Recovery System Backup from Flashdrive Transfer to Portable HD

[jhun12]

So I successfully created a Recovery System Backup to my 32GB Flash Drive with HP Recovery Backup. Now, I want to use my flash drive to store my files like photos and videos.

My question is, can I transfer the system backup on my flash drive to my 1TB Portable Hard Drive?

Thanks!

[CherylG · Accepted solution]

Short answer is No. It won't boot from the external hdd in the event you need to do a Recovery on your laptop. Much cheaper to buy an extra empty flashdrive than to have to buy Recovery flash drive from HP for $49.

[jhun12]

Thanks for the response. How about if I used the portable hard drive in the first place as my recovery backup?

[CherylG]

It still likely would not be bootable- unless you could coax the laptop into booting from external hdd which is difficult even with an operating system on one. Just saw a poster doing backflips trying to get Linux to boot from external hdd.

Btw, I'm glad you didn't choose it because I have seen posters do that and then scream because it erased the entire hard drive.

[jhun12]

Thanks! CherylG