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    Asus Recovery CD --- Clean install

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by fdelloro, Mar 16, 2007.

  1. fdelloro

    fdelloro Newbie

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    Hi... I'm think of buying a new A8Js but i have one concern that hopefully someone can help me with.

    As sonn as i purchase, i would like to do a full format of all partions and do a clean install of Vista with only one hard drive partion.

    Is this possible with the ASUS recovery CD?
    Can you use the ASUS recovery CD as a windows install disk?
    IF not, can i use a Windows Vista Home Premium CD and use the ASUS CD-key that came with the comp?

    I have heard there are limitations with the ASUS recovery disk which is why i ask.

    Thanks
     
    fdelloro, Mar 16, 2007
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    I dont know about the Vista recovery CDs but with the Xp ones, you could. Check "winxp installation guide" on the Guides forum. Maybe that solution will work for you.
     
    E.B.E., Mar 16, 2007
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  3. fdelloro

    fdelloro Newbie

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    I would rather not be a guinea pig in this sense before making my purchase. I know that there are many enthusiast on this forum that do not enjoy the bloatware that comes with most notebooks. As such i'm sure there must be a Vista owner that can confirm or not my questions.
     
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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Must be :)
     
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  5. System64

    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    Yea, with the recovery CD you can. There's an option when recovering that allows you to recover to one partition (can't remember the name). Afaik the recovery CD is an image of XP. all the bloatware are from the driver CD's utilities and stuff section.
     
    System64, Mar 16, 2007
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  6. Geared2play.com

    Geared2play.com Company Representative

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    options are to recover to whole hdd, 1 partition, 2 partions.
     
    Geared2play.com, Mar 16, 2007
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  7. fdelloro

    fdelloro Newbie

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    so if i understand correctly,

    Asus will give me two cds

    1) operating system

    2) drivers, utilities, etc.

    Now with the operating system, doesn this include the full version of Vista and depending on which cd-key i use it activates home, business, ultimate, etc.
     
    fdelloro, Mar 16, 2007
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  8. gcrajan

    gcrajan Notebook Enthusiast

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    The first cd normally is a clean install of windows and the other will be if you need to install all drivers
     
    gcrajan, Mar 16, 2007
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  9. fizikz

    fizikz Notebook Consultant

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    I don't know about the A8Js, but on my G1, the recovery CD contains the OS as well as the bloatware + drivers, etc. I also wanted to do a clean install, so I ended up acquiring a Windows CD and using my XPMCE CD key. This worked for me, but getting a copy of the Windows CD might be an inconvenience/problem for some.
     
    fizikz, Mar 16, 2007
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  10. A-Lit

    A-Lit Notebook Consultant

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    I'd imagine the version of Vista you would get would be predetermined on the disc, similarly to how a Windows XP cd would be predetermined to be home, pro, or MCE. If anyone knows otherwise, please let us know :)
     
    A-Lit, Mar 17, 2007
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  11. mikeymike

    mikeymike Notebook Evangelist

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    my recently bought G2 have very little bloatwear installed. Its was just Norton, older Nero and a smaller prog i removed.
    The partition on C was rather big at 87gigs but i fixe that with Paragon Partition manager.
    Paragon allows me to delete and change my partition size without any data loss whatsoever. Great program
     
    mikeymike, Mar 17, 2007
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