How to recover Chrome OS to its original factory state

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Step 4: Once you download the OS, put it on a fresh and wiped out USB or SD card and insert it in the Chromebook, but not the USB 3 ports.

Once the Chromebook has read the USB/SD card, this is the point of no return (for your hard drive at least)

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