“Can this be used to create the recovery? I have windows 8 and need to create the recovery disc. I want to put it on a flash drive. Is this drive compatible?”

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• Yes, it is. That's exactly what I purchased it for, then ended up transferring the backup to a different drive because I was only using half the space. Enjoy!

  Answered by IamJimmy 10 years ago

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• I use this type of drive (for my Mac) to run a disk utility program and also use one as a backup to the OS (only as a startup disk in an emergency). I do not use it as a backup for the main drive (which is possible with a large enough disk). To back up the computer I use an attached drive running a backup program.

  Answered by MathMan 10 years ago

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• Yes

  Answered by meka 10 years ago

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• You can make this USB drive into a bootable drive, verify that you are using it as a recovery disk or windows install disk and not a recovery partition. Some mfgs have you set up recovery partitions and this drive may not provide that utility (space dependent)

  Answered by Nebuzaradan 10 years ago

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• Yes.

  Answered by Sammy234 10 years ago

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• Yes. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-usb-recovery-drive

  Answered by Luke 10 years ago

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• It said that it was compatible with Windows 8. I have 8.1, and had no problem using it.

  Answered by Marinez 10 years ago

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• A 32Gb drive can be used. Your recovery creation software will tell you what size media you need. 16Gbs may be too small. 32 a bit to much but that your only choice. 32Gb is cheap and faster than all those DVDs. Go the flash drive route.

  Answered by ACETech 10 years ago

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• Yes, it is compatible, especially because is USB 3.0 it will be better and faster. You can make a google search and will find how to create the recovery disk for windows 8.

  Answered by TVentusiast 10 years ago

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• Yes, the drive will work well for this. The capacity is more than what is needed.

  Answered by Michael60MC 10 years ago

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