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How can I fix this issue and create a Recovery Drive? The wizard has been stuck at this screen for 30+ minutes at the time of writing.

The recovery drive is stuck on, "Please wait."

learningexcel
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If creating recovery drive has finished by now, then all is well.

Otherwise, there is a problem either with the disk or with Windows, and you could abort the process. Ensure your backups are good before continuing.

For the disk, you could examine its SMART data or the Event Viewer. You could also try another disk.

If no problem was found, use the Media Creation Tool to create instead the bootable Windows installation media, which is the same thing as it also includes all the Repair tools. It might also serve if something goes wrong with the following steps.

Next test Windows integrity by running Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and then sfc /scannow, followed by chkdsk.

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