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Chromebook Recovery Utility

Create recovery media for your Chromebook.

Users2MCurrent public install base

Rating2.6Store average score

Reviews2,083Public review volume

Manifest versionV3Extension platform version

7-day growth0Net users gained this week

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Version0.2.3

ManifestV3

Size1.87MiB

Languages52Deutsch / English / English (United Kingdom) +49

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This is a Chrome Extension for the Chromebook Recovery.

Use this tool on M55+ Chromebooks, Windows, and Mac devices to create recovery media. Instructions on how to use the tool can be found here: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/6002417

By installing this item, you agree to the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.

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Reviews with text1,702Synced review bodies

Total reviews2,083Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

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Michael Phillips2025年9月3日

It's okay - sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

DRAMA2025年9月2日

Salvou meu pc!!!

Jawahir Lal2025年9月2日

It does not open when I click on it in Extension. I emptied all the caches and history and still does not work. Any suggestions?

Alun 19622025年8月31日

SOLVED : Unknown error: Verification failed.. Try again Misleading "Verification Failed" Warning — Still Boots Fine (in my Experience) Spent hours re-flashing USB drives after repeated "Unknown error: Verification failed... Try again" messages. The utility implies the recovery image is unusable—but that’s not always true. In my case, the supposedly "failed" USB booted a reused laptop using ChromeOS Flex just fine. The image was valid, but the tool’s rigid validation logic gave a false negative. There's no option to skip or manually verify, and no guidance when this happens. This issue is widely reported, yet undocumented. A simple “Proceed Anyway” toggle or clearer messaging would save users hours of unnecessary troubleshooting—especially when the image works despite the warning.

Joe Soppe2025年8月31日

So far this tool seems broken and not working properly, is anyone actively managing this?

Ihor Nozhenko2025年8月31日

Создал загрузочную флешку, установил - всё работает

Farshad Hasanpour2025年8月30日

Downloading. 201% completed. -452 seconds remaining.

Roberto Ortega2025年8月30日

Não funciona

Silvio Preta2025年8月25日

Fa schifo e 3 giorni che rimane a 0 ma funziona qualche cosa che fa google?

Divine Boateng2025年8月25日

I have installed the recovery utility but when I click get started, it doesnt give me the option to transfer it to my usb card

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AI product read

Creates bootable recovery media (USB drives and SD cards) for Chromebooks, OnHub routers, ChromeOS Flex, and Google Meet Compute Systems

Helps users reinstall or recover ChromeOS on their devices when the operating system is corrupted, needs to be reinstalled, or when setting up ChromeOS Flex on non-Chromebook hardware

1. Click extension icon → opens popup window. 2. Welcome screen loads recovery configuration from dl.google.com. 3. Select device model (auto-detected via hwid or manually chosen). 4. Insert USB drive or SD card and select it as target. 5. Confirm and click 'Create now' to write recovery image. 6. Wait for download and write to complete. 7. Done — use recovery media to recover device.

Target users: Chromebook owners needing OS recovery / Users installing ChromeOS Flex on non-Chromebook hardware / IT administrators managing ChromeOS devices / OnHub router owners needing firmware recovery / Google Meet Hardware administrators

The compiled AngularJS app (app_compiled-bundle.js at 5.5MB) is too large to fully inspect, but core workflow is well-documented through locale strings and HTML templates
Analytics tracking to google-analytics.com is present but does not affect login or paid features assessment

Monetization

No paid features detected

This is a free Google utility tool with no payment, subscription, premium tier, or billing code. All 'pro' keyword matches are false positives hitting 'process', 'product', 'procedure' in localization strings (e.g., 'Select a product', 'recovery process'). The 'billed' match is a false positive hitting Danish 'afbrudt' (interrupted). No payment platforms, no upgrade UI, no license checks.

Confidence: 99
Payment platform: --
Source: AI / High
Login required: No
Reason: The extension is a standalone local utility that uses Chrome's native APIs (chromeosInfoPrivate, imageWriterPrivate, fileSystem) to create recovery media. The workflow (select device → select target drive → write image) requires no authentication. All keyword matches for 'auth', 'session', 'token', 'userid' are false positives from Closure Library license text (AUTHORS), analytics session tracking, and autocomplete UI code tokens—not actual login flows.

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扩展能力较强：storage

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google.com

Google Ireland, Ltd.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +16502530000
Address: Gordon House Barrow Street Dublin 4 D04 E5W5 IE

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