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    G73JH Recovery Discs

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by xStealth, Jan 21, 2011.

  1. xStealth

    xStealth Notebook Enthusiast

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    So the other day I noticed a clicking sound coming from the hard drive area on my G73, and the first thing that hit me is "Oh God, I never burned the recovery disc!" I scurried around to locate a disc to create a backup, but my system locked up mid-burn, and now when I restart it is no longer detecting the hard drive :( I would rather not have to send it to Asus to have them reinstall the OS!

    Is there anything I can do? Any place I can get ahold of the recovery CDs? Directly through Asus perhaps? Help!

    Edit: For those who might say "just install a fresh copy of Windows", having the actual recovery CDs would be nice, if for no reason than the possibility of selling the laptop someday :)
     
    xStealth, Jan 21, 2011
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  2. DCx

    DCx Banned!

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    Well, asus has the drivers on their webpage.
     
    DCx, Jan 21, 2011
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  3. xStealth

    xStealth Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can you actually install a fresh windows with the serial number on the back of the laptop? I was under the impression it wouldn't allow it?
     
    xStealth, Jan 21, 2011
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  4. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    of course you can. If you couldn't, I'm sure millions of people would attempt to beat down Microsoft xD
     
    Xellon, Jan 21, 2011
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  5. xStealth

    xStealth Notebook Enthusiast

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    Haha, thankfully I have an extra drive laying around. Thanks for the help guys!
     
    xStealth, Jan 21, 2011
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    xdrekx Notebook Guru

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    someone has a iso image of the jh drivers cd on here, cant seem to find though.

    the post was something like this "what to do with your asus g73 now" or some crap like that, no luck in finding it again lol!
     
    xdrekx, Jan 22, 2011
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    JOSEA, Jan 22, 2011
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    Go to the link in my signature "what to do with your new G73". Use the links in that tread to burn your own windows 7 disk and the Asus driver disk. You can use those two disks on any HDD you install. When you run the Asus driver disk it pretty much makes your laptop like factory new (if you wanted to sell it) even with the prompts in write recovery disks.

    In all honesty the recovery disks the Asus program makes are pretty lame. I've neve gotten it to work and it is only good for an install on the same type of HDD as the original image was made. So if your drive breaks and you replace it with a different size one it is useless.

    The windows 7 disk and Asus driver disk on the other hand work correctly everytime regardless of what drive you are using.
     
    ValkerieFire, Jan 22, 2011
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  9. Chastity

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    PROTIP: Get a copy of Acronis True Image 2011. It gives you so many better backup options, plus great boot media options.
     
    Chastity, Jan 23, 2011
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