Surface RT Recovery Drive

[luweezieus2016]

Hi Folks! Here’s my problem:

(1.) I’ve got a Windows Surface RT 8.1 that’s STUCK on the LOOP: “Preparing Automatic Repair”; and, I’ve downloaded the image for it from the appropriate MS website, have also tried some of the Troubleshooting steps that they've suggested; so, WHAT I NEED now is to be able to create the Recovery Drive. Okay.

(2.) Since, I don’t have another PC, or another working Surface, can I CREATE the needed/required Recovery Drive for my Surface RT using the cmd: Command Line prompt??? Since, I am able to select and choose that option from the Advance Options feature, WHEN it does bring me there.

(3.) WHEN I conducted the Download of its Recovery Image from Microsoft, this is WHAT I got: My Surface’s Product: Surface RT 32GB Bundle – Windows RT 8.1.

So, again 2 RECAP: "Can I CREATE the required Recovery Drive from my Surface RT's "cmd" (with an elevated cmd, as in Administrator) command prompt???

 

[Barty1884]

How are you accessing CMD if you're stuck at repairing? To create a bootable USB/Disk, you'll need TP tools like Rufus (or MS's own creation tool). Nothing native within Windows that you could launch via a CMD, AFAIK anyway.

Where did you download the ISO? On another computer? Phone etc?