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How to Recover Data with Data Recovery Bootable Disk

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Jul 17, 2024 • Filed to: Answer Hard Drive Problems • Proven solutions

If your Windows system is getting crashed and you cannot access your data. You can get a third-party tool that supports Windows PE. With it, you can create a bootable disk and help you access the Windows system and get your data back.

If a Windows system is not able to boot the usual way, then your data becomes inaccessible. Additionally, a consecutive booting failure might even cause evident damage to your data. You can use the bootable media to start your system and perform the recovery operation, data recovery with bootable disk supports Windows Preinstallation Environment and this will help you recover data from a crashed computer.

General steps:

Common Computer Boot Failure

Here we show you several common computer boot failure situations you may encounter.

  • Preparing Automatic Repair: It indicates that Windows is attempting to automatically diagnose and repair issues preventing the computer from booting properly.
  • No Bootable Device Found: The computer displays a message stating "No bootable device found," which means that the system cannot find a valid boot device to load the operating system from.
  • Blue Screen of Death (BSOD): It's a critical system error that causes the computer to crash and display a blue screen with error messages.

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Free download and install Recoverit Pro on a workable computer and connect a blank USB or CD/DVD to it. Launch Recoverit Pro and start to create a bootable disk.

  1. When it comes to creating bootable media to recover lost data from the crashed computer, Recoverit is a good choice. You can complete this task within a few steps.
  2. First, launch the software and select the "System Crashed Computer" option. Click the Start button to go on.

select recover from crashed hard drive

  1. Then you need to select a device as the bootable media. There are two options: one is a USB flash drive, and another is CD/DVD. Choose any one and then click the Create button.

create USB bootable drive

  1. To continue the next step, you have to erase all data on the USB flash drive. Make sure you have backed up the important data. Then click the "Format" button to confirm.

format the drive

After that, you will come to the process of writing boot files into the drive or CD/DVD. Wait for the process done, and a few minutes later, you can see the creation success message on the software.

creating bootable bootable drive

  1. After a bootable USB flash drive or CD/DVD drive is created, you will receive a guide to boot the crashed computer with the bootable media. After boot up the crashed computer, you can retrieve your data back with Recoverit.

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How to Prepare for a Boot Failure?

Experiencing a boot failure can be a critical issue that may happen to a computer. It is necessary to know how to troubleshoot and solve such a problem effectively. It's also important to learn how to prepare for a potential boot-related issue in the future.

1. Create System Restore Points

Most of the boot issues are caused by system changes. You can create a system restore point and revert your computer to a working point when the boot issue occurs. Follow this way to create a system restore point:

  1. Type create a restore point in the search box next to the Start menu.

create a restore point

  1. Click the create a restore point option from the result.
  2. Click the Create option under the System Protection tab.
  3. Type a description for the restore point, then click Create->OK to complete the process.

click create under system protection

2. Create a System Image

To better prepare for potential boot failures, you can create a system image using the Backup and Restore feature in Windows. This system image is a copy of the Windows system drive required for your computer to function properly. When your computer has a boot failure, this system image can be used to restore the non-operational computer.

  1. Type create a restore point in the search box next to the Start menu.
  2. Click the create a restore point option from the result.
  3. Click the Create option under the System Protection tab.
  4. Type a description for the restore point, then click Create->OK to complete the process.

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