Microsoft releases Surface RT Windows 8 recovery image to help users to fix bricked Surface after trying to update to Windows RT 8.1. If you recall the software giant had to pulled the Windows RT 8.1 update, due to some issues affecting a number of users.
During the weekend I wrote a guide with a set of instructions to help you get your bricked Surface RT tablet up and running again. However, the biggest problem was that users needed to have a previously created a USB recovery drive or needed to find someone with a tablet to create the Surface recovery image for Windows RT.
Now the company has just made available the official recovery image for its tablet running on the ARM processor. This will help you to fix the problem and continue installing Windows RT 8.1 in the tablet. You’ll need a secondary computer to download and create the recovery USB drive.
Download the files from Microsoft download center:
- Surface RT recovery image | Download
Update: While Microsoft keeps working on permanently resolving the issues with its tablet operating system, here is a video that will help you create a USB drive with Windows RT Recovery Image that Microsoft just made available for everyone to download.
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