Creating an EaseUS Todo Emergency Disk

☑️ Before you can restore a backup image created using EaseUS Todo, you'll need an emergency disk.

☑️ There are two common scenarios that require an emergency disk.
- Hard disk failure
- Malware

Chapters
0:00 EaseUS Todo Emergency Disk
1:05 See how to create an emergency disk
3:00 Create an ISO file
4:00 Mount the ISO file

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[mnphoneemail]

Thanks Leo for your guidance on the free EaseUS Todo. EaseUS is easy to use and has great tech support. One thing to know about creating an emergency disk on a USB drive. When I looked for files on the USB drive File Explorer said it was empty. EaseUS tech support advised me that Microsoft hides protected system files on USB drives. They are visible on the DVD version. To view the files on the USB, one must turn off Hide Protected Files. (Windows Search - type File Explorer Options/View). Tech support also said the emergency disk can be used on any computer as long as they have the same type of BIOS (Legacy or UEFI).

[Joeage]

I created my emergency ISO file on my desktop. What should I now do with that? I don't have any thumb drives. So, should I burn it to a DVD? Copy it to an external hard drive?

Thanks for such amazingly clear step-by-step instructional videos. Every one has been excellent!

[acreguy]

Leo, you've done it again!! Very clear explanation of a somewhat mysterious subject. Thanks!!!

[howardfritzke]

Leo, thanks very much for covering and explaining the complete process of making an emergency disk for EaseUS to do backup software. I am looking forward to any follow-up that you may offer dealing with the EaseUS to do product.

[asdlkj]

Thanks Leo. Glad to see other programs from EaseUS being safely recommended. I used their file recovery software last year and was very impressed with the result. Looks like I may lookat their back up software...

[gpcrawford]

Leo always produces an object lesson in computer topics others take note.

[iggytse]

My concern is my silly Lenovo laptop. If you can’t get into windows to reboot to Bios then boot from USB the only other option is to get a paperclip to help press the restart button. On other PCs and laptops you just press a function key.

[j.d.]

"* To perform system recovery on a none-bootable machine, try to boot the computer through the EaseUS Todo Backup emergency disk."
"Restore your hard drive and operating system" seems to show that EaseUS Todo can do a backup recovery without using an emergency disk.
Macrium Reflect can do that too, even reading the backup file from a bitlocker enabled disk. It looks like a virtual emergency disk was created on the fly behind the scene then booted into.

[patvb]

Hi Leo, thanks for covering this subject !

[ottovonnekpunch]

Hi Leo! Thanks for posting this important utility disk! But here's the rub; will the EaseUS Emergency Disk work if the system drive is encrypted with BitLocker?

[glasslinger]

You assume the core of windows will run. If the crash was caused by corruption of the hard drive this is false security. Best to create a disk clone and simply swap the hard drive out if a fatal crash happens. Then plug the bad drive into a USB to hard drive adapter and go to work on it. If the FAT on the drive is corrupt it may not even be able to be worked on.

[grahampembs]

You say that you're going to make a video showing how to restore an image. I'm using a Dell laptop with two USB ports. I assume the image must be put on a separate USB drive [not the recovery drive], both of these drives will have to be plugged into the USB ports before booting to work correctly or else the drive containing the image to be restored will not be detected. How do you move around the recovery drive to make selections without a mouse being installed and needing a 3rd USB port? Does it detect the touchpad, [which I have disabled by the way as I prefer to use a mouse]? I know people have had trouble using Linux as a recovery drive as these necessary drivers are not loaded/present so therefore Win P.E. appears the way to go here. Would a USB dock be detected with more USB ports? Hopefully you'll cover these in the upcoming video!

[gtm]

Hi Leo, can you please tell me the difference between WinPE and WinRE. Thanks so much!

[davidmartin]

Warning. I have several USB thumb drives that died without warning. Best to have a backup is just in case.

[alnoormanji]

Hi Leo: Thanks for this. When I created the emergency disk as ISO on the USB stick and changed my BIOS boot from USB, it did not work. I had to use another program to decompress the ISO to another USB after which it worked. It seems that boot does not recognize ISO file as a bootable media. Am I missing something?
Edit: I realized what I did wrong. I saved the emergency disk as an ISO file on my USB. I should have selected the USB icon to create the full decompressed contents of the Emergency Disk.

[RotaryTeamVincent]

Will this file work for rebooting other computers I have or is it unique to the one it was created on?

[acreguy]

I just tried creating the Emergency Disk and the free version no longer supports this. We have to pay. (July 1 2024).

[tenerife_sea]

Hi Leo, quick question related to this video. If I use Easeus' full image backup, yet I only have a System Recovery Drive that I created using a default windows feature, are they compatible? Or do I NEED to create this specific emergency/recovery disc from Easeus to restore my Easeus full image backup? Thanks!

[_watdo]

Do i have to select which image backup i want to use to create the Emergency Disk?

[reefseeker]

Where is it on paid version? Weird I can't find it.