Disk Windows Recovery 8 contains a powerful set of tools for diagnosing and restoring the operating system. It can help in case of failures in Windows.
If you have not yet created a system recovery disk, then this can be done on yours or any other computer with a working system installed. a copy of Windows 8.
The recovery disc can be burned to a flash drive or CD/DVD media.
And now everything is in order:
Note: Using this instruction, you can create a recovery disc for both Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 (USB stick only).
If in the control panel you have selected the view view not by category, but by small or large icons, then click on the item " Recovery” and you can go directly to point 5.
3. In the menu that opens, click the topmost link " Support Center».
4. At the bottom of the "Action Center" window, click on " Recovery».
6. Connect the flash drive to your computer. A system recovery disc will be written to it.
7. If desired, check the box " Copy the recovery partition from the computer to the recovery drive" and press Further. This item is usually available on computers with pre-installed Windows 8. But keep in mind that when you select this item, you will need several times more free space on a flash drive.
8. In the next window, select the USB drive that you plan to use as a recovery disk from the list and click the button Further.
If you do not have a flash drive, you can burn the recovery disc to CD / DVD media.
9. After that, a warning will appear that all data on the flash drive will be deleted. If your flash drive does not contain any valuable information or you have made backup, press the button " Create».
That's all. The process of creating a Windows 8 recovery disc is complete. For the newly installed 64-bit Windows versions 8, the size of the data on the flash drive was 225 MB.
Recovery with saving user settings
Hover over sidebar, click Settings -> Change PC settings -> General. Three options will be available here: PC recovery without deleting user files, recovery from complete removal user data and special ways downloads. To apply the function Refresh Your PC will need an installation disc Windows 8 or image Windows 8.
The first step is the easiest. This method recovery will allow you to save Personal settings, user files, and apps installed from the Windows Store.
But General settings computer, however, will be reset to the default state. What about all the other apps that were installed in standard ways, they will all be deleted, and Windows will show a list of them on the desktop after the restore process.
So, you need to select "Recover PC without deleting files" and click on the "Start" button. You need to carefully read the warning and click the "Next" button. At the same time, the system will ask you to insert the installation disk into the drive. Insert the disc and click the "Update" button. Now it only remains to wait for the end of the update operation, which will take about 30-40 minutes. Upon completion this process you will have clean Windows 8 with the only difference that all settings will be intact.
If Windows won't boot
If you cannot access the recovery function in the standard way (Windows does not boot), boot from the installation disk from under the BIOS to access the "Select Action" menu already familiar from the previous article. Here you will need to go to the "Diagnostics" section and click on "Restore".
Then all the operations are almost no different from those that were written above. The Refresh Your PC feature can also be enabled using Custom Boot Options.
Recovery without saving user files
Now let's look at the second option. As in the other case, rolling back using a restore point did not change anything, and restoring with saving user files did not help either. Let's assume that the problems are directly related to account administrator.
This time you need to select the function "Delete all data and reinstall Windows". In addition, not only all third party programs, but also programs installed from the Store Windows, as well as user settings, along with the user account.
Simply put, Windows just reset. Way full recovery slightly different from what we encountered when restoring with saving user settings.
After the disk is inserted into the drive, the system will allow you to choose two ways to delete files, fast and full. You can also remove all information from the user section. If Windows does not boot, you can do the same steps as in the previous case - using the installation disk and step by step follow the requirements of the Wizard.
What to do if there is no installation disk
Now we can move on to the third last scenario. We already know how you can restore a damaged or malfunctioning Windows 8 using an installation disc when rolling back doesn't help.
However, what if there is no disk itself? It's very sad, but probably all data will be deleted, and Windows itself will need to be installed again, unless, of course, you create it in advance Windows image 8.
This method allows you to restore not only personal data, but also change system settings, but only installed applications. There are two options for creating such an image. The first, conditionally it can be fast, and the second is complete. It must also be said that the first method cannot be considered the most reliable, since it will not allow recovery in case of significant damage to the operating system, for example, when formatting system partition or deleting most critical files. Let's look at this method.
Create a Windows 8 image on the command line
Open the start menu and open a command prompt with administrator rights and type the following command:
recimg /createimage D:\backup
Where "recimg" is a special utility command line, "/createimage" is the command itself and "D:\backup" is the path. If there is no backup folder, it will be automatically created. That is, the CustomRefresh.wim image file will be on drive D in the backup folder.
You should also pay special attention to the fact that the created image will now be used as a restore point, and even if you boot from the installation disk, recovery will not occur from it, but from the created image.
If you run into problems, you need to boot from the "Select Action" menu, using the keyboard shortcut Shift + F8 or boot disk Next, you need to select Diagnostics - Restore and specify the target operating system.
Creating a Full Windows 8 Recovery Image
Best to use full image Windows 8. It, like the "quick" image, must first be created. Then, select Options -> Control Panel -> File Recovery Windows 7-> Create a system image.
There are two functions associated with system images. Firstly, you can create them, and secondly, you can completely restore the system from them.
To create an image, you will have to visit the "File History" section in the Control Panel (Control Panel | File History). Note that this is in the Control Panel, and not in the main Metro-interface "File History Settings", so be careful when choosing the desired item in the search results on the home screen
In the “File History” window that opens, pay attention to the link “Creating a system image” (System Image Backup) in the lower left corner. It opens the familiar "Create a System Image" wizard, in which everything remains the same.
To restore a system from an image - that is, completely return it to a certain state - simply connect external drive The on which the image file is stored. Then go to PC Settings | Update and recovery | Recovery” and click the “Restart Now” button in the “Advanced Startup” item. The computer will restart.
On the Choose an Option screen, select Troubleshoot. In the "Diagnostics" section, select " Extra options» (Advanced Options). On the Advanced Options screen, select System Image Recovery. The computer will restart again.
On the System Image Recovery screen, select your username and enter your password. The Restore System from Image Wizard will start. On the first page, select the desired image, then click "Next" (Next) and follow all the instructions of the wizard to restore the system from the specified image.
Is this the best backup and restore method for Windows 8.1? No. But those who still want to use it can rejoice: it still works. And of course, this is very convenient if you have images lying around. previous versions Windows.
Operating Windows systems 8 and 8.1 allow you to create a bootable recovery disk using standard tools. He is regular USB flash drive, which boots into the Windows Recovery Environment (that is, limited diagnostic mode), which allows you to repair startup, file system or fix other problems that operating system not loading or running with tangible problems.
A boot disk for Windows is useful in that you can use it to start system recovery, update the system, and reset your computer to its original - working - parameters.
It should be noted, however, that the disc or media cannot be used for Windows installation. At the same time, the boot disk is very similar to the one used to restore Windows 7.
The Recovery Disk (in the USB version) or System Restore Disk (for the CD/DVD version, only available in Windows 8) is intended for those who do not have an official Windows 8/8.1 boot disk.
I strongly recommend that you create a system recovery disk or flash drive before you get into an unpleasant situation - if you can’t start Windows 8 or 8.1, you can easily and effortlessly restore the OS to a healthy state using the prepared kit.
Keep in mind that a 32-bit (x86) recovery disc can be used to fix Windows 8/8.1 32-bit. Accordingly, the 64-bit (x64) edition of the recovery disk only works with 64-bit Windows 8/8.1.
Good point: you can repair any edition Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 from this disk if it is for the same hardware architecture (32-bit or 64-bit). One final note: don't try to use the Windows 8.1 recovery disc to revive Windows 8 and vice versa!
Requirements for creating a Windows 8/8.1 boot disk or system recovery disk
First, make sure you have a blank CD/DVD (this is only a requirement for Windows environments 8) or a USB disk with a minimum size of 256 MB (megabytes) of the total disk space. Many OEM computers have strictly individual recovery partitions - they can require up to 32 gigabytes of disk space on a recovery drive.
CD or DVD disc in Windows 8 should be really empty, because the program will not be able to write data to the rewritable media. You can clear the contents of a CD or DVD by opening My Computer (keyboard shortcut Windows+E) by clicking right click click on the CD/DVD drive logo in the list and select "Erase this disc".
The USB stick can be a simple portable flash drive or hard drive with the same USB interface. Please note that this HDD will be formatted and you will lose all files on it. Therefore, it will not be superfluous to backup of all important files! Be careful. If you delete valuable files, they will have to be restored (about the resuscitation of a flash drive to the site).
After creating the recovery disk, you need to make sure that your computer is able to boot normally. Some older USB sticks do not support booting. Also, don't forget to check your computer's boot order in BIOS to make sure USB boot is enabled and listed before boot. hard drives.
If your computer is equipped USB interfaces 2.0 and USB 3.0 or later, plug the recovery drive into a USB 2.0 port - this may solve some problems with booting the system.
Create a bootable USB flash drive for Windows recovery
To start creating a boot disk, open the search settings using the Windows key + W and type "Recovery" in the search box. Click on "Create a recovery drive".
As expected, the User Account Control window appears. Click the "Yes" button to make sure you know what you're doing.
You will see the "Create Recovery Drive" window. First, check the "Copy the contents of the recovery partition to disk" option. Then plug in the USB drive, wait about 10 seconds and click Next.
If you cannot enable the "Copy the contents of the recovery partition to the recovery drive" option when creating a recovery drive in Windows 8 or 8.1, you need to copy the Windows installer instll.wim to your hard drive or SSD drive. Please note that this will increase the available space requirements on the default recovery drive from 256 megabytes to 4 gigabytes respectively.
If you receive the message "We cannot create a recovery disc on this computer. Some required files are missing" when creating a Windows recovery disc, the winre.wim file, or system reserved section is missing.
Select the correct drive letter in the list, specify the USB flash drive in the window. Then click the "Next" button.
Windows will warn you that all contents of the selected drive will be cleared. To continue, click the "Create" button.
The disk formatting and file copying process may take several minutes, depending on the speed of your USB drive. Once the disk is ready, click the "Finish" button.
The end of the process of creating a bootable flash drives windows 8
Now check that your device is really able to boot from the recovery disk: some older USB drives don't support booting. In this case, make a newer recovery disk on the flash drive and re-test the drive for bootability. Now open the flash drive in any file manager and make sure the content matches what you see in the screenshot below:
Creating an Old School Boot CD/DVD for System Recovery in Windows 8
If you want to create a bootable CD or System Recovery DVD (only available in Windows 8), open the search for Windows+W key settings, type "recovery" and click "Windows 7 File Restore" (yes, that's it). glitch, in fact, the option has such a name).
If you cannot find the item you are looking for, open a command prompt window (use the Windows key + X), type sdclt.exe and press Enter to launch the program.
On the left side of the Microsoft Windows 7 File Recovery window, click the Create System Repair Disc button.
The "Create System Recovery Disc" window opens. Select the desired successor and click the "Create Disc" button.
If you insert a non-blank CD or DVD, you will see an error dialog like this: "The system recovery media was not created, there is no media in the device (0xC0AA0202)". Click OK, insert a blank disc and the burning process will start automatically.
Right-click on your CD or DVD drive, select the Erase This Disc option.
It may take several minutes to create the system recovery disc. After the process is completed, specify the name of the disk and click the "Close" button.
Summary. I hope that this instruction helped you create bootable flash drive to restore Microsoft Windows 8. If you have any questions, ask them in the comments, I will definitely answer them (see below).
Answers to questions from readers
After restoring Windows 8, files and some programs disappeared. How can I return/restore them?
Answer. You must understand that restoring windows 8 from a disc or other media assumes that everything installed programs are deleted, they will need to be reinstalled. However, if you installed Windows on a different drive, you can go to the user folder (Users - [username]) on the system drive used by the previous OS. In the Application Data subdirectory, look for user files with configuration files applications, they can be copied to the current user folder. That's just actually Windows applications will need to be installed from the installation files.
If you installed Windows 8 on system disk default and overwritten old version OS, look for the Windows.old folder. It stores copies of previously installed programs.
Laptop crash after uninstall Windows 8. Before that, there was also no archiving. And now, having returned something, I do not find some files: office program, your notes, etc. Update Center not working. It is impossible to find deleted files, default is everywhere. How to restore windows 8 to normal as before?
Answer. It looks like you used a restore point a few days ago. However, the question is worded in such a way that it is not clear what you wanted to ask. Let's try to answer point by point.
1. office suite The easiest way to install is by downloading the installation package on the developer's website.
2. Work center windows updates 8 Depends on the Windows Update service. Start - Run - services.msc. Find the specified service, switch to the "Automatic" state, reboot the system.
3. For recovery deleted files use specialized programs, we have written about them many times.
If you restore the system via a usb flash drive (on Windows 8), will the system be restored to the factory settings or to the time the recovery disk was created?
Answer. Windows entry 8 to a flash drive is just a convenient way to reinstall without using a floppy drive.
You can write windows 8 to a USB flash drive and reinstall from scratch, but you will need to configure, install programs, and so on again. If you use Windows restore points, then you return to the state in which the OS was fixed at the time the point was created.
Creating a system image
To restore a system from an image, you must first create it, so let's start with that. The system is created using a utility with the strange name "Restore Windows files 7" (Windows 7 File Recovery). (Why not just call it "File Recovery" or " Windows Backup»?)
To launch this utility, press the +[W] keys to search by options and type keywords"file recovery". In the results, select "Windows 7 File Recovery" (Figure A).
Figure A Starting Windows 7 File Recovery from the Start screen is easy.
In the window that opens, click on the “Create a system image” link in the left pane. On the first page of the wizard that appears, you need to choose where the image will be stored. I'm going to use multiple DVD+Rs for this, as shown in fig. b.
Figure B On my test computer, I'll save the system image on multiple DVD+R discs.
Click Next. You will be prompted to confirm the backup settings (Figure C). As you can see, in addition to the main partition, the System Reserved partition is included in the image. On my test machine, which is now almost empty, the system estimates the size of the image to be 36 GB (at the end of the procedure, the compressed image took only three 4.7 GB DVD+R discs). When you're ready, click the "Start backup" button.
Figure C At the stage of confirming the archiving parameters, review the information provided and click the "Archive" button.
In preparation for archiving, the system will prompt you to sign and insert the first DVD (Figure D).
Figure D Insert the first disc and click OK.
After inserting the first disk, you will be prompted to format it. Check the "Don't ask me again for this backup" box to have all the following disks for this image automatically formatted, and click the "Format" button. After that, the system will start formatting, as shown in Fig. E.
Figure E Don't forget to check the "Don't ask a question about this backup" box.
During archiving, you can monitor the process on the progress bar. After writing the data, the system performs verification and prompts you to insert the next disk (Fig. F).
Figure F When the image is burned to DVD, the system performs data verification.
When the backup is complete, you will be prompted to create a System Repair disc (Figure G). But this is the same as the Windows 8 Recovery Drive (Recovery Drive), and if you already have it, you can click "No" (No). After that, a message will appear indicating that the backup was successful.
Figure G In Windows 8, the system repair disc is the same as just the recovery disc.
Now that you have a system image, you are ready for any trouble.
Starting System Restore from an Image
In the event of a breakdown hard drive You can use the System Image Recovery tool available on the recovery disc. I have a recovery disk created on a USB drive, but it could just as well be a CD / DVD (as part of the experiment, I booted the system with optical disc recovery - the results were the same).
After booting the computer from the recovery disk and reaching the choice of action, click the "Diagnostics" button (Troubleshoot, Fig. H).
Figure H On the action selection screen, click the Diagnostics button.
On the Diagnostics screen (Figure I), select Advanced options.
Figure I On the Diagnostics screen, select Advanced Options.
On the Advanced Options screen (Figure J), select System Image Recovery.
Figure J On the Advanced Options screen, select System Image Recovery.
You will be prompted to select a system to restore (Figure K). The item may be superfluous, but in any case, you will have to press the "Windows 8" button to continue.
Figure K Select Windows 8.
Recovery process
After Windows selection 8, the System Image Recovery Wizard will start, which will immediately start searching for media with archival way(Fig. L).
Figure L The System Restore Image Wizard will immediately begin searching for media containing the backup image.
If the wizard cannot find the image, you will be prompted to insert a disc. Note that when restoring from multiple DVDs, the disc that was burned last should be inserted first (Figure M). The fact is that when creating a system image, the information necessary for recovery is written to the last disk.
Figure M The information needed for recovery is written to the last disk.
When the last disk is inserted, the wizard reads the data recorded on it and displays information about the system image (Fig. N). As you can see, in my example, the image on drive "F" was created on February 25 at 11:28 pm and is intended for a computer named "Jovian-8". When you're ready, click Next.
Figure N When the recovery wizard is ready to go, the system image information will appear on the screen.
The next wizard screen (Figure O) will open with several options. If the system is restored to the same hard drive, there is no need to reformat it (I chose this option for testing, but the end result was exactly the same, only the process was longer). When restoring to new hard the drive option to format and partition will most likely be selected by default. If the new hard drive is the same or larger than the old one, there is nothing to worry about.
Figure O The second screen of the Recovery Wizard offers several additional options.
If your computer has more than one hard drive, you can click the Exclude Disks button and check which drives you don't want to process. The "Advanced" button brings up a dialog box with two additional options. Automatic reboot is selected by default, and in addition, you can enable checking the disk for errors during recovery. If these options are not available, you may need to install drivers for the drive by clicking the Install Drivers button.
Figure P Click Finish to complete the wizard.
Another confirmation will appear (Figure Q). Click "Yes" (Yes) to start the recovery process.
Figure Q In the final confirmation dialog, click Yes.
After that, you will be prompted to insert the first of the burned image DVDs (Figure R). Insert a disc and click OK.
Figure R At the beginning of the operation, you will be prompted to insert the first image DVD.
You can monitor the progress of the restore using the progress bar. Depending on the size of the hard drive, recovery may take several hours. When you're done with one DVD, you'll be prompted to insert the next one, and so on.
When the restore is complete, you will be prompted to click the Restart now button. And if you are not at the computer at this moment, the system will reboot on its own (Fig. S).
Figure S If no one is at the computer when the restore is complete, the system will reboot on its own.
After the reboot, the familiar login screen will appear.
What do you think?
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