How to Use the Chromebook Recovery Utility to Create Recovery Media How to use the Chromebook Recovery Utility to create Recovery media Warning! Making a Recovery media will wipe all data on the USB. Ensure all data is backed up before proceeding! # How to create a ChromeOS USB image using Chromebook Recovery Utility On your preferred Web browser, go to the Chrome Web Store In the search form, lookup 'Chromebook Recovery Utility' and select it Click Add to Chrome to begin download Click Add extension button to install browser extension Click the 'Extensions' icon and select Chromebook Recovery Utility to launch the program(The extension is enabled by default - If it's disabled, select Manage extensions to enable it) Click Get started Enter or select the model number of the Chromebook and click Continue Insert your USB flash drive or SD card, select it and click Continue(*Minimum of 8GB USB flash drive) Warning! Making a Recovery media will wipe all data on the USB. Ensure all data is backed up before proceeding! Select Create now button to create the Recovery media on the external USB drive Keep your device connected to the internet while creating the Chromebook Recovery media Click Done after Recovery media is created successfully and eject the external USB drive