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Question

Win 8.1 bootable recovery disc

Jul 23, 2014 9:29PM PDT

Hi everyone,
in Windows 8.1 they removed option to create bootable DVD/BluRay recovery. Only USB drive left.
I bought new laptop with recovery partition and I want to move backup to DVD's/BluRay. How can I do that?
I don't want to do backup of backup. I want to recovery directly from DVD's/BluRay. So using of tools, which backup this recovery parition isn't solution. Than I have to restore partition and from partition restore system.
I tried backup on usb and burn all files to disc, but BluRay didn't became bootable. USB was.
How can I do that?

Thank's

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First off
Jul 23, 2014 11:22PM PDT

First off, that sounds like a choice made by the company you bought the computer from, not Microsoft. The making of restore media from a recovery partition is something that the PC vendor is responsible for, so it has nothing to do with Windows 8.1. It also means you should be asking the company that made your computer how to do this, since right now you're the only one who knows the name of that company. Ask their support people what the process is.

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WHAT NEW LAPTOP?
Jul 24, 2014 2:45AM PDT