System Repair Disk (Win 8.1)

[curious]

Is the Repair Disk needed if I do a System Image? Thank you

[JoeP]

If you want to be able to restore a system image file then the recovery disc is needed. The recovery disk is used to boot the system without windows so you can access the image file and restore it.

[curious]

Thank you, Joe

[curious]

Another question:

Should the system image file and the recovery disc be on separate flash drives?

Thank you.