Microsoft Surface Usb Recovery Download

[Alexandrie Gallup]

Unfortunatelythough, I failed to realize that the encryption software is not compatible with systems that don't use a MBR so that I ended in an endless "attempting automatic repairs" loop as the Surface tried to access the system but could not because of the encrypted hard drive.

All options to resolve the issue using the automatic repair options were fruitless, and since I could not reset the PC either because the data was still encrypted on the drive, I had to grab a recovery image manually and use it instead.

The process itself is straightforward and the requirements are that you need to have a Microsoft account (which you can create if you don't), the serial number of the Surface device and a USB Flash drive with at least 8 Gigabyte of storage.

I finally got my surface pro 4 to recover after days of failed attempts. A couple of notes:

1.Absolutely be sure to choose default allocation size when formatting the usb drive.

2. Use the built in windows software to extract the zip file image

hi, is there any download managers that can download from microsoft site? I`ve had many several failed attempts because this file is huge and 5.7GB, it can`t be download with explorers.please help me. thank you.

Just an addition Martin, having used this process for an Acer laptop, ASUS tablet and a Surface Pro 2, the recovery process can take a few tries to get it to boot to the USB drive with the new image on it.

I got my hands on a test unit, a Microsoft Surface Go 4, and wanted to see if we could image it via SCCM as we currently are doing for Surface Go 3 models. However, the problems became apparent quickly.

So how to fix this ? The easiest choice was to grab the driver pack from Microsoft and inject the missing storufs.inf driver into the Windows 10 ADK version 2004 boot wim. So I went down what I thought was the path of least resistance.

But guess what, those UFS storage drivers are not available in the downloadable MSI. You will need to rip the needed drivers from the factory image so keep that in mind before you blow it away. I found the needed files in the following folder on the factory install:

It's easier to use the Windows 11 22H2 ADK/WinPE since Windows 10/11 versions older than 22H2 don't support UFS disks. This works to image a Surface Go 4 and other UFS devices, without having to add any drivers to Windows PE. Download and install the Windows ADK Microsoft Learn. The newer "ADK 10.1.25398.1" has a known issue with UFS documented on that page, in addition to the known VBS issue you mentioned. Also, Surface Go 4 is only supported on 22H2 and newer versions of Windows according to this article Surface supported operating systems - Microsoft Support, so I don't think WinPE 2004 is expected to work.

Similar experience on Asus. They also direct you to 22H2 as the solution, though they do it by telling you to reimage with a fresh image created with the Media Creation Tool or update Windows (so you end up on 22H2/23H2) [Notebook] Troubleshooting - Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Controller Exclamation Mark and Inability to Enter System Official Support ASUS USA

I did test with Windows 11 ADK and that has it's own issues including the inability to use bitlocker during imaging. See the known issues here -us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/configs/support-for-windows-adk

Hello Niall,

thanks for this awesome post!

We thought / hoped that the update would help, as we have the same problem within imaging the Surface Go 4.

We first had the problem of an old version of Windows ADK and PE, so we updated that to the latest 2004er version.

So at the moment we have Windows 10 Version 22H2 with CU of december, our boot image is also 22H2 with updates of december (we had the BSOD, because I thought it would be smart to directly apply CU of january, but for windows it was not yet available so boot.wim and windows.wim where on different level).

So as far as we know we are at the level where it should work, but I still get the error message before the ADK update that says in general, that it does not find the storage.

What else can we do?

We don't want windows 11 yet (maybe directly jump to Win12 if available).

I'm building a recovery usb for surface right now to have a look if the signed driver is available by now (I guess not).

did you run the script i posted to patch your boot.wim exactly as I explained ? if so then storage will not be a problem when pxe booting using that boot image, so i think you've missed something, please verify the steps i posted above again

I have a surface pro 5 that I bought for work and then they installed some software on it that allows me to VPN, restricts sign on options (no windows hello), prevents access to unknown local networks, etc. I've decided to get a new system, and want to do a complete wipe of the surface so that I can use windows hello and all the other cool stuff.

I went thought the process of a 'factory reset' which is the only thing I can find online. But after that was finished, I still see 'Some settings are hidden or managed by your organization' preventing me from changing my sign in options. So there's still some work related software hanging out somewhere.

Download Recovery Image from Microsoft Surface Website.Select your surface pro model and enter your serial Key mentioned behind the microsoft surface logo and follow the instructions shown in the video.

If you were to do a recovery on the Microsoft surface, I would highly recommend getting Network attached storage that will allow you to get its network address. Upon using the network location provided by the Network attached storage, I am able to set the time I want to do a recovery. If you guys need any help or inquire about my workaround, you have my email to contact me.

In this article, I will share a List of Surface Device Recovery Images with Windows OS Versions. Microsoft announced that the Windows 11 Surface recovery images would be available for the latest Surface devices like Surface Laptop Studio, Surface Pro 8, and Surface Go 3.

Microsoft Surface devices come with Windows recovery info that you can use to rebuild Surface devices (bare metal) or reset Surface devices into their factory condition. A recovery drive image for Surface devices will help you to reset your Surface to its factory settings.

This is the preparation task before starting to download the Surface Recovery image. I have provided the List of Surface Device Recovery Images with Windows OS Versions in the below section of the post.

The surface device recovery image download website will show you the supported recovery images for your surface devices. I have come up with a quick list of Windows Operating System versions available as recovery images for various surface devices in the following section of this post. The List of Surface Device Recovery Images with Windows OS Versions details is available in the below section of the post.

You will need to make sure that you have plugged in a USB drive. Ensure that there is no data in that USB drive because the drive gets formatted during the recovery drive process. You can complete the wizard by just clicking on the Next and Create buttons.

The following are the three main processes that will be carried out during the Surface recovery drive creation process. The copying utilities step is going to take a few minutes to complete. Once the recovery drive creation process is completed, you can select the Finish button.

This is the final step of the USB recovery drive creation process for the Surface device. You can open the Zip file downloaded in the above section and copy all the content (all files and folders) of the Zip file to the USB recovery drive that you created in the above step.

Now, you have a bootable USB. You can go ahead and boot the Surface device from the USB drive and perform the recovery and get back to the factory settings.

TheList of Surface Device Recovery Images with Windows OS Versions helps you understand the recovery options for your surface devices. Also, this list helps to plan for recovery and update to the latest supported operating systems.

You can also check whether all these surface devices are compatible with Windows 11. The previous blog post about Windows 11 Minimum updated system requirements is worth going through to know more about the upgrade prerequisites.

Microsoft Surface is developed by Microsoft, which is a series of Tablet that built-in Windows operating system (typically Windows 10, 8.1, 8) and touch screen service. In view of its flexibility and convenience, Microsoft Surface products spread all over the world. These famous products include Microsoft Surface Pro 4, Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 2, Surface Pro, Surface 3, etc.

Microsoft Surface comes with the Windows Recovery information that allows you to refresh Surface or reset it to the factory settings, which is stored in a dedicated recovery partition on your Surface Pro, Pro 3/4, etc. But the recovery partition occupies huge chunks of space around several Gigabytes. In most cases, Microsoft Surface allocates a 128GB, 256GB storage device that may run out of the space quickly. To solve this problem, you may want to upgrade Microsoft surface hard drive or delete Recovery partition on your Microsoft Surface to free up space.

The recovery partition on your Surface can be deleted if you wish. You can copy or move Surface recovery partition to your USB drive, then delete the recovery partition. This can help free up disk space for your Surface.There are two ways to help delete recovery partition on Microsoft Surface: one is using AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard while another is employing the Surface built-in tool.

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