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    How do I format my G73?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by KoukiFC3S, Nov 30, 2010.

  1. KoukiFC3S

    KoukiFC3S Notebook Consultant

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    I looked in the box and don't see a recovery disk. Did it come with one?
     
    KoukiFC3S, Nov 30, 2010
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    <MarkS> Notebook Village Idiot

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    No. You should have been prompted to create recovery disks when you first booted.

    There should be a recovery partition unless you removed it. Try hitting F9 (if I remember right) at startup to get to it.
     
    <MarkS>, Nov 30, 2010
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  3. Joseph@XoticPC

    Joseph@XoticPC Company Representative

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    Depending on who you purchased it from they should have offered to make you one.

    PM or email me and I will make a few suggestions. If you still have the ability to create them yourself then that solves your problem. However the discs that you make still will not allow a clean install. Its just a direct copy of what you see on your desktop and program files that came on your computer originally.
     
    Joseph@XoticPC, Nov 30, 2010
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  4. sheldon597

    sheldon597 Newbie

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    if you want to format the g73, buy the original install discs from asus. you can find them at the asus e-store for 30 dollars plus shipping.
     
    sheldon597, Dec 3, 2010
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  5. polish_pat

    polish_pat Notebook Consultant

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    dont buy the disk...you have a recovery utility in the start menu, that or you can just press F9 to enter recovery and format from there. If ever both of those options are not doable for you, call Asus and BS them about windows not saving settings every time you reboot, happened to me once and it was a corrupt windows installation and because of that i didnt have to pay for the recovery disks.

    P.S. If ou cant find the recovery utility, just search AI recovery burner and prepare 4-5 dvds
     
    polish_pat, Dec 3, 2010
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  6. Chet L.

    Chet L. Notebook Guru

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    Not really the best advice I've heard. It's not a good idea to recommend that someone should lie to a manufacturer about their product to get what they want or think they deserve.
     
    Chet L., Dec 3, 2010
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