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So, I'll suggest to use Chrome to create recovery image. Finally, can't wait to use Chrome OS Flex on my almost 10-year-old laptop. Hey guys, I want to create a recovery image for Chrome OS Flex using that utility. The problem here is it stuck in step 3, which is doing a recovery image.
Download the chrome recovery utility extension, click the cog wheel, use local image, click the .zip file you got from the link, plug in your usb or ssd card of choice, and follow the directions it provides.
To recover the full drive capacity you should be able to use the Chrome recovery utility extension to erase the SanDisk. 2. Reply. lancer778544 • 2 yr. ago. I found the fix from this for the reviews on the extension. Right click the Chrome shortcut and open it as administrator then run the extension.
If you can write disk images to USB (or host a disk image using an app like DriveDroid[*]) you can download the recovery image from https://cros.tech and work with that. The official Chromebook Recovery Utility is pretty basic - all it does is help you download the right recovery image file, then writes it to USB as a raw image file.
So that model uses an octopus recovery image. In the Chromebook Recovery Utility if you enter 'LICK ' (note space at the end) in the search field it should come up with a match. Also, as Nu11u5 mentioned, if you can boot the device go to chrome://version and look for the last name in the Platform line, if I'm correct it will be octopus.
The Recovery extension has a utility built in. Just click the little gear icon and select "Erase recovery media". That will wipe all the special partitions and set up one single partition, ready for formatting. that is what i do and then i do recovery again and i happens again.
I'm using my HP AI1 to create the recovery utility and I've cleared my cache, etc, restarted just to be sure this wasn't on my end. The recovery utility installs fine, I open the extension, enable it, and when I click "get started" a slightly larger window with the same exact information opens, but nothing happens.
It would also help if you tell us the board name of your Chromebook, or at least its make/model, and confirm that you are using the correct recovery image for this device and that the USB stick is at least 8 GB. Also, describe how you are creating your recovery USB, such as whether the recovery utility extension is running in Chrome on another ...
Open Chrome and make your way to the chromebook recovery utility extension Click the gray gear icon, browse your way to the download folder or wherever you saved the bin zip file for the chromebook you're looking to recover Let the recovery utility do what it needs to do until it completes.
It provides a portal to the same recovery images that the Chromebook Recovery Utility pulls to create the Flex installer USB or SD. Yes, these images can be downloaded and written to local media in separate steps using a variety of tools but most users are best served by Google's all-in-one solution.