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I have a Manjaro system running on a Surface Book 2. I need to create a recovery drive to reset the device to factory settings to reinstall windows 10. I am following the instructions here. It is leading me to download a .zip file called SurfaceBook2_BMR_15_11.8.2.zip. I am trying to use dd or Balena Etcher to copy this file to a USB. I have reorganized by boot options so that boot from USB is prioritized. However, the USB never appears as bootable upon restart, and I am returned to the Manjaro page
The part that is confusing to me is that the recovery file is a .zip file. The ones I have used in the past are .iso file. I think they are similar, but using it the same as I otherwise would with dd or Balena Etcher has not worked out for me so far. How can I get this file onto the USB to create a bootable USB?
Additional context, I can see that the .zip file, when extracted, contains a bootmgr.efi file, a Boot directory, an EFI directory, and some language configuration files, so I believe this is the correct image somehow. Anyways I'm confused. Thank you
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Hi errcsool,
The .zip is the correct download. But the contents of it need to be copied to a USB drive to boot from. The full steps are here -> Creating and using a USB recovery drive for Surface - Microsoft Support. You may need to use another PC to do this correctly if it can't be done in Manjaro.
Hope this helps,
Greg
Any tips on which tool to use from Manjaro? I'm sure there should be some. Possibly Ventoy?