Choose your Surface device model. Need more help? Join the discussion. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Because you already purchased the digital license, you can upgrade from Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro at no additional charge. Windows comes with a built-in tool to create a USB recovery drive.
To create one, you must use an external USB drive with enough available space for all your recovery data. For steps on how to create a USB recovery drive, go to Create a recovery drive. Make sure to transfer any important data on your USB drive to another storage device before using it to create a recovery drive. When creating a recovery drive, you have the option to delete your recovery partition. Be sure to keep it in a safe place.
It's best not to use the recovery drive to store other files or data. The recovery drive can also be used if Windows prompts for installation files when trying to refresh or reset your Surface. To learn how to use your own recovery drive, see Recovery options in Windows.
Restore or reset Surface. Boot Surface from a USB device. If your Surface is not working and you don't have another Windows 10 device that you can use to download the factory recovery image, it may be possible to have a USB recovery drive mailed to you. If you're able to use your Surface or you have another Windows 10 device, visit our Download a recovery image for your Surface page.
In the search box on the taskbar, enter recovery drive , and then select Create a recovery drive or Recovery Drive from the results. For info about how to use your new recovery drive, see Recovery options in Windows Because you already purchased the digital license, you can upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro at no additional charge.
To learn how to use your own recovery drive, see Recovery options in Windows Your Surface comes with Windows recovery information that allows you to refresh your device or reset it to its factory condition.
This recovery information is stored in a dedicated recovery partition on your Surface. If you ever have a problem getting your Surface to start, you can use the USB recovery drive to start your Surface.
Free up storage. You can free up storage space on your Surface by removing recovery information and storing it on a USB drive.
The amount of disk space you can free up varies by device. Important: If you delete the recovery information from your Surface after you create the USB recovery drive, be sure to keep the USB recovery drive in a safe place.
A recovery image will no longer be stored on your Surface, and you'll need your USB recovery drive if you ever need to refresh or reset your Surface. Surface comes with a built-in tool to create a USB recovery drive. To create a recovery drive, you'll need an external USB drive formatted to FAT32, with enough available storage space for all your recovery data.
Note: You can also download the recovery files from the Surface website. For more info, see Download a recovery image for your Surface. Go to Turn on the Start menu below to learn how to enable the Start menu on your Surface.
Make sure you have Windows RT 8. For info on installing Surface updates, see Install Surface and Windows updates. Back up your files. When you install Windows 8. But its always a good idea back up your personal files before updating your Surface.
Connect to the Internet. You'll need to be online to download and install Windows 8. Plug in Surface. Your Surface needs to have at least a 35 percent charge to download and install the update. Its also important to keep your Surface plugged in to ensure that it doesn't go to sleep during the update. When Windows Update notifies you that Windows 8. For more info, see Install Surface and Windows updates.
After installing Windows 8. Once you do this, the Windows 8 Start screen will no longer appear. If you want to go back to using the Start screen again, just turn the Start menu option off. External drives have gotten smaller and smaller, so it really isn't all that bad having to carry one or two along with your tablet. Using this method, you won't have to worry about filling up your tablet with a bunch of files, while still having easy access to them. But what if you don't want to carry around extra devices?
For the best performance, we recommend finding a Class 10 or higher card. While the app installation location cannot be changed just yet, you can trick your Surface or any other Windows RT or Windows 8 device into thinking your SD card is just a folder on your built-in drive, allowing you to add it to your music and video libraries that modern apps look at. Go the desktop, launch File Explorer , browse to your C: drive and create a new folder.
This will be the folder you'll use to mount your microSD card. I named mine " SD ". If you don't have a moue or keyboard, you can get to the same place by opening the Start Screen , and using the Search Charm by swiping from the right-side of the screen to search for " Disk Management ".
Tap Settings in the search sidebar to see the settings search results and select " Create and format hard disk partitions " to launch the Disk Management window. In the windows that opens, click Add and then Browse Click " OK " again, and close out of Disk Management.
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