Once you know the drive letters, exit the diskpart tool using the below command. Remember both drive letters, you need them in the next step. So, my OS installation drive letter is still C and the drive where I want to save the extracted image is D. In my case, the drive letter didn’t change. Next, use the below command to list all the volumes in your system. To know the drive letter, we need to use the diskpart utility. So, it is better to know the current drive letter of the OS installation drive and the drive where you’d like to store the extracted image file. When you boot into Windows 10 installation media, there is a chance the drive letters will be changed temporarily. In the language selection screen, press Shift + F10 to open the command prompt window.ģ. Plug in the Windows 10 installation drive, reboot your system and boot into the installation media.Ģ. However, since you cannot extract the Windows 10 image while you are using it, we need to boot into the Windows 10 installation media.ġ. The first thing we need to do is extract the Windows 10 image. 1.1 Extract Windows Image to Create Windows 10 Recovery Partition
Just follow the below steps as is and you should be good. So, to make matters simple, I’ve divided the steps into three sections.
To rename a drive, simply right-click on the drive and select “Rename”.Ĭreating a custom factory reset partition in Windows 10 is fairly simple. For instance, I renamed my drive to OS Drive. In the File Explorer, rename the C Drive to something you can easily recognize. This is not necessary but makes your life easier when using the command prompt. This makes it sure that when you restore your system using the recovery partition, you will have all your software ready to use.Ĥ. Make sure that you’ve installed all the Windows updates and software that you use regularly. To create a partition, you can use the built-in disk management tool or third-party software like EaseUS Partition Manager.ģ. You should know how to create a partition. For instance, if I’m using Windows 10 v1809, the installation media should also be of v1809.Ģ. Make sure that the installed Windows 10 version and downloaded Windows 10 ISO version is the same. If you don’t have the installation media, you can easily create a Windows 10 USB drive yourself. We are going to use the windows 10 installation drive to extract the OS image which can then be used to create a recovery image. Keep your Windows 10 installation media ready.
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