Windows 10: Recovery USB does not show the internal storage on my Surface Pro 4 and I am unable to do a...

I recently attempted to reset my surface pro 4 2017 because I am giving it to someone but during the process it froze and I had to force a shut down which broke my installation and now I am unable to boot past the windows logo/surface logo. I have gotten it to boot into the recovery drive I created on my other PC which should be able to do a fresh install but internal storage doesn't show up and therefore I cannot install anything to it. I have secure boot disabled. I just can't access my internal storage on my surface with any bootable USB.

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How do I wipe the drive on a Windows 10 Surface Pro 4 computer?

Found here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...m-a-usb-device

 

Problem updating Windows Surface Pro 4 with Windows 10 feature updates

Hi,

I have manage to install image for Microsoft Surface Pro 4 by going to https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...erecoveryimage and download a recovery image for Microsoft Surface Pro 4.

What I did to reset your Surface from a USB recovery drive was:
Step 1: Make sure your Surface is turned off and plugged in (hold down the power
button for 30 seconds).
Step 2: Insert the USB recovery drive into the USB port on your Surface.
Step 3: Press and hold the volume-down button while you press and release the
power button on your Surface.
Step 4: When the Surface logo appears, release the volume button.
Step 5: When prompted, select the language and keyboard layout you want.
Step 6: Select Troubleshoot > Reset your PC.
If prompted for a recovery key, select Skip this drive at the bottom of the
screen.
Step 7: Select the target operating system you wish to reset. This
refers to the current operating system installed on your Surface.
Step 8: Select Yes, repartition the drives, and on the next page, select Next.
Step 9: Choose Just remove my files.
Step 10: Select Reset.
Surface restarts and the Surface logo displays while the reset process continues
(this can take a while).

This always fails and I have to do the below which continues installation.
Windows 10 Installation Media:

1. Insert the Media (DVD/USB) in your PC and restart.
2. Boot from the media.
3. Select Repair Your Computer.

Select Troubleshoot.

1. Choose Command Prompt from the menu:

Type in the command:
Diskpart
Type in the command:
List disk (Note which disk is your Boot drive number mine is 0)
Type in the command:
Sel disk 0
Type in the command:
List vol (Note which volume is the EFI partition mine is 4)
Type in the command:
Sel vol 4
Type in the command:
assign letter=V:
Type in the command:
Exit
Type in the command:
V:
After you have assigned a drive letter Using Diskpart You can format the EFI partition:
Example: if you assigned a letter V to the partition the command would be:
format V: /FS:FAT32
Type in the command:
bcdboot C:\windows /s V: /f UEFI


Now I have an issue that I cannot install Feature Updates. They keep failing to install.
Any ideas how to resolve issue?

 

Surface Pro 4 recovery from USB

My surface is stuck in a permanent boot to UEFI and I am attempting to reset from a recovery drive. I have followed the instructions for creating a USB recovery drive from a Windows 10 PC. Brand new scandisk 16GB usb. Copied the appropriate Surface Pro 4
files from the downloaded zip.

However when I try to run the Recover from drive steps. I am just met with the message "There was a problem recovering your PC".

Troubleshoot> Recover from drive > Just my files > "There was a problem recovering your PC".

I never see any progress or anything, its nearly immediate. I have attempted to remake the recovery drive (successfully) but the problem persists. I wish the error was more descriptive. Is there anything that can be done? Im starting to think this surface
is busted. Thanks.