Chapter 2: Create A Usb Recovery Drive For Windows; Reinstall Windows Using A Usb Recovery Drive - Dell Inspiron 15 5000 2-in-1 Setup And Specifications

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Create a USB recovery drive for Windows
Dell recommends that you create a recovery drive to troubleshoot and fix problems that may occur with Windows. An empty
USB flash drive with a minimum capacity of 16 GB is required to create the recovery drive.
NOTE:
The following steps may vary depending on the version of Windows installed. Refer to the
latest instructions.
1. Connect the USB flash drive to your computer.
2. In Windows search, type Recovery.
3. In the search results, click Create a recovery drive.
The User Account Control window is displayed.
4. Click Yes to continue.
The Recovery Drive window is displayed.
5. Select Back up system files to the recovery drive and click Next.
6. Select the USB flash drive and click Next.
A message appears, indicating that all data in the USB flash drive will be deleted.
7. Click Create.
NOTE:
This process may take several minutes to complete.
8. Click Finish.

Reinstall Windows using a USB recovery drive

CAUTION:
This process formats the hard drive and removes all data on your computer. Ensure that you back up
data on your computer before beginning this task.
NOTE:
Before reinstalling Windows, ensure your computer has more than 2 GB of memory and more than 32 GB of storage
space.
1. Connect the USB recovery drive to your computer.
2. Restart your computer.
3. Press F12 after the Dell logo is displayed on the screen to access the boot menu.
A Preparing one-time boot menu message appears.
4. After the boot menu loads, select the USB recovery device under UEFI BOOT.
The system reboots and a screen to Choose the keyboard layout is displayed.
5. Choose your keyboard layout.
6. In the Choose an option screen, click Troubleshoot.
7. Click Recover from a drive.
8. Choose one of the following options:
● Just remove my files to do a quick format.
● Fully clean the drive to do a complete format.
9. Click Recover to start the recovery process.
This will take several minutes to complete and your computer will restart during this process.
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