Microsoft has released out-of-band updates to fix a known issue causing Windows 10 systems to boot into BitLocker recovery after installing the May 2025 security updates. To fix systems stuck at a ...

Windows 10 offers two ways to create a Recovery Drive: on a USB flash drive and on an optical disc. This walk-through demonstrates both methods. A Recovery Drive lets you boot your system and easily ...

You never know when you’ll need a Windows recovery drive in order to restore your system to a pristine state, so the time to make one is now—and it’s very easy to do. A recovery drive is similar to ...

Uh, oh. Your Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer won't boot up and can't fix itself. In most cases you would be out of luck, unless you created a recovery drive, which stores a copy of your Windows ...

The Recovery Partition does not have a drive letter. Therefore, it is not visible in the File Explorer. You can view it in the Disk Management app. However, some users found the Recovery Partition ...

The Windows 10 login password went amiss for Albert Pye and about a dozen others who wrote to me saying they couldn’t log into their PCs. In every instance they had not touched their computer nor ...

Essentially, a Recovery Drive stores a copy of your Windows 11/10 environment without your personal files and desktop applications on another source, such as a DVD or USB drive. So in the event your ...

Update 19-Aug-2024: Microsoft has now resolved this bug. See details below. Five years ago, after a particularly embarrassing run of flawed Windows updates, Microsoft vowed to do better. Part of its ...

Reset your Windows 10 system with the Remove Everything option Your email has been sent Editor’s note: In the video, Brandon Vigliarolo walks through the steps as if you were booting from a USB; also, ...

Microsoft could soon make it a whole lot easier for users to recover a Windows 10 machine when disaster strikes. The company is looking at introducing a new cloud-based recovery option. It's the ...

Microsoft has confirmed that some Windows 10 and Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 systems will boot into BitLocker recovery after installing the May 2025 security updates. The BitLocker Windows ...

If your PC suddenly booted into BitLocker recovery mode after the latest Windows update, you’re not alone. Microsoft has confirmed that the October 2025 cumulative update is causing this problem on ...