Can I Use a Windows Recovery Disk on a Different Computer?

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Jerry· Answered on Nov 17, 2023

Yes, you can use a Windows recovery disk on a different computer.

A Windows recovery USB is actually the same as an installer, also known as the PE environment. No special drivers are required, and you need a drive big enough to accommodate all of the generic drivers in the PE environment. The only difference between the recovery and an install disk is that the recovery merely skips the Windows installer's installation phase.

One of the best features of current Windows is that it comes with generic, simplified drivers for almost everything, or at least for what was available at the time. You do not have to create a custom recovery drive.

Therefore, all you need is to create a Windows recovery drive. There are several ways to create a Windows recovery drive, such as using Windows ISO. But using professional software is the easiest one to do so. Therefore, you can turn to use a bootable USB drive creator, like EaseUS Todo Backup.

EaseUS Todo Backup is a practical, easy-to-use backup and recovery utility compatible with Windows 11/10/8/7. It can help you back up your computer's files, systems, and disks and save the backups to different locations, like the local drive, NAS, Security Zone, and Cloud. It can help you fix Windows cannot create a recovery drive issue, and install Windows on a new SSD without a USB.

Related article: How to create a Windows 11/10 recovery USB for another computer.

You can use a Windows recovery disk on a different computer if you have created one. If you don't have one, you'd better use EaseUS Todo Backup to help you create one.