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RELATED: Three Ways to Access the Windows 10 and 8 Boot Options Menu Create a Recovery Drive (USB) So, be sure to keep your PC backed up, as well. It does not back up your personal files or installed applications. Also, know that the recovery drive backs up the system files necessary to reinstall Windows, but you should not consider it a back up. Like we said, though, both tools will let you access the advanced boot options and other recovery tools if you can’t access them any other way. Having a system repair disc around will let you troubleshoot startup problems on different PCs running the same version of Windows. The USB-based recovery drive is tied to the PC that you used to create it.

If your PC cannot boot from USB, you’ll need the CD/DVD-based system repair disc.

That said, there’s no reason not to go ahead and create both, and in fact, there are a couple of reasons you might want to create a system repair disc as well: While you can use both tools to access the Windows advanced boot options for troubleshooting startup, we recommend using a USB-based recovery drive when possible, since it contains all the same tools as the system repair disc, and then some.

Which Recovery/Repair Tool Should You Create?