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Different experiences on Recovery possibilities - WaWa - 09-26-2014 Hello All, I see the thread on a similar matter is closed, but maybe my experience can still be compared to other systems with Win8.1. ► My experience on the matter of the lost Recovery Partition is as follows: I work with Win8.1-Pro 32-bit and my grandson has Win8.1Pro 64-bit. Since the last main update the Recovery partition disappeared on the 64-bit PC and not on the 32-bit PC! ► On both systems we cannot make a recovery USB-stick anymore!!! Windows is saying that »Data is missing to complete the making of the USB-stick«. Luckily, we both have a recovery USB-stick made shortly after the installation. Why is Microsoft doing such strange things while updating? Maybe it is not meant to delete the Recovery Partition. ► Why is it not anymore possible to make a Recovery USB-stick on both systems? Luckily we have it made, but making a second one is out of the question. What can we do to correct (1) the lost Recovery Partition and (2) the fact that making a Recovery USB-stick is not possible anymore? Thanks beforehand if someone can follow these issues up. Walter RE: Different experiences on Recovery possibilities - DonaldSayers - 09-26-2014 My recommendation would be to create a clone or a disk image of the drive. Recovery partitions are useless if the drive dies and you will be able to get back up and running faster through a disk image than doing a USB recovery stick. RE: Different experiences on Recovery possibilities - WaWa - 09-26-2014 Thank you for responding Donald. I understand what you claim. In any case I make regularly an Image with Paragon and a Windows Systemkopy; both the C:-drive only. Of course I can repair/recover this way, but why is it – since the last main update – not possible anymore to make an USB-repair-stick? Do you experience the same thing? Would you mind trying it once? Thanks Walter RE: Different experiences on Recovery possibilities - Britec - 09-26-2014 Recovery Partition are not really a good idea to rely on, cloning is the way to go. RE: Different experiences on Recovery possibilities - WaWa - 09-28-2014 I realise that, but still find it strange that it is not possible anymore to make an USB-Recovery-Stick. This happened after/since the last major update. Good that I make Images regularly with Paragon. Kind regards, Walter RE: Different experiences on Recovery possibilities - DonaldSayers - 09-28-2014 What size drive are you trying to use? |