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    asus recovery disc only 2

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by sheame, Nov 27, 2011.

  1. sheame

    sheame Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just tried to make recovery discs & I was under the impression that I would need apprx 6. It only ended up using 2 dvds. Does this mean that the os is on a partition. I really wanted to do a clean install but maybe I shouldn't risk it.
     
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    The amount of recovery disc you need is dependant on the size of the recovery partition. I'd need two for my N50, but 6 for my G73. What notebook do you have?
     
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    sheame Notebook Enthusiast

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    u46 best buy version.

    But either way I don't think that I will continue with this task. Since I purchased this w my own $$$ I am very hestiant to try a clean install. I have been sitting here for hrs reading the link & searching online.

    Right now I am going to go ahead & create the windows 7 disc as instructed maybe I'll take it from there.
     
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    b1lk1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    My UL80VT only requires 2 disks to do a full reinstall with no install partition.
     
    b1lk1, Nov 28, 2011
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    viperabyss Notebook Evangelist

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    Personally I'd do a clean install with a Windows 7 disk (which you can download legally, just with no CD key). However before that, make sure you have all the drivers downloaded from ASUS's website.
     
    viperabyss, Nov 29, 2011
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    I just realized this was a question about a recovery install. I also agree that a clean install is the only way to go. I got 2 install disks with my UL80VT that I can perform a clean install with. When I made recovery disks it took 4, but that I chalk up more to the fact that the disks ASUS gave me were most likely DL disks and we don't get the option to use them when burning recovery disks.
     
    b1lk1, Nov 29, 2011
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