When you get a message that your recovery media is ready, remove your USB drive from the device.įor admins who are comfortable with creating bootable USB drives using dd command-line utility or other third-party utilities.Note: During the process, it is normal for Chrome Recovery Utility to show unusual percentages. From the dropdown menu, select the USB drive.For Select a product, find and click ChromeOS Flex.For Select a manufacturer, find and click Google ChromeOS Flex.In Chrome browser, launch the Chrome Recovery Utility extension.Optional: You can also click Details and toggle the switch to the right.Īfter you turn on the Chromebook Recovery Extension, in the extension panel in your browser, click on the extension to open the pop-up. Next to Chromebook Recovery Utility, toggle the switch to the right.At the top right of your Chrome browser window, click Extensions Manage extensions.Step 2: Make sure Chrome Recovery Utility extension is turned on The Chromebook Recovery Utility is now an extension in your Chrome browser. On your ChromeOS, Windows, or Mac device, open Chrome browser.Use Chromebook Recovery Utility Step 1: Install Chromebook Recovery Utility You can now quit Terminal and eject the volume.All contents on the USB drive will be erased. When Terminal says that it's done, the volume will have the same name as the installer you downloaded, such as Install macOS Monterey.After the volume is erased, you may see an alert that Terminal would like to access files on a removable volume.Terminal shows the progress as the volume is erased. When prompted, type Y to confirm that you want to erase the volume, then press Return.Terminal doesn't show any characters as you type. When prompted, type your administrator password.If the volume has a different name, replace MyVolume in the command with the name of your volume.

Each command assumes that the installer is in your Applications folder, and MyVolume is the name of the USB flash drive or other volume you're using.

Type or paste one of the commands below into Terminal, then press Return to enter the command.

Open Terminal, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.

Plug in the USB flash drive or other volume that you're using for the bootable installer.

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