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Do I need windows to create a system recovery disk?

  • 9 March 2023
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Hello !

 

I am a happy user of a Razer Blade Stealth 13” (2020) | RZ09-03102, I don’t have windows on it. I have installed a linux based distrib and I am quiet happy with it.

I would like to update the bios & firmware as proposed by razer. I can do it only on windows, so I am planning to recover windows on the laptop.

I have seen that i can use this system recovery stick  https://mysupport.razer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2044/~/how-to-create-and-use-a-system-recovery-stick-for-the-razer-blade 

But is not a .iso, it is a .zip and I don’t really know what to do with it.

1/ Do I necessarily need a windows already installed to create the USB recovery stick ? If no, what can I do with the .zip ?
2/ Is windows adding special files when using the “Create a recovery drive” entry in the Settings ?

3/ If yes, can i use any other computer with windows installed on it to create the stick ?

 

Thank you Razer Community !


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I have found my answer… just unzip. i can’t delete this post.

Well I have succesfully reboot on the key, and got : 

 

Pressing Enter or F8 doesn’t do anything. Esca brings me back in the bios config.

Any idea?

 

Thanks

It seems i need the windows installation CD..

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10ISO

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10ISO

I have successfully reinstalled windows from this image. Now that I am trying to boot on the Razer recovery stick, I have got a “Only support running under WinPE” error at boot.

 

Recovery option I am getting "only support running under winpe" | Razer Insider 

Razer System Recovery "Only support running under WinPE" error | Razer Insider

 

Any idea?

I am going to try that anyway Razer system recovery only support running under winpe : razer (reddit.com)

The razer Recovery stick did not work. I did succeed in reinstallating windows and flash the bios. I am installing back linuxmint.

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