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Chromebook Recovery Utility

Create recovery media for your Chromebook.

Users2MCurrent public install base

Rating2.6Store average score

Reviews2,101Public review volume

Manifest versionV3Extension platform version

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Version0.2.3

ManifestV3

Size1.87MiB

Languages52Deutsch / English / English (United Kingdom) +49

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Overview

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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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Store average score2.6Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text

Synced text average2.4Average computed only from synced review bodies below

Reviews with text1,702Synced review bodies

Total ratings / reviews2,101Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

Store average score: 2.6. The bars below are calculated from synced review text only, so they may be empty for extensions that have public ratings but no synced comments yet.

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N J2021年9月26日

It doesn't work with certain USB devices. I was able to download the recovery file on a USB drive using my Win 10 PC, but my HP Chromebook was not recognizing it. It worked fine with a different USB drive.

Kerinna Good2021年9月23日

Unable to proceed past the step of "writing."

gary doolin2021年9月20日

Incredibly frustrating, I have attempted the recovery with 5 different USB drives and each time I get 'An unexpected error has occurred'. No error code of any sort of alternative approach. Bordering on a joke...

Robert Fardoulis2021年9月15日

will not write to my usb, i am trying to recover an Acer Chromebook CB3-532

司空千落2021年9月13日

The chrome operating system is damaged, and there is an error when using the U disk recovery prompt to restore the device, which is completely wrong

Victor “Berra” Barraza2021年9月9日

Always good to have a backup for what ever might happen or if I change HDD. Software was fast and easy. I didn't run in to any hikups. Goood job devs!

Nilo Rodrigues2021年9月3日

Não consigo baixar p/ pendrive...

Marie Van Hecke2021年9月2日

installing the cromebook recovery utility, when it says that it is done...I get all my usb ports coming up to reformat..and nothing is on the flash drive

Chaser 90EK2021年9月1日

Does anyone have any alternatives... Google broke this extension. Mine just cycles infinitely on Preparing...

Ievgen Dergausov2021年8月28日

Failed to create recovery for my chromebook, tried many time does not work for,

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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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