Can I Use a Recovery Drive on Another Computer?
Jonna joined AOMEI in 2021 and has become a professional in the areas of computer backup and restoration, disk cloning, file synchronization, etc. She maintains a keen eye for the latest technology trends, ensuring that the information provided is always in step with industry developments.
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.
AOMEI Backupper - Professional Windows Backup Solution
Safeguard your precious data with robust and intuitive Windows data protection solution.
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.
How can I use a recovery drive on another PC? To use the recovery disk on another computer with AOMEI Backupper, please follow these steps:
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.
