iso) and then use a disk utility (like Rufus): It consists of downloading a file according to the model of your Chromebook ( from this link), change its extension (from.
If that doesn’t work for you, you can try another workaround.
I have gotten it to work if you launch chrome as administrator and then install the chromebook recovery utility from within the admin chrome it then worked at least for me. One of them is to install Chromebook Recovery Utility as administrator: In addition to the above, it seems that the problem is mainly affecting users of Windows 10 OS.Īmong the reports, there are some workarounds that could help solve the issue. Every time I open chrome recovery utility and go through the steps once that little page pops up asking if I want to allow app to make changes on device and I click yes everything crashes and disappears. I click yes and all the pages crash and disappear… When I reopen chrome it ask if I want to restore pages. When Im using my 2nd laptop to use Chrome recovery utility and I’m putting chrome os on the USB drive a little page pops up asking if I want to allow this app the make changes on the device. So, it doesn’t allow ChromeOS recovery on a ChromebookĬhromebook Recovery Utility tool crashing for some on Windows 10Īccording to the reports of affected users, while trying to run the recovery process with the Chromebook Recovery Utility, the tool only crashes and the window disappears. To be more specific, the Chromebook Recovery Utility tool is reportedly crashing for some Windows 10 users.
Chromebook Recovery Utility, the tool to recover ChromeOS when the system is ‘broken’, is having some problems that do not allow its correct operation.