procedure by navigating to the Windows 8 Start screen and then type the word Recovery in the appropriate field and hit the Enter button.
  • Now, in the computer screen, you will be seeing a window showing the search results. From there, click the Settings and thereafter click the option that says Create a recovery drive.
  • If you see that the option is not grayed, then it is needed to put a check mark against the box marked Copy the recovery partition from the PC to the recovery drive. Following that, you need to click the button tagged as Next.
  • Now, this will help you to know how much space is required for the backup of data. Usually, a bootable flash drive is used for this purpose. However, because of some reasons, if you do not have one or if you did not insert one, then, you can select an option that says Create a system-repair disc with a CD or DVD instead.
  • Now, you can complete the process by following the prompts that are seen in the computer screen. Once the process is over, you can give a name to the drive that you have made. 
The above-described instructions will help you to create a bootable Windows 8 recovery tool using a flash drive or a blank disk. To know more on the Windows 8 problems, contact our tech support center.

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