recovery drive
System restoration medium
A recovery drive is a USB storage device containing system files needed to restore a computer's operating system if it fails to boot or becomes corrupted.
Creating one serves as insurance against catastrophic software problems: Make a recovery drive before the update in case something goes wrong.
The drive allows reinstalling the operating system or accessing repair tools when the computer won't start normally.
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- system restoreUndo recent computer changes
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- USBDevice connection standard
- boot diskMedia that initializes computers
bootable · safe mode · system · repair · blue screen · crash · Windows · data · rescue · troubleshoot · tech support · reinstall · diagnostic · emergency · partition · disk · clone · image
recovery drivesystem failure
Complete breakdown of operations
system crash · blue screen of death · boot failure · data loss · rootkit
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