More detail about Windows 10 recovery USB.

[ssal]

On my Asus X205TA, I finally was able to upgrade to Windows 10.

When it was in Windows 8.1, I created a recovery USB, which took up 6 gb, with boot and a Windows folder. When I ran the recovery, it restore Windows 8.1 from the USB.

I am now on Windows 10. I followed the instruction in Create Recovery Drive (from Control Panel) to create the drive. At the end, I inserted a USB into the USB port and it completed the creation.

But the USB has only 300 mb of usage. And there is no Windows folder in the USB. So I think it is only a boot device that allows me to boot up the machine.

Where do I recovery from if it is not in the USB?

Do recovery from the recovery partition from the hard drive?

 

[Okedokey]

Windows 10 has a recovery partition. If you want a complete ISO, download it here and use Rufus to create a bootable Win 10 installation. This can be used to repair or restore a Win 10 installation easily.

 

[ssal]

I re-ran Recovery Disk creation and this time it has about 6 gb of data on the USB. When I tried to boot from it, it worked and I was able to navigate to recovery. So, I think I am OK now.

Thanks.

 

[Okedokey]

Now back up everything.