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    Asus Recovery CD

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by thatdaveguy, Oct 27, 2006.

  1. thatdaveguy

    thatdaveguy Notebook Evangelist

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    I just got my A8Js in the mail...

    I intend to format it right off the get go. However, is the Recovery CD a proper OS CD? Or do I need to do the whole dance where I need to protect partitions on the hard drive etc....

    Also, will the Recovery CD reinstall all the bloat ware?

    Thanks.
     
    thatdaveguy, Oct 27, 2006
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The recovery CD is not an OS disc, its a, recovery disc, it has all the necessities of a full install. It will give you 3 options for partitioning, reformat c: and d:, reformat c: only, and reformat c: and d: to a single c: drive.

    The progams(aka Bloatware in your terms, most are actually useful like P4G though Norton and the wireless programs - they have 4 different ones for WiFi and BT, how does that work? - are an obvious uninstall).
     
    coriolis, Oct 27, 2006
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  3. Pomme

    Pomme Notebook Consultant

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    for reformatting my w3j.. just put in recovery discs.. when they ask for the "driver cd" press ctrl-alt-del... and it will restart going into windows installation.. and you won't have any "bloatware"
     
    Pomme, Oct 27, 2006
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  4. Zeff

    Zeff Notebook Enthusiast

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    Very interesting. Has anyone else tried this method?

    edit: going this route, were you able to specify partitons ect.. like with a standard xp install?
     
    Zeff, Oct 28, 2006
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  5. Pomme

    Pomme Notebook Consultant

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    u select your partitions when u place your replacement CD in..

    i chose reformat onto single drive.. then after installation of windows.. go to the NTFS converter in your windows folder to convert to ntfs.
     
    Pomme, Oct 28, 2006
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    Whoa does this really work? Has anybody else tried this?
     
    Kinetiks, Oct 28, 2006
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  7. Zeff

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    was it preset like how other people have said, with just the option for 1 drive or 2 partitions?
     
    Zeff, Oct 28, 2006
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  8. Pomme

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    ya.. its same thing as any other recovery process.. just you don't install the drivers.. and you install them manually after windows is done..
     
    Pomme, Oct 28, 2006
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