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    Asus F9s, how to burn the vista DVD?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by 13sundin, Dec 28, 2008.

  1. 13sundin

    13sundin Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just a Asus F9s from a member of another forum, he lost the CD so he told me its saved on to the HDD of the laptop... how do i access this part of the HDD and burn the CD?
     
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  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Hi 13sundin, and welcome to the forums :)
    Acronis True Image is a great program for copying the hidden recovery partition image. It's free for the first 30 days with full functionalities.
     
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    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    But can one then use this copied hidden partition to directly do a Vista reinstall?
     
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    13sundin Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks david, i just want to back up the software as the vista included has all the drivers, i am gonna install with a diff version of vista with less bloat ware anyways

    thanks i will go try it out and see how it goes :)

    Edit: i open the program then what do i do on it?
     
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    bump? plz help me...
     
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    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Not to be unhelpful, but Acronis should have stepwise instructions for copying drives and/or partitions in their pdf instruction manual, which you've already read through? It's on their website somewhere.

    The recovery partition will probably be 5-15GB in size on the partition map. Be sure you DON'T delete the partition until you know you have a good copy. Just follow the instructions in the manual, and check back here if you hit a snag in any specific step; Acronis is pretty straightforward and easy to use.
     
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