A recovery drive can help to repair a crashed system. Can I use a recovery drive on another computer and how to make it? Follow this post to get a clear answer.
Yes, you can use a recovery drive on another computer.
A recovery drive is an external storage device, like a DVD or USB drive, that stores a copy of your Windows PE environment. When your Windows fails, like won't boot up, you can restore it from the recovery drive easily. A notable feature of current Windows is it comes with generic and simplified drivers for a wide range of hardware components. This means that you don’t need to create a custom recovery drive. Instead, creating a Windows recovery drive is sufficient.
You can create a Windows recovery drive using Windows ISO or with the help of a professional and free bootable USB creator, like AOMEI Backupper Standard, which can help you make this process much easier.
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AOMEI Backupper Standard is an easy-to-use and reliable backup and recovery utility compatible with Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista/XP. It allows you to create system, disk, partition, and file backup to local/external hard drives, NAS, network drives, and cloud storage. With this tool, you can easily create Windows 10 recovery disk, or for other operating systems.
1Insert the recovery disk on the target computer. Boot your computer, and press F2 or other specific keys to enter BIOS.
2AOMEI Backupper with be loaded automatically, select Restore > Select Image File to choose your system image.
3Select Restore this system backup, and proceed to press Start Restore.
Note: AOMEI Backupper also offers a "Universal Restore" feature (in the Pro version) to help you restore Windows to a computer with dissimilar hardware.