Windows 10: [TABLET] Could not find the recovery environment

I'm running Windows 10 Home on a Dell Venue 8 Pro. It originally ran Windows 8.1, when I bought it, but I made the free upgrade. It's mostly worked fine, with a few Windows 10-related quirks here and there. However, more recently, I've decided to give it away to a close friend of mine, as I've got a new tablet, and I want to factory reset it...So that they can have a fresh tablet, you know? Anyways, it's not worked, no matter what I've tried, and I've looked on the internet, but no one has my specific problem. I can't use external hardware on it. No recovery flash drive, no recovery CD, nothing. I can only use the tablet itself, a pair of headphones, or the tablet's charger. Also, for the record, I can't plug the charger up to my computer, because the tablet considers itself a computer. The charger won't even work if I plug it's USB portion into my PC. It just doesn't charge, then. You see, the charger is phone charger-esque on one end, and the other end is a USB that plugs into a wall-adapter (the cord and the adapter came with the tablet). Also, I've no money for purchasing new versions of windows or special recovery options. So, does this mean the tablet is useless, and I can only give it away as is? Any help is greatly appreciated.

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[TABLET][Win10] Could not find the recovery environment

Hey there, everyone. I'm running Windows 10 Home on a Dell Venue 8 Pro. It originally ran Windows 8.1, when I bought it, but I made the free upgrade. It's mostly worked fine, with a few Windows 10-related
quirks here and there. However, more recently, I've decided to give it away to a close friend of mine, as I've got a new tablet, and I want to factory reset it. So that they can have a fresh tablet, you know? Anyways, it's not worked, no matter what I've tried,
and I've looked on the internet, but no one has my specific problem. I can't use external hardware on it. No recovery flash drive, no recovery CD, nothing. I can only use the tablet
itself, a pair of headphones, or the tablet's charger. Also, for the record, I can't plug the charger up to my computer, because the tablet considers itself a computer. The charger won't
even work if I plug it's USB portion into my PC. It just doesn't charge, then. You see, the charger is phone charger-esque on one end, and the other end is a USB that plugs into a wall-adapter (the cord and the adapter came with the tablet). Also, I've no
money for purchasing new versions of windows or special recovery options. So, does this mean the tablet is useless, and I can only give it away as is? Any help is greatly appreciated. And
a huge thanks to anyone who can help me even a little bit.

 

[TABLET][Win10] Could not find the recovery environment

Hi,

You're pretty much going to need to hook up stuff externally to reinstall anything...

It is likely that Win 10 has deleted the needed partition to restore to factory...

You should be able to look in Disk management and find out...

There should be an extra partition of around 4GB...

You MIGHT still be able to go to Update and Recovery and select the option to Restore it to Factory without any external stuff hooked up... All you can really do is try...

The issue with the external stuff is that if you need to do something at boot... you can't... There is no on screen keyboard available...

Sometimes there may be access to one, but not by touch... you need a keyboard and mouse...

The only way to do that is with a USB Hub and a microUSB to standard flat FEMALE USB adapter...

You would also ned to make sure your battery is fully charged before you start...

You can't use the charger and the other stuff at the same time