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    UX31 Making backup DVD/ISO image

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ualdriver, Aug 16, 2012.

  1. ualdriver

    ualdriver Newbie

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    Hello-

    I just got my UX31 Zenbook, which doesn't have a DVD drive. The computer is prompting me to create a backup DVD or ISO file. I searched around and have a basic idea of why, but I have a few questions I hope someone can help me with....

    The laptop doesn't have a DVD drive nor do I own a USB external DVD burner, so I guess that leaves me with only the ISO option. So if I select the backup to ISO option, can I put the ISO image on a SD card (the computer appears to have a SD card reader) or a USB memory stick, transfer the ISO file to my home computer, then make a backup DVD that way?

    Further, if I can do this, how much capacity will my USB memory stick or SD card need to hold this ISO image? I imagine this image is pretty huge?

    I assume that when I ultimately burn a DVD with this ISO image that if I were to get an external DVD drive and plug it into my UX31 that it would be like sticking a Windows disk into a home computer and getting the options to reinstall, repair, etc?

    Thanks! I have never owned a computer without a DVD drive so this process is a bit new to me.
     
    ualdriver, Aug 16, 2012
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  2. yinyangtkd

    yinyangtkd Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, that is what you can do. I haven't actually burned my disks (why waste the media until you need it?), but I just exported the recovery media as an ISO right onto an external HD. ISO's aren't particularly complicated or moody, so you should have no problem burning disks from them from any computer with a burner.

    The other option is to track down a tool that lets you write an ISO to a thumbdrive. I don't have the name of one offhand, but there are several out there. To do a fresh install on my machine I used Microsoft's own USB install tool to write a clean windows 7 install disk to a thumbdrive. I doubt this would do for Asus' own recovery method, but there are tools much like the Microsoft one, but not specific as to the source image.
     
    yinyangtkd, Aug 16, 2012
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  3. ualdriver

    ualdriver Newbie

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    Thanks. So it sounds like you can just put the file itself onto anything then get it to a computer with a DVD burner and make the DVD -OR- take a few extra steps to burn it onto a bootable USB thumbdrive.

    That should be easy enough....hopefully :)
     
    ualdriver, Aug 16, 2012
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  4. SmoothTrickle

    SmoothTrickle Newbie

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    I installed a fresh copy of Windows and ended up deleting the recovery partition. Is there any way you can get me your copy of the recovery disk?
     
    SmoothTrickle, Sep 26, 2012
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  5. bugses

    bugses Newbie

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    Hello, could You share Your ISO backup? How size it is?
     
    bugses, May 1, 2013
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