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    G75vx clone

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by pathfindercod, Mar 15, 2013.

  1. pathfindercod

    pathfindercod Notebook Virtuoso

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    Asus will not send me recover disc or win 8 DVD for reload. So I am cloning to a SSD. Anyone have luck with total clone?

    I used the Macrium Free version and cloned to a SSD. I did all the partitions and it went through 100%. It boots and everything works. However if i hit F9 to do a system reload it pops up with a windows error path about a file. Then after I reboot to go back into windows it wont boot anymore after I tried f9. It goes right back to the file error. Keep in mind it all works fine till i try f9, then I have to reclone again.. Any ideas? Does the free version not work with making the recovery partition?
     
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  2. smellon

    smellon Notebook Evangelist

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    I once used a free version of Acronis and it worked relatively well.

    As long as you have the product key, you can just extract the windows 8 iso (available free and legal) to a USB or burn to a DVD and that will work as a recovery disk.

    Edit: Then after you boot to the recovery disk, just go to "Repair Windows Installation" and "Startup Repair."
     
    smellon, Mar 19, 2013
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  3. pixeldust

    pixeldust Notebook Enthusiast

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    " (available free and legal) "

    Precisely where is the Windows 8 iso available? :confused:

    I can not seem to find it anywhere!

    Thanks!
     
    pixeldust, Mar 19, 2013
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