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- Why use recovery images?
- Recovery images
- Usage
- Explanation
NOTICE: Recovery images are only available on the website.
Recovery images can downgrade chromebooks to earlier versions and even upgrade if updates are blocked on the chromebook.
- Bypassing restrictions that prevent updating ChromeOS
- Using the latest ChromeOS features
- Using removed features such as guest mode before enrollment
- Using patched exploits
ChromeOS recovery images come in a .zip
file.
You will need:
- USB drive with at least 8 GB of storage
- Chromebook Recovery Utility
Recovery images have a code name associated with them also referred to as the board name.
To find your board name visit the website chrome://version
and find the line labelled Firmware Version. It will look something like Google_Reks.7000.100.100
. Your Chromebook's firmware version is the word after Google_
and before a period.
- Open the Chromebook Recovery Utility
- Click on the gears button in the top right of the window and select
Use local image
. - Navigate to the
.zip
recovery image you downloaded from the list of recovery images. - Select your USB drive as prompted by the window.
- Press create now.
- Press esc + refresh + power to enter the recovery menu.
- Plug in your USB drive you previously burnt a recovery image to.
- Press enter once the menu is done verifying your USB drive.
- Once finished, unplug your USB drive.