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How to download and install a recovery image for your Microsoft Surface device

How to download and install a recovery image for your Microsoft Surface device

Download the recovery image

  1. Open Microsoft's recovery image download page.
  2. Select Surface Laptop or Surface Laptop 2 in the drop-down menu.
  3. Enter your Surface Laptop serial number.
  4. Select Download recovery image on the latest version available. The download will take some time depending on your internet connection.

  1. How do I install surface recovery image?
  2. How do I use recovery image on Surface Pro?
  3. How do I create a surface recovery USB?
  4. How do I download Windows recovery tool?
  5. How do you reinstall Windows on a Surface Pro?
  6. How do I reinstall Windows on my Surface Pro?
  7. How do I get to the boot menu on a Surface Pro?
  8. How do I make a bootable USB drive for Surface Pro?
  9. How do I reinstall Windows 10 on my Surface Pro 7?
  10. How do I put Windows 10 on a USB?
  11. How do I make my flash drive bootable?
  12. How do I PXE boot a Surface Pro?

How do I install surface recovery image?

Download the recovery image

  1. Open Microsoft's Surface recovery image hub on the official website.
  2. Sign in to a Microsoft account.
  3. Select the Surface device you need the recovery image for, e.g. Surface 4 Pro.
  4. Enter the serial number of the device. You find it on the back usually. ...
  5. Click the download button.

How do I use recovery image on Surface Pro?

Make sure the PC you downloaded the recovery image to is turned on and plugged in, then insert the USB recovery drive into the USB port. (Use a USB 3.0 drive if you can.) In the search box on the taskbar, enter recovery drive, then select Create a recovery drive or Recovery Drive from the results.

How do I create a surface recovery USB?

Create a recovery drive with a downloaded factory image

  1. Make sure your Surface is turned off and plugged in, and then insert the USB recovery drive into the USB port. ...
  2. In the search box on the taskbar, enter recovery drive, and then select Create a recovery drive or Recovery Drive from the results.

How do I download Windows recovery tool?

Go to the official download website (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10), and there you can download the Windows media creation tool on Windows 10, 8.1, 8, and 7 computers.

How do you reinstall Windows on a Surface Pro?

Refresh from within Windows

  1. Plug in your Surface so you don't run out of power during the refresh.
  2. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and select Settings > Change PC settings.
  3. Select Update and recovery > Recovery.
  4. Under Refresh your PC without affecting your files, select Get started.

How do I reinstall Windows on my Surface Pro?

If you cannot start Windows

  1. Start your Surface Pro with a USB recovery drive. ...
  2. Windows will prompt you for language and keyboard layout. ...
  3. Navigate to Troubleshoot >Advanced Options > System Restore .
  4. If asked for recovery key, enter it. ...
  5. Choose the appropriate restore point.
  6. Select Next > Finish to complete the wizard.

How do I get to the boot menu on a Surface Pro?

Press and hold the volume-up button on your Surface and at the same time, press and release the power button. When you see the Surface logo, release the volume-up button. The UEFI menu will display within a few seconds.

How do I make a bootable USB drive for Surface Pro?

Here's how to boot from a USB.

  1. Shut down your Surface.
  2. Insert the bootable USB drive into the USB port on your Surface. ...
  3. Press and hold the volume-down button on the Surface. ...
  4. The Microsoft or Surface logo appears on your screen. ...
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions to boot from your USB drive.

How do I reinstall Windows 10 on my Surface Pro 7?

Here's how:

  1. On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key + L. If you need to, dismiss the lock screen.
  2. Hold the Shift key down while you select Power > Restart in the lower-right corner of the screen.
  3. After your Surface restarts to the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot > Reset this PC.

How do I put Windows 10 on a USB?

How to install Windows 10 using bootable USB

  1. Plug your USB device into your computer's USB port, and start up the computer. ...
  2. Choose your preferred language, timezone, currency, and keyboard settings. ...
  3. Click Install Now and select the Windows 10 edition you've purchased. ...
  4. Choose your installation type.

How do I make my flash drive bootable?

To create a bootable USB flash drive

  1. Insert a USB flash drive into a running computer.
  2. Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator.
  3. Type diskpart .
  4. In the new command line window that opens, to determine the USB flash drive number or drive letter, at the command prompt, type list disk , and then click ENTER.

How do I PXE boot a Surface Pro?

Press the volume-up and power buttons on the Surface Laptop to enter the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) settings. Select Configure boot device order. Select the PXE Network, and then swipe to the left. You should receive the "Boot this device immediately" message.

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