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    W3J recovery

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by link2k, May 14, 2007.

  1. link2k

    link2k Notebook Enthusiast

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    anyone know how to use the recovery cd-rom that comes with w3j? nothing happens when i insert the disk or reboot the computer. there aren't any exe's i could run in the cd. thanks.
     
    link2k, May 14, 2007
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  2. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    I believe there's a key combo you need to press to do this -- others who will post after me will probably remember what it is. Inserting the cd and then rebooting doesn't do anything, because your BIOS is probably set to boot from the HDD before the optical drive.
     
    ClearSkies, May 14, 2007
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  3. Nrbelex

    Nrbelex Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Indeed - press whatever key allows you to pick the boot medium as the BIOS loads and select the CD.

    However, you don't need the CD if you haven't touched the recovery partition. In that case, press F9 as the computer loads and recovery will be even easier.

    ~ Brett
     
    Nrbelex, May 14, 2007
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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    ESC is the key for popping up the menu with boot devices. Press once at the ASUS logo screen. Then select CD/DVD.
     
    E.B.E., May 15, 2007
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    robohgedhang Notebook Evangelist

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    Or, if you set the BIOS to boot from CD/DVD-ROM first, insert the recovery disk, reboot, and wait until there's a message 'Press any key to boot from CD...' or something like that, and press any key.
     
    robohgedhang, May 15, 2007
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  6. Hello-

    Hello- Notebook Consultant

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    Where is the "any" key?






    Haha, I'm sorry, couldn't resist.
     
    Hello-, May 15, 2007
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    stevietennis Notebook Consultant

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    If you press and hold F9 it should start up the recovery partition located on the HDD. This process is much much faster than inserting the CDs in the drive. Take about...1/5 of the time? something around there
     
    stevietennis, May 15, 2007
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  8. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Even less. Order of minutes, HDD. Order of hours, from CDs.
     
    E.B.E., May 16, 2007
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