How to backup Windows 8 recovery disks/card reader?

Hello

I discovered the forums here that Windows 8 does not come with the COA sticker and has no option to create the installation DVD, you can use this tutorial provided by HP, to create a recovery DVD or a USB Flash drive.

My question is, since I can only use this method once, can I somehow save these DVD/USB Flash Drive, perhaps to burn to another DVD, copy them to another drive usb flash or maybe save to the cloud?

In addition, the tutorial shows you 'use another method' create recovery DVD/USB Flash Drive, in which case you can't, so what are the other methods?

Thank you!

Hello

You can use one of the following methods depending on the recovery media, you have created.

1. the recovery of the disks.

Download and install the free software ImgBurn.

1 a. create a disk Image of each recovery disk on your PC - a guide for doing this is here.

1 b. You can store these Image files on an external HARD disk or write to blank discs (or both) - a written guide of blank discs ISO files is here.

2 recovery Flash Drive.

If you want to clone a recovery USB Flash drive, there's quite a few tools around which will be repeated - is an example of a free application on the following link.

http://www.OSForensics.com/tools/write-USB-images.html

As to what the expression "Use another method" is referring to, I can only assume it means create a picture disc - for Windows 8, see the guide on the following link.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/using-Windows-8s-hidden-backup-to-clone-and-recover-your-whole-PC/

Kind regards

DP - K

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