Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator. Insert a USB flash drive into a running computer. Restore or repair your server running Windows Server Essentials Restore a full system from an existing client computer backup
To create a bootable USB flash drive for use in recovering or reinstalling Windows on a PC instead of a server, see Create a recovery drive.įor additional scenarios in which you may want to create or use a bootable USB flash drive, see the following topics:
