I waited for the fix overnight (thank you to the team(s) that helped resolve it) and then started the process here: System Recovery — DGX Spark User Guide Things seemed fine until it started and now I see “Failed to mount after 10 attempts”. I’ run through the steps again, resetting to factory defa…

Hi RelicOneTwenty, the screenshot suggests a problem with the USB device: either the recovery script failed to create the image or the device may be corrupted. Please try recreating the USB recovery drive (use a different device if possible). If the issue persists, share which OS and script you use…

System Recovery - Failed to mount after 10 attempts

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aniculescu October 17, 2025, 3:21pm 3

If using MacOS to create the recovery drive. Please refer to this post: MacOS Recovery Boot Image Issue and Fix

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System Recovery - Failed to mount after 10 attempts

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