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    N56VZ Recovery Drive Size and any tips?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by pixeldust, Feb 26, 2013.

  1. pixeldust

    pixeldust Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would like to create a bootable recovery drive on a USB stick for my Asus N56VZ-RH71.

    Looking at Drive Management shows a recovery partition size of 20.0 GB but I have read where others have used a 16 GB USB stick to create the recovery drive. So, will a 16 GB drive suffice or will I really need a 32 GB? :confused:

    Also, any other tips with recovery drive creation and use would be greatly appreciated!

    ...Glenn :)
     
    pixeldust, Feb 26, 2013
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    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    I know when we tested creating a recovery drive on the Asus UX models, we were able to create a recovery drive using a 16 GB flash drive. I don't think you will need anything over 16 GB, just going off my experience with the ultrabooks recovery drive.
     
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    pixeldust Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, I was able to successfully create a recovery drive and when I started the recovery drive function a dialog box came up and stated that a drive with at least 16 GB was in fact required! I elected to copy the recovery partition but did not erase the partition afterward.

    I tested the recovery drive by restarting the computer with the USB drive present while holding down F2 which brought up the BIOS and then I went to the Security tab and highlighted the recognized USB E: drive and hit enter. After a small wait the drive did in fact boot up and all was good! :thumbsup:


    ...Glenn :)
     
    pixeldust, Feb 28, 2013
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  4. Prostar Computer

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    Awesome! Glad you weren't met with any difficulty after all!
     
    Prostar Computer, Feb 28, 2013
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