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series: Tips
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date: "2020-12-23T08:34:30Z"
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thumbnail: -lp1-DGiM.png
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usePageBundles: true
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tags:
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- chromeos
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title: Burn an ISO to USB with the Chromebook Recovery Utility
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toc: false
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featured: true
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---
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There are a number of fantastic Windows applications for creating bootable USB drives from ISO images - but those don't work on a Chromebook. Fortunately there's an easily-available tool which will do the trick: Google's own [Chromebook Recovery Utility](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromebook-recovery-utili/pocpnlppkickgojjlmhdmidojbmbodfm) app.
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Normally that tool is used to creating bootable media to [reinstall Chrome OS on a broken Chromebook](https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1080595) (hence the name) but it also has the capability to write other arbitrary images as well. So if you find yourself needing to create a USB drive for installing ESXi on a computer in your [home lab](https://twitter.com/johndotbowdre/status/1341767090945077248) (more on that soon!) here's what you'll need to do:
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1. Install the [Chromebook Recovery Utility](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromebook-recovery-utili/pocpnlppkickgojjlmhdmidojbmbodfm).
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2. Download the ISO you intend to use.
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3. Rename the file to append `.bin` on the end, after the `.iso` bit:
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4. Plug in the USB drive you're going to sacrifice for this effort - remember that ALL data on the drive will be erased.
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5. Open the recovery utility, click on the gear icon at the top right, and select the *Use local image* option:
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6. Browse to and select the `*.iso.bin` file.
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7. Choose the USB drive, and click *Continue*.
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8. Click *Create now* to start the writing!
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9. All done! It probably won't work great for actually recovering your Chromebook but will do wonders for installing ESXi (or whatever) on another computer!
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You can also use the CRU to make a bootable USB from a `.zip` archive containing a single `.img` file, such as those commonly used to distribute [Raspberry Pi images](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/chromeos.md).
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Very cool!
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