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Jeremy Burnett
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**Updated page with all recoveries.  Please look up the code name below or search for the CTL device name: LINK

**ChromeOS Blog about Stable, Beta, and Dev releases - LINK

**ChromeOS Release Schedule - LINK

Items you'll need:

  • 4GB or larger USB Disk
  • Chromebook (Windows Machine with Chrome works also)
  • Chromebook to flash
  • Chromebook Recovery Utility App - Link
  • Image Lists for CTL Chromebooks & Chromebox.  Zipped files will need to be extracted to allow access to the .bin file: 
    • *NEW* CBx1 Chromebox: Fizz - R68
    • *NEW* NL7/T/TW: CORAL Blacktip - R70
    • *NEW* J41: CORAL Whitetip - R70
    • NL6/NL6X: ENGUARDE - R68
    • NL61/NL61X: REALM - R68
    • J2 / J4 / J4+: JERRY - R68
    • J5: WIZPIG - R68

Procedure: (Google Documentation)

Use the Chromebook Recovery Utility

If you need to recover or update your Chromebook, you can use the Chromebook Recovery Utility to create recovery media and get your Chromebook working like new again.

What you need to create recovery media

Before using the utility, make sure that you have:

  • A flash drive or other storage media that can hold at least 4GB and that you don't mind clearing.
  • An extra Chromebook, Windows, or Mac computer with administrative rights and Chrome browser installed.

Create recovery media

If your Chromebook isn't working properly, you can use an extra Chromebook or another Windows or Mac computer to create recovery media. Otherwise, you can follow these steps on your Chromebook if you want to create recovery media to use later.

If you're using a Linux computer, follow the instructions listed after Step 6.

Step 1: Install the Chromebook Recovery Utility app
  1. Install the Chromebook Recovery Utility app on your Chromebook or on your Windows or Mac computer.
  2. Open the app.
Step 2: Identify your Chromebook
  1. Two options:
    • Type in the model number of the Chromebook (ENGUARDE C3A for the CTL Chromebook) you want to recover to get the correct recovery image. You can find that number at the bottom of the error message on your Chromebook or on the recovery screen in the app. It downloads the large file each time you create an image. For multiple USB drives use the next step.
    • Download the CTL Chromebook image file. Click the "gear" at the top right in the Chromebook Recovery Utility and select "Use Local Image".
  2. Click the Continue button.
Step 3: Insert your USB flash drive or SD card
  1. Insert your storage media into an open USB or SD Card port on your Chromebook or on your Windows or Mac computer. The tool will automatically detect the media.
  2. Use the drop-down menu to select the appropriate storage media.
  3. Click Continue.
Step 4: Create a recovery image

Important: All of the data on the recovery media will be deleted if you continue.

  1. Make sure the media you'd like to use for your recovery is listed.
  2. Click the Create now button.

The tool will then create the recovery image on your selected media. Don't remove the flash drive or SD card while this is happening. After you see the message saying that your recovery media is ready, you may remove it from your Chromebook or computer.

Step 5: Recover your Chromebook
  • Use the shortcut Esc+Refresh (above the #4 key), then press down the Power button and wait until you get the Exclamation Point Chrome OS is missing screen.
  • Plug in your recovery drive.
  • Wait for the image process to complete (about 5 minutes).
  • Remove USB and it will automatically reboot.
  • Done.

More info:Restore your Chromebook using your newly-created media.

Step 6: Erase recovery media (optional)

The Chromebook Recovery Utility partitions the USB or SD media into different sections, which means you can’t store data on it unless you wipe the drive clean.

You can use the Chromebook Recovery Utility to erase the recovery files and partitions so that you can use the USB or SD media for storage again:

  1. Open the Chromebook Recovery Utility app and click the settings icon.
  2. Select Erase recovery media.
  3. From the drop-down menu, select the recovery media you'd like to erase.
  4. Click Continue.
  5. Make sure the media you used for recovery is listed. Remember, all of the data on the media will be erased.
  6. Click Erase now.

The tool will then erase the recovery image on your selected media. Don't remove the flash drive or SD card while this is happening.

After you see the message saying that your recovery media is prepared for formatting, you may remove it from your Chromebook and format it using a tool provided by your operating system.

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    Florian Koopmanschap

    The link for the list of all recoveries doesn't work, but I need the direct download because the USB that I have doesn't want to work with the "Chromebook Recovery Utility" it pops up with a message saying that the download got interrupted. It might be because of my internet, but I think the direct zip download might work. If anyone has the zip files for my Chromebook "SNAPPY E2B-B8C-62A-O3Z-E6A-A6Z" could you please send it to me?

    Also, before you say, yes my USB has more than 8gb of storage. In fact, it has about 14gb of usable space.

    Thanks

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    Jeremy Burnett

    The download page is working now.  Sometimes it goes down.  It's managed by someone outside CTL (not sure who).  Snappy is up with this link:

    https://dl.google.com/dl/edgedl/chromeos/recovery/chromeos_12871.102.0_snappy_recovery_stable-channel_mp.bin.zip

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    Florian Koopmanschap

    Thanks, it works now!

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