Posted on 08/22/2016 8:04:19 AM PDT by dayglored
Microsoft is coy about it in places, and estimates vary.
(The time to make a Windows 10 recovery drive is before your PC dies. Grab a USB drive—you might need a big one!—and we'll show you how it's done...)
Attila Balaton bought an 8GB USB key to create a Windows 10 Recovery Drive only to find out 16GB was required.
Mea culpa: Answer Line was partly to blame, as my former colleague wrote that Microsoft suggests “at least a 4GB USB key.” It’s not his fault, though, as on this support page Microsoft says in order to create a Windows 10 Recovery Drive you will need a, “USB thumbdrive with 4 GB of space or more.” Confusing things further is this page from Microsoft, where the company doesn’t even mention how much space you’ll need. Finally, on its support page for Windows 8 Microsoft says the recovery image the software creates, “…is typically 3 to 6 GB in size.“
However, based on Atilla’s feedback I went in and updated our article. Also in the video that accompanied the above article, we mention that when we tried the process on a laptop in our office it said we needed a 16GB key! This got the staff at PCWorld curious, so we also looked into this further to see if we could nail down a specific size requirement, and also figure out what factors play a role in determining the size of the recovery data.
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(Excerpt) Read more at pcworld.com ...
Ah, when only 640K bytes will do.
***** SSDs rock! Much faster! Made the transition last year on a windows 7 machine. *****
The price on 2.5” SSD’s are dropping fast. Last December, I bought a Mushkin 512GB SSD for $115. Now, I’m seeing 480GB drives for under $100.
http://www.newegg.com/Components/Store
A friend of mine has a Thinkpad E11 with Windows 10. She said, “Take a look at it!” I couldn’t because it was updating, no way to use it.
A constant problem.
A week or two later I did a fresh install of Linux Mint Cinnamon 18 on it and now she’s happy with a computer she can use. MS really screwed the pooch with Windows 10.
I turned off the Windows updates as I have programs and folders open that I am using and do not restart for several days or even weeks. During the night Microsoft would install the updates and restart my pc. Very irritating!
Image business having their work wiped out by Microsoft arrogance!
Right click on the Start button then click on Control Panel> Administrative Tools> Services> Standard tab (at bottom) > Windows Update> double click to open> Startup type: Disabled then Apply
On purpose probably.
Yeah, the extra 5 or 10 bucks to go from a 16gb to a 64gb stick is a real bummer.
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