[SOLVED] Windows 10 Recovery mode, system image on a usb wont work, apparently I need to burn a system image on a CD but I do not have a disk burner

[keenwads]

I am trying to reinstall windows from a system image in windows recovery mode (my laptop is incapable of starting up and getting out of recovery mode, due to some core files being corrupted) and I created a system image of windows 10 on an external NTFS formatted drive, which should work according to the windows prompts. But whenever I start the system image recovery process I get an error saying that I need to have a CD with the system image on it in addition to the external disk, which is a problem because I dont have a CD burner and they are expensive, so I cant put the installation media on the CD. Is there any way to get around this, and restore windows using only the external drive? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

[popatim]

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[onespeedbiker]

The issue seems to be you need to boot to Windows Recovery mode from an install media. Follow the directions for a Clean Install https://forums.tomshardware.com/faq/how-to-do-a-clean-installation-of-windows-10.3170366/ to create a Windows install USB. Boot the USB and choose Repair over Install. This should get you into the Recovery Environment and you should be able use your system image.