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How to Make a Recovery Rescue Repair Disc for Windows 10 I got a new laptop that comes with Windows 10, and actually read the Win 10 Licensing Agreement. Among other things, it says that we are allowed to make a backup copy of Win 10 so that we can restore the operating system if the hard drive crashes. “This time, I’m going to be smart and make those backup copies,” I said to myself. But finding directions on how to do it was not that easy. There are two ways to back up the system. One is to create an image of the hard drive. The other is to make a rescue/repair disk. I found the disk imaging instructions, but only noticed the rescue disk directions accidentally. Here’s how you do it: From the Start Menu (Lower left corner), Click the Gear icon for Settings. Control Panel Search for ‘Save backup copies of your files with File History’ Click ‘System Image Backup’ in lower left corner of screen. Click ‘Create a System Repair Disc’ in upper left corner. From here, you can choose to burn it to a CD or DVD, put it on a flash key, or designate a drive on your network. I made a System Image Backup AND a Rescue/Repair disc.


How to Make a Recovery Rescue Repair Disc for Windows 10

I got a new laptop that comes with Windows 10, and actually read the Win 10 Licensing Agreement. Among other things, it says that we are allowed to make a backup copy of Win 10 so that we can restore the operating system if the hard drive crashes.
“This time, I’m going to be smart and make those backup copies,” I said to myself. But finding directions on how to do it was not that easy.

There are two ways to back up the system. One is to create an image of the hard drive. The other is to make a rescue/repair disk. I found the disk imaging instructions, but only noticed the rescue disk directions accidentally. Here’s how you do it:

From the Start Menu (Lower left corner),
Click the Gear icon for Settings.
Control Panel
Search for ‘Save backup copies of your files with File History’
Click ‘System Image Backup’ in lower left corner of screen.
Click ‘Create a System Repair Disc’ in upper left corner.

From here, you can choose to burn it to a CD or DVD, put it on a flash key, or designate a drive on your network. I made a System Image Backup AND a Rescue/Repair disc.

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