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UsingtheWindowsrecoveryenvironment

TheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentonyourcomputeriscapableofoperatingindependentlyfromthe

Windows8orWindows8.1operatingsystem.Thisenablesyoutorecoverorrepairtheoperatingsystem

eveniftheWindows8orWindows8.1operatingsystemfailstostart.

Aftertwoconsecutivefailedbootattempts,theWindowsrecoveryenvironmentstartsautomatically.Then

youcanchooserepairandrecoveryoptionsbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpowerduringtherecoveryprocess.

Creatingandusingrecoverymedia

YoucancreaterecoverymediaasbackupsfortheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentandtheWindows

recoveryimage.Ifyoucannotstartthecomputer,youcanuserecoverymediatotroubleshootandﬁxthe

problemsonyourcomputer.

Itisrecommendedthatyoucreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.Onceyoucreaterecoverymedia,

keeptheminasafeplaceanddonotusethemtostoreotherdata.

Creatingrecoverymedia

Tocreaterecoverymedia,youneedaUSBdrivewithatleast8GBofstorage.TherequiredUSBcapacity

dependsonthesizeoftherecoveryimage.

Attention:CreatingrecoverymediawilldeleteanythingstoredontheUSBdrive.Toavoiddataloss,makea

backupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.

Tocreaterecoverymedia,dothefollowing:

Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.

1.Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms,and

clickSearch.

2.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,dooneofthefollowing:

•ForWindows8:

TyperecoveryintheSearchﬁeldandclickSettings.ThenclickCreatearecoverydrive.

•ForWindows8.1:

TyperecoveryintheSearchﬁeldandclicktheSearchbutton.ThenclickCreatearecoverydrive.

3.ClickYesintheUserAccountControlwindowtoallowtheRecoveryMediaCreatorprogramtostart.

4.EnsurethatyouselecttheCopytherecoverypartitionfromthePCtotherecoverydrive.option.

ThenclickNext.

Important:IfyoucleartheCopytherecoverypartitionfromthePCtotherecoverydrive.option,

youwillcreaterecoverymediawithouttherecoverypartitioncontent.Youstillcanstartthecomputer

fromtherecoverymedia,butyoumightbeunabletorecoveryourcomputeriftherecoverypartitionon

yourcomputerisdamaged.

5.ConnectaproperUSBdrivethenclickNext.

6.ClickCreateintheRecoveryDrivewindow.Thecreationoftherecoverymediastarts.

7.Whenthecreationoftherecoverymediaﬁnishes,dooneofthefollowing:

•Tokeeptherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,clickFinish.

•Todeletetherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,clickDeletetherecoverypartition.

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