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    UX32VD Factory Reset issues (F9, boot booster, recovery partitions etc.)

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by artsingo, Nov 21, 2013.

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    Hi all,

    I decided I wanted to use the Win 8 Refresh/Reset option to get my laptop to work as quickly as it did at first few months. These options didn't work and I read that they are most likely connected to the Win 8.1 upgrade. My UX32VD came with Win 8 preinstalled and I upgraded to 8.1 from Windows app store and everything went smoothly. Then I found out about the option to recover it to factory settings as described here ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- Troubleshooting
    But then the F9 method didn't do anything. It was mentioned in Asus website ( ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- FAQ Eee PC 1000HA/Linux) that you have to disable boot booster so that the boot wouldn't skip the Asus logo splash screen for the F9 launch to recovery mode to work but there is no Boot Booster option in my Bios (the Bious version is the latest 214. My laptop went to Asus official repair in the past when my iSSD failed and they replaced the motherboard and after that the Asus loading screen was replaced with the windows loading screen. I have not changed any components from stock nor modified any partitions myself. Under disc management it still shows that I have the 20GB recovery partition. Here is a screenshot if that helps anything

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    Is there any solution to revert back to the factory settings? To disable the boot booster somehow or make it boot straight into the recovery partition? If I choose boot options when Bios loads then it only shows my HDD Windows boot manager and the 24gb SSD. Maybe the Asus boot settings got corrupted somehow with the 8.1 upgrade?

    Thanks to anyone with good ideas in advance, let me know if you need any other kind of info about the system.
     
    artsingo, Nov 21, 2013
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    I also tried using the Asus recovery utlity that is supposed to launch directly to the recovery partition console but that launched me to the Windows recovery environement
     
    artsingo, Nov 22, 2013
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