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    Asus recovery disks not working

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by asusrecovery123, Mar 31, 2013.

  1. asusrecovery123

    asusrecovery123 Newbie

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    so i purchased the obscenely priced recovery disks for my asus laptop. i put the disks in and boot from the dvd drive. all is well for a moment, screen says "windows is loading." the bar loads, then changes into a light grey background with some logo styling in the corner most likely an asus background.

    but nothing is going on. no progress bar, nothing. i dont know what to do. i need to install windows. ideas?
     
    asusrecovery123, Mar 31, 2013
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    asusrecovery123 Newbie

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    this is my problem exactly though im not running ios obviously:
    video 2012 08 09 06 05 01 - YouTube

    stop at 2:32 that is my ending screen. i dont have the same logos with the mini hd, just the windows loading, windows starting, then that screen! ive rearranged the boot order making the dvd player priority #1 but still same problem.
     
    asusrecovery123, Mar 31, 2013
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  3. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    Recovery process does not reinstall Windows, just FYI. :)

    How long have you given it? I've seen this happen on a HP laptop with recovery media. Turned out it just needed 15 - 20 mins to initiate the recovery process. Unless the disc and/or the optical drive is bad, it should load the Asus recovery eventually.
     
    Prostar Computer, Apr 1, 2013
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  4. GenTechPC

    GenTechPC Company Representative

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    You have G75VW? the recovery DVD you got is a single disk version which is very old, it only work for Windows 7 machines back in 2010.

    G75VW should have 4 DVDs.
     
    GenTechPC, Apr 1, 2013
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Worst case you can download a windows ISO and use the key on your machine to install a fresh copy and get the drivers from the Asus website.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 1, 2013
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