Recovery Media

[BigShorty]

Created a Recovery Media USB.......now I find out grandson used it to try and fix his system and it is FUBAR'd big time.

Is there a way I can create another USB system recovery and if not, is Windows 10 Recovery Drive USB the same

thing as to reload a corrupted OS or as backup?????

Just upgraded to Windows 10 Home OS, version 1903 yesterday. 

[banhien · Accepted solution]

@BigShorty 

You have to buy the second set OR try the following way:

    https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06162205

Regards.

[Lil_Boy_Blue]

Hi

Just to add to Banhien's excellent answer, and to more directly answer ...

is Windows 10 Recovery Drive USB the same

thing as to reload a corrupted OS or as backup?????

  NO.

If your PC came with a W10, then the Microsoft page

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

is a good place to start.

(NB: The HP backup software is usually tied to the specific model and doesn't transfer)

You can add into the 8 or 16 GB USB Flash drive another Directory called HP_Drvrs and add in whatever suits.

X:\>dir

02/04/2019 00:31 128 autorun.inf
02/04/2019 00:57 <DIR> boot
02/04/2019 00:18 409,654 bootmgr
02/04/2019 00:31 1,509,688 bootmgr.efi
02/04/2019 00:57 <DIR> efi
09/08/2018 16:55 <DIR> HP_Drvrs
02/04/2019 00:31 73,904 setup.exe
23/05/2019 11:47 <DIR> sources
02/04/2019 00:57 <DIR> support
6 File(s) 1,997,935 bytes
5 Dir(s) 1,132,748,800 bytes free

This stick should then cover both PC's.

If in doubt please ask.