Creating a Recovery media Disc or USB of your Operating System is an Important thing. You can not Ignore it, Because if your computer's Windows has been corrupted or damaged then you can Repair it with that Recovery Media Disc or USB.
Else you have to take your computer to a Store, to re-install Windows or to Repair it. So, In my view "Creating a Recovery Media Disc is an Important thing".
There are two methods to create the "Recovery Disc", but i'll explain you only one. Because the 2nd method is being discontinued into Windows 8.1 , Means it will be not available in coming Windows.
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