Then some have a hidden recovery button where you need to stick a paperclip in – either on the bottom or next to a USB port.īasically, the only time you’ll need to recover your Chromebook is if you’re messing around in developer mode, but you never know. To boot from the USB drive, typically, you’ll need to hold down the Power+Escape+Refresh then go through the recovery. Cocosenor ISOTuner is the all-in-one free ISO image utility that helps you to burn the ISO image to make bootable USB drive, exrtact contents from ISO image. There you’ll find it – in my example for the Samsung Chromebook 303 it’s SNOW DENALI A-E 2577. To do so, type: chrome://system and expand the section called HWID. If you want to create a recovery drive using your Windows or Mac computer, you need to find the correct model to enter in the screen above before getting an error message. You’ll need to download and run the system and enter the device’s model number with appears at the bottom of the error. You can find the instructions and correct download from this Google Page. The title 'ISO' is taken from the ISO 9660 file system utilized with CD-ROM media. You’ll need either a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer and a flash or SD drive that’s at least 4GB in size. ISOburn 2.0.0 Free ISOburn can directly write your ISO image file to CD-R,CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW,HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, compatible with the ISO 9660 standard, it write any data, support bootable image file. If you’re at the point where you receive an error message saying “Chrome OS is missing or damaged” and haven’t created a recovery drive yet, you still can. Please take out the flash or SD card and keep it in a safe place if you need it at some point. That’s it! Provided everything went the way it should, you’ll see the following successful message. Select the drive you popped into the Chromebook and wait for the recovery image to download, and the recovery drive is created. Select the drive you popped into the Chromebook and wait for the recovery image to download. Instead, download the Chromebook Recovery Utility from Google.
Update : Google has removed the tool from your Chromebook. Then open the Chrome browser and type: chrome://imageburner into the address bar to get the following screen. Freebies Heres some of the stuff Ive written to scratch my own itch. I (very occasionally) blog tech content - hopefully you find something of interest here.
I write software for OS X and iOS, some of which is available here, and most recently, books for O’Reilly. Grab a USB flash drive or SD card that’s 4GB or higher and insert it into one of the open USB slots. ImageBurner MediaEraser Welcome Thanks for dropping by. If you receive a new Chromebook, it’s important to create a system recovery image if something goes wrong, and a Hard Reset or Power Wash ( resetting it to factory settings) doesn’t work.