You may be right, i dont own a surface tablet, so i dont know but the op did state that it was tried first by just copying the files to a usb and it didnt work. The system image you have done on the old surface pro cannot be applied to another surface pro. If your surface is not working and you dont have another windows 10 device that you can use to download the factory recovery image, it may be possible to have a usb recovery drive mailed to you. Download the official recovery images for microsoft surface. The microsoft surface hub recovery tool helps you re image your surface hub solid state drive ssd using a windows 10 desktop device, without calling support or replacing the ssd. The sole exception to date was the release of the surface rt recovery image when users faced problems updating to surface rt 8. How to download and install a recovery image for your. It is now a valuable resource for people who want to make the most of their mobile devices, from customizing the look and feel to adding new functionality.
Deleting recovery image folder solved windows 10 forums. Took several attempts, but it finally worked i think. As a result, i am unable to reset to factory settings. Solved create a surface book recovery boot drive without. Ive bought a surface 3 with windows 10 home preinstalled. Jul 03, 2019 for microsoft surface, every device has a recovery partition by default from the factory. Given the nightmarish stories of upgrades, resets and reinstalls permeating this and other forums, i hope they release it soon. You can use this mechanism when a recovery drive is available to you and your system wont start because of a problem. Recovery image for microsoft surface now available for. Dec 23, 2014 if you cant get to the recovery tools on surface, you can download the files you need to get your surface working again. Official recovery image for surface book 2 now available neowin. Dec 10, 2019 since your surface is locked, you need to borrow a computer to download the surface recovery image and factory reset your microsoft surface with the usb recovery image. Oct 21, 20 download surface rt recovery image this is a recovery package for windows 8. I dont know why microsoft just dont release a recovery image for the surface models.
Oct 28, 2015 in case the builtin recovery tools didnt work, you can try downloading a recovery image from microsoft. For microsoft surface, every device has a recovery partition by default from the factory. To do that, youre going to need your surface laptop or surface laptop 2 serial number and. Jan 16, 2015 i followed microsofts instructions on creating a recovery drive and how to reset my surface. Microsoft is releasing a surface rt recovery image today to address some windows rt 8. Nov 17, 2015 how to download and install a recovery image for your microsoft surface device by martin brinkmann on november 17, 2015 in windows 14 comments so, i got a microsoft surface 4 pro the other day and one of the first things i did was to set up full disk encryption on the main drive. Dec 23, 2014 in the past microsoft has only ever released a recovery image for its surface hardware line in one unique circumstance and that was to fix an update issue in the early days of windows 8 rt.
Whether you have one of the original surface or surface rt devices, or you treated yourself more recently to a surface pro 3, theres a download for you. Use rufus to convert the iso to the usb stick in fat32. The thing is with the surface pro 1 you have to format the usb as fat32 cuz it wont boot off using any other file systems. Copy the contents of the recovery image you downloaded to the usb flash drive. Where are you trying to download the image from now.
Where is the surface pro lte recovery image how to get. Microsoft offers downloadable recovery images for all their surface skus, and while the surface pro lte has been in sale and shipping since early december, it isnt listed in the dropdown to. I then booted the surface book off the recovery boot drive and was able to reinstall windows. To do that, youre going to need your surface laptop or. Download and create a usb recovery drive from another pc. Prior downloading a right recovery image for your surface tablet, you need to have a microsoft account and the serial number of your surface device.
I can browse my external hard drive and see that the system image is there. In case the builtin recovery tools didnt work, you can try downloading a recovery image from microsoft. If you go to the folder that contains the system image backup, you will see that the folder has a name. Can t download recovery image from ms ms after some infuriating errors that led to my win 10 surface 3 no longer letting me use my external mouse and keyboard anymore interactive window station driver errors, i said screw it, factory reset. Sep 16, 2015 if you own a surface tablet of any kind, be aware that microsoft offers a downloadable recovery image which you can use to recover the device to its original, factoryfresh state. Choose your current surface device, if you have registered your surface devices already. If you own a surface tablet of any kind, be aware that microsoft offers a downloadable recovery image which you can use to recover the device to its original, factoryfresh state. Can you tell me where you are geographically as there has been an increase in folks outside the us reporting they cant download. Dec 23, 2014 the sole exception to date was the release of the surface rt recovery image when users faced problems updating to surface rt 8. Cant restore from system image solved windows 10 forums. Microsoft offers downloadable recovery images for all their surface skus, and while the surface pro lte has been in sale and shipping since early december, it isnt listed in the dropdown to register a new device as of 1252018. Make sure the drive has a size of 8 gigabytes or more.
How to reinstall windows 10 on your surface laptop or surface. Microsoft releases surface rt windows 8 recovery image to help users to fix bricked surface after trying to update to windows rt 8. Especially reset your surface to factory settings with the usb recovery drive. The thing is with the surface pro 1 you have to format the usb as fat32 cuz it won t boot off using any other file systems. Dec 23, 2014 if you ever have a problem getting surface to start, or if the builtin recovery info has been removed from your surface, then you can download the recovery image files you need from microsoft and create a surface usb recovery drive to boot from and use to access recovery tools and solve problems with your surface. With this tool, you can reimage an ssd that has an unknown administrator password, boot errors, was unable to complete a cloud recovery, or for a device that has an. Cant boot from usb recovery drive microsoft surface 2. Oct 21, 20 microsoft is releasing a surface rt recovery image today to address some windows rt 8. Surface recovery image but cant download microsoft community. Go back to the recovery image you downloaded and unzipped in steps 3 and 4. Since the surface has no optical drive, you need to use a usb drive instead to make the recovery image available on the device.
In the event this isnt obvious, this recovery image wont usually be required. I then copied the contents of the surface book recovery image onto the recovery boot drive and said yes to overwriting the contents. Download surface rt recovery image to fix windows rt 8. To create a recovery drive, you will need to download recovery image for your surface pro 2017 from microsoft support website. Tap or click on surface rt recovery in the search results and follow the instructions on the. However, if you cant access the partition or it has been deleted for any reasons. In case anyone missed it, microsoft is now letting users download the windows rt 8. But if these options fail and do not help you, or if you can t access the recovery tools for some reasons, you can download the official surface recovery image from microsoft. Time to download the recovery image is dependent on internet connection speeds. Only microsoft can supply the surface recovery image. If your surface is not working and you don t have another windows 10 device that you can use to download the factory recovery image, it may be possible to have a usb recovery drive mailed to you. First, make sure you shut down your surface and plug it in.
Lee, only microsoft can supply the surface recovery image. How to fix surface go issues using a usb recovery device. During the weekend i wrote a guide with a set of instructions to help you get your bricked. Cant download recovery image from ms ms after some infuriating errors that led to my win 10 surface 3 no longer letting me use my external mouse and keyboard anymore interactive window station driver errors, i said screw it, factory reset. Download official recovery images for your microsoft surface.
Now, insert the usb recovery drive into a usb port. Surface 3 recovery image download needed spiceworks. When you cant create the windows 10 recovery drive, try. As for the other folder, recovery image, right or wrong, i move the. Jul 03, 2019 however, in case you cant reset your surface pro 2017 with existing recovery partition, you can use a recovery drive instead. However, in case you cant reset your surface pro 2017 with existing recovery partition, you can use a recovery drive instead. Your surface comes with windows recovery info that you can use to refresh your surface or reset it to its factory condition. Alternative download locations for sp1 recovery image. Solved create a surface book recovery boot drive without a. I was told last week that if you are unable to download, if you contact support, they should. I don t know why microsoft just don t release a recovery image for the surface models.
Nov 18, 2017 with microsofts newly minted surface book 2 now officially released, the company has made available for download the recovery image for its latest device. Otherwise, choose your surface model and type your surface device s serial number in the option 2. If you ever have a problem getting surface to start, or if the builtin recovery info has been removed from your surface, then you can download the recovery image files you need from microsoft and create a surface usb recovery drive to boot from and use to access recovery tools and solve problems with your surface. How to download and install a recovery image for your microsoft surface device by martin brinkmann on november 17, 2015 in windows 14 comments so, i got a microsoft surface 4 pro the other day and one of the first things i did was to set up full disk encryption on the main drive. If you own a microsoft surface, from the original rt to the surface pro 3, microsoft now has full images for each model available for download. If youre having trouble with the recovery options on your surface, download the files you need to get your surface working again. If you recall the software giant had to pulled the windows rt 8. Surface recovery image download from microsoft windows 8. Just like in the past for previous surface devices, microsoft is now offering recovery images for the new surface book and surface pro 4 devices. How to restore, refresh, reset surface pro devices. Sign in with your microsoft account choose your current surface device, if you have registered your surface devices already. Whereas when the usb was made bootable as is described in the link above for the surface 2 recovery procedure from microsoft, it did work. This wipes out everything on your computer and restores it to its out of the box condition.
Before we get started, you have to acquire the files necessary for recovery. Since your surface is locked, you need to borrow a computer to download the surface recovery image and factory reset your microsoft surface with the usb recovery image. Thankfully, you can now download the official recovery images for. Jul 29, 2014 spoke to microsoft to see if i could get it working. Yeah, this looks like my only option to do a reset now so i can sell mine.
Surface rt recovery image released to fix windows rt 8. Steps to reset your surface pro from the usb drive if you copied your recovery partition onto it. That name is in reference to the machine it took the backup from. Feb 11, 20 steps to reset your surface pro from the usb drive if you copied your recovery partition onto it. Using the surface hub recovery tool surface hub microsoft.
For surface pro models, your usb should be at least 16 gb. A windows 10 recovery image for the thousands of existing sp3s sold with 8. Can you tell me where you are geographically as there has been an increase in folks outside the us reporting they can t download. In this video i will go over obtaining the software for the recovery image if needed, and how to create and use the recovery stick. In this situation, you can still download a specific recovery image for your surface tablet from the microsoft surface support website. Microsoft surface rt through surface pro 3 recovery images. Im sick of windows 10 bugs so far i experienced black screen after sleep, often audio crash, display driver crash, pen pointer not working with eraser button working, wifi driver crash, wlan networks not visible, when they are on the wrong channel, sharing web pages stuck on mailbox select screen, unable to zoom picture in. How to reinstall windows 10 on your surface laptop or. Download and create a usb recovery drive from another pc to download the recovery drive, youll need. Spoke to microsoft to see if i could get it working. When the windows on your surface don t start, or the builtin recovery info has been removed from your surface, you can use your usb recovery drive to access the recovery tool and solve problems.
While microsoft keeps working on permanently resolving the issues with its tablet operating system, here is a video that will help you create a usb drive with windows rt recovery image that microsoft just made available for everyone to download. Creating and using a usb recovery drive for surface. Note that if you arent a business, you will have to jump through some hoops to register to your personal microsoft account, but this can be done. If you cant get to the recovery tools on surface, you can download the files you need to get your surface working again. On the host pc, select the start button, scroll through the alphabetical list on the left, and select the recovery tool shortcut. Please help, i cant download recovery image windows 8, rt. Windows 10 system image recovery on replacement unit. Please help, i cant download recovery image windows 8. Windows 10 recovery image for surface pro 3 page 3. Well now you can download a recovery image for any one of the surface devices from surface rt all the way up to surface pro 3 thanks to a handy recovery. I upgraded the surface 3 using the generic win 10 installer, and it appears i suspected anyway at the time that there is no recovery image for me to refresh back to its having issues and id like to grab an original image to properly update to win 10 the way i did it means it seems that the office mobile apps arent free to use like they. It cant be activated unless you have a key anyways, which is already on the machines uefi.
Download recovery image for your surface book and surface. In the past microsoft has only ever released a recovery image for its surface hardware line in one unique circumstance and that was to fix an update issue in the early days of windows 8 rt. Go to the microsoft support page, select the model of your surface tablet and insert the serial number which is printed on the back of your surface device. Boot off the usb by holding the volume down button when turning on your surface pro 1. It can t be activated unless you have a key anyways, which is already on the machines uefi.
I can t find the exact path you suggested, but i can go to control panel all control panel items recovery, and i see a list of advanced recovery tools. Aug 18, 2015 hi guys does anyone have a copy of the surface 3 recovery image i can grab. Click on download button to download the recovery image. Factory reset surface pro without password in 2 ways. Follow these steps to use it in your surface pro running windows 10. The have deleted the previous windows installation at least two times using the diskcleanup utility, and. If you cant get the recovery tools on your surface, and havent created a recovery drive from your surface before, download the surface image files from microsoft surface official site, create a bootable usb. Jan 25, 2018 note that if you arent a business, you will have to jump through some hoops to register to your personal microsoft account, but this can be done. Surface recovery image download from microsoft windows.
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