Whether you are running a new Windows 11 PC, or an older PC updated to Windows 11 from Windows 10, according to Murphy’s Law, you are going to need to recover from a catastrophic personal computer failure one day. Unfortunately, for most users, that means starting over from scratch because they have no recovery media. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Creating a USB recovery drive using built-in tools provided by Microsoft, Windows 11 users can create fully functional recovery drives quickly with just a few mouse clicks and a little educated preparation. The general process for creating a USB recovery drive has been the same since Windows 7, but there are some slight variations for Windows 11.