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Dell Recovery Media - XPS 8500 Win8 - Media Capacity Required
The options for creating Recovery Media are USB Flash Drive, or Discs.
Can anyone advise what capacity is required for the media please?
speedstep
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January 31st, 2013 18:00
16 Gig usb flash drive minimum. Just the OS portion is 12 gigs.
8 gig flash drives are too small. Standard DVD's are 4 gigs and it tales at least 3. I recommend SANDISK CRUISER FIT Drive.
Artist1964
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January 31st, 2013 18:00
Around 8 GBs assuming making the recovery media is the first thing you do and you're using the factory image. Also it depends on how much trial-ware you have. Two or three DVDs. I did a clean install of W8 and it cut down on the DVD's needed. From three to two DVDs.
maxhugen
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February 1st, 2013 19:00
Thanks! I was actually going to get a 32Gb flash drive, but I had no idea if that was sufficient. PS: the drive you mentioned is a nice tiny unit!
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February 1st, 2013 23:00
Thanks to you too, Artist1964... as an 'old fart', I've been using the Internet before it was even called 'the Internet', and was - and still am - kinda amazed at how many people are ready and willing to help! Cheers!
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February 2nd, 2013 12:00
You're certainly welcome. With all this new technology (UEFI/Secure Boot) its nice to find people who want to share their experiences. Best Wishes.