(OT) Windows Question

Mark Phillips mark at phillipsmarketing.biz
Sun Sep 16 12:06:42 MST 2018


I tried the USB creator on the surface pro, but I got an error message
saying something like "You can't do this". Not very helpful of MS.

So, a recovery stick cannot be used to recreate Windows on SP4?

Mark

On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The way the surface pro works it does not have a normal installation.
> However you can use the recovery tool in windows or download a USB creator
> from Ms.
>
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2018, 11:52 AM Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>
> wrote:
>
>> I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 alongside Windows 10 on my Surface Pro 4
>> and it works pretty much as advertised. Only the cameras are not working.
>> Sleep also does not work, but hibernate does, so no sleeping for this SP 4,
>> just hibernation.
>>
>> My question is, if I reinstall Ubuntu and wipe out Windows, can I recover
>> Windows with my Windows 10 rescue usb stick? Do I need something else to
>> recover Windows 10 for a fresh install?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Mark
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