Windows 10: What size USB do I use for a recovery drive on Win 10?

Some say 4gb, some say 8gb, some say 32gb, and even 64gb. I have one I did a long time ago says 64gb. I have read some of the posts here and they say do not use one over 8gb because it causes a larger partition, but the system does not give you an option of lower than 64.. Should I make another since the last one I made was over 4 years ago?I'm confused.

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Windows 10 recovery USB - which size???

Not even that. What creating a recovery drive does (if you select 'include system files') is to construct the files required to clean install Windows. If this is made on an OEM install these file will include the OEM custom apps and drivers - effectively a 'factory reset' drive. It is extracting an install image from your existing system files that takes the time.

The steps in making a recovery drive are shown in this tutorial...

Create Recovery Drive in Windows 10 | Tutorials

• first you choose whether or not to include system files (step 5 in tutorial)
• next the recovery drive files are constructed (this can take a long time if you include system files)
• only after that is complete will you be asked which usb to use (step 6 in tutorial). At this point you will be told how large a usb you need.

Without system files 512 Mb is sufficient. Including system files it will be just over 4GB.

At which step did you get the error? If you were not asked which usb to use then it was the construction of the system files that failed, nothing to do with what usb you had.

 

Win 10 USB recovery drive how to ?

my PC machine came with win 8 then I upgraded to win 8.1

and this summer I upgraded to Win 10

if I make a USB recovery drive

what size of USB key do I need?

I tried with a 16 GB and it does not work !

now on Win 10 do I still need to keep old recover disk for win 8 or 8.1

or only use win 10 USB recover key when it is done ?

thanks for any feedback

 

Recovery Drive Doubt

I created a recovery drive usb pendrive when i bought my laptop. That time it was Win 10 Home SL. Now i upgraded it to Win 10 Pro and activated it using "illegal software". So these are the doubts which i have :

1. Can the Recovery Drive reverts Pro to Home? (Recovery Drive was created during Win 10 Home SL. So if i boot Recovery Drive it should revert back to Home. These are my thoughts)
2. Will the digital license work after downgrading ?
3. Will there be any backlash ?

P.S. After upgrading it to Pro, there was a warning saying "digital license valid for Home SL, and not for Pro". I used an "illegal software" to activate it. Also i am a newbie so please explain it step by step.