Step 7: Select the target operating system you wish to reset. But they'll work with 8. I know with the newer Microsoft Media Creation Tool you have to specify 64bit only for a Surface. Now please follow introductions below to when Surface is closed or open. If so, what have version of Windows have you got installed at this point? Any tips at this point would be greatly appreciated! So I am blaming travel, stress, and jetlag on my lack of judgement.
If yours is and you do not disable it before making anything of the changes I mentioned, you may lose data. I have a regular Surface Pro at home and have had no problems Cloning the drive. To continue, press Y this action runs Microsoft Surface Data Eraser and removes all data from the storage device or press N this action shuts down the device without removing data. Warning: Restoring your Surface to factory settings will result in the loss of your files. There is nothing wrong with the Surface Pro 3. Does it really not work? I've also tried to hold volume down while pressing power. One for data, and one for power.
Recently I had a crash of Windows 10 and while usually you can boot into recovery mode, Windows was uncooperative. So the steps are a little different to get there, but the command prompt commands work for any. Both times Secure Boot Control was disabled. So the steps are a little different to get there, but the command prompt commands work for any. I believe the magic formula that finally worked was: Create recovery drive as documented by Microsoft on Surface support for your model. The file size will vary based on which device you need, but the Surface Go image is around 7. Long and short the support desk ended up reissuing the Surface 3 and I got delivery conformation a few days later.
Phew… Now, if I was sensible, at this point I really should have done a full wipe and reinstall. I really like the full screen start menu, but the largest screen I use is my Surface 3. After following the instructions to create a recovery drive with the image, I couldn't get it to boot from the recovery drive. However, this does not prevent your data from being recovered with forensic or data recovery capabilities. This refers to the current operating system installed on your Surface.
. Aside from nuking it from space it's the only way to be sure. I have always had good luck with this tool. For information about the changes provided in each new version, see the following: Version 3. Hold on pressing Volume down Control Key. Moving the hard drive, wouldn't that take the key over to a new serial number? I have a corrupted windows on one and support are having me send it back to fix it. Luckily the customer provided me with a Dell brick of a laptop which had the saving grace that it booted.
The drive you select will be formatted and any existing data on this drive will be lost. The drive I have is for complete system restore. This method will work for any current Surface device, not only Surface Go. Does Windows 10 require some sort of validation of all boot devices or something? I have seen it recommended other places - thank you! The website will tell you where to find it. I can't think of a time where it ejected on the first try. I did this through a couple of different methods including the method that was directly from Microsoft's site. If prompted, select Replace the files in the destination.
From here, you will be presented with a list of available boot options that are currently detected. The steps above work with 10 specifically. Press Power icon and release it. I did some research and found I was not alone and other people were struggling as well. I was able to get right into Windows 10 without any validation needed.
On the other hand, you can also create a local admin account used to unlock the computer. I'm not sure if I changed the other settings and it would have worked or if there is a bug which only worked when done this way, but I finally booted from the 14393 Surface Book recovery image and then upgraded and it all works. Press and release the Power button. First thing I did was install Windows 10, and everything went well for a while until I got a dreaded blue screen. I spent some time each night onsite trying to get the bloody thing to boot and searched the interwebs for results. For more details, please refer to below video guide. Thanks, Dave Click to expand.