How to create a USB recovery drive for Windows 11 Your email has been sent 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, ...

If used properly, new features built into Windows 11 offer safe, nearly complete backup, restore, repair, and recovery operations without third-party tools — but there are some caveats worth knowing.

Booting up your PC using USB drives is useful. It allows you to reinstall your Windows, deal with easy system restores, and more. But what if bootable USB is not detected in Windows 11/10? This can be ...

A security patch that addresses over 170 vulnerabilities should not also make useless one of the most vital recovery tools in the operating system yet that is just what happened with Microsoft’s Oct.

Update October 21, 05:08 EDT: Microsoft has released the KB5070773 emergency update to fix this issue. Microsoft has confirmed that this month's security updates disable USB mice and keyboards in the ...

The urgent fix addresses a dangerous flaw that disabled USB keyboards and mice in recovery mode, exactly when users need them most. Image: Unsplash Microsoft scrambled to push emergency patches after ...

This update fixes a problem with the Windows Recovery Environment not working with a USB mouse or keyboard. This update fixes a problem with the Windows Recovery Environment not working with a USB ...

TL;DR: The Windows 11 25H2 October 2025 update introduces critical bugs disabling USB keyboard and mouse input in the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), preventing system recovery and ...

While Backup and Restore (Windows 7) creates viable and fantastically compatible hard drive images, various flaws and limitations with the Windows Rescue/Recovery disks render it basically unusable ...