Lap Top: Recovery disks

I finished an update of Windows 8.1 and connected to HP Support Assistant to download deleted applications. Removed apps have been resettled.

We then advised me to create a recovery media but I did it two years ago and told you that you can do it only once.

I can only assume that I received a message that is not really necessary or that the apps I have installed have changed, and it may be desirable to create new recovery media.

What to do.

Hilldene

Personally, I don't trust recovery media made with a built-in function, as we see too many threads here from people who have done that, years later, when they really NEED the media, they try to use it and it will fail!

My guess is that the message is issued because you reset the laptop and if you want to do another series of media, it is up to you.

My preference is to use a product, on which I relied for years that has never let me down - Macrium Reflect.

Macrium reflect (MR) provides a FREE version that can be used to image and restore partitions or drives together.

What I recommend is the following:
(1) download and install Macrium reflect (MR)
(2) run M. and choose the option: "Create an image of the partition (s) required to backup and restore Windows" to write a full backup to an external drive or USB key
(3) use the option to create a CD or a USB startup key

My experience is that SIR, when you use the option of Compression high, typically allows to compress the image file recorded at about 50% of the space USED in the OS partition.  This means that if you have a 40GB and 80GB OS partition is used, MR must only about 20 GB to store the image file.

I use all the time and it usually takes less than 10 minutes to make the backup of the image and at the same time or less do a restore.  In addition, MR has the ability to add a recovery Boot Menu entry.  This then allows you to boot into Windows re, and then you can use it to do a restore - when you cannot start Windows!

NOW, you have the means to restore a full system that works for the external hard drive or USB key in a few minutes.

Good luck
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