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    Recovery partition? F9 doesn't do it...

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by eain, Oct 30, 2010.

  1. eain

    eain Newbie

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    I'm trying to restore from the recovery partition. Pressing F9, however, just gets me to a windows boot option menu, with nothing at all relating to the recovery partition. Is there some sub-menu that I'm missing?

    I can boot into a memory diagnostic or Windows 7. The advanced options for booting into Windows 7 include a system restore option, but nothing in there recognized my recovery partition.

    I haven't deleted my recovery partition, or changed any of my partitions at all, as far as I know. Help?
     
    eain, Oct 30, 2010
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  2. panzer06

    panzer06 His Imperial Majesty

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    What model g73, where did you buy it and was it new, used or a refurb.

    Cheers,
     
    panzer06, Oct 30, 2010
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  3. eain

    eain Newbie

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    JH, bought it from Best Buy, new as far as I can tell.
     
    eain, Oct 31, 2010
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  4. panzer06

    panzer06 His Imperial Majesty

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    Does the link to create the recovery DVDs work?

    Cheers,
     
    panzer06, Nov 1, 2010
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  5. _Allan_

    _Allan_ Notebook Consultant

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    When you press power, you'll see
    [​IMG]
    (or similar)
    However, as soon as the ASUS logo disappears from the screen (boot up) press "F8", when you get the Windows DOS menu,

    [​IMG]
    the first option should be "Repair Your Computer", select that, and it'll do a factory reinstall, returning it to the state it was when you first pressed "Power".
     
    _Allan_, Nov 2, 2010
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