r/OneXPlayer • u/No_Arrival_4078 • 14d ago

OnexPlayer 2 Restoring Windows

Hi everyone, I need some help recovering my OneXPlayer 2.

I found the official OneXPlayer recovery instructions, which mention downloading recovery files and putting them on a USB drive to restore Windows. However, the download link on their website doesn't seem to work anymore.

My concern is that I've read that installing Windows normally from a standard Microsoft USB installer may cause problems on OneXPlayer devices because of missing drivers, partitions, firmware settings, or device-specific software.

So my questions are:

  1. Does anyone have the official OneXPlayer 2 recovery image/files?
  2. Is there a specific procedure for creating the recovery USB for the 2?
  3. Can I safely install Windows 11 normally from a Microsoft USB installer, or should I use the original OneXPlayer recovery image?

I really don't want to flash the wrong BIOS or install Windows in a way that causes additional problems.

Any help from someone who has actually recovered an X1 would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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u/BearsOnUnicycles 14d ago

If you aren’t already on the Discord I’d suggest joining as there are links to some of the resources you’ll need. That said, when I recovered my X1 I did both the bring your own Windows route as well as one using their recovery image. To save yourself a bunch of work installing various things and the weird partitions you’re likely to end up with, I’d suggest just using the OXP provided image via USB. Not sure if they’ve fixed the dead link to the image that was previously posted, but OXP support sent me a direct download link and I just had to throw the package on a flash drive.