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Scott Nelson
12 Aug 2017

Microsoft says, if you were upgraded to Windows 10 for free from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, you'll have a digital license instead of a product key. For more info about digital licenses in Windows 10, see Activation in Windows 10.
How does that effect a recovery drive?


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Alan Miller
12 Aug 2017

I went to where you said to go (Powershell) entered in what you have above. THEN WHAT? I hit enter.... nothing. When i pasted it in, then what. I tried it a second time and it won't even let me paste or type anything in. You should give complete instructions.


Posted by:

jkcook
13 Aug 2017

I want to create the recovery drive on an external hard drive. I need to partition the drive so it has a blank place to save the files.
I have a 1T HD and using Disk management, it says
Total size before shrink: 953836
Size of available shrink space 720022
Enter the amount of space to shrink: 720022
Total size after shrink: 233814

What should I put in the Enter the amount of space to shrink so that I have a reasonable size for the recovery and system files (you said at least 16 GB) without wasting a lot of space on the regular partition?

Posted by:

William Davis
14 Aug 2017

Bob , Please ! check this Web site and let me know if they are telling the Real Truth !! OK ??

https://www.top10bestantivirus.com/free-windows-antivirus

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William Davis
14 Aug 2017

Bob , Please ! check this Web site and let me know if they are telling the Real Truth !! OK ??

https://www.top10bestantivirus.com/free-windows-antivirus

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Byron M
15 Aug 2017

For those who live in Canada there is a storage site Sync.com where you can purchase storage space at a reasonable price per yr. I know that if my computer crashes or the hard drive fails I not only have the Win10 Recovery on USB but all of my important file, pics, music is stored in a safe place where I can access them. There is also a File Vault to keep really important files in. Secure from outside hackers. It is all encrypted and I am the only one who can access it with user name and password. Thank Bob for all the advice to keep info safe and backed up.

Posted by:

Lady Fitzgerald
16 Aug 2017

@Ruth Your Macrium Reflect recovery CD is basically your recovery drive. You use it to restore images you make to your computer drive. Certain versions of Macrium Reflect allow you to use a USB flash drive instead of a CD. The flash drive will usually run the recovery software faster. I recommend making more than one CD or flash drive (or one or more of each) so, if one should die, you will have a backup.

I recommend you make new images as frequently as is practical. Older ones can be deleted if space for them becomes a problem. You should also store your images on an external drive of some kind.

I also recommend you set Macrium Reflect to verify your images after it makes them. I've never had a verified image fail to restore but, every once in a very great while, one may fail to verify (every time, just rerunning Macrium Reflect again will result in a verified image).

Posted by:

Trevor
25 Aug 2017

This will work but you need to read the instructions carefully.It didn't work for me first time so i re-read the instructions, hit enter at the end and my product key displayed.

Posted by:

Mr. Pedro D. Rodriguez Sr.
03 Sep 2017

I used Bob's method and it worked for me. To test the veracity I ran Belarc Advisor and it returned the same key. You just have to follow the instructions carefully and it works !!

Posted by:

Giff
06 Sep 2017

After copying and pasting the instruction into Powershell dont forget to press the enter key. That should then throw up the Windows 10 key. Highlight the key by dragging and holding the left mouse button then simply right click..that should copy automatically..paste the result into a notepad or similar. Worked for me ok.

Posted by:

Rohn
22 Mar 2018

Thanks Ruth: your (post) key recovery method (from 2017) worked flawlessly

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