Summary
Highlights
The video provides an updated guide on creating two separate USB flash drives for Windows emergencies, addressing changes in the process since the original video. It teaches how to create a Windows Media installation disc and a Hiren's BootCD utility disc.
Two blank flash drives (8GB or larger) are required. The video explains how to format a flash drive with existing data to prepare it for creating the recovery discs, recommending either FAT32 or NTFS file system.
The video guides on how to use the Windows media creation tool. The tutorial explains how to download the correct media creation tool for your version of windows like Windows 11, 10, and 8.1. A step-by-step walkthrough is given on how to make a windows installer disc.
The video will show you how to download the Hiren's BootCD ISO file and the Rufus software needed to create a bootable USB drive. Then the video walks you through how to use Rufus to create the bootable USB with Hiren's BootCD, including enabling dual UEFI mode and selecting appropriate settings to ensure compatibility.
The video explains different methods to boot from the newly created flash drives, including using a boot order function key, changing BIOS settings, or selecting a device from the Windows troubleshooting screen. The video highlights the tools for backing up files and system restoration.
The video addresses creating a bootable Windows 8 installer disc using Rufus, since Windows 8 lacks a built-in media creation tool. Also the video explains the difference between generic installer discs created in the video and factory recovery discs.