Insert your USB drive into the USB port on your Surface. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and tap or click Search. In the search box, enter recovery, and in the search results, tap or click Recovery, and tap or click Create a recovery drive. In the User Account Control dialog box, tap or click Yes.

To use system recovery options, you'll need a Windows installation disc or access to the recovery options provided by your computer manufacturer. If you don't have either of those choices, you can create a system repair disc to access system recovery options. ... Insert a Windows 7 installation disc. To use the system repair disc. Insert the ...

Disk cleanup in Windows. To delete temporary files: In the search box on the taskbar, type disk cleanup, and select Disk Cleanup from the list of results. Select the drive you want to clean up, and then select OK. Under Files to delete, select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it.

Summary. This update automatically applies Safe OS Dynamic Update to the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) on a running PC to address a security vulnerability that could allow attackers to bypass BitLocker encryption by using WinRE. For more information, see CVE-2024-20666.

Note: If you don't see security questions after you select the Reset password link, make sure your device name isn't the same as your local user account name (the name you see when you sign in).To see your device name, right-click Start , select System, and scroll to the Device specifications section. If the device name is the same as your account name, you can create a new administrator ...

On the Windows 10 download page, download the media creation tool by selecting Download now, then run the tool. In the tool, select Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO) for another PC > Next. Select the language, architecture, and edition of Windows, you need and select Next.

For info about how to use your new recovery drive, see Recovery options in Windows 10. Reset your Surface to factory settings using a recovery drive. ... Tap or click Delete the recovery partition if you want to remove the recovery tools from Surface and free up disk space. To confirm, tap or click Delete, and when removal is complete, ...

For more info, see "Restore from a system restore point" in Recovery options in Windows. 7. Set your audio device as the default device. If you're connecting to an audio device—such as headphones or speakers—using USB or HDMI, you might need to set that device as the default audio device. If you’re using an external monitor that doesn’t ...

If you have a Surface Hub 3 or if you've upgraded your Surface Hub 2s device with a Hub 3 Pack, only the "Windows 11 IoT Enterprise with the Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows experience" download is supported. Using other recovery images may cause harm to your device and void your warranty.

In the search box on the taskbar, enter device manager, then select Device Manager. Select a category to see names of devices, then right-click (or press and hold) the one you’d like to update. Select Search automatically for updated driver software. Select Update Driver. If Windows doesn't find a new driver, you can try looking for one on ...