

Which Recovery/Repair Tool Should You Create? To achieve this, the recovery drive actually copies the system files necessary for reinstallation from your current PC. It's a bootable USB drive that gives you access to the same troubleshooting tools as a system repair disc, but also allows you to reinstall Windows if it comes to that. The recovery drive is new to Windows 8 and 10. The system repair disc also gives you tools for restoring your PC from an image backup that you've created. It is a bootable CD/DVD that contains tools you can use to troubleshoot Windows when it won't start correctly.

The system repair disc has been around since the Windows 7 days.
